Hello Crawlers! What do you do when life changes? A lot? Namely when you get kidnapped by aliens and forced to fight in a Magical-tech dungeon where power and loot are the only ways to keep living? You prep by playing Shadow Crawler Carnage…
Thank you for your review of The Anchorite APA #9. It was a surprise to many of us when we learned you had reviewed it. I agree that Joe passion for doing zines is evident in the product he puts out and Ray Otis is super talented and there
Here’s something a bit…unexpected. A podcast about a print APA??? This episode the Halfling Four discuss issue #9 of the (mostly) print Amateur Press Association ‘zine Anchorite! How do you review an APA? Very carefully, but your Fab Four d…
…or would that be Apocalypti? I forget my Latin, but one thing Doc Benny and Boom Mike don’t forget is how many varieties of zombie apocs there are out there! We discuss everything from the novel I am Legend to crazy-fast zombies of movies
“What’s This?” You ask? No, probably you didn’t but work with me here! It’s the North Texas RPG Con 2026 Sideshow, double sized for 2 guests. That’s right, not only is BadMike “Satan” in the house, but also the God Emperor of NTRPG himself,…
Somehow it’s nice to know that some British people could be stupider than the creators of Tunnels and Trolls and more racist and sexist than the creator of Empire of the petal throne. I think the Attribute of Size is always a mistake in a g…
Welcome to the first game review of 2026, and it’s a doozy. Fantasy Wargaming: The Highest Level of All, edited by Bruce Galloway, and published in 1981, is famous (notorious?) for clunky rules, odd premises, and far too much about how terr…
The last episode (64) was about the Best of the Dragon, so it’s only right that this episode is about the Best of Stuff. What stuff? The stuff we decide to talk about of course! Our first cons, gaming styles, Combat vs. Role-Playing, and of…
Ever watch a bad Horror movie and say to yourself, “If I’d been there I’d have totally owned that monster!” Well, this month’s RPG is for you! Your Fab Four Halflings dive into a 1990 game that answers the question “Who knew Weekly World Ne…
Timeship has, let’s say, a checkered reputation in the RPG community. This episode your intrepid Halflings delve into a game that mandates a player play themselves, travel back in time, and (among other things) kill Hitler. What’s not to li…
It’s the Post-Apocalypse, and you are a lone survivor battling the radioactive wastes with a pistol, sneakers, and all the armor that hit location #12 can hold! That’s right, it’s Aftermath by Fantasy Games Unlimited, and your Halflings del…