Retro Role Cast

"Serious roleplaying games played by deeply unserious people."

We are a tabletop roleplaying actual play podcast featuring games that remind us of our gaming roots!

In season one we played Low Fantasy Gaming by Pickpocket Press, Its sequel game Tales of Argosa is soon to be released and comes highly recommended by all of us, stop by Pickpocket Games on the web for more info!

Season two saw a transition to a modified Version of Old School Essentials (Advanced) by Gavin Norman, one of many retro offshoots of the world's most popular role playing game. We borrow rules and content from many sources, but with Old School Essentials we used (in no particular order), Old School Feats by Eric Diaz, Into The Wyrd and Wild by Charles Furgeson-Avery, Into the Wild by Todd Leback, The Axian Library by Guiseppe Rotondo, and the Monster Overhaul by Skerples, amongst other sources.

With the close of Season 2 and the addition of two new Retro Role Casters we have moved to a more episodic format for Season 3. We are refering to seasons 1 and 2 as our Zero Level Funnel of Podcasting.

For Level one we have decided to do more of a One+ shot format to try some of the many systems we admire. That adventure begins with ShadowDark and moves to Mothership. Then on to Dolmenwood, Dungeon Crawl Classics, and who knows what...

Podcasting since 2022 • 102 episodes

Retro Role Cast

Latest Episodes

OSRIC, Shadows of the Pale Ep2

The group, formed into a posse by two conflicting parties finishes their feast, and heads out into the hills towards the Phostwood, to track down the renegade knights of the Theocracy, and their young ward/hostage..#ad&d #...

June 12, 2026 • Season 4 • Episode 10 • 1:21:24

OSRIC, Shadows of the Pale Ep1 RRC Episode 100?!!!

Episode 100!!! We start play in our First Edition-y OSRIC fueled Greyhawkian campaign with a prisoner swap by the river bordering the Duchy of Tenh and the Theocracy of the Pale, where the adventure commences. Thanks again to all that hav...

June 05, 2026 • Season 4 • Episode 9 • 1:26:04

OSRIC, Shadows of the Pale Ep0

It's RetroRoleCast episode 99 (gasps of surprise and horror)we're going all the way back to our roots and are playing first edition, in the form of the wonderful OSRIC 3 by Mythmere Games, available via free download from DriveThruRPG!&n...

May 30, 2026 • Season 4 • Episode 8 • 1:09:49

Shadowdark! The Usurpers of Oarhand's Tomb Ep7 Final

With the mysterious departure of the halfling witch, the rest of the party gathers themselves to plumb the mysteries to be found in the old dwarven tomb that has now gone eerily quiet...#ad&d #Shadowdark #OSR #ttrpg #actualplay...

May 22, 2026 • Season 4 • Episode 7 • 1:24:35

Shadowdark! The Usurpers of Oarhand's Tomb Ep6

A furious melee erupts beneath the mountains as the band of heroes confront the snake beings, and find that sometimes the deadliest monsters are sometimes the least exotic...#ad&d #Shadowdark #OSR #ttrpg #actualplay #rpg #Dnd #...

May 15, 2026 • Season 4 • Episode 6 • 1:20:11