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In this episode Dirk talks to Magnus Seter about <a href="https://fandrake.com/produkt/outside-the-box/" title="">Outside the Box, How Sweden Conquered The World of Role-Playing Games</a>. Learn the fascinating story of how RPGs reached Sweden and were transformed by the play culture.



Thanks to Fandrake, the publisher of Outside the Box, we have books to giveaway. Share this episode and make a comment below to be in with a chance of being drawn from the hat (finishes on 31st December 2025).



Judge Blythy is in the Room of Role-Playing Rambling talking about <a href="Mutant: Year Zero RPG." title="https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/mutant-year-zero/">Mutant: Year Zero RPG.</a>



Make sure you keep it Eldritch by listening to <a href="https://www.eldritchstories.com/" title="">Mason and Fricker&#8217;s Eldritch Stories.</a>



The play out music is Mumble One<a href="https://phunk-media.co.uk/" title=""> by Aidan </a>



Support the podcast and the stuff we do by <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/theGROGNARDfiles" title="">joining Patreon.</a>The post <a href="https://thegrognardfiles.com/2025/11/30/swedish-rpgs-with-magnus-seter/">Swedish RPGs (with Magnus Seter)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thegrognardfiles.com">The GROGNARD Files</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;This time we talk to Magnus Seter about Swedish RPG games&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The post &lt;a href="https://thegrognardfiles.com/2025/11/30/swedish-rpgs-with-magnus-seter/"&gt;Swedish RPGs (with Magnus Seter)&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a href="https://thegrognardfiles.com"&gt;The GROGNARD Files&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This time we talk to Magnus Seter about Swedish RPG games
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Swedish RPGs (with Magnus Seter)

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September and October have been replete with gaming sessions. Can you have too much of a good thing? That&#8217;s the question we ask this episode.



Dirk is joined in the Zoom of Role-Playing Rambling by <a href="https://arion-games.com/" title="">Graham Bottley from Arion Games</a>, which is celebrating 20 years publishing games and supplements. It has had the licence for Advanced Fighting Fantasy, Mealstrum and more, so continues to publish vintage RPG material.



In September, we participated in <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/blogglorantha-games-is-back-for-2025-birmingham-uk-september-6/?srsltid=AfmBOooyMLvp_s0_2Qgs2pcbHvnM8Ena7v5t3-USP04Vcm9Qgf39Wp-t" title="">Glorantha Games</a>, <a href="https://asakosoh.wordpress.com/2025/04/13/the-owlbear-and-wizards-staff-12th-14th-september-2025-leamington-spa/" title="">Owl Bear and the Wizard&#8217;s Staff</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/3535936260062108/" title="">MORPcon</a> as well as playing loads of games. We talk about <a href="https://causacreations.net/projects/the-hidden-isle" title="">Hidden Isles</a>, <a href="https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/blade-runner-rpg/" title="">Blade Runner RPG</a> as the NEW games that we have played.



We are trapped in the worlds of <a href="https://garhanrahan.com/" title="">Gareth Ryder Hanrahan</a> as we are playing in Pirates of Drinax for Traveller, <a href="https://pelgranepress.com/product/the-borellus-connection/" title="">The Borellus Connection</a> for Fall of Delta Green and Dirk is about to do <a href="https://pelgranepress.com/2011/12/22/the-dracula-dossier/" title="">Dracula Dossier </a>in 24 Hours.



The conversation also <a href="https://dndstore.wizards.com/uk/en/product/820946/planescape-adventures-in-the-multiverse-digital-plus-physical-bundle" title="">covers Planescape </a>and much more.



An advert for <a href="https://www.eldritchstories.com/" title="">Mason and Fricker&#8217;s Eldritch Tales.</a>



To support the podcast, you can tip some coins in the beret <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/theGROGNARDfiles" title="">over at Partreon</a>



The post <a href="https://thegrognardfiles.com/2025/10/31/arion-games-and-other-rpgs-with-graham-bottley/">Arion Games and other RPGs (with Graham Bottley)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thegrognardfiles.com">The GROGNARD Files</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;The return of The GROGNARD files, we talk about stuff we are playing&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The post &lt;a href="https://thegrognardfiles.com/2025/10/31/arion-games-and-other-rpgs-with-graham-bottley/"&gt;Arion Games and other RPGs (with Graham Bottley)&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a href="https://thegrognardfiles.com"&gt;The GROGNARD Files&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The return of The GROGNARD files, we talk about stuff we are playing
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Arion Games and other RPGs (with Graham Bottley)

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This time we return to the topic of Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC) with Judge Blythy, our resident zealot.



Appendix G, our never-ending list of influences, expands with the wonderful Swords Series from Fritz Leiber nominated by <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/frankensteins-rpg/id1551798731" title="">Dave Paterson.</a> 



We talk about our preparation for a busy September of gaming.



Paul Fricker has released <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/530699/gatsby-and-the-great-race" title="">Gatsby and The Great Race</a> for 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu.



Please support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/theGROGNARDfiles" title="">Patreon.</a>The post <a href="https://thegrognardfiles.com/2025/09/09/dungeon-crawl-classics-continued-ep-85/">Dungeon Crawl Classics Continued (Ep.85)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thegrognardfiles.com">The GROGNARD Files</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;We return to DCC and look at some of games that belong to the family&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The post &lt;a href="https://thegrognardfiles.com/2025/09/09/dungeon-crawl-classics-continued-ep-85/"&gt;Dungeon Crawl Classics Continued (Ep.85)&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a href="https://thegrognardfiles.com"&gt;The GROGNARD Files&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

We return to DCC and look at some of games that belong to the family
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Dungeon Crawl Classics Continued (Ep.85)

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It was 10 years ago today, that we first came out to play! In this episode we jump every shark in sight by reflecting on the past ten years of the podcast.



We invited listeners to ask us anything, as long as it was looking back over the past 10 years, so we could lean back in our armchairs and reflect on what we have done.



Also, joining the fun is <a href="https://dailydwarfblog.wordpress.com/" title="">@dailydwarf</a>, who looks back on Small Ads and letters in White Dwarf, in an adapted essay that first appeared in the GROGZINE. 



We head to the shed at the end of the garden to see Eddy the Armchair Collector in Chief, who hasn&#8217;t appeared for a while.



Meanwhile in the Room of Role-Playing Rambling Judge Blythy works through the Thunderphase questions at a medium-fire pace.



Thanks to everyone who has supported us over the years. Especially anyone who has contributed to the <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/theGROGNARDfiles" title="">Patreon</a>, or commented, given us a review and passed it on. 



The post <a href="https://thegrognardfiles.com/2025/08/07/10-years-of-the-grognard-files/">10 Years of The GROGNARD Files</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thegrognardfiles.com">The GROGNARD Files</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Join us as we jump every shark in the neighbourhood, we look back at 10 years of podcasting&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The post &lt;a href="https://thegrognardfiles.com/2025/08/07/10-years-of-the-grognard-files/"&gt;10 Years of The GROGNARD Files&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a href="https://thegrognardfiles.com"&gt;The GROGNARD Files&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Join us as we jump every shark in the neighbourhood, we look back at 10 years of podcasting
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10 Years of The GROGNARD Files

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In this GROGPOD, Judge Blythy talks about his initiation into the cult of DCC. We look at what makes it work.



<a href="https://goodman-games.com/" title="">Goodman Games</a>, the publisher of DCC, is hosting <a href="https://goodman-games.com/category/dcc-day/" title="">DCC Day on 19th July 2025.</a>



We are joined by Brendan LaSalle who talks about DCC and his futuristic variant, <a href="https://goodman-games.com/store/product-category/xcrawl/" title="">XCrawl Classics</a> where you can have a spectator sport in the dungeon.



Next time we will look at some more settings. 



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The GROGPOD looks at Dungeon Crawl Classics and reflects on our play experience
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Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG (with Brendan LaSalle)

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