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Runeslinger’s podcast about the play of old, new, and future roleplaying games. Here we act, react, and interact intentionally with the very alchemy of play~

For more RPG investigations, visit the Casting Shadows blog

Watch Annotated Actual Plays, RPG discussions and debates, product overviews, and practical tips for playing and running RPGs on YouTube


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Sample Episodes

Actual Play Alien RPG Alien RPG 1e Call of Cthulhu Campaign Play Campaign Recap Co-GM Corporia Cosmic Horror Delta Green gaming GM Advice GM Techniques Group Management Hollow Earth Expedition Horror Imagination in RPGs Immersion and Engagement Learning RPGs Listener Calls Memory New Players Player Techniques Playing NPCs Preparation for Implementation Preparation for Improvisation Pulp Action Roleplaying Games rpg RPGaDAY RPG Characters RPG Concepts RPG Conversation rpgs RPG Vocabulary Special Guest Story as By-product Story as Product Story Divide Sword and Planet System Matters Teaching RPGs This Podcast Ubiquity Year Zero Engine

Recent Episodes

On what might be in a name, and Listener Calls – Casting Shadows

This episode includes a call from Jason Connerley in regard to the episode with the Arcane Alienist about RPGs and memory, and then sets the Wayback Machine for 2010 and a fresh look at an old post called By any other name~LINKS:Weird Studies Podcast Homepage-Episode on Dungeons & Dragons, or the Reality of IllusionsNerds RPG Variety CastArcane Alienist PodcastBy Any Other Name blog post on Casting ShadowsCONTACT:Leave a voice message via ⁠SpeakPipe⁠https://speakpipe.com/castingshadowspodcast.comSeek me out on BlueSkyhttps://bsky.app/profile/runeslinger.bsky.socialVisit the written bloghttps://castingshadowsblog.comCheck out other episodes of this podcasthttps://castingshadowspodcast.comStill using e-mail?runescastshadows AT gmail
  1. On what might be in a name, and Listener Calls
  2. Biting Bullets with Jason Hobbs
  3. A Friendly and Impossible chat with RPG Sean~
  4. On Memory and RPGs, featuring Arcane Alienist
  5. Is Immersion Impossible? A Friendly, Abridged Discussion~

Who is
Runeslinger?

Anthony Boyd

Under the Internet handle, Runeslinger, Anthony has been sharing his ongoing explorations into RPGs online since launching the Casting Shadows YouTube channel in 2009 and the written blog in 2010. A roleplaying gamer since 1983, Anthony enjoys few things more than RPGs.

Described as being indistinguishable from Bacchus minus the wine, revelry, farming, and general licentiousness, Runeslinger is a known appreciator of Roleplaying Games, swords, unlovely music, things that go well with gravy, and efficient sources of caramel.

He lives quietly with his wife and a vast pack of once-discarded dogs, in South Korea, where the mountains hold moot.