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
In which Dixie, Matthew, and Eddy talk about Beckett’s Jyhad Diary and other bits of Vampire: The Masquerade * Dixie asks Eddy and Matthew about their first Masquerade projects * What is Beckett’s Jyhad Diary? It’s a celebration of 25 years of Masquerade metaplot * The role of humor in the project * Bloodlines is … Read more