Onyx Pathcast Episode 16: Deep Dive into Dystopia Rising: Evolution

In which Matthew and Dixie takes turns interviewing Eddy about Dystopia Rising: Evolution.

  • Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/dystopia-rising-evolution-tabletop-rpg
  • Matthew has to leave, so he’ll start off as host, but Dixie will take over halfway through
  • How did Onyx Path come to be developing Dystopia Rising
  • We (EVENTUALLY) talk about the elevator pitch for DR:E
  • A focus on emotional connections
  • What new and established Onyx Path players can get from DR:E
  • Economy as told through story rather than logistics
  • Zed, Raiders, and animals, oh my! The thrilling antagonists
  • Dixie loves Borderlands 2 and has taken over as host!
  • The importance of calling out asperational characters in tabletop games
  • New Strains! But instead let’s talk about the new approach to Strains
  • (Slight mechanical bump — we got all the audio, but Dixie and Eddy couldn’t hear each other for a moment.)
  • Is DR:E global? No, but Eddy has ideas on that front, too.
  • Different post-apocalyptic genres
  • The loss of original culture as a story element and a source of metahumor, and how it compares and contrasts with Pugmire
  • Oral tradition and the Telling Visionaries
  • How is missing information addressed in canon?
  • Eddy talks a bit about diversity inclusion in DR:E