Episode 35: New Year, New Plan

In which Dixie, Matthew, and Eddy talk about Midwinter and plans for the new year. Second try, because the Internet Missing Doctor Who episodes Pirates of Pugmire Legendlore Dixie played a game at a con! Deviant: The Renegades Contagion Chronicle Let The Streets Run Red Prince’s Gambit T.I.M.E. Stories Outcomes from the Onyx Path Summit … Read more

Episode 34: LIVE(ish) from Midwinter!

In which Matthew, Dixie, and Eddy sit IN THE SAME ROOM and talk about Midwinter and product announcements with Rich Thomas. (Show notes are light, because we’re putting this up as fast as possible.) Product announcements! They Came from Beneath the Sea Kickstarter! Some revelations from the Onyx Path Summit! People knocking on doors!

Episode 33: Have the Gift of Jacob Burgess

In which Eddy and Dixie (and Matthew, we guess?) finish up the holiday content with a PAX Unplugged interview with voiceover artist, Paizo and Onyx Path writer, and marketing mastermind Jacob Burgess. Is Matthew feeling okay? Warning: This interview is more rambly than usual. PAX Unplugged vs video game conventions Running and playing demos Bridging … Read more

Episode 30: Let’s Talk About Characters!

In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew tell you about their characters.   Eddy kicks off talking about the characters in Chill Third Edition What games have really striking and representational characters? Vampire the Masquerade had a very diverse (if occasionally problematic) base of characters Cyberpunk games like Shadowrun and Eclipse Phase The pros and cons … Read more

Episode 29: Rose on Mars!

In which Matthew and Eddy interview Rose Bailey about her work, as well as how she got started and very old industry gossip. Dixie messed up We all love Rose’s work How did Rose get started? Vampire: The Requiem Carmilla Vampire: The Requiem Second Edition Antagonists Title Changes More Vampire: The Requiem! Shoutouts to creators! … Read more

Episode 28: Scion Origin Character Creation

In which Dixie and Eddy make characters for Matthew’s Scion: Origin chronicle. * Dixie found some first edition Aberrant stuff * Awkward silence song! * But first, some banter (if you want to jump to character creation, it starts around 19:30) * We talk about… clothing? * Matthew is a Watchmen hipster * How cosplay … Read more

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 … Read more