Best Jason Cordova Podcasts (2025)

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:04:22 - How have we used this in our games? 00:06:52 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:21:42 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:24:27 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:27:41 - Bodies of evidence. Companion Adventures 00:44:38 - Reading 00:45:09 - Music 00:45:45 - RPGs https://fulachtf…

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Arkham Herald Preview (Part 1) 57:20

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Games We’ve Been Playing 01:36 - In-person game of The Between 04:33 - Defensive play Topic 15:08 - Arkham Herald Preview (Part 1) Media Recommendations 05:10 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 54:37 - Things We Lost in the Fire

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Great Adventures - RPG Discourse 1:01:42

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Gaz is joined by Unconventional GMs co-host Guy Milner to talk about great adventures, scenarios and other things for ttrpgs. There has been a lot of discourse recently about scenarios being the thing that defines a game or it's designers, so the lads romp through some old and new examples of what is a good (or suboptimal) adventure. Drop a line wi…

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The Combat Roll (Part 2) 1:03:45

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Games We’ve Been Playing 01:30 - Crown of Salt Topic 12:35 - Trophy Gold Combat Part 2: Risk Rolls, Ranged Weapons, and Rituals. Media Recs 57:10 - The Amulet 59:15 - Blue Prince Come hangout with Alex and Jason on Discord!

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Ominous Crypt of the Blood Moss 1:00:44

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The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:03:34 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:46 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:16:22 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:17:40 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:20:32 - The Company of Salt & Iron Companion Adventures 00:56:44 - TV 00:58:04 - Reading Come hangout with Jason and …

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Crown of Salt 48:57

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The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:04:05 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:19 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:19:22 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:21:48 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:24:53 - Dopplegangers and Secrets in Online Play Tom's Monsterhearts Mood Trailer video: https://youtu.be/aQWNRhNNwQw…

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Out With The Old In With The New 1:01:58

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Dirk the Dice, genial host of the Grognard Files joins Gaz this time to talk about humble beginnings, the games we used to play and how that's changed over the years. The tables get turned part way through as interviewer becomes interviewee, but that's no bother as a lovely chat on all things gaming transpires. You can listen to the Grognard Files …

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The Wassailing of Claus Manor 59:08

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The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:03:06 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:24 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:18:12 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:24:15 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:27:16 - In Which Jason Gripes a lot about Tone Companion Adventures 00:53:11 - RPGs 00:56:15 - Films Join our Discord…

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Now That's What I Call Horror: Red Rooms 1:06:55

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Keeper's Notebook: Reactions 51:12

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Games We’ve Been Playing 01:30 - The end of Near Enough to Hell 04:46 - Kicking off The Company of Salt & Iron Topic 13:10 - Keeper’s Notebook: Reactions Media Recommendations 44:04 - Million Dollar Secret 47:00 - The Lies of Locke Lamora Join us on Discord!

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The Combat Roll (Part 1) 59:18

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Games We’ve Been Playing 01:18 - The Girls of the Genziana Hotel 04:30 - Running the new edition of The Between for The Bad Spot Topic 10:20 - Combat Roll basics Media Recommendations 53:40 - Hearts of Wulin 55:08 - R.E.P.O. Come hang out with Alex & Jason on Discord!

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Night's Dark Terror (Part 2) 44:35

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Now That's What I Call Horror: The Vast of Night 1:00:42

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Games We’ve Been Playing 01:12 - The Sketterich family Topic: The Vast of Night 15:44 - Film discussion 45:23 - Game design talk Come hang out with Alex and Jason on Discord!

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Butter Princess 57:12

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The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:03:11 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:52 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:17:43 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:25:02 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:27:08 - Leveraging Familiarity to Create Discomfort Companion Adventures 00:51:13 - Films Join our Discord!…

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The Hunt Roll 1:00:29

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Games We’ve Been Playing 01:24 - Introducing a new Legacy 05:12 - Kicking off Crown of Salt Topic 09:52 - The Hunt Roll Media Recommendations 52:30 - Indiana Jones & the Great Circle 55:18 - Balatro Join us on Discord!

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Cold City with Malcolm Craig 1:02:46

4M ago1:02:46

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The long-awaited return of Cold City and Hot War gives the lads a perfect opportunity to talk to designer Malcolm Craig about the new versions of the game, inspiration for cold war Berlin, a deep dive into lazy-GM mechanics and much more! For an Actual Play of the new game in action, go to the Unconventional GMs youtube channel. Check out more deta…

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Lost Transmissions and The Double Feature Writing Contest 56:40

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Games We’ve Been Playing 01:26 - Alex’s The Pirate Queen’s Gambit campaign 07:30 - Further thoughts on West Marches Trophy Topic 15:17 - Lost Transmissions 35:00 - Public Access: Double Feature Writing Contest Media Recommendations 50:17 - The Roottrees Are Dead 53:02 - In Search of Darkness I-III Join us on Discord!…

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Piercing the Demon's Eye 40:45

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The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:04:24 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:42 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:14:20 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:17:53 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:21:23 - Head-to-head adventure rivals Companion Adventures 00:37:10 - Films 00:38:18 - Music Join our Discord!…

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The Necropolis 1:10:44

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The Basic Crawl 00:01:46 - Overview 00:04:07 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:54 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:16:59 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:20:18 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:23:24 - Writing horror scenarios Companion Adventures 00:56:46 - Films 00:57:40 - Books Join our Discord!…

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The Risk Roll 1:08:36

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Games We've Been Playing 01:12 - Wrapping up Skinny Jeans playtest Topic 13:54 - The Risk Roll Media Recommendations 01:03:01 - The Detective & The Log Lady PLUS reflecting on David Lynch Join us on Discord!

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Night's Dark Terror (Part 1) 52:36

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The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:04:02 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:24 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:21:11 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:23:10 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:26:26 - Play-by-post with old-school adventures Companion Adventures 00:49:28 - Games 00:50:16 - a cool YouTube video…

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A Snake in the Bluegrass (of murder) pt 7 1:01:07

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The final episode of A Snake in the Bluegrass! And now, the beginning of the end. A Snake in the Bluegrass was written by Gabrial McCormack and can be found in the Unofficial Brindlewood Bay Mysteries. Find the Anthology here, on DrivethruRPG.By Actual Story Podcasting

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Keeper's Notebook: The Mystery Sheet 58:13

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Rojo 44:21

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The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:03:17 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:30 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:13:52 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:17:12 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:18:47 - The Yojimbo Scenario Companion Adventures 00:35:33 - Films 00:40:10 - Games Join our Discord!…

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Trophy RPG 1:08:30

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Games We've Been Playing 01:15 - Bringing a group back from a long hiatus 05:45 - West Marches Trophy? Topic 13:08 - Trophy RPG overview Media Recs 57:45 - Ari Aster films 01:00:34 - It's a Good Life 01:02:30 - The Ruins (book from 2006) 01:04:32 - Scarlet Hollow Come hang out with us on Discord!

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A Snake in the Bluegrass (of murder) pt 6 59:58

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What even is going on? A Snake in the Bluegrass was written by Gabrial McCormack and can be found in the Unofficial Brindlewood Bay Mysteries. Find the Anthology here, on DrivethruRPG.By Actual Story Podcasting

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The Dark Tower of Cabilar 42:00

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The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:03:38 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:02 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:12:01 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:15:41 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:17:49 - Missing a Player? Don't cancel your session! Companion Adventures 00:37:59 - Books 00:40:36 - Film Join our D…

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Black Armada Games Interview 1:04:14

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This time Becky Annison and Josh Fox of Black Armada Games join us to talk about the new edition of Lovecraftesque, GMless games, design and small press publishing. Find out all about Black Armada on their website. Check out fast-paced Actual Play at Unconventional GMs!

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Carved from Brindlewood in 2025 57:41

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Topic 01:10 - Looking ahead to CfB in 2025 Media Recommendations 47:45 - Dread Delusion 49:55 - EoH Found Footage Miniseries and Horror’s Greatest S2E3 52:31 - Don’t Feed the Muse 54:14 - Possession Come hang out with us in Discord!

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Keeping Pace 58:57

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Gaz is joined by (Stunt Ben) Guy to talk about pacing in games. How do you manage pace and get the most out of your sessions? Check out Unconventional GMs for pace-filled games!

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Keeper's Notebook: Session One 1:10:02

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Games We've Been Playing 01:40 - Roots of Old Kalduhr 08:14 - Classic Mastermind campaigns Topic 14:40 - Having a successful CfB Session One Media Recommendations 01:02:03 - Skeleton Crew 01:05:14 - Severance 01:07:06 - The Troop Join us on Discord!

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Act 4, Scene 8: Shakespeare the RPG The Finale 57:33

6M ago57:33

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A playtest of a new Shakespeare roleplaying game. Act 4, Scene 8 Mary is playing Perdita from The Winter’s Tail Willow is playing Isabella from Measure For Measure And Holland is playing Helena from A Midsummer Night’s DreamBy Actual Story Podcasting

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Now That's What I Call Horror: New Year Horror Picks 51:07

7M ago51:07

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It's a new year! Come hang out with Alex and Jason on The Gauntlet Discord server! For this episode, Alex and Jason reflect on PAXU 2024. Later, they each discuss some of their favorite pieces of horror media from 2024. Enjoy!