Episode 27: Trauma and Safety (and cats)

In which Dixie interviews Jacqueline Bryk about her work, as well as safety rules and methods in RPGs and LARPs, via several rude interruptions by Dixie’s roommate’s cat.

* Matthew’s weird voice
* We realize we’ve all worked on Kult
* Throwing Neall into the sea
* Meet Jax!
* Her early involvement with safety rules
* “Fun” versus “enjoyment”
* Bad cat interruption #1
* “My Jam”
* More on safety rules
* Ways of checking in
* “Session Zero”
* Jacob gets called out
* Bluebeard’s Bride
* Bad cat interruption #2
* More Bluebeard’s Bride
* “Making players cry”
* Changeling: The Lost
* A bit of Jax’ history
* Bad cat interruption #3 + a peek behind the curtain
* More Jax history!
* A bit about Jenna Moran and Forest Witches in Exalted
* Jax’ current projects
* “Sanity” in games and…CthulhuTech?
* On problematic language
* Personal experience and growth
* You’re allowed to mess up
* You’re allowed to leave the table
* Honobono games
* Bad cat interruption #4 as we wrap up
* Outro: We continue talking about Bebop
* Kult: Taroticum and Other Tales
* Freelancer day jobs
* More “Bluebeard’s Bride”
* Chicago by Night Kickstarter is almost over!
* YouTube need an audio-only app
* Eddy touches on the “entertainment vs fun” thread
* Sidebar about Word documents vs layout
* Content coming on YouTube and Twitch!
* Fun technological problems after the outro

Links:
After the War Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2QDCM1Y
Jacqueline Bryk on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/13033/Jacqueline-Bryk
My Jam on Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2P7k5GX
The Panalysts: https://youtu.be/jz8JeFz7e5w
Bluebeard’s Bride: http://www.magpiegames.com/bluebeards-bride/
Changeling: The Lost: https://changeling-the-lost-2nd-edition.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
KULT: Divinity Lost: https://www.modiphius.net/collections/kult
Taroticum and Other Tales: https://www.modiphius.net/products/scenario-collection-taroticum-book
Golden Sky Stories: http://starlinepublishing.com/our-games/golden-sky-stories/
Stardew Valley: https://stardewvalley.net/
Jax on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RuffleJax
Chicago by Night Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/chicago-by-night-for-vampire-the-masquerade-5th-ed
Chicago by Night Q&A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8YbbzEPuiI
VtM25 Podcast Interview: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-tfp5n-501f1b6
Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath/videos
Onyx Path Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theonyxpath/