Dixie Cochran, Matthew Dawkins, Eddy Webb, and guests discuss Onyx Path and the gaming industry.
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 … Read more
In which Dixie, Eddy, and Matthew do a deep dive into the Storypath system that Onyx Path uses for Scion, Trinity, They Came from Beneath the Sea!, and Dytopia Rising: Evolution. * Newscaster voices! * Storypath system primer/basics of the mechanics * Various systems Storypath does well * Skill + Attribute * Arena + Approach … Read more
In which Dixie and Matthew interview Dave Brookshaw about all things Mage the Awakening. In which Dixie and Matthew interview Dave Brookshaw about all things Mage the Awakening. * We can hear each other! Hooray! * A little talk about the Chicago by Night Kickstarter * Shout-out to “Mirthful” Mike Chaney * Mage: The Awakening … Read more
In which Matthew, Dixie, and Eddy discuss what games they’d love to work on, and the struggles of making such games. * Starting off with awkward silence! * We’re all Rich’s children, according to Matthew * Eddy talks about genre for a while, and Dixie zones out * The struggle of making a Sherlock Holmes … Read more
In which Eddy and Dixie talk with Jason Carl about Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition, L.A. by Night, and what got him here. (Note: Jason’s audio wasn’t amazing for this episode, and there are a couple of gaps in the audio. We tried to normalize it; our apologies.) * Predictive text converstations * Jason’s history … Read more
In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew throw together an emergency extra-long episode using listener questions and a game design panel from Save Against Fear! * EMERGENCY EPISODE * Introductions from the panel * What’s the process when you start to design a game? * When do you reinvent the wheel or reskin something else? * … Read more
In which we discuss what we as individuals have gotten out of RPGs, and what other people can get from them. * We now have a lost episode! * Dixie was an awkward child/teen/adult * RPGs helped her find “her people,” her aesthetic, and confidence * Eddy was a similarly awkward kid, and RPGs helped … Read more
In which Dixie and Eddy interview Neall Raemonn Price about Exalted, Scion, and working for free. * We talk about… Scooby-Doo? * A little about Scion * A little about Kieron Gillen * A little about Scarred Lands * How Neall got started * Why you shouldn’t work for free * Neall lists everything he’s … Read more
In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew talk about horror and vampires in popular culture, and forget some obvious examples. * Eddy goes right into an apology for the sound issues in last week’s episode. * (Like with our video game episode, we’re only going to list references that are relevant to the discussion.) * Buffy … Read more
In which Matthew interviews Satyros Phil Brucato, the developer for Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition. * Content Warning: Phil discusses his experience with rape and abuse (33:00 to 40:00 and 43:00 to 45:30) * Matthew talks about how the process works between him as in-house developer and Phil as Mage 20 developer * Phil … Read more