In which Eddy, Matthew, and Dixie catch up after a few weeks away from recording to share anecdotes and talk about upcoming games they’re excited about. Note: The Onyx Pathcast has never shied from profanity, but this one takes it up a notch. But it’s all in good fun! We abandoned Dixie Games that excite … Read more
In which Matthew, Dixie, and Eddy interview Travis Legge, the mastermind behind our Twitch channel and our current forays into Scarred Lands! The Onyx Path theme, a capella An introduction to Travis’ work with us The Onyx Pathcast journey Matthew’s ego interferes with the signal when we’re not talking about the freedom this podcast gives … Read more
In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew talk about their best and worst gaming experiences, and what we can learn from them. Sneezing We talk about our game experiences Playing “adult” games when you’re younger Community can make games more fun Jumping into a game with a deep history Games that imply you can play it … Read more
In which Matthew, Dixie, and Eddy interview Mike Tomasek, one of our newest writers and developers, about his RPG experiences and current projects! Dramatic introductions Friday the 13th sound effects Why do they call Mike “Hollywood”? Slowed down reversed babies crying as ghost sound effects Bears are dangerous, so Spartan kick them Mike’s favorite bear … Read more
In which the trio talks with special guest Neall Raemonn Price about the intricacies of Scion Second Edition! Off to a great start A bit on the system On Scale On Enhancements and Complications A lot about the setting What it means to be a Scion Some notes on accuracy versus playability Scion: Demigod power … Read more
In which Eddy and Dixie interview Matt McElroy, Onyx Path’s Operations Manager and long-time employee of DriveThruRPG and DriveThruComics. Our middle names Matt’s start with DriveThruComics The history of print-on-demand All sorts of interesting experiments How we package RPGs, and the iPad The move to Onyx Path Kickstarters Distribution and shipping What Operations covers Convention … Read more
Episode 60: Errata and Playtesting In which Matthew, Dixie, and Eddy discuss the importance of good errata and playtesting! (this episode is a lot more interesting than it looks on paper!) Dramatic introductions! How errata was treated in the past (supplementary PDFs, inclusion in subsequent books, etc.) How we handle errata now, with wonderful forms … Read more
In which Eddy and Dixie interview Steve Kenson about his career and his work on Trinity Continuum: Aberrant! Dixie decides not to abandon Eddy Back to being comfortable with completely blowing the intro Eddy introduces Steve flawlessly. FLAWLESSY. Steve started with Shadowrun 2nd Ed on the GEnie Network Working with FASA and quitting his day … Read more
In which the trio talks about the sometimes-touchy subject of various kinds of harassment. Don’t worry, the whole episode isn’t doom and gloom, we swear! Disclaimer: We are three white, cisgender people and as such we don’t really go into racism or intersectional topics aside from gender, as that’s not our lane or lived experience. … Read more
In which Eddy and Matthew interview Klara Herbøl at UK Games Expo! Eddy’s radio voice Linguistics digression! Nuclear disasters Eddy forgets how to pronounce Klara’s name How Klara started as a freelancer Insecurity, criticism, and validation Klara’s career over the past year and a half Finding your limits Networking difficulties for European freelancers Drawing inspiration … Read more