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Mostly Off-topic Episode 11: The One Ring Second Edition

We spend this episode outlining what we know about the forthcoming second edition of The One Ring Roleplaying Game by Cubicle7, and what we’d like to see from it. Other ...

37m
Jun 23, 2019
Mostly Off-Topic D&D Class Review – Ep7 – Paladin – Oath of the Goat

Welcome back to our infrequent and irregular podcast series where we cover each of the classes in the Players Handbook. Today we’re talking Paladins – redoubts of good against the ...

1h 42m
Oct 18, 2018
Mostly Off-Topic Episode 10: The One Ring Special

Join us for an in-depth discussion of Cubicle 7’s roleplaying game set in Tolkien’s Middle-earth: The One Ring. We talk about everything from the theme, tone and setting, to the ...

1h 21m
Oct 15, 2018
Mostly Off-Topic D&D Class Review – Ep6 – Monk – Half-Moth, Half-Dragon Attack!

Monks. Hanging around Monasteries, fishing, chanting, tonsuring. All very exciting. And then… And then they unleash Kung Fu like they’ve jacked into the Matrix and just learned it! Less exciting ...

1h 46m
Aug 12, 2018
Mostly Off-Topic D&D Class Review Ep5 – Fighter – The Average Bear

Ever wondered how a 5th Edition Fighter compares to the average of the Monster Manual’s Bears for plus to hit? Well wonder no more, as Martin and Paul cover this ...

1h 29m
May 11, 2018
Mostly Off-Topic D&D Class Review Ep4 – Druid – Recorded In Exile

Druids. The hipsters of the D&D world: beards, organic this that and the other, ability to call down lightning from the heavens… You know. All those things. And in this ...

1h 26m
Apr 10, 2018
Mostly Off-Topic D&D Class Review Ep 3 – Cleric – Tales of a Sewer Donkey

Fair warning all, this episode is EPIC! Divinely Epic in fact, as Martin and Paul cover the Cleric class in 5th Edition D&D Players Handbook. Not only is it Epic, ...

2h 9m
Mar 25, 2018
Mostly Off-Topic D&D Class Review Ep2 – Bard – Feeling Inspired

For crimes he (claims he) didn’t commit, Martin has been banished Beyond the Wall to the Land Without Wagamamas! But by the power of Greyskull and the internets, Martin and ...

1h 25m
Mar 02, 2018
Mostly Off-Topic D&D Class Review Ep1 – Barbarian – Third Time Lucky

Following popular acclaim of their Xanatha… What? Okay, okay, no fake news? Let’s start again. Following no real negative criticism of their Xanathar’s review, Martin and Paul return to the ...

1h 6m
Feb 09, 2018
Mostly Off-Topic Xanathar’s Guide Episode 4 – On the Dire Couch

In the last of our episodes covering the latest release for Dungeon and Dragon’s 5th Edition, Martin and Paul are on the Dire Couch. The most comfortable couch in the ...

1h 28m
Dec 28, 2017
Mostly Off-Topic Xanathar’s Guide Episode 3 – Living, Breathing Daft Punk Lyric

It’s the final episode in our trilogy of content looking at the sub-classes of Xanathar’s Guide to Everything for D&D 5th Edition, and we round out the review in style ...

1h 5m
Dec 15, 2017
Mostly Off-Topic Xanathar’s Guide Episode 2 Options – Yield or Die!

In this episode Paul and Martin cover the middle alphabetical set of sub-classses, moving from Fighter through to Ranger. They clearly run out of time for the rest so invent ...

1h 19m
Dec 10, 2017
Mostly Off-Topic Xanathar’s Guide Review Episode 1 – Elven Bullshit

By the Gods, it’s been a long time coming. In this episode, Paul hooks up with new comer Martin to focus entirely on the new D&D hotness, Xanathar’s Guide to ...

1h 22m
Dec 05, 2017
Mostly Off-Topic Episode 8: Liberian Bananas

After a very long time away, episode 8 of Mostly Off-topic hits the pod-verse with a clatter. We start with the whirr of Joe’s coffee machine and a revelation from ...

1h 3m
May 02, 2017
Mostly Off-Topic Episode 7: Easter Eggs Don’t Grow on Trees

Later than planned, episode 7’s news may be few days out of date, its Halloween pumpkin flavour may be slightly stale, but the fun and hilarity is 100% evergreen. We ...

1h 12m
Nov 20, 2016
Mostly Off-topic Episode 6: Major Sausage Crusade

Firstly: congratulations to Joe and his wife on the birth of their baby daughter! Secondly: kudos to Joe for engineering a 9-month lead time on an excuse for the delay ...

1h 16m
Sep 28, 2016
Mostly Off-Topic Episode 5: The Show Joe Did Not Name

Mounts, bouncy elves and sneaky hobbits – it’s a Lord of the Rings special! We get granular with FFG’s co-operative LCG with a state-of-the-game address. We also bang on about ...

1h 24m
Jul 13, 2016
Mostly Off-Topic Episode 4: Slap You with a Snow Duck!

Join us for episode four of our podcast about all things tabletoppy. Joe and Paul return from the UK Games Expo filled with joy at the multitude of shiny things, ...

1h 8m
Jun 13, 2016
Mostly Off-Topic Episode 3: Less Creepy

Join us for the third episode of our fledgling podcast about all things card gamey, board gamey and role-playing gamey. This month, we talk about Ashes organised play, casual board ...

1h 14m
Apr 27, 2016
Mostly Off-topic Episode 2: Gandalf the Twink

The difficult second episode where we overcome our creative differences, but can’t quite agree on whether Star Wars LCG is thematically appropriate enough. We manage to stick closer to our ...

1h 9m
Mar 20, 2016
Mostly Off-topic Episode 1: Bath Time with Scott

We did it! This is our inaugural episode, in which we introduce ourselves and tell you all about our reason for existing. Paul leads the show, and ponders who has ...

1h 15m
Feb 19, 2016