Gavin NormanSee YouTube Video of Episode HERE <a href="https://necroticgnome.com/pages/about-old-school-essentials">Old-School Essentials (RPG)</a><a href="https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/">Exalted Funeral (Company)</a><a href="https://necroticgnome.com/collections/dolmenwood">Dolmenwood (RPG)</a>  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76WyxIn2N1Y">Questing Beast on Dolmenwood (Video) — “Dolmenwood is the BEST D&D book of 2025… and it’s not close”</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxGoLbbY2TbHJr3mF2kPgNg">Bastard Quest (YouTube Channel)</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_the_Dying_Earth">Songs of the Dying Earth - </a>Matthew Hughes<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35630071-9-tales-of-raffalon">Nine Tales of Raffalon - </a>Matthew Hughes <a href="https://www.edge-studio.net/games/arkham-horror-starter-set/">Arkham Horror RPG Starter Set</a><a href="https://necroticgnome.com/pages/about-us">Brad Kerr & Chance Dudinack About</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQi0fvUO0fY">The Black Wyrm of Brandonsford (Adventure) </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9w8YVqYs5I">Questing Beast – DCC Hot Take: We Need to Talk About Goodman Games</a><a href="https://www.backerkit.com/c/collections/ose-month">Old-School Essentials Month – May 2026 (Backerkit)</a><a href="https://www.americanroads.us/DandD/ADnD_1e_Monster_Manual.pdf">AD&D 1e Monster Manual (PDF)</a><a href="https://www.limithron.com/darkcaribbean">Dark Caribbean (Pirate Borg Setting Book)</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Garden_Wall">Over the Garden Wall (TV Series)</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Strange_%26_Mr_Norrell">Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell – Susanna Clarke</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Elfland%27s_Daughter">The King of Elfland’s Daughter – Lord Dunsany</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Wind">The Name of the Wind & The Wise Man’s Fear – Patrick Rothfuss</a> <a href="https://www.3d6downtheline.com/">3d6 Down the Line (Actual Play)</a><a href="https://www.legendkeeper.com/">LegendKeeper (Worldbuilding Tool)</a><a href="https://sine-nomine-publishing.myshopify.com/collections/worlds-without-number">Worlds Without Number (RPG)</a><a href="https://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/products/a-pound-of-flesh">A Pound of Flesh (Mothership Toolkit)</a><a href="https://shop.slyflourish.com/products/return-of-the-lazy-dungeon-master">Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master – Sly Flourish</a><a href="https://www.dungeon-world.com/">Dungeon World (RPG)</a><a href="https://thealexandrian.net/so-you-want-to-be-a-game-master">So You Want to Be a Game Master – Justin Alexander</a><a href="https://baldursgate3.game/">Baldur’s Gate 3 (Video Game)</a><a href="https://necroticgnome.com/collections/ose-zines">Carcass Crawler (Zines)</a>
Credits Music: Alexander Miller&nbsp; Editing: Matt Kepler&nbsp; Producing: Tyler Stratton Get Episodes 1 week early on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/limithron">Limithron's Patreon</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gavin Norman&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;See YouTube Video of Episode HERE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://necroticgnome.com/pages/about-old-school-essentials"&gt;Old-School Essentials (RPG)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/"&gt;Exalted Funeral (Company)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://necroticgnome.com/collections/dolmenwood"&gt;Dolmenwood (RPG)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76WyxIn2N1Y"&gt;Questing Beast on Dolmenwood (Video) — &lt;i&gt;“Dolmenwood is the BEST D&amp;D book of 2025… and it’s not close”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxGoLbbY2TbHJr3mF2kPgNg"&gt;Bastard Quest (YouTube Channel)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_the_Dying_Earth"&gt;Songs of the Dying Earth - &lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Matthew Hughes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35630071-9-tales-of-raffalon"&gt;Nine Tales of Raffalon - &lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Matthew Hughes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.edge-studio.net/games/arkham-horror-starter-set/"&gt;Arkham Horror RPG Starter Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://necroticgnome.com/pages/about-us"&gt;Brad Kerr &amp; Chance Dudinack About&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQi0fvUO0fY"&gt;The Black Wyrm of Brandonsford (Adventure) &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9w8YVqYs5I"&gt;Questing Beast – &lt;i&gt;DCC Hot Take: We Need to Talk About Goodman Games&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.backerkit.com/c/collections/ose-month"&gt;Old-School Essentials Month – May 2026 (Backerkit)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.americanroads.us/DandD/ADnD_1e_Monster_Manual.pdf"&gt;AD&amp;D 1e Monster Manual (PDF)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.limithron.com/darkcaribbean"&gt;Dark Caribbean (Pirate Borg Setting Book)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Garden_Wall"&gt;Over the Garden Wall (TV Series)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Strange_%26_Mr_Norrell"&gt;Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr Norrell – Susanna Clarke&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Elfland%27s_Daughter"&gt;The King of Elfland’s Daughter – Lord Dunsany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Wind"&gt;The Name of the Wind &amp; The Wise Man’s Fear – Patrick Rothfuss&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.3d6downtheline.com/"&gt;3d6 Down the Line (Actual Play)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.legendkeeper.com/"&gt;LegendKeeper (Worldbuilding Tool)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://sine-nomine-publishing.myshopify.com/collections/worlds-without-number"&gt;Worlds Without Number (RPG)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/products/a-pound-of-flesh"&gt;A Pound of Flesh (Mothership Toolkit)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://shop.slyflourish.com/products/return-of-the-lazy-dungeon-master"&gt;Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master – Sly Flourish&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dungeon-world.com/"&gt;Dungeon World (RPG)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://thealexandrian.net/so-you-want-to-be-a-game-master"&gt;So You Want to Be a Game Master – Justin Alexander&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://baldursgate3.game/"&gt;Baldur’s Gate 3 (Video Game)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://necroticgnome.com/collections/ose-zines"&gt;Carcass Crawler (Zines)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Music: Alexander Miller&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;Editing: Matt Kepler&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;Producing: Tyler Stratton&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Get Episodes 1 week early on &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/limithron"&gt;Limithron's Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Kicking off Season 2, Gavin Norman—Eldritch wizard of the OSR, creator of Old-School Essentials and the smash new hit Dolmenwood campaign setting and game—comes on the podcast. Luke and Gavin talk about what makes a good sandbox, the design of Gavin’s games, and what comes next for the veteran designer.

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Ship of the Dead Podcast

Gavin Norman (Dolmenwood, OSE)

Gavin Norman (Dolmenwood, OSE)

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