The Goblins and Growlers Podcast
Hey, we do awesome tabletop stuff. Since 2018, Goblins and Growlers has been: - Running public TTRPG events in local breweries and restaurants in Richmond - Writing and publishing all our own original (award-winning) content - Producing ”Quid Pro Roll,” a 90k+ download narrative tabletop podcast - Producing ”The Goblins and Growlers Podcast,” an interview and discussion show about fun gaming products and topics - Presenting panels, performing on stage, and running organized tabletop events at gaming and pop culture conventions up and down the East Coast
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Episodes
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
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Episode Introduction
The battle of the acronyms. We're coming back from a recording break and catching up on the news we missed. One of those items -- the big one -- is the latest lawsuit in the back and forth between Wizards of the Coast and Ernie Gygax's problematic reboot of his father's TSR company. The usual race- and gender-related intolerance we've come to expect from them. Also, Hasbro has hired a new senior vice president for Dungeons & Dragons and we discuss what that means for the future of the brand, some prequel books for the D&D movie, and Wizards of the Coast once again dropping the ball with their own race-related issues but this time it's Spelljammer. Small content warning here, too: We read verbatim some stuff from TSR's "Star Frontiers" and the injunction document.
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
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Episode Introduction
We're back with the second part of our thrilling and technically challenged interview with G. Edward Patterson. We talked about his system-neutral bestiary, "A Groats-worth of Grotesques," a while back and he found the episode thanks to a writer's block-induced self Googling. He reached out and we decided to chat... for an hour and 45 minutes. Buy his stuff because, as you'll hear, he really needs to buy a new audio system!
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 2022
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Episode Introduction
G. Edward Patterson's ears were burning. We talked about his system-neutral bestiary, "A Groats-worth of Grotesques," a while back and he found the episode thanks to a writer's block-induced self Googling. He reached out and we decided to chat... for an hour and 45 minutes. This is part one of a fun interview that bounces around to a lot of different stuff -- he's a smart person with a lot of different interests -- but trust us that the main thrust is tabletop role-playing games. We promise. Links before to "Groats-worth" and his business, The Skull as a Complete Gentlemen Company. Buy his stuff because, as you'll hear, he really needs to buy a new audio system!
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
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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.
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
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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)
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
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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)
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
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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!
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
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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.
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
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.
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
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!