{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Initiative, March 2020: Old School Revival Revival","description":"This week's hosts: Shane and Savage, with Special Guest Conrad. Title Image based on https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dullhunk\/380814854, and used under Creative Commons v2.0. This week, Shane and Conrad battle for the soul of Old-School RPGs, while Savage watches from the Pulpit of Neutrality, and occasionally tosses a half-eaten opinion into the ring. Show notes: 01:04 \u2013 This all came from  Our First OSR Episode, which has apparently gone down in infamy 01:11 \u2013 The baseless accusations begin 02:36 \u2013 Sound Effects! 05:01 \u2013 To be fair, they also hate  4E 06:14 \u2013 Grognardia, which is no longer updated, and Blood of Prokopius, which is still active 08:27 \u2013  Savage\u2019s crime 09:40 \u2013  The Black Hack, Index Card RPG, Scarlet Heroes and  Stars Without Number 09:59 \u2013  Gangbusters B\/X, which I\u2019d never heard of but amn\u2019t that surprised to find exists. 10:16 \u2013 The OSR\u2019s identity problem 11:13 \u2013 It took me a while to find out what a Kango hammer is. It seems to be a genericised brandname for pneumatic jackhammers, which I thought were more for breaking concrete than forcing pegs into holes. 11:30 \u2013  Our Combat as Sport Vs Combat as War episode 12:35 \u2013 Dragonlance, once TSR\u2019s biggest property, now mostly forgotten. And that means the OSR people are remembering a time even before that! 12:41 \u2013 Vampire The Masquerade: Transylvania Chronicles. I\u2019ll let WoD Veterans vent their spleens about this one 13:07 \u2013 Dolmenwood 13:46 \u2013 The actual title is even more pretentious than I made it sound 15:16 \u2013 Our  Rulings vs Rules episode 16:55 \u2013 A weighty math-rock indeed 18:27 \u2013 The Midderlands 18:51 \u2013 AKA Sturgeon\u2019s Law 21:04 \u2013 The Real Rulebook of 5E 22:52 \u2013 Don\u2019t give it away so soon! 27:35 \u2013 The Shocking Twist! 27:45 \u2013  Isle of Dread (Specifically I\u2019m using the  fancy hardback version by Goodman Games) 30:16 \u2013 If you\u2019d like to hear my pages of wasted diatribes, ask me a question on our Discord Server! Link below. 30:54 \u2013 Is this the good future or the bad future, Savage? 31:07 \u2013 Joy and Forgetfulness. It seems Blogspot ate Blogger at some point, and no-one really noticed 31:26 \u2013 Send Three and Fourpence Discuss this episode on Facebook, Twitter, or on our Discord. You can also send us messages via email, our Speakpipe, or listen-watch episodes on Youtube. ","author_name":"The Adventuring Party","author_url":"http:\/\/theadventuringparty.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/13501898\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/66913385"}