Episode 25: A Magical Interview with Dave Brookshaw

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

Episode 24: Dream Games

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

Special Episode Four: Save Against Fear

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

Episode 22: What You Can Get From RPGs

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

Episode 20: Popular Culture

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

Episode 19: Magick With A K

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