Podcast | Spellburn
Fiction & Audio Drama
About
Welcome to Spellburn, a podcast about the Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game and old school adventuring.
Episodes
- Episode 153: Invoke Mihailo Tešić!
Spellburn Episode 153 discusses Patron Bond, invoking Mihailo Tešić, and highlights several Goodman Games and Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG community projects, including Sickle & Torch, Fifth Edition Fantasy, and Crawl Megazine.
- Episode 152: We’re Going to Take You Higher!
Episode 152 of Spellburn discusses high-level adventures in DCC RPG, addressing why they are less common and exploring how to run and play them. The conversation includes the adventure The 10th Doomstar and other adventures that challenge…
- Episode 151: Adventures in Pinball
Spellburn Episode 151 discusses Pinball Crawl Classics, an adventure design project inspired by classic pinball games. The episode features interviews with three designers from the project.
- Episode 150: Invoke the Dark Master!
Spellburn marks its 150th episode and over 12 years of Judges J with a discussion about the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG. The episode features the "Dark Master" to reflect on the game's history and speculate on the future of DCC RPG and Good…
- Episode 149: On to Zothique!
Marzio Muscadere joins Spellburn to discuss his latest project, Clark Ashton Smith’s Zothique for DCC RPG. Muscadere is known for his work on adventures like Star Wound of Abaddon and his book on Mighty Deeds, Steel & Fury.
- Episode 148: Invoke Eric Bloat
Hello Peace-friends and welcome to another episode of Spellburn! Eric Bloat, the big cheese over at Bloat Games, has been in the game publishing business since 2017, when he launched his first kickstarter Dark Places & Demogorgons. Since t…
- Episode 147: GENCON 2025 Wrap-up!
GENCON – sometimes known as the great gathering of our people! Gamers come from far and wide to the amazing and fascinating tourist destination of – INDIANAPOLIS… there they find… about 80,000 other gamers, lots of beer, pizza, food…
- Episode 146: Invoke David Fisher!
DCC RPG codified supernatural patrons as something in between a game mechanic and narrative device. The notion was fresh, novel, and perfectly aligned to the game’s focus on Appendix N. Patrons are so good that the concept ha…
- Episode 145: Instatiate Luau Lou
Is 2025 the year of the monster? We have Dungeon Denizens 1 hitting the streets, we have a second Denizens collection on the way, and we have a huge collection of MCC mutates in Unnatural Selections from our pal (and yours) Luau Lou Hoefer…
- Episode 144: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
It’s been 13 years since DCC RPG was published. The heavens thundered, the earth shifted, the stars quaked in the heavens! Much phlogiston has been disturbed, billions of radish farmers and chicken butchers have died, much gold and glory h…
- Episode 143: Summon Trevor Stamper!
Our next guest has been around DCC RPG for many years. You may know him from the very well received Tales of the Smoking Wyrm, from his Youtube show the Scrivenry, or from his ongoing Earthcrawl project which he is currently developing and…
- Episode 142: Spellburn’s March Madness!
It’s March and it’s Madness. This year, I had a fever dream of DCC RPG as a March Madness style tournament. Complete with brackets, groups, and 6 rounds of community voting. We have made it to this ultimate evening, the finale of insanity!…
- UPDATE: Spellburn March Madness – Round 2!
Here are the results of the first round of voting! Vote here for the second round! Voting Schedule Round 1: March 5th-11th Round 2: March 12th-16th Sick 16: March 17th-21st Crazy 8: March 22nd-26th Febrile 4: March 27th-29th Champio…
- Spellburn March Madness!
Can you feel it? The unhinged energy in the air? The Madness? The March 3rd Party Publisher Madness? Goooood… Excellent! Here’s your bracket Make sure to study it. Then fill it out. Voting for Round 1 is NOW until March 11th Round 1 link:…
- Episode 141: The Zine Scene
It’s February and that means Zinequest! Across the RPG scene, there are lots and lots and LOTS of zines including those for DCC RPG! This episode we are hanging out with three third party zine creators, we’ll talk about their projects, rea…
- Episode 140: Taking the Fifth (edition)!
Let’s talk about the 800 pound gorilla in the room… DCC RPG is more popular than ever, played worldwide, being played on a football field in Indianapolis at GENCON… and meanwhile the Fifth edition of the world’s most popular RPG is probabl…
- Episode 139: Rick-N-Roll!
Happy Holidays, It’s our last Spellburn of the year, Judge James is out there riding his reindeer so we have a special guest host with us tonight – Judge Joey Royale from Joey Royale’s Pizza Party! And our special guest tonight, the atomic…
- Episode 138: Publisher Panel
Well it’s Judge James’s birthday – today, November 25th, and he has some questions. Not “Where do babies come from?” or “Why, god, why?” but “How does one navigate publishing their own RPG?” So in the spirit of James becoming older, we had…
- Episode 137: Summon Nick Baran
The smell of woodfire… the crackle of leaves….. The flash of ghostly presences out of the corner of your eye… the sound of Peter Frampton coming alive (wait… wrong podcast.) It’s almost Halloween! We’ve survived another year, another Game…
- Episode 136: Hi-Tech Hijinks
Hi-tech RPG campaigns take the fantastically magical and turn it into applied science. Tonight’s show is all space, computers, laser guns. The only swords we’ll be talking about are of the vibro variety. We’re going to dive into high tech…
- Episode 135: The Funnel Revisited!
We’re back from Gen Con and have some special guests to get a thorough GENCON wrap from! But that’s not it! We’re revisiting the and to talk about all this we have our pals, esteemed epistolary patron DM Cojo and Starless Sea Sailor impres…
- Episode 134: Let’s Get Organized!
We’ve been talking about it for years, we’ve been doing it for months, and now it’s time for a deep dive on Organized Play in DCC RPG! But not with just anyone. No more, “But how does it work?” or “What is that, anyway?” We went to…
- Episode 133: Convert This!
More and more great products from the days of yore are being converted into DCC. We’re only hours from the newest backerkit project Caverns of Thracia going live– a classic mega-dungeon adventure from Jennell Jaquays! We’re going to…
- Episode 132: Capes, Cowls and Crawling!
It’s a superhuman and heroic spectacular tonight on Spellburn! They said it couldn’t be done, but in true DCC tradition, they did it anyway! I’m talking of course about superheroes, masked men, vigilante crusaders, dark night detectives an…
- Episode 131: The Gonzo Show
Neither Chuck Barris nor the Unknown Comic will be in attendance this evening. Gonzo – what is it? How do you know your game is gonzo? It is one of those things that you’ll only know when you see it? Is DCC RPG the gonzo game some purport…
- Episode 130: Third Party Mutants… Unite!
Installation 665 Kickstarter by Purple Pirate Games and Judge Julian Netcrawl preview on DrivethruRPG! Jair’s Home – Backerkit Mutant Mayhem Minis CincyCon Secrets of the World Harvesters – Purple Pirate! Discordance at Dzyvatz by P…
- Episode 129: The Music of the Spheres is…. ROCK!
In the DCC world, we love our music! Even dating back to the hallowed “G+ era”, we had Doug’s DCC Music group that turned people on to tons of great tunes. For a long time we’ve wanted to do a Spellburn episode with some DCC related…
- Episode 128: Horde of the Purple Planet
In just a week we will all get a chance to travel back to the Purple Planet! The DCC Sword and Planet setting of Harley Stroh and Doug Kovacs waxes into our collective consciousness once again. The weirdling sun beats down upon us. What du…
- Episode 127: Invoke Sean Richer!
Hail acolytes of the Dark Master! It’s the last Spellburn of the season and we are invoking a patron! Life’s blood has been spilled; we risk the very fabric of the universe by opening a portal to the author of the Orbital Intelligen…
- Episode 126: Hoarding the Holidays
Happy late Turkey Day! There’s no Goodman Games holiday adventure this year but there are many holiday adventures of the past to choose from! We review and discuss prior holiday romps with none other than Marzio “the Man” Muscedere…
- Episode 125: The Horror… The Horror…
It’s Halloween and we have a great crew of horror-ble fanatics to torment and terrorize your eyes (on Twitch) and your ears (on podcast). Welcome Judge Stephen, Judge — BRINKMAN… Judge Wolf-man and Thorin Thompson…. there’s not much more t…
- Episode 124: Let’s Get This Third Party Re-Started
If you’ve listened to Spellburn for a while, you know I love Third Party material– it’s what DCC is all about, the ferment, the foment, the vomit, the violence, all of it! I love to see all the new stuff that people are cooking up all the…
- Episode 123: GENCON Wrap with Dak, Tim & Joey
We’ve covered lots of DCC and related third party zines, games and adventures on Spellburn before, but Judge Jen and I are finally sitting down with … maybe the guy who started all the third party madness? Of course it’s Reverend Dak Ultim…
- Episode 122: XCrawl Mania!
X-Crawl Classics is official! The Kickstarter’s live, it’s rolling and X-Crawl Mania’s running wild! We will hang out with DJ Laboss, AKA Judge Brendan, and we’ll go deep into X-Crawl classics, the kickstarter, and the latest on stretch go…
- Episode 121: Unsung Heroes
DCC’s been a gold standard of oldschool gaming for 10 years! There’s a ton of great content out there, from Goodman Games, from 3 rd party publishers, free internet resources like Purple Sorcerer, and even (GUGHGHGBLLEAH) social med…
- Episode 120: Vancian Spellburning
DCC Dying Earth: it’s every bit as beautiful and faithful to the source material as we’d hoped, but…is it as daunting as the core book? Since DCC fans have come to Spellburn for the low-down on rules for the past decade, we’ll discuss some…
- Episode 119: Judge NOW lest ye be Judged!
There have been a lot of new people showing up in the DCC community and that means someone’s got to judge some DCC adventures! These games aren’t going to run themselves! We heard you, frantic ones! Want some tips on running DCC, provided…
- Episode 118: Third Party Like it’s 1999
So we were on hiatus for about a year… or a little more and a lot has happened between our last non-Twitch episode and our triumphant return in the holiday special! One thing I was most excited about was to talk about third party DCC & MCC…
- Episode 117: Spellburn Holiday Special!
Joey Royale’s Get Haunted Onine Shop! Sanctum Secorum New MCC Core book! Cats of Rahtlu James P’s Patreon Levi Combs kickstarter!
- Episode 116: A Farewell to Kings
Oh no! It’s Judge Jeff’s last episode of Spellburn! We’re gonna chat about the good old days, what things are like now, and what we see in the future for ourselves and DCC. Stuff referenced in this episode! Xanadu – coming soon for DCC! 20…
- Episode 115: The Zine’s the Thing
In a world where many still crave escape but cannot attend local or out-of-town conventions, it’s important to remember that there are many worlds yet to be discovered — thanks to the DCC 3PP community! Tonight we’ll be Dungeon Crawl Class…
- Episode 114: Three 3PP Settings from Raorgen Games
In a world where many still crave escape but cannot attend local or out-of-town conventions, it’s important to remember that there are many worlds yet to be discovered — thanks to the DCC 3PP community! Tonight we’ll be talking with Ed Sta…
- Episode 113: Vancian Mailbag feat. Carmin Vance!
Hey mailbag. It’s been a long time since, well you know, since we’ve spent a whole episode reaching into you to see what we can find. Well don’t worry baby, we’re back. And today, it’s all about you! Stuff referenced in this episode! A Dis…
- Episode 112: There’s a Hole in the Sky!
Tonight we continue our review of seminal DCC adventures from the days of yore… another funnel and instant classic, Hole in the Sky! We’re going to talk to Judge Brendan about Hole in the Sky, Sabbath vs. Dio, read a few emails and do the…
- Episode 111: The Freakshow Takeover
“From parts unknown… Secret knowledge, sacred rituals, and exotic practices. Marvel at the beauty of unbridled humankind! We have scoured the highest mountains, the driest deserts, the hottest jungles to add some spice to your life!” On th…
- Episode 110: A Super Exciting Spellburn-Exclusive Announcement
Hello and welcome to the exciting 110th episode of Spellburn! You’ve tuned in for a doozy of an episode! Today we are honored to be able to make an incredible announcement. You’ve asked for it. You’ve begged for it. You wouldn’t stop talki…
- Episode 109: At the Mercy of the Bishop
We hope you were there with us at Spawn of Cyclops Con last weekend and you had a great time! If not, you’re in luck because you’re going to hear a lot about it, but that’s not all… you’re also going to hang out with Judge Daniel Joseph Bi…
- Episode 108: A Most Crepuscular Episode
Happy ZineQuest season! If you’re anything like us, before long, you’ll be shuffling things around on the shelves, trying to find room for the next batch of arrivals…and you’ll find some treasures from the last two years! We’ve summoned a…
- Episode 107: Judge Haley Has the Answers
And today we have a special guest here to help us answer YOUR emails! You may know her from Blades Against Bandwidth, DCC College, or that time she killed all four of your level 0 characters at Gen Con… Judge Haley Skach! Stuff referenced…
- Episode 106: Empire of the East
If you are scared to get your sci-fi chocolate in my fantasy peanut butter, turn back now! Tonight we look at the forthcoming Empire of the East product for DCC RPG. Our special guest is none other than RPG writer and designer Jason Vey! S…