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One-shot actual play podcast that covers a new ”beer and pretzel” RPG each time. We play it, review it, and interview the game‘s writer in this podcast that introduces new RPGs. A part of the Butwhytho. Episodes out Fridays at 10 am
Friday Apr 07, 2023
Friday Apr 07, 2023
Austen interviews Karl Druid about his Acid Western Mork Borg hack Frontier Scum. Listen as we talk game design and inspirations for this game's world.
Follow Karl on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/makedatanotlore
Find the game at: https://frontierscum.com/
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Meet the Murder Mavens of Brindlewood Bay! These old gals are in the final round of The Great Brindlewood Bay Bake Off competition, and when the show host dies, it's up to these crazy ladies to solve the case!
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Meet the Murder Mavens of Brindlewood Bay! These old gals are in the final round of The Great Brindlewood Bay Bake Off competition, and when the show host dies, it's up to these crazy ladies to solve the case!
This will be a two-part episode so tune in next week with our session finale!
Friday Oct 14, 2022
Friday Oct 14, 2022
The Beer and Pretzel Podcast sit down to discuss playing the text-based rpg Alice is Missing by Spenser Starke.
Alice is Missing can be found at: https://www.huntersentertainment.com/alice-is-missing
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Listen along as this gang of pirates probably drinks too much grog outside the game in roleplaying our characters for Pirate Borg!
In the Curse of Skeleton Point, three pirates wash ashore on an island full of horror and mystery and try to figure out what happened to the Governor's missing daughter. That is if they can make it to the castle...
Friday Sep 09, 2022
Friday Sep 09, 2022
Listen along as this gang of pirates probably drinks too much grog outside the game in roleplaying our characters for Pirate Borg!
In the Curse of Skeleton Point, three pirates wash ashore on an island full of horror and mystery and try to figure out what happened to the Governor's missing daughter. That is if they can make it to the castle...
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Listen along as this gang of pirates probably drinks too much grog outside the game in roleplaying our characters for Pirate Borg!
In the Curse of Skeleton Point, three pirates wash ashore on an island full of horror and mystery and try to figure out what happened to the Governor's missing daughter. That is if they can make it to the castle...
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Listen along as this gang of pirates probably drinks too much grog outside the game in roleplaying our characters for Pirate Borg!
In the Curse of Skeleton Point, three pirates wash ashore on an island full of horror and mystery and try to figure out what happened to the Governor's missing daughter. That is if they can make it to the castle...
Friday Aug 05, 2022
Friday Jul 29, 2022
Friday Jul 29, 2022
Austen review's the newest stylized heavy metal rpg Hell Night in this week's review episode.
Listen to the original interview between Austen and Hell Night creator Gavriel Quiroga at: https://thebeerandpretzelpodcast.podbean.com/e/neurocity-warpland-hell-night-discussion-with-gavriel-quiroga/
You can pick up this rpg for yourself at: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/399162/HELL-NIGHT
Join Austen's d&d open world/sandbox campaign at: https://startplaying.games/adventure/62de2bd0ff086bceb382ffbe
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
We return from our mid-season break with another solo rpg actual play—this time with the Jurassic Park-inspired survival game Clever Girl by Matthew Graveleyn.
Listen as Austen plays as Jason, night crew for Dinoland, as he tries to survive alone in the park with raptors surrounding him...
Clever Girl Human and Raptor edition can be found at: https://mr-matthew.itch.io/clever-girl
Music by the Fiechters.
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Austen and Travis review every short film from the acclaimed third season of Netflix's Love Death + Robots.
Did you agree with our rankings?
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
The Beer and Pretzel Podcast plays a tropical-themed adventure of Fiasco in this week's episode. Listen as a shipwrecked crew (and pirate) try to find a way off a deserted island, dealing with curses, angry gorillas, and the locals along the way.
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Friday Jun 03, 2022
Friday Jun 03, 2022
The Beer and Pretzel Podcast plays a tropical-themed adventure of Fiasco in this week's episode. Listen as a shipwrecked crew (and pirate) try to find a way off a deserted island, dealing with curses, angry gorillas, and the locals along the way.
Act 2 is out next week.
Follow us on social media to stay updated for future episodes!
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
The Beer and Pretzel Podcast create their characters and relationships for the classic indie rpg Fiasco.
Come back Friday for part 1/2 of our Fiasco actual play series!
Follow us on social media to see our Hawaiian shirt group photo!
Friday May 27, 2022
Friday May 27, 2022
Austen and Travis review two of the latest piece of Marvel media with an in-depth look at Moon Knight, and the recent Dr. Strange movie. We discuss why these latest properties don't land for us.
Comic of the week: Ice Cream Man.
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
In this week's newest episode, Austen and Travis finish playing the two-player rpg Partners by Steve Dee.
Welcome to "Miami Knights", the tv's newest and grooviest buddy cop show about a retired detective turned nightclub owner, and the youngest cop to become a detective in the Miami police force's history. Together they will investigate a murder that took place right outside the nightclub.
Friday May 13, 2022
Friday May 13, 2022
In this week's newest episode, Austen and Travis play the two-player rpg Partners by Steve Dee.
Welcome to "Miami Knights", the tv's newest and grooviest buddy cop show about a retired detective turned nightclub owner, and the youngest cop to become a detective in the Miami police force's history. Together they will investigate a murder that took place right outside the nightclub.
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Austen plays Blurred Lines, the Giallo film inspired solo rpg by Guilherme Gontijo. Austen plays a photographer who is being stalked by a leather-gloved killer whose schtick is plucking out his victim's eyeballs with a fishing hook, and strangling them with the fishing wire in Montpelier Vermont.
Link to where you can find Blurred Lines: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/388750/Blurred-Lines--Giallo-Detective-Solo-RPG
Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
Before Austen and Travis sit down to play the police procedural rpg Partners together, listen as its creator discusses what went into its creation and more.
Partners and others game by Steve can be found at: https://www.tinstargames.com/
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Ben Bisogno runs his Passover RPG Ma Nishtana for the group as they role-play as Jewish Hobbits in Middle Earth in our latest episode. Brad takes on the role of Saruman, Austen, and Becky two hobbits, and Ben plays an elf who married Moses the Hobbit (Austen). Will Moses and his elven wife Zipporah get Saruman's blessing for their marriage?
Ben's amazing game can be found on Kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manishtanarpg/ma-nishtana-why-is-this-night-different
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Ben Bisogno runs his Passover RPG Ma Nishtana for the group as they role-play as Jewish Hobbits in Middle Earth in our latest episode. Brad takes on the role of Saruman, Austen, and Becky two hobbits, and Ben plays an elf who married Moses the Hobbit (Austen). Will Moses and his elven wife Zipporah get Saruman's blessing for their marriage?
Ben's amazing game can be found on Kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manishtanarpg/ma-nishtana-why-is-this-night-different
Friday Apr 15, 2022
Friday Apr 15, 2022
Austen and Ben Bisogno discuss his new Kickstarter for his Passover RPG Ma Nishtana.
The Kickstarter can be found at: https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/manishtanarpg/ma-nishtana-why-is-this-night-different/
The basic free version can be found and played at:
https://manishtana.itch.io/ma-nishtana-rpg
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Travis and Austen have a couple of drinks and debate the latest Batman movie.
What did you think about 2022's The Batman?
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Austen and his fiance Lia finish playing Star Crossed by Alex Roberts. Using a Jenga tower, they tell a story of Mr. Wounded Needles, a venus fly trap, and Normal Dixon the 399th, a fly who is attracted to the flytrap, even though he really shouldn't...
If you enjoyed this episode, leave us a review on Itunes, or recommend us to a friend to help us grow.
Our Ko-Fi page where you can give a single donation coffee to us to help us with the hosting fees: https://ko-fi.com/thebeerandpretzelpodcast
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Austen talks to Luke aka Limithron, the creator of Pirate Borg, the most recent Mork Borg spin-off. They discuss all sorts of questions relating to what makes Pirate Borg stand out not just as an rpg, but as a Morg Borg-inspired rpg.
Check out Pirate Borg at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/limithron/pirate-borg
If you enjoyed this episode, consider leaving us a review on Itunes, or recommend us to a friend to help us grow as a podcast.
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Austen and Travis review Peacemaker on HBO Max and Boba Fett season one which is found on Disney+. One good and one bad.
Game of the week: Hitman 3
At the movies: Austen recommendations: Pam & Tommy + Tenebrae. Travis recommendations: Kingsmen 3 + Belle.
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
"He's like the Jered Leto of dogs".
A group of human writers led by the canine lead writer/star of the show Hero Dog attempt to create the best tv episode ever in our latest episode.
Will Hero Dog and Moosefer (his friend who is a moose with a bow tie) defeat the evil necromancer David Bowie and his army of undead grandmas and zombie Tucan Sam? And how does Samual L Jackson fit in all of this?
Listen to this silly episode and find out what the writers came up with.
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Austen interviews Alex Roberts about Star Crossed, RPG creation, and other games that she has worked on.
You can find more of her games at: https://www.helloalexroberts.com/
You can also join her Patreon to get updates on her future games: https://www.patreon.com/helloalexroberts
