Aelita, a dragon priestess, is tasked with fulfilling her own prophecy of bringing the metallic dragons, and through them balance, back to the world of Vyrion. Prophecy has a way of choosing strange champions, but not even she could have been ready for an over-the-hill professional wrestler, a (mostly) rehabilitated criminal, a self-care driven kobold wizard, and a third-wheel paladin of Sune. 🐉✨🍲
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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 a ...
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Critical Role’s System Switch: Daggerheart Debate (w/ guests Noah Downs and Captain Robear)
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Critical Role shocked fans by choosing 5E for Campaign 4. What does this mean for Daggerheart’s future? Critical Role stunned fans by announcing Campaign 4 will be played in Dungeons & Dragons 5E instead of their own system, Daggerheart. Inverlyst is joined by attorney and podcaster Noah Downs (@MyLawyerFriend) and TTRPG streamer Captain Robear (@C…
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Heart of Gold, Ep 268 - The Tower: Absolution
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Heart of Gold, Ep 267 - The Tower: Abomination
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Critical Role Disses Daggerheart and Dark Sun May Rise | GGP
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Critical Role isn't using Daggerheart for Campaign 4! There are a lot of good business reasons for that, but there's still an element of poor planning there that's hard to overlook. WotC's new Unearthed Arcana is an air raid siren telling us that they're planning a Dark Sun release, likely in 2026. This is a huge change from perceived sentiments a …
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Heart of Gold, Ep 266 - The Tower: Confrontation
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Heart of Gold, Ep 265 - The Tower: Escalation
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Writing Romantasy in TTRPG (with Alex Smith!) | GGP
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In this week’s Goblins & Growlers Podcast, Inverlyst welcomes Alex of Alpha Comics & Games to pull back the curtain on writing romance into your tabletop games. Together, they tackle the messy realities of GMing smoochable NPCs, avoiding bleed, and why player-to-player romance can derail a campaign faster than a crit fail. From sexy smiths to sahua…
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Heart of Gold, Ep 264 - The Tower: Revelation
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Heart of Gold, Ep 263 - Knight of the Last Lash
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Interview | Analyzing Daggerheart's community license (with attorney Noah Downs!) | GGP
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Critical Role's Daggerheart is shaking up the TTRPG licensing world and we've got legal insight you won't find in your average rules breakdown. Inverlyst is joined by returning guest Noah Downs (a.k.a. @MyLawyerFriend) to unpack the Community Gaming License (CGL), its potential legal pitfalls, and whether it's truly the heir (or foil) to the OGL. W…
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A Secrets Hidden by Chaos and Shenanigans Bonus Podcast Co-Created by: Alpha Comics & Games: From vintage comics & games to new releases, find your Adventure at Alpha! | Conveniently located in Willow Lawn, Richmond VA. Goblins and Growlers: Creating Inclusive Community Through Tabletop Gaming. Creating all-original TTRPG content, and fostering ner…
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Heart of Gold, Ep 262 - Into The Fathomless Pit
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Interview | Paul Hughes on Pets, Sidekicks & Monster Madness | GGP
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“What do you get when you mix a thousand-legged centipede, a skeleton butler, and an emotionally resilient owlbear cub? A Paul Hughes interview, of course.” In this special episode of GGP, Inver and Josh are joined by Pets & Sidekicks co-creator Paul Hughes, longtime EN World writer and TTRPG monster crafter. Together, they delve into: ✦ The design…
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Heart of Gold, Ep 261 - A Knight in the Study
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A Snakes With No Legs Narrative Play Adventure Co-Created by: Alpha Comics & Games: From vintage comics & games to new releases, find your Adventure at Alpha! | Conveniently located in Willow Lawn, Richmond VA. Goblins and Growlers: Creating Inclusive Community Through Tabletop Gaming. Creating all-original TTRPG content, and fostering nerdy spaces…
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News | WotC Layoffs & Dungeon Delves | GGP
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Telephone, Telegraph, Tell a Friend about the Goblins and Growlers Podcast. → Bonus episodes and early access on Patreon (http://patreon.com/goblinsgrowlers) → Subscribe to our monthly gaming newsletter (https://goblinsandgrowlers.beehiiv.com/subscribe) → Join the Goblins and Growlers Discord (http://bit.ly/goblindiscord) Jess Lanzillo got a new op…
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Heart of Gold, Ep 258 - Infiltration Sensation
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News | Daggerheart Snags Ex-WotC, DriveThruRPG Censors Game | GGP
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DrivethruRPG removed 9th Level Games' "Rebel Scum" game because it's loud about proud about not being a game that supports bigotry, fascism, anti-vax, and generally things that are good to dislike. It turned into kind of a weasel-wordy exchange over standards of the publishing platform and was, generally, frustrating to read about and talk about. B…
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A Consequences & Cowboys Narrative Play Adventure Co-Created by: Alpha Comics & Games: From vintage comics & games to new releases, find your Adventure at Alpha! | Conveniently located in Willow Lawn, Richmond VA. Goblins and Growlers: Creating Inclusive Community Through Tabletop Gaming. Creating all-original TTRPG content, and fostering nerdy spa…
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A Ham Master Narrative Play Adventure Co-Created by: Alpha Comics & Games: From vintage comics & games to new releases, find your Adventure at Alpha! | Conveniently located in Willow Lawn, Richmond VA. Goblins and Growlers: Creating Inclusive Community Through Tabletop Gaming. Creating all-original TTRPG content, and fostering nerdy spaces for ever…
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Debate | Guns in *My* D&D? A Heated Discussion | GGP
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It started with a story about Mage Hand Press' Gunslinger class being available basically ala carte on D&D Beyond. That turned into supercharged debate about whether guns fit or belong in the classic fantasy setting typically associated with D&D. Inver did her best to moderate. The debate starts somewhere around the 30-minute mark. Check us out on …
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Heart of Gold, Ep 255 - Michael's Proposal
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Event Recap | Amazement at Animazement | GGP
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This one might be a little inside baseball. Brandon, Art, and Josh vended at Animazement over Memorial Day weekend and it was our first time at that con. Apparently, it's the largest anime convention in North Carolina. We're also pretty sure it was our first time just working a con as vendors -- no special guest privileges or anything. It was fun, …
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Heart of Gold, Ep 253 - Honor Among Friends
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Event Recap | PAX East, Chaos & Channel Updates | GGP
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Josh tapped out this week, so it's up to Brandon and Inver after what feels like forever since the last recording. Inver's fresh (and tired) from PAX East in Boston and Brandon just finished putting together some prototypes for a new game accessory idea we're trying out. Telephone, Telegraph, Tell a Friend about the Goblins and Growlers Podcast. → …
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Heart of Gold, Ep 252 - Collateral Damage
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Heart of Gold, Ep 251 - Rough Ricky and The Buddy
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News | D&D’s New Creative Commons Rules Explained | GGP
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Amazingly, Wizards of the Coast is putting the new 2024* rules into Creative Commons! We talk about the implications and issues there, along with a bizarre tangent about "Three's Company." Check us out on Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/goblinsgrowlers) for bonus Deep Dive videos along with early access to the video and audio of the podcast. Teleph…
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A Times of War Chat Co-Created by: Alpha Comics & Games: From vintage comics & games to new releases, find your Adventure at Alpha! | Conveniently located in Willow Lawn, Richmond VA. Goblins and Growlers: Creating Inclusive Community Through Tabletop Gaming. Creating all-original TTRPG content, and fostering nerdy spaces for everyone both digitall…
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Heart of Gold, Ep 250 - Mystery at the Palatial Hotel
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News | TTRPG Tariffs Shake the Industry | GGP
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Telephone, Telegraph, Tell a Friend about the Goblins and Growlers Podcast. → Bonus episodes and early access on Patreon (http://patreon.com/goblinsgrowlers) → Subscribe to our monthly gaming newsletter (https://goblinsandgrowlers.beehiiv.com/subscribe) → Join the Goblins and Growlers Discord (http://bit.ly/goblindiscord) Really not a political epi…
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[BONUS] Young Nelson - Missed Opportunities
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Heart of Gold, Ep 248 - Wrong Side of Town
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Heart of Gold, Ep 247 - Best Laid Plans of Snakes and Bears
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An Entertaining Strategy Narrative Play Adventure Co-Created by: Alpha Comics & Games: From vintage comics & games to new releases, find your Adventure at Alpha! | Conveniently located in Willow Lawn, Richmond VA. Goblins and Growlers: Creating Inclusive Community Through Tabletop Gaming. Creating all-original TTRPG content, and fostering nerdy spa…
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Interview | Book of Extinction, a Bestiary of Extinct and Fantastic Creatures | GGP
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Telephone, Telegraph, Tell a Friend about the Goblins and Growlers Podcast. → Bonus episodes and early access on Patreon (http://patreon.com/goblinsgrowlers) → Subscribe to our monthly gaming newsletter (https://goblinsandgrowlers.beehiiv.com/subscribe) → Join the Goblins and Growlers Discord (http://bit.ly/goblindiscord) This week, I had the chanc…
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Heart of Gold, Ep 246 - Uppercase Ideation
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A "No Such Thing as a Bad Idea" Narrative Play Adventure Co-Created by: Alpha Comics & Games: From vintage comics & games to new releases, find your Adventure at Alpha! | Conveniently located in Willow Lawn, Richmond VA. Goblins and Growlers: Creating Inclusive Community Through Tabletop Gaming. Creating all-original TTRPG content, and fostering ne…
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A Suds, Spuds, and Babushka Buds Narrative Play Adventure Co-Created by: Alpha Comics & Games: From vintage comics & games to new releases, find your Adventure at Alpha! | Conveniently located in Willow Lawn, Richmond VA. Goblins and Growlers: Creating Inclusive Community Through Tabletop Gaming. Creating all-original TTRPG content, and fostering n…
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Everyone Should Know About This | GGP
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You know how some podcasts don't dedicate the whole episode to one topic and instead have a genuine discussion without knowing where it's going? We tried that today and went in a lot of directions, including Hasbro's (and thusly Wizards of the Coast's) Q4 and total year earnings, Final Fantasy games, and so much more! Check us out on Patreon (http:…
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Heart of Gold, Ep 244 - Finding the Underground
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Heart of Gold, Ep 243 - Venturion Capitalism
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Veilguard Unhinged: A Rant in a Nutshell | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast
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Quick heads up: Our guest Alex owns Alpha Comics & Games and is married to our co-host. #NotSponsored Guess what, listeners? I’ve seized control of the podcast again, which can only mean one thing. It is time for a proper rant. This week, I’m joined by dear, dear friends of the show (and professional GMs) Luke (@WunderBardic / @BraveB33) and Alex (…
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Heart of Gold, Ep 241 - Hatching A Jailbird
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D&D's new Monster Manual, a Complete and Total Review | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast
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Telephone, Telegraph, Tell a Friend about the Goblins and Growlers Podcast. → Bonus episodes and early access on Patreon (http://patreon.com/goblinsgrowlers) → Subscribe to our monthly gaming newsletter (https://goblinsandgrowlers.beehiiv.com/subscribe) → Join the Goblins and Growlers Discord (http://bit.ly/goblindiscord) 85 new monsters you say? T…
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A Mr. Runkles Narrative Play Adventure Co-Created by: Alpha Comics & Games: From vintage comics & games to new releases, find your Adventure at Alpha! | Conveniently located in Willow Lawn, Richmond VA. Goblins and Growlers: Creating Inclusive Community Through Tabletop Gaming. Creating all-original TTRPG content, and fostering nerdy spaces for eve…
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