Our guests this week are Erik &amp; Heidi Gygax Garland (GAXLAND, Egg Con) and Matt Forbeck (Marvel Multiverse RPG, Shotguns &amp; Sorcery, Warhammer 40k, Minecraft) as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews.We talk with Erik &amp; Heidi about getting married, gun stuff, growing up Gygax, the Satanic panic, and moving back to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Their <a href='https://www.gaxland.com/store/'>GAXLAND</a> products include D&amp;D campaign modules including a boxed set of three OD&amp;D style digest books: Curse of Candlelight Manor (for OD&amp;D, 5e and C&amp;C), a two-module project The Burning Briar, and Iron Giant (AD&amp;D, 5e, and C&amp;C), as well as a themed cookbook Dining &amp; Dragons – A Gygax Girl’s Cookbook, featuring some Gygax family favorite recipes and stories behind them.Follow GAXLAND at: <a href='https://www.gaxland.com/'>Website</a> - <a href='https://www.facebook.com/gaxland'>Facebook</a> - <a href='http://www.eggcon.fun/'>Egg Con</a>We talk with Matt Forbeck about Marvel Multiverse RPG, Cataclysm of Kang, the X-Men Expansion and then the Spider-Verse Expansion. Playing the ‘80s Marvel Super Heroes RPG when it came out and running it at an early Gen Con. We talk about our favorite X-Men villains. Matt likes Mr. Sinister and how he exploits Moira MacTaggert. We talked about his time at TSR working with Gary Gygax and running Pinnacle Entertainment Group. We talked about some of his novels, interactive audio adventures, comics and video games.Follow Matt Forbeck at: <a href='https://www.forbeck.com/'>Website</a> - <a href='https://www.facebook.com/forbeck'>Facebook</a> - <a href='https://twitter.com/mforbeck'>X</a> - <a href='https://www.instagram.com/mforbeck/'>IG</a> - <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/forbeck'>LinkedIn</a>—ANNOUNCEMENTS<ul><li><a href='https://unplugged.paxsite.com/'>PAX Unplugged</a>: December 6th through 8th in Philadelphia. Come say hi to Tiger Wizard at the Exalted Funeral booth, and play some games with Dragon Warrior every morning at the Alexandria RPG Library room.</li><li><a href='https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/dungeon-cats?_pos=1&amp;_sid=b49d1b23c&amp;_ss=r'>Dungeon Cats</a>: Tiger Wizard’s rules-lite TTRPG where you play feline adventures is now available at Exalted Funeral. Delve into lush carpeted dungeons to vanquish giant rats, demonic dog spawn and the half full food bowl. Fight with claws, purrs and amazing advanced reflexes for the treasures contained within. You only have 9 lives. Live them adventurously!</li><li><a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=1Davt6DnT5WIbkazDV11Yw'>THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP</a>: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is now available on all streaming platforms. </li></ul>JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at <a href='https://epiclevelsrapgods.com/'>epiclevelsrapgods.com</a>—You can support us via<a href='http://patreon.com/epiclevels'> Patreon</a> Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials:<a href='https://linktr.ee/epiclevels'> HERE</a>Mad Dungeon is hosted by<a href='https://linktr.ee/tigerwizard'> Andrew Bellury</a>,<a href='https://linktr.ee/stevealbertson'> Steve Albertson</a>, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan.Theme song by<a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=sXDkd3m-QGWPTJx0jWjYow'> Epic Levels</a> and beat by Jay Domingo.© 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Our guests this week are &lt;b&gt;Erik &amp;amp; Heidi Gygax Garland&lt;/b&gt; (GAXLAND, Egg Con) and &lt;b&gt;Matt Forbeck&lt;/b&gt; (Marvel Multiverse RPG, Shotguns &amp;amp; Sorcery, Warhammer 40k, Minecraft) as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We talk with &lt;b&gt;Erik &amp;amp; Heidi&lt;/b&gt; about getting married, gun stuff, growing up Gygax, the Satanic panic, and moving back to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Their &lt;a href='https://www.gaxland.com/store/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;GAXLAND&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; products include D&amp;amp;D campaign modules including a boxed set of three OD&amp;amp;D style digest books: &lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;Curse of Candlelight Manor&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (for OD&amp;amp;D, 5e and C&amp;amp;C), a two-module project &lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Burning Briar&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, and &lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;Iron Giant&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (AD&amp;amp;D, 5e, and C&amp;amp;C), as well as a themed cookbook &lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dining &amp;amp; Dragons – A Gygax Girl’s Cookbook&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, featuring some Gygax family favorite recipes and stories behind them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow &lt;b&gt;GAXLAND&lt;/b&gt; at: &lt;a href='https://www.gaxland.com/'&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href='https://www.facebook.com/gaxland'&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href='http://www.eggcon.fun/'&gt;Egg Con&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We talk with &lt;b&gt;Matt Forbeck&lt;/b&gt; about &lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;Marvel Multiverse RPG&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cataclysm of Kang&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, the &lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;X-Men Expansion&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt; and then the &lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;Spider-Verse Expansion&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. Playing the ‘80s &lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;Marvel Super Heroes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt; RPG when it came out and running it at an early Gen Con. We talk about our favorite X-Men villains. Matt likes Mr. Sinister and how he exploits Moira MacTaggert. We talked about his time at TSR working with Gary Gygax and running Pinnacle Entertainment Group. We talked about some of his novels, interactive audio adventures, comics and video games.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow &lt;b&gt;Matt Forbeck&lt;/b&gt; at: &lt;a href='https://www.forbeck.com/'&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href='https://www.facebook.com/forbeck'&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href='https://twitter.com/mforbeck'&gt;X&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/mforbeck/'&gt;IG&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/forbeck'&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;ANNOUNCEMENTS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://unplugged.paxsite.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;PAX Unplugged&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: December 6th through 8th in Philadelphia. Come say hi to Tiger Wizard at the Exalted Funeral booth, and play some games with Dragon Warrior every morning at the Alexandria RPG Library room.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/dungeon-cats?_pos=1&amp;amp;_sid=b49d1b23c&amp;amp;_ss=r'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dungeon Cats&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: Tiger Wizard’s rules-lite TTRPG where you play feline adventures is now available at Exalted Funeral. Delve into lush carpeted dungeons to vanquish giant rats, demonic dog spawn and the half full food bowl. Fight with claws, purrs and amazing advanced reflexes for the treasures contained within. You only have 9 lives. Live them adventurously!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=1Davt6DnT5WIbkazDV11Yw'&gt;&lt;b&gt;THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is now available on all streaming platforms. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://epiclevelsrapgods.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;epiclevelsrapgods.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can support us via&lt;a href='http://patreon.com/epiclevels'&gt; &lt;b&gt;Patreon&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials:&lt;a href='https://linktr.ee/epiclevels'&gt; &lt;b&gt;HERE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mad Dungeon&lt;/b&gt; is hosted by&lt;a href='https://linktr.ee/tigerwizard'&gt;&lt;b&gt; Andrew Bellury&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href='https://linktr.ee/stevealbertson'&gt; &lt;b&gt;Steve Albertson&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Robin Bellury&lt;/b&gt; and produced by &lt;b&gt;Zach Cowan&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Theme song by&lt;a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=sXDkd3m-QGWPTJx0jWjYow'&gt; &lt;b&gt;Epic Levels&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and beat by &lt;b&gt;Jay Domingo&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;© 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Our guests this week are Erik &amp; Heidi Gygax Garland (GAXLAND, Egg Con) and Matt Forbeck (Marvel Multiverse RPG, Shotguns &amp; Sorcery, Warhammer 40k, Minecraft) as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews.We talk with Erik &amp; Heidi about getting married, gun stuff, growing up Gygax, the Satanic panic, and moving back to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Their GAXLAND products include D&amp;D campaign modules including a boxed set of three OD&amp;D styl...

SQ 314 - Erik & Heidi Gygax Garland (GAXLAND, Egg Con) and Matt Forbeck (Marvel Multiverse RPG, Shotguns & Sorcery, Warhammer 40k, TSR)

The Vat Spawn watch the Goblin King polymorph the missing Ariana from a beautiful pop star into a grotesque goblin. A hundred goblins cheer him on as the transformation occurs. “Goblins is people?” Dragon Warrior queried. Bat Alchemist lights a joint from the demon dog’s fire breath to regain his lost health. Then he reverse engineered Warlock Roc’s listening device to play Enrique Iglesias through the tone-stone walls, causing them to gather in one area for a makeshift dance party. Turns out goblins are obsessed with Enrique Iglesias. Tiger Wizard takes advantage of the distracting dance party, springs through the door, and casts Nitar’s Fireball, serving a dish of fiery destruction. The Goblin King breathes fire from the demonic face in the center of his torso, but Tiger Wizard and Bat Alchemist move out of the way. The goblins swarm the Vat Spawn as they fight-dance to Enrique Iglesias.Dragon Warrior sits atop the demon dog Lotto and charges into the room. Lotto breathes fire into the goblin horde as Dragon Warrior swan dives into the goblins as he casts Pognif Explosion exploding himself and a single goblin to bits… and then he reforms.Bat Alchemist uses his soulbound weapon Clippy’s ability to hit multiple targets. In return for his services, Clippy demands to be of assistance immediately and makes Bat Alchemist do calisthenics to get better at attacking.Tiger Wizard dances through the goblin horde to whiff hitting the Goblin King, and notices that he’s wearing a wooden mask. Warlock Roc attempts to sneak away, but trips on her high heels into the goblin horde. Dragon Warrior wades through the gobs to give Warlock Roc a healing potion, which brought her back to full power and made her glow pink.The Goblin King grabs Tiger Wizard and begins polymorphing him into a goblin. Tune in next week to see how goblined up Tiger Wizard gets. ANNOUNCEMENTS<ul><li><a href='https://unplugged.paxsite.com/'>PAX Unplugged</a>: December 6th through 8th in Philadelphia. Come say hi to Tiger Wizard at the Exalted Funeral booth, and play some games with Dragon Warrior every morning at the Alexandria RPG Library room.</li><li><a href='https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/dungeon-cats?_pos=1&amp;_sid=b49d1b23c&amp;_ss=r'>Dungeon Cats</a>: Tiger Wizard’s rules-lite TTRPG where you play feline adventurers is now available at Exalted Funeral.</li><li><a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=1Davt6DnT5WIbkazDV11Yw'>THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP</a>: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is now available on all streaming platforms.</li></ul>JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at <a href='https://epiclevelsrapgods.com/'>epiclevelsrapgods.com</a>—Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&amp;D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators.You can support us via <a href='http://patreon.com/epiclevels'>Patreon</a> for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies.Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: <a href='https://linktr.ee/epiclevels'>HERE</a>Mad Dungeon is hosted by<a href='https://linktr.ee/tigerwizard'> Andrew Bellury</a>, <a href='https://linktr.ee/stevealbertson'>Steve Albertson</a>, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan.Theme song by <a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=sXDkd3m-QGWPTJx0jWjYow'>Epic Levels</a> and beat by Jay Domingo.© 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

<description>&lt;p&gt;The Vat Spawn watch the Goblin King polymorph the missing Ariana from a beautiful pop star into a grotesque goblin. A hundred goblins cheer him on as the transformation occurs. “Goblins is people?” Dragon Warrior queried. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bat Alchemist lights a joint from the demon dog’s fire breath to regain his lost health. Then he reverse engineered Warlock Roc’s listening device to play Enrique Iglesias through the tone-stone walls, causing them to gather in one area for a makeshift dance party. Turns out goblins are obsessed with Enrique Iglesias. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tiger Wizard takes advantage of the distracting dance party, springs through the door, and casts Nitar’s Fireball, serving a dish of fiery destruction. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Goblin King breathes fire from the demonic face in the center of his torso, but Tiger Wizard and Bat Alchemist move out of the way. The goblins swarm the Vat Spawn as they fight-dance to Enrique Iglesias.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dragon Warrior sits atop the demon dog Lotto and charges into the room. Lotto breathes fire into the goblin horde as Dragon Warrior swan dives into the goblins as he casts Pognif Explosion exploding himself and a single goblin to bits… and then he reforms.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bat Alchemist uses his soulbound weapon Clippy’s ability to hit multiple targets. In return for his services, Clippy demands to be of assistance immediately and makes Bat Alchemist do calisthenics to get better at attacking.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tiger Wizard dances through the goblin horde to whiff hitting the Goblin King, and notices that he’s wearing a wooden mask. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Warlock Roc attempts to sneak away, but trips on her high heels into the goblin horde. Dragon Warrior wades through the gobs to give Warlock Roc a healing potion, which brought her back to full power and made her glow pink.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Goblin King grabs Tiger Wizard and begins polymorphing him into a goblin. Tune in next week to see how goblined up Tiger Wizard gets.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;ANNOUNCEMENTS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://unplugged.paxsite.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;PAX Unplugged&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: December 6th through 8th in Philadelphia. Come say hi to Tiger Wizard at the Exalted Funeral booth, and play some games with Dragon Warrior every morning at the Alexandria RPG Library room.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/dungeon-cats?_pos=1&amp;amp;_sid=b49d1b23c&amp;amp;_ss=r'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dungeon Cats&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: Tiger Wizard’s rules-lite TTRPG where you play feline adventurers is now available at Exalted Funeral.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=1Davt6DnT5WIbkazDV11Yw'&gt;&lt;b&gt;THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is now available on all streaming platforms.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;JOIN OUR &lt;b&gt;MAILING LIST&lt;/b&gt; by clicking the newsletter button at &lt;a href='https://epiclevelsrapgods.com/'&gt;epiclevelsrapgods.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for listening to Season Three of the &lt;b&gt;Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast&lt;/b&gt;, where D&amp;amp;D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “&lt;b&gt;Rise of the Vat Spawn&lt;/b&gt;,” an actual play using &lt;b&gt;Mystic Punks RPG&lt;/b&gt;, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can support us via &lt;a href='http://patreon.com/epiclevels'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Patreon&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: &lt;a href='https://linktr.ee/epiclevels'&gt;&lt;b&gt;HERE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mad Dungeon&lt;/b&gt; is hosted by&lt;a href='https://linktr.ee/tigerwizard'&gt;&lt;b&gt; Andrew Bellury&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://linktr.ee/stevealbertson'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Steve Albertson&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Robin Bellury&lt;/b&gt; and produced by &lt;b&gt;Zach Cowan&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Theme song by &lt;a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=sXDkd3m-QGWPTJx0jWjYow'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Epic Levels&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and beat by &lt;b&gt;Jay Domingo&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;© 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Vat Spawn watch the Goblin King polymorph the missing Ariana from a beautiful pop star into a grotesque goblin. A hundred goblins cheer him on as the transformation occurs. “Goblins is people?” Dragon Warrior queried. Bat Alchemist lights a joint from the demon dog’s fire breath to regain his lost health. Then he reverse engineered Warlock Roc’s listening device to play Enrique Iglesias through the tone-stone walls, causing them to gather in one area for a makeshift dance party. Turn...

MD 311 Enrique Iglesias Murder Dance Party - Rise of the Vat Spawn (actual play)

Our guest this week is Stephen Radney-MacFarland as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews. We talk about Delve RPG, his passion-project meditation on d20 fantasy games. How he doesn’t agree with 5E’s advantage/disadvantage rules. Growing up in San Francisco, playing D&amp;D as a kid, and using the Battleship board as a GM screen. Buying Tomb of Horrors, and learning a Gygaxian vocabulary. Working at Wizards of the Coast, combing through novels like Ed Greenwood’s Elminster: The Making of a Mage to work on The Forgotten Realms Encyclopedia. Working with Eric Mona on Polyhedron Magazine and the Living Greyhawk Journal. Then moving over to Paizo to work on the Advanced Player&apos;s Guide coming up with alternative class features that then turned into what became archetypes. Then tons more freelance writing with Paizo, Kobold Press and more. Follow Stephen at: <a href='https://delve-rpg.com/'>Website</a> - <a href='https://x.com/SRMacFarland'>X</a> - <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-radney-macfarland-57505a4/'>LinkedIn</a>—ANNOUNCEMENTS<ul><li><a href='https://unplugged.paxsite.com/'>PAX Unplugged</a>: December 6th through 8th in Philadelphia. Come say hi to Tiger Wizard at the Exalted Funeral booth, and play some games with Dragon Warrior every morning at the Alexandria RPG Library room.</li><li><a href='https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/dungeon-cats?_pos=1&amp;_sid=b49d1b23c&amp;_ss=r'>Dungeon Cats</a>: Tiger Wizard’s rules-lite TTRPG where you play feline adventures is now available at Exalted Funeral. Delve into lush carpeted dungeons to vanquish giant rats, demonic dog spawn and the half full food bowl. Fight with claws, purrs and amazing advanced reflexes for the treasures contained within. You only have 9 lives. Live them adventurously!</li><li><a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=1Davt6DnT5WIbkazDV11Yw'>THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP</a>: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is now available on all streaming platforms. It&apos;s an intense dose of nostalgia and comedy for geek-minded connoisseurs of gaming &amp; fun with features from nerdcore legends Mega Ran and MC Frontalot.</li></ul>JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at <a href='https://epiclevelsrapgods.com/'>epiclevelsrapgods.com</a>—Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&amp;D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators.You can support us via<a href='http://patreon.com/epiclevels'> Patreon</a> for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies.Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials:<a href='https://linktr.ee/epiclevels'> HERE</a>Mad Dungeon is hosted by<a href='https://linktr.ee/tigerwizard'> Andrew Bellury</a>,<a href='https://linktr.ee/stevealbertson'> Steve Albertson</a>, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan.Theme song by<a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=sXDkd3m-QGWPTJx0jWjYow'> Epic Levels</a> and beat by Jay Domingo.© 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Our guest this week is &lt;b&gt;Stephen Radney-MacFarland&lt;/b&gt; as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews. We talk about &lt;b&gt;Delve RPG&lt;/b&gt;, his passion-project meditation on d20 fantasy games. How he doesn’t agree with 5E’s advantage/disadvantage rules. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Growing up in San Francisco, playing D&amp;amp;D as a kid, and using the Battleship board as a GM screen. Buying &lt;b&gt;Tomb of Horrors&lt;/b&gt;, and learning a Gygaxian vocabulary. Working at Wizards of the Coast, combing through novels like Ed Greenwood’s &lt;b&gt;Elminster: The Making of a Mage&lt;/b&gt; to work on The &lt;b&gt;Forgotten Realms Encyclopedia&lt;/b&gt;. Working with &lt;b&gt;Eric Mona&lt;/b&gt; on &lt;b&gt;Polyhedron Magazine&lt;/b&gt; and the &lt;b&gt;Living Greyhawk&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Journal&lt;/b&gt;. Then moving over to &lt;b&gt;Paizo&lt;/b&gt; to work on the &lt;b&gt;Advanced Player&amp;apos;s Guide&lt;/b&gt; coming up with alternative class features that then turned into what became archetypes. Then tons more freelance writing with Paizo, &lt;b&gt;Kobold Press&lt;/b&gt; and more.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Follow &lt;b&gt;Stephen&lt;/b&gt; at: &lt;a href='https://delve-rpg.com/'&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href='https://x.com/SRMacFarland'&gt;X&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-radney-macfarland-57505a4/'&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;ANNOUNCEMENTS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://unplugged.paxsite.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;PAX Unplugged&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: December 6th through 8th in Philadelphia. Come say hi to Tiger Wizard at the Exalted Funeral booth, and play some games with Dragon Warrior every morning at the Alexandria RPG Library room.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/dungeon-cats?_pos=1&amp;amp;_sid=b49d1b23c&amp;amp;_ss=r'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dungeon Cats&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: Tiger Wizard’s rules-lite TTRPG where you play feline adventures is now available at Exalted Funeral. Delve into lush carpeted dungeons to vanquish giant rats, demonic dog spawn and the half full food bowl. Fight with claws, purrs and amazing advanced reflexes for the treasures contained within. You only have 9 lives. Live them adventurously!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=1Davt6DnT5WIbkazDV11Yw'&gt;&lt;b&gt;THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is now available on all streaming platforms. It&amp;apos;s an intense dose of nostalgia and comedy for geek-minded connoisseurs of gaming &amp;amp; fun with features from nerdcore legends Mega Ran and MC Frontalot.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://epiclevelsrapgods.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;epiclevelsrapgods.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for listening to Season Three of the &lt;b&gt;Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast&lt;/b&gt;, where D&amp;amp;D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “&lt;b&gt;Rise of the Vat Spawn&lt;/b&gt;,” an actual play using &lt;b&gt;Mystic Punks RPG&lt;/b&gt;, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can support us via&lt;a href='http://patreon.com/epiclevels'&gt; &lt;b&gt;Patreon&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials:&lt;a href='https://linktr.ee/epiclevels'&gt; &lt;b&gt;HERE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mad Dungeon&lt;/b&gt; is hosted by&lt;a href='https://linktr.ee/tigerwizard'&gt;&lt;b&gt; Andrew Bellury&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href='https://linktr.ee/stevealbertson'&gt; &lt;b&gt;Steve Albertson&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Robin Bellury&lt;/b&gt; and produced by &lt;b&gt;Zach Cowan&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Theme song by&lt;a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=sXDkd3m-QGWPTJx0jWjYow'&gt; &lt;b&gt;Epic Levels&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and beat by &lt;b&gt;Jay Domingo&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;© 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Our guest this week is Stephen Radney-MacFarland as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews. We talk about Delve RPG, his passion-project meditation on d20 fantasy games. How he doesn’t agree with 5E’s advantage/disadvantage rules. Growing up in San Francisco, playing D&amp;D as a kid, and using the Battleship board as a GM screen. Buying Tomb of Horrors, and learning a Gygaxian vocabulary. Working at Wizards of the Coast, combing through novels lik...

SQ 313 - Stephen Radney-MacFarland (Delve RPG, D&D, Pathfinder)

The Vat Spawn take out the final elite goblins. We meet Lotto, a 10-foot demon dog. Bat Alchemist sucks venom out of Warlock Roc. They explore further into the goblin museum, finding horrific paintings of former goblin kings, before discovering the current Goblin King’s chambers. ANNOUNCEMENTS<ul><li><a href='https://www.gameholecon.com/'>Gamehole Con</a>: October 17th through 20th in Madison, Wisconsin. We’ll have a booth right up front in the Podcasters and Press section. Come say hi to Dragon Warrior and pick up some Dungeon Cats and Mad Dungeon season three Rise of the Vat Spawn swag!</li><li><a href='https://unplugged.paxsite.com/'>PAX Unplugged</a>: December 6th through 8th in Philadelphia. Come say hi to Tiger Wizard at the Exalted Funeral booth, and play some games with Dragon Warrior every morning at the Alexandria RPG Library room.</li><li><a href='https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/dungeon-cats?_pos=1&amp;_sid=b49d1b23c&amp;_ss=r'>Dungeon Cats</a>: Tiger Wizard’s rules-lite TTRPG where you play feline adventurers is now available at Exalted Funeral. Delve into lush carpeted dungeons to vanquish giant rats, demonic dog spawn and the half-full food bowl. Fight with claws, purrs and advanced reflexes for the treasures contained within. You only have 9 lives. Live them adventurously!</li><li><a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=1Davt6DnT5WIbkazDV11Yw'>THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP</a>: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is now available on all streaming platforms. It&apos;s an intense dose  of nostalgia and comedy for geek-minded connoisseurs of gaming &amp; fun with features from nerdcore legends Mega Ran and MC Frontalot.</li></ul>JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at <a href='https://epiclevelsrapgods.com/'>epiclevelsrapgods.com</a>—Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&amp;D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators.You can support us via <a href='http://patreon.com/epiclevels'>Patreon</a> for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies.Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: <a href='https://linktr.ee/epiclevels'>HERE</a>Mad Dungeon is hosted by<a href='https://linktr.ee/tigerwizard'> Andrew Bellury</a>, <a href='https://linktr.ee/stevealbertson'>Steve Albertson</a>, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan.Theme song by <a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=sXDkd3m-QGWPTJx0jWjYow'>Epic Levels</a> and beat by Jay Domingo.© 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

<description>&lt;p&gt;The Vat Spawn take out the final elite goblins. We meet Lotto, a 10-foot demon dog. Bat Alchemist sucks venom out of Warlock Roc. They explore further into the goblin museum, finding horrific paintings of former goblin kings, before discovering the current Goblin King’s chambers.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;ANNOUNCEMENTS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.gameholecon.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gamehole Con&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: October 17th through 20th in Madison, Wisconsin. We’ll have a booth right up front in the Podcasters and Press section. Come say hi to Dragon Warrior and pick up some Dungeon Cats and Mad Dungeon season three Rise of the Vat Spawn swag!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://unplugged.paxsite.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;PAX Unplugged&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: December 6th through 8th in Philadelphia. Come say hi to Tiger Wizard at the Exalted Funeral booth, and play some games with Dragon Warrior every morning at the Alexandria RPG Library room.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/dungeon-cats?_pos=1&amp;amp;_sid=b49d1b23c&amp;amp;_ss=r'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dungeon Cats&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: Tiger Wizard’s rules-lite TTRPG where you play feline adventurers is now available at Exalted Funeral. Delve into lush carpeted dungeons to vanquish giant rats, demonic dog spawn and the half-full food bowl. Fight with claws, purrs and advanced reflexes for the treasures contained within. You only have 9 lives. Live them adventurously!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=1Davt6DnT5WIbkazDV11Yw'&gt;&lt;b&gt;THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is now available on all streaming platforms. It&amp;apos;s an intense dose  of nostalgia and comedy for geek-minded connoisseurs of gaming &amp;amp; fun with features from nerdcore legends Mega Ran and MC Frontalot.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;JOIN OUR &lt;b&gt;MAILING LIST&lt;/b&gt; by clicking the newsletter button at &lt;a href='https://epiclevelsrapgods.com/'&gt;epiclevelsrapgods.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for listening to Season Three of the &lt;b&gt;Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast&lt;/b&gt;, where D&amp;amp;D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “&lt;b&gt;Rise of the Vat Spawn&lt;/b&gt;,” an actual play using &lt;b&gt;Mystic Punks RPG&lt;/b&gt;, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can support us via &lt;a href='http://patreon.com/epiclevels'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Patreon&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: &lt;a href='https://linktr.ee/epiclevels'&gt;&lt;b&gt;HERE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mad Dungeon&lt;/b&gt; is hosted by&lt;a href='https://linktr.ee/tigerwizard'&gt;&lt;b&gt; Andrew Bellury&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://linktr.ee/stevealbertson'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Steve Albertson&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Robin Bellury&lt;/b&gt; and produced by &lt;b&gt;Zach Cowan&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Theme song by &lt;a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=sXDkd3m-QGWPTJx0jWjYow'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Epic Levels&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and beat by &lt;b&gt;Jay Domingo&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;© 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Vat Spawn take out the final elite goblins. We meet Lotto, a 10-foot demon dog. Bat Alchemist sucks venom out of Warlock Roc. They explore further into the goblin museum, finding horrific paintings of former goblin kings, before discovering the current Goblin King’s chambers.ANNOUNCEMENTSGamehole Con: October 17th through 20th in Madison, Wisconsin. We’ll have a booth right up front in the Podcasters and Press section. Come say hi to Dragon Warrior and pick up some Dungeon Cats and Mad Du...

MD 310 Demon Dog & A Monarch Menace – Rise of the Vat Spawn

Our guest this week is David “Zeb” Cook as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews. We talk about his involvement in 49 of the 50 years of D&amp;D’s existence and how satisfying it’s been for him to see his work impacting generations of people. We discuss his late 1970s start at TSR by editing Queen of the Demonweb Pits (Q1), writing Slave Pits of the Undercity (A1) as the first project that he wrote at TSR, running tournaments at the very earliest Gen Cons and Origins, how Dwellers of the Forbidden City came from his writing sample to get the job at TSR. We talk about his love of Conan, writing the first Conan module Conan Unchained! (CB1) and writing the Conan Role-Playing Game. TSR in the 1980s: growth from a staff of gamers and hobbyists to running a successful company. Dealing with the Satanic Panic. Being lead designer on the 2nd edition AD&amp;D. Worked on D&amp;D through 1994 with Planescape and some smaller projects before moving on to video games. Follow Zeb at: <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cook_(game_designer)'>Wikipedia</a> - <a href='https://www.facebook.com/zebcook'>FB</a> - <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Books-David-Zeb-Cook/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ADavid+%28Zeb%29+Cook'>Amazon</a> —ANNOUNCEMENTS<ul><li><a href='https://www.gameholecon.com/'>Gamehole Con</a>: October 17th through 20th in Madison, Wisconsin. We’ll have a booth right up front in the Podcasters and Press section. Come say hi to Dragon Warrior and pick up some Dungeon Cats and Mad Dungeon season three Rise of the Vat Spawn swag!</li><li><a href='https://unplugged.paxsite.com/'>PAX Unplugged</a>: December 6th through 8th in Philadelphia. Come say hi to Tiger Wizard at the Exalted Funeral booth, and play some games with Dragon Warrior every morning at the Alexandria RPG Library room.</li><li><a href='https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/dungeon-cats?_pos=1&amp;_sid=b49d1b23c&amp;_ss=r'>Dungeon Cats</a>: Tiger Wizard’s rules-lite TTRPG where you play feline adventures is now available at Exalted Funeral. Delve into lush carpeted dungeons to vanquish giant rats, demonic dog spawn and the half full food bowl. You only have 9 lives. Live them adventurously!</li><li><a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=1Davt6DnT5WIbkazDV11Yw'>THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP</a>: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP, with features from nerdcore legends Mega Ran and MC Frontalot, is now available on all streaming platforms.</li></ul>JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at <a href='https://epiclevelsrapgods.com/'>epiclevelsrapgods.com</a>—Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&amp;D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators.You can support us via<a href='http://patreon.com/epiclevels'> Patreon</a> for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies.Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials:<a href='https://linktr.ee/epiclevels'> HERE</a>Mad Dungeon is hosted by<a href='https://linktr.ee/tigerwizard'> Andrew Bellury</a>,<a href='https://linktr.ee/stevealbertson'> Steve Albertson</a>, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan.Theme song by<a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=sXDkd3m-QGWPTJx0jWjYow'> Epic Levels</a> and beat by Jay Domingo.© 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Our guest this week is &lt;b&gt;David “Zeb” Cook&lt;/b&gt; as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews. We talk about his involvement in 49 of the 50 years of D&amp;amp;D’s existence and how satisfying it’s been for him to see his work impacting generations of people.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We discuss his late 1970s start at TSR by editing &lt;em&gt;Queen of the Demonweb Pits&lt;/em&gt; (Q1), writing &lt;em&gt;Slave Pits of the Undercity&lt;/em&gt; (A1) as the first project that he wrote at TSR, running tournaments at the very earliest Gen Cons and Origins, how &lt;em&gt;Dwellers of the Forbidden City&lt;/em&gt; came from his writing sample to get the job at TSR. We talk about his love of Conan, writing the first Conan module Conan Unchained! (CB1) and writing the Conan Role-Playing Game.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;TSR in the 1980s: growth from a staff of gamers and hobbyists to running a successful company. Dealing with the Satanic Panic. Being lead designer on the 2nd edition AD&amp;amp;D. Worked on D&amp;amp;D through 1994 with Planescape and some smaller projects before moving on to video games. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Follow &lt;b&gt;Zeb&lt;/b&gt; at: &lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cook_(game_designer)'&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href='https://www.facebook.com/zebcook'&gt;FB&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href='https://www.amazon.com/Books-David-Zeb-Cook/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ADavid+%28Zeb%29+Cook'&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;ANNOUNCEMENTS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.gameholecon.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gamehole Con&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: October 17th through 20th in Madison, Wisconsin. We’ll have a booth right up front in the Podcasters and Press section. Come say hi to Dragon Warrior and pick up some Dungeon Cats and Mad Dungeon season three Rise of the Vat Spawn swag!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://unplugged.paxsite.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;PAX Unplugged&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: December 6th through 8th in Philadelphia. Come say hi to Tiger Wizard at the Exalted Funeral booth, and play some games with Dragon Warrior every morning at the Alexandria RPG Library room.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/dungeon-cats?_pos=1&amp;amp;_sid=b49d1b23c&amp;amp;_ss=r'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dungeon Cats&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: Tiger Wizard’s rules-lite TTRPG where you play feline adventures is now available at Exalted Funeral. Delve into lush carpeted dungeons to vanquish giant rats, demonic dog spawn and the half full food bowl. You only have 9 lives. Live them adventurously!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=1Davt6DnT5WIbkazDV11Yw'&gt;&lt;b&gt;THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP, with features from nerdcore legends Mega Ran and MC Frontalot, is now available on all streaming platforms.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://epiclevelsrapgods.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;epiclevelsrapgods.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for listening to Season Three of the &lt;b&gt;Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast&lt;/b&gt;, where D&amp;amp;D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “&lt;b&gt;Rise of the Vat Spawn&lt;/b&gt;,” an actual play using &lt;b&gt;Mystic Punks RPG&lt;/b&gt;, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can support us via&lt;a href='http://patreon.com/epiclevels'&gt; &lt;b&gt;Patreon&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials:&lt;a href='https://linktr.ee/epiclevels'&gt; &lt;b&gt;HERE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mad Dungeon&lt;/b&gt; is hosted by&lt;a href='https://linktr.ee/tigerwizard'&gt;&lt;b&gt; Andrew Bellury&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href='https://linktr.ee/stevealbertson'&gt; &lt;b&gt;Steve Albertson&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Robin Bellury&lt;/b&gt; and produced by &lt;b&gt;Zach Cowan&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Theme song by&lt;a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/3khUbYzO8sd5H8TXgVzbcV?si=sXDkd3m-QGWPTJx0jWjYow'&gt; &lt;b&gt;Epic Levels&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and beat by &lt;b&gt;Jay Domingo&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;© 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Our guest this week is David “Zeb” Cook as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews. We talk about his involvement in 49 of the 50 years of D&amp;D’s existence and how satisfying it’s been for him to see his work impacting generations of people.We discuss his late 1970s start at TSR by editing Queen of the Demonweb Pits (Q1), writing Slave Pits of the Undercity (A1) as the first project that he wrote at TSR, running tournaments at the very earliest G...

SQ 312 - David “Zeb” Cook (TSR, D&D, AD&D, Conan Role-Playing Game)

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