Does THACO have a place in first edition? What’s the best way to run a game at a convention? What’s up with the mind flayer? Does DC Comics owe Jayson an apology for the AD&D comic books? Listen and find out… Intro 0:00 RFI Facebook Page www.facebook.com/RFIpodcast RFI Forums rfipodcast.com/show/forum/ RFI Twitter twitter.com/RFIpodcast/ RFI Spreadshirt
EpicWords.com creator Jonathan Cruz joins us this week as we talk about everyone’s favorite option from the DMG – psionics! We discuss the when, where, why and how of this love it or hate it system, and encounter a surprise in the Creature Feature Theater. IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THE FREE LAPTOP SLEEVES: The free laptop
We welcome Patrick Murphy, AKA “The Mad Irishman” this week. Patrick is known throughout the gaming community for his old school (and new as well) character sheets for myriad systems, including 1E AD&D, of course. Patrick comes on to talk with us about creating new supplements and materials for old school games, and we geek
This week we welcome Michael and Colin from the Dead Games Society. More plans are made for our old-school gaming convention Low Tech Con, and we talk about crossover games. Get some Gamma World in your AD&D! How about sending your paladin to Boot Hill? media.blubrry.com/rfipodcast/archive.org/download/RollForInitiativeVol1/RFI029.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts |
Klerikos, clericus, clerk, clergy, cleric… it’s one of the most storied words in the Romance languages, and one of the most versatile classes in AD&D. We examine clerics, from their roles in an adventuring party to the rationale (or irrationality, depending on your viewpoint) of prohibitions on edged weapons. Also this week, a classic Monster
Julie Hoverson joins us from 19 Nocturne Boulevard this week as we talk about traps, tricks, and ten foot poles. Jim & Debbie from Gamers Rule show us The Ultimate Unofficial Collector’s Guide to AD&D, and we smash Nick’s monster to bits in the Creature Feature Theater. Errata – we mention the new book from
We’re back from Gen Con, and the glow will take days to wear off. This issue is devoted to our interview with Frank Mentzer. Dig in and enjoy. Show notes: Chad from Dead Games Society joined us for the interview, you can find their site at dgsociety.com/ media.blubrry.com/rfipodcast/archive.org/download/RollForInitiativeVol1/RFI026.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple
We’ll be doing ongoing “special dispatches” from Gen Con from now until Sunday. They’ll be going into the regular podcast feed media.blubrry.com/rfipodcast/archive.org/download/RollForInitiativeVol1/Gen_Con_2010_-_Special_Dispatch_01.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
It’s just a few days until the start of Gen Con 2010, and we’re raring to go. This week, we discuss XP – when to pump it up and damp it down, splitting evenly among the party vs. calculating per character, and the great debate over 1gp = 1xp. Also, more about the goblin spider,
Seventy-eight percent of all adventures start in a tavern (according to a statistic I just made up on the spot), but how do you bring a tavern or an inn to life? Also in this week’s issue, Sage Advice talks about level limits (again!), we build our artifact in the Adventure Construction Set, bravely resist
Issue 23 – and you know what that means… CONSPIRACIES! Table Manners is about introducing conspiracies into your game We introduce a new segment – the Adventure Construction Set From the Dragon’s Hoard, we pull out the Sword of Sharpness DM Nick runs the Creature Feature Theater And in the Poll of the Week, we
AD&D is a human-sized world, where players are often rewarded by the rules for playing humans. In issue 22, we talk about playing the most dangerous animal of all – MAN. Table Manners – Making humans enticing to play The Dragon’s Hoard – Ring of Animal Friendship Creature Feature Theater – DM Vince leads us
This week’s show includes: Sage Advice – Magic items and props Table Manners – Playing with Evil PCs Sticklers Spotlight – The dreaded LEVEL LIMITS discussion Creature Feature Theater – What will we encounter this time? media.blubrry.com/rfipodcast/archive.org/download/RollForInitiativeVol1/RFI021.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
We’re finally here at issue 20 – after this one, you’ll no longer be able to roll a d20 to figure out which back issue to listen to… As befits a natural twenty, we’re talking about dice this week. Show notes for this week: Sage Advice: Collectors’ guides, cutout minis, and finding a gaming group
In Sage Advice, we tread on the touchy ground of 1st Edition vs. – well, you know. Table Manners is about NPC dialogue – do you write it beforehand? Do you act it out, or speak in the third person? The Creature Feature Theater is a little different in this issue – join us as
