Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The 70s and 80s were the golden age of dark popular culture and Scarred for Life (lulu.com/en/gb/shop/stephen-brotherstone-dave-lawrence/scarred-for-life-volume-one/paperback/product-23116461.html?page=1&pageSize=4) have chronicled the TV, comics, adverts, sweets and others of the period in a conversational but forensic style. There are two volumes (lulu.com/en/gb/shop/dave-lawrence-and-stephen-brotherstone/scarred-for-life-volume-two-television-in-the-1980s/paperback/product-gz5kgg.html?page=1&pageSize=4) available with a third on its way at the end of Summer ’22, which will feature role-playing games of the 1980s. We are joined by Stephen Brotherstone, one of the authors, and we talk about his formative years in role-playing and how this project came into being.
You can find out more about Scarred for Life by following the twitter account. The books are available print on demand, check for discount codes. They also have live shows.
We discuss Threads (thegrognardfiles.com/tag/threads/) , Noah’s Castle, Dracula Lollies and much, much more.
Resident rules lawyer Judge Blythy joins me in the Port Street Beer House for a new segment where we do a Speed Rating of a game. This time we look at Monster of the Week (drivethrurpg.com/product/143518/Monster-of-the-Week) – the rules highlights and our experiences of playing the game. There is a Jazz warning.
We finish off with a bit of closing time chatter about Dungeon Crawl Classics and the new Blade Runner kickstarter (kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/blade-runner-the-roleplaying-game) .
Follow us on Patreon (patreon.com/theGROGNARDfiles) to support the podcast and associated projects.
The 70s and 80s were the golden age of dark popular culture and Scarred for Life (lulu.com/en/gb/shop/stephen-brotherstone-dave-lawrence/scarred-for-life-volume-one/paperback/product-23116461.html?page=1&pageSize=4) have chronicled the TV, comics, adverts, sweets and others of the period in a conversational but forensic style. There are two volumes (lulu.com/en/gb/shop/dave-lawrence-and-stephen-brotherstone/scarred-for-life-volume-two-television-in-the-1980s/paperback/product-gz5kgg.html?page=1&pageSize=4) available with a third on its way at the end of Summer ’22, which will feature role-playing games of the 1980s. We are joined by Stephen Brotherstone, one of the authors, and we talk about his formative years in role-playing and how this project came into being.
You can find out more about Scarred for Life by following the twitter account. The books are available print on demand, check for discount codes. They also have live shows.
We discuss Threads (thegrognardfiles.com/tag/threads/) , Noah’s Castle, Dracula Lollies and much, much more.
Resident rules lawyer Judge Blythy joins me in the Port Street Beer House for a new segment where we do a Speed Rating of a game. This time we look at Monster of the Week (drivethrurpg.com/product/143518/Monster-of-the-Week) – the rules highlights and our experiences of playing the game. There is a Jazz warning.
We finish off with a bit of closing time chatter about Dungeon Crawl Classics and the new Blade Runner kickstarter (kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/blade-runner-the-roleplaying-game) .
Follow us on Patreon (patreon.com/theGROGNARDfiles) to support the podcast and associated projects.
