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Episode art by Shannon Dapper! @ShannonDapper on twitter! Jeff and Aaron channel dark energy to create @KeanKeeKs’ prompt, “a small half-orc who just graduated orc-academy(?), never fit in, and wants to figure out his next steps in life”. The two come face to face with the devil and learn that he has a taste for … Read more

This episode features Jim Crocker. He is a brick and mortar game store owner that has been in the retail side of the game business for over a decade. During this show we talk about what it is like to run a game store, the changes in the RPG industry, and his involvement in Indie Games on Demand.

I did this to myself. I made jokes. I let guests talk about L5R. Now he’s here, in my podcast. Jim McClure and Paulomi Pratap from Third Act Publishing are here to talk about “Reflections”, a two-player storytelling RPG about dueling samurai, and the game’s journey from where it began as Tobie Abad’s “A Single Moment”.

This episode features Hans Cummings. Hans is a tabletop player, blogger, novelist, and the submission coordinator for the ENnie awards. During this interview we talk about some of his past projects like running the same module in ever edition of D&D, what it is like organizing the ENnie awards, and the nature of novel publishing in the 21st century.

Jeff and Aaron are blessed with BeeCollage’s character submission, “Big Jeremy, the ironmonger’s son”. Our hosts witness the fall of an empire, but live through the reign of a savior.

Is Pokemon Go a larp? What’s the difference between torturing your characters and torturing your players? Can game design help you conquer your fears – or just spread them around a little? Larpwright Jacqueline Bryk is here to pose all these questions and many more. We may answer a few of them, too.

In which theories are tested.

This episode features Evan Torner. Evan is an RPG organizer for Games on Demand, and a game designer that has been in the hobby for over 20 years. During this interview we talk about the evolution of games, how academia and game design interact, and some of his personal philosophies on the subject.

Open Legend is an “open source RPG” created by Brian Feister with the intent that the system can be used to tell any epic story of your choice. We take a look at how the system is broken down into components and how those can be manipulated to suit your preferred genre.

Aaron and Jeff give life to @LeviathanFiles’ fantasy child, Slip Willis, a trash-bard with an ostentatious hat in the Middle Earth tabletop RPG. Our hosts soon learns that song bards are destined for more than just playing songs.