The Retro Arcana Podcast

Apr 09 2024 17 ep. 44 mins 4
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Join hosts Bobby and Jeff of Retro Arcana Games as they discuss tabletop role playing games, game design, and the history of our shared hobby.

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D6 2nd Edition and the Zorro RPG

Apr 09 2024 37 mins  
In this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast we are excited to review the Zorro RPG. But while we're fans of Zorro, we're really excited about what the game represents, a new D6 product and the first entry for D6 2nd Edition. We'll take a look at the rules and geek out about everything that we see there. Intro: 0:00 - 1:25 Bobby's Mea Culpa: 1:26 - 3:12 Apoc-Eclipse

What We Do Alone In The SHADOWDARK (A Review)

Apr 01 2024 31 mins  
In this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast, Bobby and Jeff dig into something more modern that certainly has an old school feel. We dive right into the shadows with our trusty torches in hand in our review of Shadowdark. As a product that touts a modernized old school feel, we felt it appropriate to review the rules and the presentation to see if it met the hype. Intro: 0:00 -

VOID 1680 AM - Review and Playcast

Mar 24 2024 15 mins  
In this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast, Bobby and Jeff review and discuss VOID 1680 AM, a solo playlist building game. We enjoyed the game so much, we decided to play through it and post the results on Youtube. To listen to the VOID 1680 AM playcast with all of the properly attributed music please go here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnT1hyKOpqQeq-mn5He6Wlf1JeKT2IDUh&a

RPG Subsystems

Mar 17 2024 35 mins  
In this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast, Bobby and Jeff talk about some of their favorite subsystems within roleplaying games. We define subsystems as the limited use rules that are separate from the core rules of a game that we feel help either drive a genre home or abstract concepts that the core rules cannot elegantly handle. Intro: 0:00 - 1:54 Shadowdark Carousing System:

Dominions of Steel - Mecha Combat for Savage Worlds

Mar 06 2024 30 mins  
In this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast, Bobby and Jeff talk about Dominions of Steel: Ambitions of the Scavenger Lords. This collaboration with award winning game designer Ross Watson is a fleshed out Savage Setting that brings full scale mecha combat into Savage Worlds Adventure Edition. Dominions of Steel is set to be released by Star Anvil Studios. Intro: 0:00 - 2:39 Sci-

MÖRK BORG Review

Feb 25 2024 48 mins  
In this this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast, we invade Sweden to review MÖRK BORG. The atmosphere of the game may be dark, but it's certainly rules lite.

Who Ya Gonna Call? The Ghostbusters RPG Review

Feb 18 2024 37 mins  
In this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast we invade your neighborhood to discuss Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful RPG. This game is the rules lite great grandpappy of West End Games popular D6 System.

Attack of the Retro Clones

Feb 11 2024 29 mins  
In this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast we discuss Retro Clones, the rules copies and expansions of beloved game systems that has breathed new life into Old School games, allowing new comers to experience almost faithful representations of the games that started the hobby. We’ll explain what they are, how they came to be, and what they mean for the TTRPG market.

The Longest Con

Nov 14 2023 32 mins  
In this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast join our intrepid hosts Jeff and Bobby as they escape from the Secret Podcast Bunker and travel to The Long Con in Longview, TX.

Chainmail

Oct 17 2023 74 mins  
In this episode our intrepid hosts Bobby and Jeff go back in time to visit the rules that arguably started the RPG industry: Chainmail!