Murder She Wrote: A Board Game of Strategy and Pursuit
Release Date: 10/27/2025
Roads
The Vintage RPG Podcast
Santa did what?! This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we reveal the secret origin of Santa Claus, as told by Seabury Quinn in the novella Roads (1948). Saying more than that would spoil the fun. Ho, ho, ho? That's it for this year. We hope you have a most excellent holiday season! We'll be back January 12. * * * Instagram? Old news. ! That's where all the cool kids are now! Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! ! Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need ! Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast!...
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Monsters
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Just what is a monster? This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we're talkin' monsters. The best thing to talk about! Specifically, we're talking about the changing definition of monsters over the last several centuries. Laying the groundwork for future episodes about monsters? Maaaaaybe! * * * Instagram? Old news. ! That's where all the cool kids are now! Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! ! Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need ! Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast! Edited by the one and only...
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Mausritter: Tails from the Night Market
The Vintage RPG Podcast
So nice, we recorded it twice (because we lost the first recording). This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we talk to Tiger Wizard and Joey Royale about their entry for Mausritter Month. What happens at the circus while the humans are asleep? Find out in Tails from the Nightmarket! * * * Tails from the Night Market is now, as part of the larger . Lots of cool projects to check out. You can check out these links for more on or box sets. Instagram? Old news. ! That's where all the cool kids are now! Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! ! Patreon?...
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The Spark Devil and Other Horrors
The Vintage RPG Podcast
It's another one of them there pot-pour-ee episodes. This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, the main game-related topic is the HPL Historical Society's new Call of Cthulhu scenario The Spark Devil. Other topics include how angry Stu is about the horror film Loop Track, excitment for Predator: Badlands and more! * * * Instagram? Old news. ! That's where all the cool kids are now! Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! ! Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need ! Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast! Edited...
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The Far Side
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Cows, cavemen, monsters and more. No, it isn't a Monster Manual! This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we go to The Far Side, Gary Larsen's legendary comic strip and a staple of '80s absurdity. Plus: brown corduroy! * * * Instagram? Old news. ! That's where all the cool kids are now! Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! ! Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need ! Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast! Edited by the one and only . Send questions, comments or corrections to . Available on...
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Thousand Year Old Campfire
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It belongs in a museum! Oh, wait, that doesn't work here... This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we check out Thousand Year Old Campfire, also known as Old Morris Cave: A Continuous Use Campsite in Mammoth Cave National Park. A descendant of , this game examines presence, absence and time through the excavation of an archaeological site. It's less emotionally charged than TYOV, but no less thought provoking. * * * Instagram? Old news. ! That's where all the cool kids are now! Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! ! Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things...
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Murder She Wrote: A Board Game of Strategy and Pursuit
The Vintage RPG Podcast
Send in the clones! This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, Jessica Fletcher guest stars in a very special episode about Murder, She Wrote: A Board Game of Strategy and Pursuit. In fact, six Jessica Fletchers have shown up. Join us, as we dig into a surprisingly decent retro board game based on one of our favorite old shows (sad there's no Magnum board game, though, for real). * * * Instagram? Old news. ! That's where all the cool kids are now! Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! ! Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you...
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The Future King
The Vintage RPG Podcast
Remember the twist ending of the Arthurian romances when Bruce Lee appears at Camlann to kick Mordred's ass? Me neither. This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we check out The Future King, a stand-alone adventure/system by Tom Moldvay. It spins somewhat out of his earlier bat-shit RPG Lords of Creation and sees the players trying to wake King Arthur from his slumber, because the hour of need is at hand. That isn't too crazy, but the pregens are. They include Bruce Lee, Cyrano and Nostradamus! * * * Instagram? Old news. ! That's where all the cool kids are now! Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens,...
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The Means of Production
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Brian Colin becomes an ink-stained wretch. This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, Vast Grimm creator Brian Colin is back. He's got a new , but he's got something even more exciting that we wanted to talk to him about: a printing press! * * * Instagram? Old news. ! That's where all the cool kids are now! Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! ! Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need ! Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast! Edited by the one and only . Send questions, comments or corrections to ....
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The Stars are Right!
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The end was nigh! This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we welcome the apocalypse(s) with The Stars are Right! (1992), an anthology of scenarios for Cthulhu Now (AKA Call of Cthulhu Modern). As these things go, its a solid set of cases, but the book has a surprising legacy of censorship and controversy over one of Blair Reynolds' fantastic illustrations. * * * Instagram? Old news. ! That's where all the cool kids are now! Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! ! Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need ! Like, Rate,...
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This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, Jessica Fletcher guest stars in a very special episode about Murder, She Wrote: A Board Game of Strategy and Pursuit. In fact, six Jessica Fletchers have shown up. Join us, as we dig into a surprisingly decent retro board game based on one of our favorite old shows (sad there's no Magnum board game, though, for real).
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