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Calls from the Bronze Age
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- The Whispering GM
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- Nov 26, 2025
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- 1488
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-- Description -- Continuing discussions of the Bronze Age from a gaming perspective. What some of its strengths are and how it fits into an OSR experience. Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog: https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/ Want to get in on the conversation, yourself? Send in a voicemail on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/WhisperingGMPodcast ...or join the conversation on Spotify for Podcasters: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/message ...or come hang out with all of us on Discord: https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn -- Show Notes -- 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - Theme 01:01 - Ben Gibson of Coldlight Press: the Bronze Age as the Perfect D&D Setting 06:12 - PizzaReady: Mazes and Minotaurs 09:23 - ... Malazan as a Modern Fantasy Western 12:04 - ... Mixed Technology Levels among Civilizations 15:31 - ... Civilization as a New Thing rather than Ancient and Forgotten 17:49 - ... On Law and Chaos 20:50 - Benediction 23:30 - Outro -- Links -- * Coldlight Press: https://coldlightrpgpress.weebly.com/ - Adventure Site Contest: https://coldlightrpgpress.weebly.com/home/adventure-site-contest-winners - Drive Thru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/11446/Coldlight-Press * Clark Ashton Smith - Zothique Review: https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/2023/07/n-spiration-zothique-final-cycle.html - On Eldritch Dark: http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/ * Mazes & Minotaurs: http://mazesandminotaurs.free.fr/revised.html * The 13th Warrior: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_13th_Warrior * Ricky Pope: https://open.spotify.com/show/1FuApkccHeoQtAqbYyQl97 * Storytelling Ron: https://www.youtube.com/@StorytellingRon