Bourbon & Barbarians, Season 3 Episode 15: Strahd + PCs = Roll-Play!

Hile, adventurers! Our adventurers continue their exploration of Castle Ravenloft, and stand against STRAHD!!! Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. "Gnarled Situation" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Likewise Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/r . Our final track is "Continuum" by Opeth on their album, In Cauda Venenum. All music was obtained legally... And it's so good. We hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!

Season 12, Episode 3: The Little Black Train (A Liminal Journey)

Welcome, Cromrades! It has been a while, but we are still rolling down that Manly Road through the Appalachian Mountains with Manly Wade Wellman and his Silver John stories! This week, we take a ride on The Little Black Train (read it here) and see that, though death comes for each of us, a sinful life leads to a ride on the little black train to the bad place! 
Note: Josh meant Josh Turner, not Josh Groban. Honest mistake. There are a lot of Joshes. But we are all Josh, each in our own way. Aren't we?


Shout out to Dreaming Creek Brewery, we're fans of their Kentucky Common! Stop by there if you're in the Richmond, KY area!
One Things: Josh: Modern Video games: Video Card + Skyrim = Crazy Delicious!Luke: The World Fantasy Awards Volume 1 & Volume 2. Also Abe Books!Jon: The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck from Fantagraphics! 
Featured on This or That - Tolkien Names vs Antidepressants

Lincoln's death train is an example of a little black train as harbinger of death, or ferry to the afterlife. We present a lengthy discussion on trains as symbols of transition, and as liminal space. 
Next time: Call Me From The Valley. The Manly Road continues!

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Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Themes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. 

Outro: "The Little Black Train" by Joe Guthrie. Music was obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!

Tabernacle of the Toad Men - A One Page Dungeon Submission!

Hail, Cromrades! Looking for a quick bit of fun around the game table? Well, you're in luck! Below is Luke's submission to this year's One Page Dungeon contest. This 'Borderlands' one-shot is system-agnostic, and is designed to be a fun (if disconcerting) splatterfest!

If you are hungry for more one-page ideas for the gaming table, consider the past years' submissions which are collected and available via Shattered Pike Studio. These past compendiums are chock full of content, and you absolutely can't beat 'em!

 A low-res image of the dungeon is below; you can download the free PDF here!
Otherwise, click on the titles here to also download free PDFs of previous One Page Dungeons, Into the Lair of the Slobbertooth Kobolds and A Grave Night on the Borderlands!

Bourbon & Barbarians, Season 3 Episode 14: A Nod to a Past Campaign, and Introducing the Big Bad

Hile, adventurers! Our adventurers continue their exploration of Castle Ravenloft, and we further explore the catacombs of Ravenloft! Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. "Gnarled Situation" and "Black Vortex" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Likewise Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/