In which Eddy talks with the core of Eschaton Media about Dystopia Rising: Evolution
- Matthew is out this week. Probably self-reflecting.
- Ashley Zdeb and Michael Pucci of Eschaton Media
- Eddy admits to an error in the Kickstarter
- The history of Dystopia Rising
- Trying to do creative work while holding another job
- The merging of tabletop and LARP canon
- The shifting focus of rules over the past decade
- How Eddy and Onyx Path came into the picture
- Faithful licensing vs “throw it all away if you want”
- Disability as post-apocalypse trope
- The struggles of introducing inclusivity over the past decade
- The push and pull of abstracted social tension vs community building
- Games that work on two levels at the same time
- Passionate LARP fanbases
- New LARP system and the three year jump
- The switch from 20+ Strains to 8 Lineages
- Changes to resurrection
- It’s (emotionally) hard to change things
- Sometimes we’ll make mistakes
- Dixie talks about her experience about Dragon Con
- Eddy works in a wrestling AND Sailor Moon reference (but it’s Xavier Woods, so that’s pretty easy)
LINKS