Sabre Rattlings

Sabre Rattlings

Discussion of things in the gaming sphere that we're really excited by.

Episodes

April 14, 2026 23 mins

Todd interviews Peter Eijk, aka Jimmy Shelter, to talk about their current Kickstarter as well as past work.

You can find Peter on itch at https://jimmyshelter.itch.io/ and the Pine Shallows Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monstermind/pine-shallows-a-meddlesome-kids-game

Sabre Games is at sabregamesandcards.com, and our email is sabregamesandcards@gmail.com

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Todd interviews John Bultena of Only Play Wizards, talking about teaching role-playing games to college kids and more.

https://onlyplaywizards.wordpress.com/author/onlyplaywizards/

sabregamesandcards.com

sabregamesandcards@gmail.com

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Todd is joined by Zosimos, a creator of indie rpgs and handmade, risograph printed zines.

sabregamesandcards@gmail.com

sabregamesandcards.com

z051m05.itch.io

studiozosimos.com

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Todd sits down to talk with Levi, a prolific and varied rpg publisher to talk about game design, the fragmentation of social media, and fonts.

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https://levikornelsen.itch.io/

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Todd and Luke talk about Murkdice's currently funding project, Inkvein, about blogging, and making the Referee's life easier when running mega-dungeons.

Sabregamesandcards@gmail.com

Sabregamesandcards.com

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/space-penguin-ink/inkvein-a-caving-centric-megadungeon-for-mork-borg

https://murkdice.substack.com/

https://murkdice.itch.io/

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Todd sits down to talk with Epidiah, best known for his work on Dread, to discuss his current project Swords without Masters, swords and sorcery, and more.

sabregamesandcards.com

sabregamesandcards@gmail.com

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/unwrittenearths/swords-without-master (still taking late pledges).

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Todd interviews Liz, talking about their projects, stl print files, and horror in gaming. 

https://liz-shrikestudio.itch.io/

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sabregamesandcards.com

 

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Todd and Dan sit down to discuss Marvel Crisis Protocol, how it plays, and the local community for it.

sabregamesandcards@gmail.com

sabregamesandcards.com

Sector Cville Discord: https://discord.gg/E62SXaQBVD

Blue Ridge Marvel Protocol Discord: https://discord.gg/rhrpdX3ey

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DM Teddy couldn't make it today, so I've got an interview with HodagRPG, one of the most prolific and recognizable artists in the OSR sphere these days. His work graces a number of Ennie-nominated, and winning, products.

sabregamesandcards@gmail.com

sabregamesandcards.com

https://hodagrpg.itch.io/

 

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March 11, 2026 29 mins

Todd is joined by Dakota and Robert, two Sabre regulars, to talk about the death of a community member, an upcoming memorial tournament, and what draws us to Battletech. 

Viking Funeral Tournament Sign-up: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RtObDZ5y--foVZNN7PsovHeWKGyB2XcbUzUIGySyc6g/edit?usp=drivesdk

sabregamesandcards@gmail.com

sabregamesandcards.com

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Marx and Todd talk about the Far Horizons Game Co-Op, and how a collective works in the ttrpg sphere.

sabregamesandcards.com

sabregamesandcards@gmail.com

https://farhorizonscoop.beehiiv.com/

https://discord.gg/qn9CVJgrB2

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Todd is solo as he starts discussing building and populating a hexcrawl, starting with randomly generating what you might find in a hex.

sabregamesandcards.com

sabregamesandcards@gmail.com

Filling in the Blanks: https://www.sabregamesandcards.com/product-page/filling-in-the-blanks-pdf

Into the Wild: https://www.sabregamesandcards.com/product-page/into-the-wild-pdf

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DM Teddy joins Todd for a discussion about monsters and how they can be used to inform setting themes.

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Todd interviews Josh, author of His Majesty the Worm, about projects past and present.

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February 26, 2026 30 mins

DM Teddy returns to talk to Todd about including players in world-building and how that increases player buy-in as well as helps with the load of running games.

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Todd interviews Lola about their project The Wanderer's Bookshop, ending soon on Backerkit.

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/johnson-ofair/the-wanderers-bookshop

sabregamesandcards@gmail.com

sabregamesandcards.com

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Todd interviews Frank about his current ZineMonth project, Knightcore, and they talk about zine culture and Frank's previous works.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mottokrosh/knightcore-the-rpg

sabregamesandcards.com

sabregamesandcards@gmail.com

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Todd and Teddy talk about how what the GM allows in play shapes the tone and direction of an rpg campaign.

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sabregamesandcards.com

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Something seemed to have happened with the original file, so I've re-uploaded the episode, and interview with David Barrentine about his project The Necromancer of Exetus.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/world-of-oranth/the-necromancer-of-exetus

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sabregamesandcards@gmail.com

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