Born To Lose - Torchbearer RPG Podcast
A variety show podcast for the Torchbearer tabletop roleplaying game. Expect a mix of interviews, boastful tales, gameplay insights, and follow along with our actual play campaign.
Ross is our regular host with different guests every week. If you'd like to come onto the pod, please contact us!
https://www.torchbearerrpg.com/
Torchbearer is a riff on the early model of fantasy roleplaying games. In it, you take on the role of an adventurer seeking his or her fortune. To earn that fortune, you must explore forlorn ruins, brave terrible monsters and retrieve forgotten treasures. However, this game is not about being a hero. It is not about fighting for what you believe. This game is about exploration and survival. You may become a hero. You might have to fight for your ideals. But to do either of those things, you must prove yourself in the wilds. Because there are no jobs, no inheritance, no other opportunities for our deadbeat adventurers. This life is their only hope to prosper in this world.
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Episodes
4 days ago
4 days ago
Chloe talks about the Torchbearer two-team, competitive, Head-to-Head delve ran at BurningCon2025 using the adventure The Secret Vault of the Queen of Thieves.
Chloe's Links:crowsworthy.itch.ioStrata Zinescrowsworthy@gmail.comcrowsworthy.com
Secret Vault of the Queen of Thieves: https://www.burningwheel.com/torchbearer-2e-cartographers-compendium/
Born To Lose is a community-based podcast for the Torchbearer tabletop roleplaying game.
Contact: borntoloseTBpodcast@gmail.comWebsite: https://borntolose.podbean.com/Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2KYhSNyhDoxAQfOVmB8wq5Logo: Instagram @kcassady87Bluesky: @borntolosepodcast.bsky.social
5 days ago
5 days ago
Part 2 of 2 of the actual play recordings form one session of Ross' Red Hand of Doom Torchbearer campaign, recorded in 2021.
Born To Lose is a community-based podcast for the Torchbearer tabletop roleplaying game.
Contact: borntoloseTBpodcast@gmail.comWebsite: https://borntolose.podbean.com/Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2KYhSNyhDoxAQfOVmB8wq5Logo: Instagram @kcassady87Bluesky: @borntolosepodcast.bsky.social
6 days ago
6 days ago
Part 1 of 2 of the actual play recordings form one session of Ross' Red Hand of Doom Torchbearer campaign, recorded in 2021.
Born To Lose is a community-based podcast for the Torchbearer tabletop roleplaying game.
Contact: borntoloseTBpodcast@gmail.comWebsite: https://borntolose.podbean.com/Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2KYhSNyhDoxAQfOVmB8wq5Logo: Instagram @kcassady87Bluesky: @borntolosepodcast.bsky.social
7 days ago
7 days ago
Steven and Deuce talk about their experiences in Ross' online Torchbearer campaign, which used the 3rd edition D&D module Red Hand of Doom as a backdrop.
NOTE: This was recorded in 2021.
Born To Lose is a community-based podcast for the Torchbearer tabletop roleplaying game.
Contact: borntoloseTBpodcast@gmail.comWebsite: https://borntolose.podbean.com/Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2KYhSNyhDoxAQfOVmB8wq5Logo: Instagram @kcassady87Bluesky: @borntolosepodcast.bsky.social
Saturday Jan 03, 2026
Saturday Jan 03, 2026
Ross talks with Tony about the tradition of 16th century Spanish picaresque literature and how it intersects with the themes of Torchbearer.
NOTE: This is an archive episode from several years ago recorded before the current vision of the podcast was established.
Born To Lose is a community-based podcast for the Torchbearer tabletop roleplaying game.
Contact: borntoloseTBpodcast@gmail.comWebsite: https://borntolose.podbean.com/Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2KYhSNyhDoxAQfOVmB8wq5Logo: Instagram @kcassady87Bluesky: @borntolosepodcast.bsky.social
Saturday Jan 03, 2026
Saturday Jan 03, 2026
Interview with Ross discussing his hopes and dreams on starting up this podcast.
Born To Lose is a community-based podcast for the Torchbearer tabletop roleplaying game.
Ross' Links:https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/8402/dde-adventureshttps://www.youtube.com/@defydanger8537/playlists
Contact: borntoloseTBpodcast@gmail.comWebsite: https://borntolose.podbean.com/Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2KYhSNyhDoxAQfOVmB8wq5Logo: Instagram @kcassady87Bluesky: @borntolosepodcast.bsky.social