Biggus Geekus
Randy and Joe talk RPGs past and present, general roleplaying topics, gaming news, the occasional rant, RPG design and Worldbuilding. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/biggusgeekus/support
Big Geek Con 2 report
Let’s revisit High Level Play in D&D
Nostalgia in D&D & the Hobby
Whom do you serve - the Player or Character
Top 5 TTRPG Online discussion topics
Gaming Opinions…yeah, we got ‘em! INTRO:
Let's Play Savage Worlds
Savage Worlds Live part Two!
Let's Make A Savage Worlds Character
Edition Wars: Choose & Perish!
AI in Dungeons and Dragons
How We Savaged our DnD Game
Top Ten Reasons Why We Still Play Dungeons and Dragons
The Absolute Best D&D Monsters!!!
Expectations inDnD
Bloat: Fight, Flight, Or Just Right
Magic Talks With Pat
The Magic User Mended
Cabin Con 18 Review
Is That Monster Good Eatin'?
DnD has too much class ... It only needs two.
Intra Party Strife
Hirelings & Henchmen – Tools of the Trade or just Tools?
Magic items, What are they good for?
Advancing Your Game
Monster Mash 15: Aberrations
Online DnD Madness
Fixing DnD Part One
Gygax vs Arneson: Battle Royale
When one Dungeon Master is not enough.
Internet Meet Karen and Disheartening Dweomers
Divide, Divide, Divide The Hobby!
What are the OSRs?
The BrOSR is Stupid ... and Timepeeping
Gaming Resolutions and More! Potpourri with Patrick Once Again!
D&D Discussions With David
Horde Wars Basic ... And Beyond!
Fantasy Top Five
A Chaos Of Topics
What makes a Challenging Game?
Combating Combat - Building The Mechanics
Setting Up A Great Setting
Designing the All-Important Magic System
Fear Biggus Geekus
Joe V. Randy D&D Edition War Round 2: 1e vs. 2e
Joe v. Randy - A Battle in the D&D Edition War
Loot and Edition Wars in DnD
When Enough Is Enough In DnD
Big Geek Con #1 Report
Handling PC Death
Planescape Reimagined
Resistance Is Futile
Moving Goalposts: Exp Gains in DnD
Gaming Facts or Fiction?
So ... You All Meet In A Bar
Save or Suck in your RPGs
Deities In Your RPGs
Wishes in DnD
Portals!
DnD Weirdness
Retro Review: Best of Dragon Vol. 2 part 2
Retro Review: Best of Dragon Vol. 2
Monster Mash 14: Slimes and Oozes
Monster Mash 13 : Here There Be DRAGONS - Part 2!
Monster Mash 13: Dragons!
Monster Mash 12: Lycanthropes
What Is The Player's Job At The Game Table?
What is the DM's job?
Campaigns, Cabin Con CC17 and Horde Wars
Monster Mash #11: ORCS & More!
DnD Myth Busters
Monster Mash 10: Elementals
OSR Glut - Time to Move On?
Toys or No Toys in your DnD Game
Aves of Good and Evil - The Eternal Dialogue
I Don’t Want No Stinkin’ D&D
Monster Mash #9 - NPCs as Monsters
Controlling The Narrative
MASTER YOUR GAME PREP | DARK SUN PROBLEMATIC | PLAYING MULTIPLE PCS
The Final Word: Race vs Species vs Ancestry
Monster Mash Special - Homebrewed Monsters
TTRPGs vs Other RPG-like Games
Dm Blackwell and Horde Wars | WOTC and more OGL1.0a stuff
What do we want from a Dungeon?
Grim Jim and the Weasels of the Coast
Dump Dungeons and Dragons
Why Learn A New Game?!?!?!?
2022 ... Year In Review
Ten Words You Cannot Use In Gaming
Demons and Devils | Dungeons and Dragons Not Monetized Enough
Monster Mash #6: The Drow
Houserules in Dungeons and Dragons amd other ttrpgs.
Tuesday Night Pre-Thanksgiving Chill Stream
Attributes in D&D and Other TTRPGs
Monster Mash #5: Giants (ogres & trolls) In Your DnD Game
Ending a Campaign | Dungeons and Dragons Thief Class Analysis
The Many Faces of Evil in D&D
Ravenloft-The Spooky D&D Setting
Creating Engaging Encounters for Dungeons and Dragons, and other ttrpgs
Episode 108: Retro review of D&D’s White Plume Mountain, Finale | DnD Pushing Boundaries, Finale
Retro review of D&D’s White Plume Mountain (1e) | The OSR is Dying?
Dungeons and Dragons - Pushing Boundaries
The Great DnD Modules & Adventures
D&D and RPG Sundry
ARTIFACTS In Your Dungeons and Dragons Game
Episode 102: Golems and Constructs in Dungeons and Dragons | Favorite DnD Game Mechanics | One DnD
Starting a New Campaign
Episode 100 Retrospective
Safety Tools | Staying Positive | Blain Pardoe | Gencon 2022
Monster Mash - The Terrasque in your Dungeons and Dragons Game
Alignment in Dungeons and Dragons ... Again
OSR, Old School, and the DnD divide with Legacy Game Mastering
Five More Cool RPGs That Are Not Dungeons and Dragons
On The DriveThruRPG Controversy
D&D Lessons You wish you’d learned earlier
Stereotypes, Inclusion and Representation in D&D
We Love The OSR, But Is It D&D?
Dungeons and Dragons vs. The Satanic Panic and the Woke Mob
Cultivating a Game Group & Fantastic Locations
CC16 Re-Cap and Lessons learned
What We Love About D&D | Doctor Strange 2 | Violence in RPGs
Things We Hate in D&D
Monster Mash 2 - Incorporeal Undead in D&D
What’s Stats got to do with it?
High Level Breakdown: Real or Fiction?
Monster Mash Pt. 1: Corporeal Undead
Monster Mash Overview: Monsters in your DnD Game
Evil Campaigns & PCs
Default DnD Assumptions
5 RPGs To Play That Are Not DnD
Keeping it Real while Playing Pretend
Death and Taxes with T-Shirted Historian
The 3 R’s: Renounce, Ridicule and Replace
Initiative Revisited With Bruce
Episode 73: 13th Age Finale ... Part Two
13th Age Deep Dive Part Finale ... Part 1
13th Age Deep Dive Part 2
13th Age Part 1: Icons and Setting
The Hickman Manifesto/Are You Too Old For RPGs
Pros & Cons of Spellcasting Systems In Your TTRPG
The Right Game for the Right Job
Save or Suck /Die in Dungeons and Dragons
RPG Campaign Nuts & Bolts: Procedural Play
Campaign Nuts & Bolts: Using Published Modules, Part 1
Potpourri with Patrick: A Special Wizard Analysis Edition
On the Clock: Tracking Time In Your DnD Game
Is the DM Just a Player?
The Narrative or the Dice: Which Rules Your Game
How High is too High to Play?
It’s Time to Level Up!
The Ultimate Topic: Alignment- yes no or maybe
Bringing Your World to Life
The Con Game
OOC Player Choices, FrogGate, DnD 5e is Flawed?
DnD Campaign Design: Top-down vs. Bottom-up
Naming Conventions in RPGs
Dungeons and Dragons Class Analysis: The Gish (The Multiclassing Question)
A BG Retrospective: Rules, Rulings, and Roles
Top 10 Inspirational Books For Your TTRPG
A Biggus Geekus One Shot
Dragons in Fantasy RPGs
Resource Management: Abstraction or Accounting
How Do You Roll (DnD styles)?
What Type of Gamemaster Are You
Top 10 Inspirational Movies for RPG Gaming
Class & Role: Fighter Analysis
Playing the Whole Game
Class and Role Analysis: The Cleric
RPG Collections & Downsizing
What Does Evil Do
Extreme PCs
The Elusive Game Balance
Wasting Time At the Table?
Potpourri With Patrick Part Deux
Gaming Inspiration
Managing the Known vs the Unknown
Game & Gamer Mindsets
Discussing & Playing RPGs And How to Even it Out (twofer)
Making High Level Play Playable (updated)
Potpourri with Patrick
Shorties Episode 3
Player Agency & Bennies (A Twofer)
Shorties episode 2
The Obligatory Meta-Gaming Episode
CR & Predictability
Shorties Episode 1
PC Progression: Zero to Hero … OR NOT?
5E DnD a Belated Review
OSR ReDux
The Railroad vs The Sandbox
Is This OSR?
Player Burnout
Combat in RPGs
If You Build Them We Will Play - Making PCs
What We Love about RPGs
Get Off My Domain
Wealth in RPGs
PC Power Disparity and How to Handle it
GM & Player RANTS
Newbie GM Advice
Magic systems and Making Magic Magical
Who Are You as a TTRPG Gamer
Let's Start a Campaign
Handling PC death
D&D Through The Ages
The Prep Scale
High vs. Low Fantasy
What Is Adventure?
Campaigns vs. One Shots
A Very Special Episode