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A journey into the things we love: D&D / RPGs, tabletop games, wargames, video games, comics and comic books, Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who, fan films, movies, TV, books, sci-fi, fantasy, more! Hosted by a fellow geek that supports and encourages geeks and our fandoms in all of their various sple

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Episodes

Heroes of Might and Magic (and Other Goodness) with Neal Hallford - Episode 287 - 11/24/2025

Neal Hallford joins to discuss his new book Heroes of Might and Magic: 30th Anniversary Retrospective. The history of HoM&M games is, in many ways, an "epic story" that tells the history of the vi

The Quatermass Experiment with Toby Hadoke - Episode 286 - 9/28/2025

The Quatermass Experiment, the highly influential series considered the "birth of TV Sci-Fi", with Toby Hadoke (Quatermass Experiment megafan, Doctor Who megafan, special features do-er, author, and s

Vampire Movies - Episode 285 - 8/29/2025

Sink your teeth into a slew of vampire movies from 1922 through 2025 that may or may not suck with returning movie lovers Chris Holmes and Michael Stewart (Save for Half podcast, Found in the Ruins po

TSR & WotC Veteran Steve Winter - Episode 284 - 7/28/2025

TSR and Wizards of the Coast veteran Steve Winter (Steve achieved one of the longest tenures across both companies). Steve plays guitar. Steve likes Shadowdark RPG, and is also interested in Knave, Sa

Twilight: 2000 RPG With The Found In The Ruins Podcast - Episode 283 - 5/15/2025

A RAD-SATURATED BONUS EPISODE! The Cold War gone hot! "Bam" Shane joins "Doc" Benny and "Boom" Mike on the Found in the Ruins podcast to execute maneuvers on the Twilight: 2000 RPG and reconnoiter oth

Comic Books, "New" Doctor Who 20th Anniversary, D&D 2024, and Tariffs - Episode 282 - 4/26/2025

Shane waxes eloquent (ok, he might rant mildly) on several aspects of the mainstream comic book industry including the direct market business model, variant covers, multiple characters with the same n

Banquet For Fools With Game Developers Hannah And Joseph Williams - Episode 281 - 11/26/2024

Game developers Hannah and Joseph Williams join to chat about their new "Dark Crystal"-like CRPG Banquet For Fools. Shane jokingly laments a missing element from the game, but Joseph promises they won

Star Trek Video Games With Mat Bradley-Tschirgi - Episode 280 - 10/23/2024

Star Trek Video Games: An Unofficial Guide to the Final Frontier with author Mat Bradley-Tschirgi. There are a LOT of Star Trek video games and Mat had some hard decisions and set boundaries on what g

RPG & Gaming Scholar Jon Peterson - Episode 279 - 9/27/2024

RPG and tabletop gaming historian Jon Peterson returns for a fantastic conversation on D&D and RPG history, and his related current books and projects. A new edition of Playing at the World and Du

RPG Designer Merle M. Rasmussen - Episode 278 - 8/14/2024

Merle M. Rasmussen, the man in the tux himself, joins to talk about the Top Secret RPG and his game design career. What was his first (mistaken) understanding of what D&D was? Memories of working

Zombie Movies with Chris Holmes and Mike Stewart - Episode 277 - 7/22/2024

Shane, Chris Holmes, and Mike Stewart aka DM Mike (Save for Half podcast, Found in the Ruins podcast) shamble relentlessly through over 40 zombie and zombie-ish flicks in their inhuman hunger for horr

Comics & Comicsgate With Preston Poulter - Episode 276 - 4/29/2024

Preston Poulter of Pocket Jacks Comics joins to talk comic books, the current status of his Comicsgate trademark lawsuit, and his reasons for pursuing it. Plus the economics and challenges of self-pub

MASSIVE GEEKOUT With David Finn Of Signal Of Doom - Episode 275 - 3/29/2024

Wide-ranging geekout with David Finn of Signal of Doom!! Lots of comic book and MCU chat (like, a lot). Pi Day. Doctor Who, old and new. Google Gemini vs. ChatGPT. Judge Dredd satirizes fascism but ca

Greyhawk With Allan "grodog" Grohe - Episode 274 - 2/29/2024

Despite what you might think from its famous box art, Greyhawk (the first D&D setting published by TSR) isn't just knights and chivalry… so what is it then? Major Greyhawk fan Allan T. Grohe Jr.

Strat-O-Matic Baseball with Champion Bill Meinhardt - Episode 273 - 1/31/2024

Strat-O-Matic Baseball might be one of the biggest games you've never heard of, and three-time champion William "Bill" Meinhardt joins to share his passion for playing it. How long has the game been a

Star Fleet Battles With Bill Barsh - Episode 272 - 12/29/2023

Star Fleet Battles is the Star Trek-based wargame that's been in constant publication since 1979, leading to an expanded range of games and lore known as the Star Fleet Universe. SFB fan, expert, and

Stan Lee With Comics Creator Tom Scioli - Episode 271 - 11/20/2023

Discover the real Stan Lee (not the public PR persona) and his story in Tom Scioli's amazing I Am Stan biographical graphic novel. Plus: Simple comic book character design versus convoluted and compli

Zombie Bytes with James T. Wilson - Episode 270 - 10/23/2023

All-around groovy geek and author Tracy Wilson (aka James T. Wilson) on his indie horror novel Zombie Bytes, also chatting about cool things like his involvement with the Star Wars costuming associat

Incredible Cosplay With Simple Tricks & Nonsense - Episode 269 - 7/16/2023

Johnny Havoc (John McDonald) and Newt (Rebekah McDonald) of Simple Tricks & Nonsense join to discuss their incredible cosplay. What does cosplay mean to them? The economics of cosplay, including mate

The Legend of Drizzt with Mike Witwer – Episode 268 – 5/30/2023

Author and D&D historian Mike Witwer shares the details on his newest book The Legend of Drizzt Visual Dictionary, which is not only chock full of goodness on everyone's favorite drow but the For

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