This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we talk to the Benjamin Marra, artist extraordinaire! We’re supposed to talk about INTERMEDIARY MUND, his <a href= "https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/intermediary-mund?_pos=1&_sid=1ef8b7b68&_ss=r"> new RPG zine from Exalted Funeral</a>, and we do, and it makes good on the promise of a lot of those pesky Satanic Panic fears from the ‘80s! But the real meat of the chat winds up musing on the central appeal of old school fantasy art, and how it has informed Ben’s own work over the years. That, and much more, on this week’s episode! * * * <a href= "https://unwinnable.com/2024/08/23/intermediary-mund-is-equal-parts-absurd-dream-and-fantasy-nightmare/"> Unwinnable profiled Ben and INTERMEDIARY MUND in August</a>. You can check out more of Ben's work on his <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/benjamin_marra/">Instagram</a> and his <a href="https://www.benjaminmarra.com/">official site</a>. * * * Instagram? Old news. <a href= "https://www.vintagerpg.com/newsletter/">Join the Vintage RPG Newsletter</a>! That's where all the cool kids are now! Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! <a href= "https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048224/monsters-aliens-and-holes-in-the-ground/"> Buy it</a>! Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need <a href="https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg">are right here in one place</a>! Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast! Edited by the one and only <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/ralexmurray/">R. Alex Murray</a>. Send questions, comments or corrections to <a href= "mailto:vintagerpg@unwinnable.com">info@vintagerpg.com</a>. Available on <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thevintagerpgpodcasts-podcast/id1409477830"> iTunes</a>, <a href= "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGV2aW50YWdlcnBncG9kY2FzdC5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw"> Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-vintage-rpg-pod-30055018/">iHeartRadio</a>, <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0r3MNL1cU3gqKvStV3Nawd?si=rwOVPhNHQ8WgneCmpnIYQg"> Spotify</a>, <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWmtfq6eGKU-glCY3sXgMggJP8UFtInIt"> YouTube</a> and your favorite podcast clients. The Vintage RPG illustration is by <a href= "http://www.shaferbrown.com/">Shafer Brown</a>. Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/shaferbrown">him on Twitter</a>. Tune in next week for the next episode. Until then, may the dice always roll in your favor!

<description>&lt;p&gt;This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we talk to the Benjamin Marra, artist extraordinaire! We’re &lt;em&gt;supposed&lt;/em&gt; to talk about &lt;em&gt;INTERMEDIARY MUND&lt;/em&gt;, his &lt;a href= "https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/intermediary-mund?_pos=1&amp;_sid=1ef8b7b68&amp;_ss=r"&gt; new RPG zine from Exalted Funeral&lt;/a&gt;, and we &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt;, and it makes good on the promise of a lot of those pesky Satanic Panic fears from the ‘80s! But the real meat of the chat winds up musing on the central appeal of old school fantasy art, and how it has informed Ben’s own work over the years. That, and much more, on this week’s episode!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;* * *&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://unwinnable.com/2024/08/23/intermediary-mund-is-equal-parts-absurd-dream-and-fantasy-nightmare/"&gt; Unwinnable profiled Ben and &lt;em&gt;INTERMEDIARY MUND&lt;/em&gt; in August&lt;/a&gt;. You can check out more of Ben's work on his &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/benjamin_marra/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt; and his &lt;a href="https://www.benjaminmarra.com/"&gt;official site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;* * *&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Instagram? Old news. &lt;a href= "https://www.vintagerpg.com/newsletter/"&gt;Join the Vintage RPG Newsletter&lt;/a&gt;! That's where all the cool kids are now!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Stu’s book, &lt;em&gt;Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground&lt;/em&gt; is for sale now! &lt;a href= "https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048224/monsters-aliens-and-holes-in-the-ground/"&gt; Buy it&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need &lt;a href="https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg"&gt;are right here in one place&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Edited by the one and only &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/ralexmurray/"&gt;R. Alex Murray&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Send questions, comments or corrections to &lt;a href= "mailto:vintagerpg@unwinnable.com"&gt;info@vintagerpg.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Available on &lt;a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thevintagerpgpodcasts-podcast/id1409477830"&gt; iTunes&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGV2aW50YWdlcnBncG9kY2FzdC5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw"&gt; Google Podcasts&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-vintage-rpg-pod-30055018/"&gt;iHeartRadio&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0r3MNL1cU3gqKvStV3Nawd?si=rwOVPhNHQ8WgneCmpnIYQg"&gt; Spotify&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWmtfq6eGKU-glCY3sXgMggJP8UFtInIt"&gt; YouTube&lt;/a&gt; and your favorite podcast clients.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Vintage RPG illustration is by &lt;a href= "http://www.shaferbrown.com/"&gt;Shafer Brown&lt;/a&gt;. Follow &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/shaferbrown"&gt;him on Twitter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Tune in next week for the next episode. Until then, may the dice always roll in your favor!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we talk to the Benjamin Marra, artist extraordinaire! We’re supposed to talk about INTERMEDIARY MUND, his , and we do, and it makes good on the promise of a lot of those pesky Satanic Panic fears from the...

INTERMEDIARY MUND

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we check out Magic Realms: The Art of Fighting Fantasy, the most straight-down-to-it art book I’ve ever encountered. Absolutely jam packed with amazing art from across all four decades of the gamebook series. Do you dig black-and-white fantasy art, particularly from the UK in the '80s? Then buy this book, you won’t be disappointed. * * * Instagram? Old news. <a href= "https://www.vintagerpg.com/newsletter/">Join the Vintage RPG Newsletter</a>! That's where all the cool kids are now! Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! <a href= "https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048224/monsters-aliens-and-holes-in-the-ground/"> Buy it</a>! Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need <a href="https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg">are right here in one place</a>! Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast! Edited by the one and only <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/ralexmurray/">R. Alex Murray</a>. Send questions, comments or corrections to <a href= "mailto:vintagerpg@unwinnable.com">info@vintagerpg.com</a>. Available on <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thevintagerpgpodcasts-podcast/id1409477830"> iTunes</a>, <a href= "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGV2aW50YWdlcnBncG9kY2FzdC5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw"> Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-vintage-rpg-pod-30055018/">iHeartRadio</a>, <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0r3MNL1cU3gqKvStV3Nawd?si=rwOVPhNHQ8WgneCmpnIYQg"> Spotify</a>, <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWmtfq6eGKU-glCY3sXgMggJP8UFtInIt"> YouTube</a> and your favorite podcast clients. The Vintage RPG illustration is by <a href= "http://www.shaferbrown.com/">Shafer Brown</a>. Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/shaferbrown">him on Twitter</a>. Tune in next week for the next episode. Until then, may the dice always roll in your favor!

<description>&lt;p&gt;This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we check out &lt;em&gt;Magic Realms: The Art of Fighting Fantasy&lt;/em&gt;, the most straight-down-to-it art book I’ve ever encountered. Absolutely jam packed with amazing art from across all four decades of the gamebook series. Do you dig black-and-white fantasy art, particularly from the UK in the '80s? Then buy this book, you won’t be disappointed.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;* * *&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Instagram? Old news. &lt;a href= "https://www.vintagerpg.com/newsletter/"&gt;Join the Vintage RPG Newsletter&lt;/a&gt;! That's where all the cool kids are now!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Stu’s book, &lt;em&gt;Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground&lt;/em&gt; is for sale now! &lt;a href= "https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048224/monsters-aliens-and-holes-in-the-ground/"&gt; Buy it&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need &lt;a href="https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg"&gt;are right here in one place&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Edited by the one and only &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/ralexmurray/"&gt;R. Alex Murray&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Send questions, comments or corrections to &lt;a href= "mailto:vintagerpg@unwinnable.com"&gt;info@vintagerpg.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Available on &lt;a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thevintagerpgpodcasts-podcast/id1409477830"&gt; iTunes&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGV2aW50YWdlcnBncG9kY2FzdC5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw"&gt; Google Podcasts&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-vintage-rpg-pod-30055018/"&gt;iHeartRadio&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0r3MNL1cU3gqKvStV3Nawd?si=rwOVPhNHQ8WgneCmpnIYQg"&gt; Spotify&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWmtfq6eGKU-glCY3sXgMggJP8UFtInIt"&gt; YouTube&lt;/a&gt; and your favorite podcast clients.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Vintage RPG illustration is by &lt;a href= "http://www.shaferbrown.com/"&gt;Shafer Brown&lt;/a&gt;. Follow &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/shaferbrown"&gt;him on Twitter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Tune in next week for the next episode. Until then, may the dice always roll in your favor!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we check out Magic Realms: The Art of Fighting Fantasy, the most straight-down-to-it art book I’ve ever encountered. Absolutely jam packed with amazing art from across all four decades of the gamebook series. Do...

Magic Realms: The Art of Fighting Fantasy

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we talk to our very own editor, R. Alex Murray about a little off-Broadway show he's in called Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern. Part actual play, part interactive theater, all rowdy-as-heck adventure, Alex and his colleagues are trailblazing a whole new (boozy) way to play with 499 friends. * * * Instagram? Old news. <a href= "https://www.vintagerpg.com/newsletter/">Join the Vintage RPG Newsletter</a>! That's where all the cool kids are now! Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! <a href= "https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048224/monsters-aliens-and-holes-in-the-ground/"> Buy it</a>! Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need <a href="https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg">are right here in one place</a>! Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast! Edited by the one and only <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/ralexmurray/">R. Alex Murray</a>. Send questions, comments or corrections to <a href= "mailto:vintagerpg@unwinnable.com">info@vintagerpg.com</a>. Tune in next week for the next episode. Until then, may the dice always roll in your favor!

<description>&lt;p&gt;This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we talk to our very own editor, R. Alex Murray about a little off-Broadway show he's in called &lt;em&gt;Dungeons &amp; Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern&lt;/em&gt;. Part actual play, part interactive theater, all rowdy-as-heck adventure, Alex and his colleagues are trailblazing a whole new (boozy) way to play with 499 friends.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;* * *&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Instagram? Old news. &lt;a href= "https://www.vintagerpg.com/newsletter/"&gt;Join the Vintage RPG Newsletter&lt;/a&gt;! That's where all the cool kids are now!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Stu’s book, &lt;em&gt;Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground&lt;/em&gt; is for sale now! &lt;a href= "https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048224/monsters-aliens-and-holes-in-the-ground/"&gt; Buy it&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need &lt;a href="https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg"&gt;are right here in one place&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Edited by the one and only &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/ralexmurray/"&gt;R. Alex Murray&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Send questions, comments or corrections to &lt;a href= "mailto:vintagerpg@unwinnable.com"&gt;info@vintagerpg.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Tune in next week for the next episode. Until then, may the dice always roll in your favor!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we talk to our very own editor, R. Alex Murray about a little off-Broadway show he's in called Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern. Part actual play, part interactive theater, all rowdy-as-heck...

The Twenty-Sided Tavern

What RPG allows you to travel to the future to team up with the ghost of John Brown to violently overthrow corporate taskmasters? This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we look at Lords of Creation, my pick for the weirdest RPG ever made. Maybe. Designed by Tom “B/X” Moldvay, it’s one of the first multi-genre RPGs and it marked Avalon Hill’s (failed) first foray into RPGs. And, best of all, it is full of decisions that are just absolutely perplexing. A real testament to how easy it is from RPGs to get to the outer reaches of the bizarre. * * * Instagram? Old news. <a href= "https://www.vintagerpg.com/newsletter/">Join the Vintage RPG Newsletter</a>! That's where all the cool kids are now! Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! <a href= "https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048224/monsters-aliens-and-holes-in-the-ground/"> Buy it</a>! Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need <a href="https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg">are right here in one place</a>! Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast!

<description>&lt;p&gt;What RPG allows you to travel to the future to team up with the ghost of John Brown to violently overthrow corporate taskmasters? This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we look at &lt;em&gt;Lords of Creation&lt;/em&gt;, my pick for the weirdest RPG ever made. Maybe. Designed by Tom “&lt;em&gt;B/X&lt;/em&gt;” Moldvay, it’s one of the first multi-genre RPGs and it marked Avalon Hill’s (failed) first foray into RPGs. And, best of all, it is full of decisions that are just absolutely perplexing. A real testament to how easy it is from RPGs to get to the outer reaches of the bizarre.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;* * *&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Instagram? Old news. &lt;a href= "https://www.vintagerpg.com/newsletter/"&gt;Join the Vintage RPG Newsletter&lt;/a&gt;! That's where all the cool kids are now!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Stu’s book, &lt;em&gt;Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground&lt;/em&gt; is for sale now! &lt;a href= "https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048224/monsters-aliens-and-holes-in-the-ground/"&gt; Buy it&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need &lt;a href="https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg"&gt;are right here in one place&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

What RPG allows you to travel to the future to team up with the ghost of John Brown to violently overthrow corporate taskmasters? This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we look at Lords of Creation, my pick for the weirdest RPG ever made. Maybe....

Lords of Creation

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we look at Eat the Reich, a beautiful game about reveling in the messiest annihilation of nazis imaginable. Become an anti-fascist vampire. Get air-dropped into Paris. Drink all the nazi blood. A one-shot(ish) of fun for adults of all ages, tuned to variable levels of experience, gorgeously illustrated. A glorious, utterly uncontroversial piece of gaming. * * * Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! <a href= "https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048224/monsters-aliens-and-holes-in-the-ground/"> Buy it</a>! Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need <a href="https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg">are right here in one place</a>! Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast!

<description>&lt;p&gt;This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we look at &lt;em&gt;Eat the Reich&lt;/em&gt;, a beautiful game about reveling in the messiest annihilation of nazis imaginable. Become an anti-fascist vampire. Get air-dropped into Paris. Drink all the nazi blood. A one-shot(ish) of fun for adults of all ages, tuned to variable levels of experience, gorgeously illustrated. A glorious, utterly uncontroversial piece of gaming.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;* * *&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Stu’s book, &lt;em&gt;Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground&lt;/em&gt; is for sale now! &lt;a href= "https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048224/monsters-aliens-and-holes-in-the-ground/"&gt; Buy it&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need &lt;a href="https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg"&gt;are right here in one place&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we look at Eat the Reich, a beautiful game about reveling in the messiest annihilation of nazis imaginable. Become an anti-fascist vampire. Get air-dropped into Paris. Drink all the nazi blood. A one-shot(ish) of...

Eat the Reich

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