Vrahode Tavern Podcast
Every two weeks, Vrahode creator Jeff Irving walks us through the world he designed. Vrahode is a brand new world without humans, elves, dwarves, demons or the undead, or anything you’d come to expect of a fantasy world. Instead, every hero, villain, creature, and bit of lore in Vrahode is new. Vrahode will be coming to Kickstarter most likely in Q4 2023. When that campaign goes live, you will not only be able to buy the core game, Vrahode: The Calteeryn Ascension, but its three expansions as well. In this show, we will be diving deep into the lore and gameplay of Vrahode. All to help you understand what this game is all about before the Kickstarter campaign begins!
Episodes
27 episodes
Introducing Vrahode: Age of Prophecy (Holiday Episode)
Vrahode is going through some changes right now. Lots of them - to product strategy, art, graphic design, costs, and just about everything else you can imagine.Why? To make sure you can get into this game as easily as possible. That's w...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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31:42
Playable Races Deep Dive Pt. 5: Chorne & Greenleng
Vrahode is a world teeming with life and full of creatures and characters that you've never seen before in any fantasy world.But what does that actually mean in practice?This is part 5 of a 5-part deep dive into the playable rac...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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44:13
Playable Races Deep Dive Pt. 4: Sahrhune & Ju'Airne
Vrahode is a world teeming with life and full of creatures and characters that you've never seen before in any fantasy world.But what does that actually mean in practice?This is part 4 of a 5-part deep dive into the playable rac...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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43:30
Playable Races Deep Dive Pt. 3: Mahorii & Athak-uul
Vrahode is a world teeming with life and full of creatures and characters that you've never seen before in any fantasy world.But what does that actually mean in practice?This is part 3 of a 5-part deep dive into the playable rac...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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38:20
Playable Races Deep Dive Pt. 2: Cautuuk & Drelrhune
Vrahode is a world teeming with life and full of creatures and characters that you've never seen before in any fantasy world.But what does that actually mean in practice?This is part 2 of a 5-part deep dive into the playable rac...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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40:38
Playable Races Deep Dive Pt. 1: Mynoc & Toreln
Vrahode is a world teeming with life and full of creatures and characters that you've never seen before in any fantasy world.But what does that actually mean in practice?This is part 1 of a 5-part deep dive into the playable rac...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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43:40
How Do You Even Write A Game Like Vrahode?
"It's as if I have been serving a prison sentence in my mind since 1990.""I've been in solitary confinement with the world of Vrahode since 1990, and finally I'm getting paroled and I get to share my experiences of Vrahode with the worl...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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34:56
Do People Like Vrahode? How Playtesters Reacted So Far.
Is this game any good?That's why you have to playtest your games - to find out! And Vrahode is no different.Jeff's been to a couple of cons now, and he's gotten this game in front of a lot of people. The response has been positi...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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22:06
Vrahode Went To KublaCon & Its Coming To Origins
Vrahode is coming to Origins Game Far in Columbus, Ohio. Find Jeff at Booth #731 from June 21 to June 25.Trailer Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy5rapu8Dd4Vrahode ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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24:47
The Brand-New Vrahode Trailer Just Dropped
Vrahode's new trailer just dropped. Enough said.Trailer Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy5rapu8Dd4Vrahode will be coming to Kickstarter most likely in quarter one ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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31:42
Is Vrahode a Board Game or an RPG?
We get this question a lot: is Vrahode a board game or an RPG? In this episode, we both answer that question and talk about why that question is so hard to answer in the first place!Vrahode will be coming to Kickstarter most likely in q...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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31:24
Here's What Happened After We Playtested Vrahode
Jeff went to Genghis Con a few weeks ago and playtested Vrahode while there. In the process, he learned a ton and make lots of quality of life tweaks. In this episode, Jeff talks about what that means in practice.Vrahode will be coming ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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25:19
How The Enemy Tiering System In Vrahode Works
Vrahode's gameplay is all about being fast, fun, and consequential. But as you get strong, how do you guarantee that the game still feels that way?Enter enemy tiering - Jeff's way of stopping balance issues in their tracks.Vraho...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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25:13
What Exactly Is The Harbinger Terrain System Anyway?
We keep talking about the Harbinger Terrain System.But what exactly is it? That's what we talk about in this week's podcast.The short version: it's a way of bringing Vrahode to life in three dimensions, with the ability to creat...
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30:42
How Scaling Mechanisms Make Vrahode Just Hard Enough
Vrahode is a cooperative game for 1-6 players. But how is it possible to maintain a reasonable level of difficulty no matter the player count?That's where scaling mechanisms come in. Vrahode has a lot of them, quietly working in subtle w...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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29:27
This Is How Battles Go Down In Vrahode
Want to learn more about how combat works in Vrahode? In this episode, we fight a battle with a Thunderhorn in the plains of Renduur. Listen to a full play-by-play of how that works in this week's episode!Vrahode will be coming to Kickst...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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33:18
A Quick Overview of How Combat Works in Vrahode
There's only one thing on our minds today - combat.A lot of folks have been asking how exactly combat works in Vrahode. In this episode, we talk about the goal of combat in Vrahode and how often you fight. Then we talk at very high leve...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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31:27
Why The Calteeryn Is So Important In Vrahode
It's probably not a surprise that the Calteeryn is kind of a big deal in Vrahode: The Calteeryn Ascension. But what does it mean to be the prophesied character? What does that look like in the game? In this episode, Vrh...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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41:53
How To Make Fiction (Fantasy Novels vs. Board Games)
Writing a board game system and writing fantasy novels is similar, but different in a lot of ways. In this episode, Vrhode writer, Shawn Allen Dressler, talks about how his experience writing fantasy novels is helping him write the campaign boo...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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27:45
How To Turn Board Game Writing Into A Team Sport
Writing something like the world of Vrahode takes a lot of work! Everything from flora to fauna to the creatures that live in the world are original. To make all that come to life, you need a talented writer. Enter Shawn Allen Dressler....
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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21:24
How To Create A Custom Character In Vrahode
Vrahode is a world of possibilities. Want to create a muscular mage? A selfless, kind-hearted creature that looks like a monster? You can do that.In this episode, we talk about how creating a custom character works.Vrahode will ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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31:53
6 More Pregenerated Roles in Vrahode
Vrahode is a big world with all new creatures unlike anything you've seen in a fantasy world before. Of course, that can be quite intimidating if you're just wanting to start the game!Vrahode comes with 12 pregenerated roles to help you ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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30:09
6 Of The Pregenerated Roles of Vrahode
Vrahode is a big world with all new creatures unlike anything you've seen in a fantasy world before. Of course, that can be quite intimidating if you're just wanting to start the game!Vrahode comes with 12 pregenerated roles to help you...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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30:51
The 5 Friendly & Neutral Races of Vrahode
Everything in Vrahode is original, from the landscapes to the flora and fauna to the creation myths. That includes the NPCs, and there are five of them that you'll get to know in this podcast: the Chorne, the Greenleng, the Sahrhune, the Baraja...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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30:20
The 6 Brand-New Playable Races Of Vrahode
Everything in Vrahode is original, from the landscapes to the flora and fauna to the creation myths. The playable races are no exception, and there are six of them that you'll get to know in this podcast today: the Toreln, the Mynoc, the Cautuu...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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28:23