The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

One D&D and 2023 D&D Releases from Wizards of the Coast | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

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Episode Introduction
Cancel all your gaming plans for 2023. Wizards of the Coast hits us with two big news nuggets: the official unveiling of One D&D, the next generation of Dungeons and Dragons; and their 2023 release lineup, including a heist book, a bizarre update to Phandelver and the resurfacing of Planescape. The tl;dr on One D&D is that there are no more editions and all the rules are going to be modular and iterative, so think of it as Dungeons and Dragons as software as a service.
And, just to make sure we stay on the right side of the law in this discussion, we're joined by Noah Downs, friend of the show, friend of us, and our attorney. In this episode, though, he's functioning in his capacity as D&D fan and podcast shill -- don't forget to listen to "Forgotten Paths."
Anyway, join us as we talk about: One D&D, Keys from the Golden Vault, Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants, The Book of Many Things, Phandelver as a full campaign (with cosmic horror elements), and Planescape.

Brave Little Toasters and TTRPG Explainers | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

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Episode Introduction
We're back from Queen City Anime Con and are thoroughly exhausted. If you missed us there, then you missed some fun gaming panels, TTRPG improv and live shows, plus a collaboration with the Cosplay Wrestling Federation. It's a blast every year and we're so thankful to be able to see our friends in Charlotte every year. 
As far as this episode, it certainly reflects how tired we are. After chatting for a few, we jump into a Brave Little Toaster RPG and then talk about disclaimers/explainers in TTRPG books. Brandon gets confused, we talk about "Terminator," and then chat about some of our episode plans for the rest of the year. Oh, and there's a car alarm.
Time codes!
- Intro Jabber (0:00)
- Scratchin' That Indie Itch: I, Toaster (7:20)
- "What is a TTRPG" sections in books (14:50)
- Yes, that's a car alarm (37:53)
- Outro and Updates (45:17)

Dungeons & Dragons Opinions That Will Make You Scream | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

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Episode Introduction
What D&D hill are you going to die on, no matter what anyone else says? We put out a call for unpopular D&D opinions through Discord and Twitter and the community didn't let us down. Beyond that, Josh has a fun indie journaling RPG to tell us all about while Brandon tries to derail him with Soviet arcade games and RPGs.
Side note: If you have any Soviet/Russian TTRPGs from the late 80s/early90s, please send them our way, or at least point us to a place where we can get them!
P.S. The podcast has passed its first birthday! Thanks to everyone for listening and giving us feedback!
Time codes!
- Scratchin' That Indie Itch: Alone Among the Stars (3:50)
- Chatter/Jibber Jabber (12:50)
- Russian TTRPGs (15:30)
- Unpopular D&D Opinions (19:40)

Journey Through the Radiant Citadel | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

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Episode Introduction
Welcome to this timely episode of GGP. The newest Dungeons and Dragons release, “Journeys through the Radiant Citadel,” comes out tomorrow as of this release date. We discuss what we know about the release, and, because all the writers on the project are black or brown, talk about what it means for Wizards of the Coast taking some more steps toward better representation. Over the course of learning about “Radiant Citadel,” we went from “I don’t feel a huge urge to talk about this” to “this actually is pretty cool.” Check it out at your friendly local gaming store, and learn more about the many different civilization that populate this new hub location in the Ethereal Plane.
Watch: What is the Radiant Citadel?
Watch: Product Details
We talk a lot about Wizards/Dungeons and Dragons releases, so we’ve decided to start including spotlights on cool/fun/interesting indie games we find on itch.io. Just because we can’t stretch them out into a whole episode unto themselves doesn’t mean we shouldn’t talk about them. Kicking it off in this week, we have “Salt & Strife,” by qwo. It's set in the early modern period and revolves around tearing down the powerful. Enjoy!

Fourth of July and American Cryptids | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

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Episode Introduction
Happy Fourth of July, Goblins. To celebrate, we invited a couple of our friends, Inver and Sydney, to chat about the most patriotic thing we could think of: the red-blooded cryptids unique to this U.S of A. We got Mothman. We got Slenderman. We got Skunk Apes. We got the Flatwoods Monster.
So raise your beer, grab your hamburgers, and huddle around the grill to listen this extra-long episode full of aliens, monsters, and the dwellers of the Hollow Earth. E Mothmanibus Unum.
Also, we got an email from a listener who asking about the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers RPG.

A GIANT Unearthed Arcana Release and a GROTESQUE Bestiary | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

A GIANT Unearthed Arcana Release and A Grotesque System-Neutral Bestiary
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Episode Introduction
The Unearthed Arcana actually was pretty reasonably sized, but it still felt like a lot because of the subject matter. Josh throws his usual prosecutorial shade at this playtest materials. It's interesting that most Unearthed Arcana seems to be kind of overpowered when it comes out. It's like Wizards and the Dungeons and Dragons design team is like "Hey, let's throw ALL this stuff at the wall. We'll see if anyone out there wants to pull us back from the edge before we make it an official release.
A Grotesworth of Grotesques is a fantastic system-neutral bestiary that you absolutely should buy. It's influenced by old-timey scientific treatises from the likes of explorers such as Alexander Von Humboldt. It's a bargain at twice the price. We probably should have broken this one out into its own episode, but maybe we can get the creator on for an interview to make up for that.
Time Codes
Correction! (2:28)
Giants Unearthed Arcana (4:45)
A Groatsworth of Grotesques (48:50)
Additional Resources
Wizards of the Coast: Giant Options Unearthed Arcana (with videos!) https://dnd.wizards.com/unearthed-arcana/giant-options
A Groatsworth of Grotesques: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/357543/A-Groatsworth-of-Grotesques
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The Goblins and Growlers Podcast is produced by Goblins and Growlers, a Richmond, Virginia-based tabletop-roleplaying-game content and events company dedicated to inclusivity through TTRPGs.

Monsters of the Multiverse: Great or Grift? | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

Monsters of the Multiverse: Great or Grift?
I consider myself somewhat plugged into Wizards of the Coast’s release schedule, but this new Mordenkainen almost snuck past me. I saw “multiverse” in the title and immediately thought they chose the name to cleverly tie into “Spiderman” and "Doctor Strange.” There was an Unearthed Arcana in 2021 called “Travelers of the Multiverse” and it mainly featured player races associated with the “Spelljammer” setting, which we all knew was coming out in 2022. My mind immediately went there. “This must be some kind of additional bestiary for Spelljammer!” So that’s on me for not investigating further before I supported my Local Gaming Store to the tune of $50. I sat there alternating between reading and feeling miffed until both activities merged into a melange of mild dejection. I put it away and sat with the feeling for a couple of days. tl;dr: I changed my mind. Listen to this episode and read the rest of the blog post from which I pulled the preceding!
ALSO: Be sure to join our Discord. Then you can do things like one member, Dr. Glaucon, did and correct me about the ability to buy certain things ala carte from D&D Beyond. I had no idea! He was able to do this because he's on Patreon and got the video version of the episode three days early! Be like Dr. Glaucon!

Second Edition AD&D Spelljammer | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

Second Edition AD&D Spelljammer
Episode Introduction
Thanks for sticking with us after the delay on last week's episode. That was totally Brandon's fault! We're back on the horse this week to talk about the original Spelljammer from Second Edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. Once the Fifth Edition version comes out in a couple of months we'll see how different they really are. We were looking at the "Legend of SPelljammer" box set that came out in 1991. Spelljammer itself came out in 1991. It was a long day, so Brandon refers a few times to the setting coming out in 1991, not 1989. Just roll with it. We're all tired. Also, Goblins and Growlers is going to be at Queen City Anime Con this year August 5-7. Come see us! We'll be doing panels and running the tabletop gaming room. Visit www.queencityanimecon.com for details. 
Additional Resources
Big thanks to Harbs Narbs for getting an email interview with Jeff Grubb so I didn't have to risk rejection to do so myself! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ5y_9TdIJQ&t=8s
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Hey, Hey, Episode Delay a.k.a. Brandon You Dope | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

Hey, Hey, Episode Delay a.k.a. Brandon You Dope
How’s everyone doing this fine Monday morning (or whenever you’re listening to this)?
So, I’ve got a confession to make. It’s Real Talk Time. I know we promised you an episode on Spelljammer Second Edition to dovetail with last episode’s discussion of the upcoming 5E Spelljammer.
HOWEVER
I’ve got no new episode for you this week, but it’s totally my fault.
What happened was this:
We hired a fantastic new editor to help us with production on the podcast. I sent him the audio tracks for the Spelljammer 2E episode. Except I didn’t. I accidentally sent him the wrong files. I sent him the new ones after I realized what happened and he’s working on them now. 
So here’s the plan:
NEXT Monday, May 30, Memorial Day in the United States, we’ll release the Spelljammer 2E episode. And then, to say on track, THE FOLLOWING Monday, June 6, we’ll release another new episode. Josh and I had a really good conversation/review for Mordenkainen’s Multiverse of Monsters where we talk not only about the book but also the publishing strategy behind it and analyze a couple of interviews with Jeremy Crawford, the main game design architect for D&D. It was a really fun conversation!
In the meantime, please Tweet us your frustrations, hopes, and dreams at @WayOfBrandolore, @BlackCloakDM, or @goblinsgrowlers. Also hop on the Discord at bit.ly/goblindiscord.
Anyway, folks. Again, sorry about this one — it’s all on me.
Sidenote: I’m recording this at around midnight on Sunday night. I just got back from a Bit Brigade concert and am full of the amped-up energy you have when you come back from a live music show. If you’ve never seen Bit Brigade, please check them out. I recommend any of their Meagan 2 performances.
I’m about to brush my teeth and head to bed. I hope everyone has an awesome week where you set goals, accomplish them, and wow people with how amazing you are. You are amazing! Let’s all try to lift people up this week. Tell your friends/family/co-workers/whoever that they’re awesome and capable and can take on the world. Spread around the love.
Talk to you all next week. Hope to see you in the Discord between now and then. 
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Spelljammer 5E and Hostile Takeovers | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

Spelljammer 5E and Hostile Takeovers
Episode Introduction
A doubleheader of topics today. We start off with our best understanding/interpretation of the attempted hostile takeover of Hasbro by hedge fund Alta Fox. They're trying to get people on the Hasbro board so they can spin off Wizards of the Coast into an independent company. Maybe there's an argument to be made there, but it's a complicated subject and there's politics on both sides of it. THEN, we get into the real fun stuff and chat about the new Fifth Edition Spelljammer setting announcement. It's almost like they're putting out an honest-to-goodness box set for this! We talk about what the product is going to look like and go over the basics of the setting in case you weren't familiar with it from its Second Edition origins. Get your giant space hamsters ready.
Topics
Alta Fox's attempted takeover of Hasbro to spin off Wizards of the Coast (1:00)
Spelljammer is coming to Fifth Edition. We talk about the setting and the specific product being released in August (26:00)
Additional Resources
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2022/04/wotc-proxy-battle-heats-up-hasbro-slams-spin-off-plans.html
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220426006218/en/Alta-Fox-Files-Definitive-Proxy-Statement-and-Sends-Letter-to-Hasbro-Shareholders
https://investor.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-board-directors-issues-letter-shareholders
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-17/alta-fox-said-to-push-hasbro-for-wizards-of-the-coast-spinoff
https://dnd.wizards.com/products/spelljammer
https://www.cbr.com/spelljammer-collection-expect-dnd-5e/
https://arcaneeye.com/dnd-news/spelljammer-5e-announcement/
https://www.polygon.com/22722987/dungeons-dragons-spelljammer-reboot-5e-fifth-edition
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https://patreon.com/goblinsgrowlers
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https://goblinsandgrowlers.podbean.com (and basically any other podcatcher)
https://quidproroll.podbean.com (our sister podcast, an actual play)
JOIN OUR DISCORD: bit.ly/goblindiscord
The Goblins and Growlers Podcast is produced by Goblins and Growlers, a Richmond, Virginia-based tabletop-roleplaying-game content and events company dedicated to inclusivity through TTRPGs.