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Search complete. 9 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Hyperborea".
Oct 17, 2026
Episode #144: Mike and Steve from the "Dungeons in the Attic" Actual Play Podcast!
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41:16SteveGUEST
It could be Forbidden Lands.
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41:18SteveGUEST
It could be any one of those games that we play because we do play so many games, Hyperborea, whatever.
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41:26SteveGUEST
He always allows you to do whatever you want to do, and it allows you to escape into this free world being the hero you want to be with obviously consequences and rewards right around the corner.
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41:37SteveGUEST
So he's very special in that way.
To ShireCon 2026 and Back Again
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4:59Daniel NortonHOST
But if you're going looking for, like, the huge berth of games and, you know, to tons of vendors and deals and whatever, I don't think you're gonna get that.
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5:06Daniel NortonHOST
But I will say this, if you, let's say, like Hyperborea, for instance, Jeff Delady is always there, and I, I, I...
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5:13Daniel NortonHOST
At one point I had some time between a game, I talked to Jeff for like half an hour, right? Try that at a large con.
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5:18Daniel NortonHOST
I mean, not that Jeff wouldn't talk to you, but it's just busy, right?
Best Games to (Re)Start Your RPG Collection
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38:39Daniel NortonHOST
unless you, you know, if you want to speed round off.
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38:40Daniel NortonHOST
But I think another game, too, that I played a lot that didn't make the list simply because I'm not playing that, I already put OD&D on there, this is a fantasy game, is Hyperborea, or Astonishing Swordsman, Sorcerer's Hyperborea.
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38:52Daniel NortonHOST
This game is wonderful.
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38:54Daniel NortonHOST
It's basically, it's my version, if I was going to, like, I didn't put AD&D on there.
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39:06Daniel NortonHOST
But really, the strength of Hypeboria for me, which is a world, you know, a lot of people will say that, it's like the world of Hypeboria is just so well integrated into the characters and their classes and how the abilities work.
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39:19Daniel NortonHOST
So I wouldn't even necessarily run the world without the system, and I wouldn't necessarily run the system without the world.
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39:24Daniel NortonHOST
It's funny because you can't see me, but I have a Hyperborea map on the wall behind me.
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39:28Daniel NortonHOST
I ran, and now there's been some new adventures put out, but at the time, I think there was like nine or ten modules, and I ran a campaign that was literally every module that came out of Hyperborea, and it was just a wonderful, wonderful campaign.