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
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
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
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