@borntolosepodcast.bsky.social Ross' Isle of Dread Torchbearer party. I just love drawing traumatized adventuring weirdoes. Let me draw yours!

Ep 33: Jared & Ross make a Class Jared Sorensen rises forth from his eternal rest to help me make a new Class, the Gravedigger. It was a fun exercise prying into the mind of the undisputed champion of Torchbearer 3rd party class design. open.spotify.com/episode/5BC6...

Ep 32: Interview with Keegan My interview with Keegan Cassady about his artistic work. We play a little improv game to create procedural high-level Torchbearer challenges open.spotify.com/episode/0GKC...

Wanna hear Ross and I talk about #Torchbearer, analyze #DnD culture and it's shift from old D&D to modern D&D? Check this out 👇 I had a great time, and I really appreciate Born to Lose bringing some well earned love to Torchbearer.

Ep 31: Interview with Duamn (Mordite Press, MRDRHOBO) An amazing chat with the esteemable @duamn.bsky.social talking about the games he's playing and all of the sideways crazy inventive art he gets into. open.spotify.com/episode/0whg...

Ep 30: Interview with Sean Nittner I talk with Sean about his time creating Stone Dragon Mountain, fumbling in the dark by playing Torchbearer with incomplete rules, and all of his many many projects. open.spotify.com/episode/646P...

Ep 29: Interview with Michael Michael talks about his experiences with running a West Marches style shared world campaign featuring two full Torchbearer groups and innovative Town building mechanics open.spotify.com/episode/3GO8...

Ep 28: Speedrun with Shane King Here it is everyone, gold winner Shane showing us all how it's done with a sneaky Halfling, in over his head and entirely out of his element, triumph over impossible odds. open.spotify.com/episode/127B...

Ep27: Speedrun with Brendan Flattery It's Dwarf #2 claiming the silver medal in #UnderTheHouseOfThreeSquires #Torchbearer #RPG open.spotify.com/episode/3tpa...

Ep 26: Speedrun with Price Rowland Bronze place winner of the competition coming in hot with a Dwarf Stoneteller and a dream. #HouseOfThreeSquires #Torchbearer #RPG open.spotify.com/episode/4cBX...

Ep 25: It is Speedrun Week. A few quick thoughts from me and a mashups of fun clips from our competitors. The full recordings of the top three runs are coming out the rest of this week open.spotify.com/episode/00d8...

Ep 24: Interview with Luke A chat with none other than Sir Luke Crane. We talk about game design and layout in RPGs open.spotify.com/episode/38AJ...

Ep 23: Interview with @iamfivebears.bsky.social A very exciting episode that I've been looking forward to. I interview someone close to me who's keeps coming back to my game table, but something just doesn't click regarding Torchbearer. We dig deep into the 'why'. open.spotify.com/episode/5b0N...

Born To Lose Ep 22: Lets Play Isle of Dread The gang captures a bunch of man-sized flying dinosaurs, circling in on the central plateau. Or did the dinos capture ... their hearts? Lots of sidebar chatter. open.spotify.com/episode/6U0u...

Ep 21: Interview with Brendan and Deuce (competitive tabletop RPGs) B & D talk with me about the fun times us three have had making and running competitions in D&D and other RPGs. Defy Danger! open.spotify.com/episode/4FMD...

Ep 20: Dread Crypt Finale And now the exciting conclusion ... what happened to Jean-Francois in the Dread Crypt of Skogenby? open.spotify.com/episode/34ze...

Big announcement from the **Born to Lose** *Torchbearer* podcast! The call is **open** for online 1 GM 1 PC competitive speedrun delving of *Under The House of Three Squires*. DM me to get involved, more details are going to be posted in LFG! open.spotify.com/episode/5GrM...

Bonjour from the Born to Lose podcast! This week's episode features an informative and experimental Let's Play with myself and Jean-Francois playing 1 GM 1 PC Torchbearer, delving into that most classic adventure The Dread Crypt of Skogenby. Sacre bleu! open.spotify.com/episode/3XOe...

Ep 17: Lets Play Isle of Dread - Highlights Reel The selected peak 40 minutes from a session of my home game. This one was from the time of the 2026 northeast USA ice-prison storm, so we were all online, and thus the sound quality is half-decent. open.spotify.com/episode/0gzc...

Ep 16: Interview with Quincy (game prep) Talking with returning guest Quincy about different styles and hot takes on Torchbearer rpg game prep open.spotify.com/episode/6gp4...

Ep 15: Interview with Jack (Dark Fort) **Born to Lose ** podcast interview with Jack from Australia about using Torchbearer with grimdark adventures/settings, such as Lamentations of the Flame Princess open.spotify.com/episode/22Xd...

Episode 15 - Let's Play! Raw audio from my home game with Beliefs, Instincts, Goals; and then immediately into a Kill conflict against the Elf's pirate captain nemesis! open.spotify.com/episode/6ipF...

Episode 14: Interview with Keith (Yggdrasil, kids) An amazing interview with @keithsenkowski.com , author/creator of the Yggdrasil magazine. We talk about that, weird art, and the joys he has found running Torchbearer rpg for teenagers open.spotify.com/episode/36S2...

Hell yeah @keithsenkowski.com

Ep13: Torchbearer Prologue, as delivered by a renn faire actor Got a growing backlog so you'll start to see some double posting weeks, such as this one. From my home game, the Prologue by one of our players, who is in fact a Renn Faire actor. It is a silly place. open.spotify.com/episode/7xqI...

Got a little wordy about measurements, AI, productivity, and magic tricks.

Ep 12: Interview woth Thor You know him, you love him, the big guy @thor2927 talks with me about the Middermark 2E update 🦀 , and using twists. Happy Birthday! open.spotify.com/episode/3TGa...

Ep 11: Interview with Quincy A fun chat with Burning Wheel Discord Mod Quincy on west marches campaigns and why I, Ross, am a psychologically broken individual. GOOD TIMES open.spotify.com/episode/5dcE...

Have you played Torchbearer? Do you have a story or two to share? If so, get on my podcast! I'm looking for new guests throughout the rpg community to talk about this fascinating tabletop game. Reach oit to me here!

Ep 10: Interview with Shane (scifi, dwarves) Check out a cool conversation I had with Shane King about scifi hacks using Torchbearer (RIP), adventures with all Dwarves, and some of his experiences as a playtester for Torchbearer open.spotify.com/episode/3lDs...

I spoke with @riseupcomus.bsky.social about His Majesty The Worm! open.spotify.com/episode/7xIg...

Ep 08: Price talks about his Dark Sun conversion for Torchbearer and the experience of Gen Z in a community full of olds. open.spotify.com/show/3NsElju...

Jared Sorensen talks about his infatuation with little characters and shares some stories from the early pre-launch days of Torchbearer. This podcast needs a little salt! open.spotify.com/episode/7t2g...

Episode 06: Interview with Chloe (Head to Head) on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ea/pb-ngdq3-... Torchbearer RPG Podcast

I published my new episode Actual Play - Red Hand of Doom 02, please check it out www.podbean.com/ea/pb-kfnxm-...

Ep 04: Actual Play (Red Hand of Doom, part 1) open.spotify.com/episode/0cQs...

Ep 03: Interview with Steven & Deuce (Red Hand of Doom campaign) open.spotify.com/episode/3U00...

New episode of the Torchbearer RPG podcast! Interview with Tony (Picaresque), please check it out www.podbean.com/ea/pb-6fexf-...

New episode of the Torchbearer RPG podcast! Interview with Ross (Born To Lose), please check it out www.podbean.com/ea/pb-jyi2m-...