Listen "The Spiralbound Episode"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode we go to the copyshop to dig up spiralbound games for our game discovery homework, and get deep into the weeds on both format and substance of our picks.
Games Mentioned:
* Black Cadillacs (Steel Toe'd Edition) (https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/52070/black-cadillacs-steel-toed-edition) (here's the Wayback Machine archive (https://web.archive.org/web/20130725043307/http://achtung-spiel.com/black_cadillacs.html) of the game page)
* Tunnels & Trolls (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnels_%26_Trolls), and specifically 7th-7.5 Edition (https://boardgamegeek.com/rpg/2313/tunnels-and-trolls-7th-75-editions)
Adventure! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure!) Aberrant (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberrant_(role-playing_game)) and Aeon: Trinity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(role-playing_game))
Little Grey Cells (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/307617)
InSpectres (https://memento-mori.com/books/inspectres-book)
Mechaton/Mobile Frame Zero (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/122435/mobile-frame-zero-rapid-attack)
carry. a game about war. (https://www.ndpdesign.com/carry-a-game-about-war)
kill puppies for satan (https://payhip.com/b/auUx)
Primetime Adventures (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Adventures)
Nine Worlds (https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/47608/nine-worlds)
Show Notes:
* Wanderlust notebook (https://bsky.app/profile/epidiah.bsky.social/post/3ltd7rgiiik2u) that Eppy saw
* Ashcan Front
* Tim O’Brien/The Things They Carried (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Things_They_Carried)/How To Tell a True War Story,
* Our paraphrased quote “you can’t make an anti-war film” seems to come from François Truffaut (https://quoteinvestigator.com/2025/04/12/antiwar-film/)
And there's more:
* Unwritten Earths Symposium (http://unwrittenearths.com)
* Our Patreon (https://patreon.com/UnwrittenEarths)
* Join the Discord (https://discord.gg/cgJa5hWcVq)
* Nathan's games (https://www.ndpdesign.com)
* Eppy's games (https://www.dig1000holes.com)
* Music by Will Jobst (https://willjobst.carrd.co)
Games Mentioned:
* Black Cadillacs (Steel Toe'd Edition) (https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/52070/black-cadillacs-steel-toed-edition) (here's the Wayback Machine archive (https://web.archive.org/web/20130725043307/http://achtung-spiel.com/black_cadillacs.html) of the game page)
* Tunnels & Trolls (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnels_%26_Trolls), and specifically 7th-7.5 Edition (https://boardgamegeek.com/rpg/2313/tunnels-and-trolls-7th-75-editions)
Adventure! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure!) Aberrant (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberrant_(role-playing_game)) and Aeon: Trinity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(role-playing_game))
Little Grey Cells (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/307617)
InSpectres (https://memento-mori.com/books/inspectres-book)
Mechaton/Mobile Frame Zero (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/122435/mobile-frame-zero-rapid-attack)
carry. a game about war. (https://www.ndpdesign.com/carry-a-game-about-war)
kill puppies for satan (https://payhip.com/b/auUx)
Primetime Adventures (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Adventures)
Nine Worlds (https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/47608/nine-worlds)
Show Notes:
* Wanderlust notebook (https://bsky.app/profile/epidiah.bsky.social/post/3ltd7rgiiik2u) that Eppy saw
* Ashcan Front
* Tim O’Brien/The Things They Carried (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Things_They_Carried)/How To Tell a True War Story,
* Our paraphrased quote “you can’t make an anti-war film” seems to come from François Truffaut (https://quoteinvestigator.com/2025/04/12/antiwar-film/)
And there's more:
* Unwritten Earths Symposium (http://unwrittenearths.com)
* Our Patreon (https://patreon.com/UnwrittenEarths)
* Join the Discord (https://discord.gg/cgJa5hWcVq)
* Nathan's games (https://www.ndpdesign.com)
* Eppy's games (https://www.dig1000holes.com)
* Music by Will Jobst (https://willjobst.carrd.co)
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