Show Notes
Ever wondered what beer chemistry, emo vampires, and broom mechanics have in common? Neither did we—until this week’s RPGBOT.Podcast!
We’re diving deep into RPG madness, from the grimy charm of Shadow Dark to the chaos of Warhammer’s magic (spoiler: it’s messy). Then, we tackle Symbaroum, where sweeping is serious business, and Vison, the perfect game for overachieving detectives.
Horror fans, brace yourselves! It’s eldritch chills with Call of Cthulhu, slapstick terror with Pulp Cthulhu, and Appalachian nightmares with Old Gods of Appalachia. Oh, and don’t forget Vampire: The Masquerade, where brooding has never been so stylish.
Summary
Join the RPGBOT hosts as they embark on a tabletop odyssey filled with epic quests, fermented wisdom, and dice-fueled shenanigans! In this episode, they sip on the heady brew of beer chemistry before stumbling into the Old-School Renaissance of Shadow Dark—where dungeons are grim, and death is always just a dice roll away.
The adventure takes a quirky turn with Symbaroum, a game where sweeping mechanics finally get their moment in the spotlight, and spirals into the arcane depths of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay’s magic systems (spoiler: it’s like herding chaotic cats). Mystery lovers, rejoice! They dissect Vison, an RPG that dares players to think—and maybe overthink—its clever puzzles.
For horror fans, it’s a double feature: Call of Cthulhu’s sanity-shattering frights meet Pulp Cthulhu’s lighthearted antics (think Indiana Jones with an eldritch twist). The hosts then dive fang-first into Vampire: The Masquerade and the brooding drama of World of Darkness, where players face the ultimate challenge: emo roleplay.
To cap it off, the crew gets their candles snuffed out in Ten Candles and pulled into the spine-tingling Appalachian horrors of Old Gods of Appalachia. Whether you’re rolling a nat 20 or a nat 1, this episode celebrates RPGs in all their weird, wonderful glory.
Materials Referenced in this Episode
- Almost everything below is an affiliate link and Tyler doesn’t want to copy+paste this a zillion times
- Achtung Cthulhu
- Adventures in Rokugan
- Alien RPG
- All Flesh Must Be Eaten
- Apocalypse World
- Battletech
- Bladerunner
- Call of Cthulhu
- Candela Obscura
- Colostle
- CY_BORG
- Cyberpunk Red
- Cypher Core Rulebook
- Death in Space
- Delta Green
- Doctor Who RPG
- Doctors and Daleks
- FFG Star Wars
- Fallout RPG
- Forbidden Lands
- Genesys Core Rulebook
- Imperium Maledictum
- Legend of the Five Rings
- Lord of the Rings Roleplay 5e
- Marvel Multiverse RPG
- Masks
- Mork Borg
- Numenera
- Old Gods of Appalachia
- Pirate Borg
- Pulp Cthulhu
- Ruins of Symbaroum
- Shadowdark
- Shadowrun
- Symbaroum
- The One Ring 2e
- The Walking Dead RPG
- Vaesen
- Vampire: The Masquerade
- Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
- Werewolf: The Apocalypse
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