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Justin Alexander Interview

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Episode 161 – Justin Alexander Interview (a.k.a. Was Dragonlance Railroady?)

Armed with “Stunt Baz” Guy Milner off of the Burn After Running blog, this time Gaz interviews RPG producer and designer at Atlas Games, Justin Alexander. The chat covers the excellent RPG resource The Alexandrian, as well as what’s hot at Atlas Games and some great game design discussion.

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Dark Souls

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Episode 158 – Dark Souls (a.k.a. You Wake Up By A Bonfire)

So it is, ash seeketh embers… this time the lads are joined by Mat Hart and Rich August from Steamforged Games to talk about the Dark Souls RPG, and go deep diving into game design theory.

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Shane Hensley Interview

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Episode 153 – Shane Hensley Interview a.k.a Shaken Not Stirred

The lads were delighted to have one of their gaming heroes on this time, founder of Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Shane Hensley. He’s created the best-selling, award-winning Deadlands, Hell on Earth, Weird Wars, and later Savage Worlds and many of its settings. He’s also written for God’s Own Game Earthdawn, TORG, and many other things, plus worked on computer games such as City of Villains. Chat covers everything from his classic games to getting assaulted by an orc!

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Jason Cordova Interview

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Episode 152 – Jason Cordova Interview a.k.a Shouting Into The Void

Jason Cordova joins the lads to chat about his own podcasting experience on Fear of a Black Dragon, hot indie rpgs like The Between and Brindlewood Bay, game design, streaming and much more!

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Into The Odd Remastered

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Episode 151 – Into The Odd Remastered a.k.a You Were The First

Good friend of the show Chris McDowall has remastered his well-renowned and critically-acclaimed Into the Odd in a new edition, teaming up with more good friends of the show, Free League! The lads go through design choices, graphics, how to write a game and much more in this busy episode!

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Meguey & Vincent Baker Interview

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Episode 150 – Meguey & Vincent Baker Interview a.k.a The Secret Is, They’re Just Subsystems

For the 150th episode, the boys needed something special, and what better way to celebrate than chatting to two of the industry’s best and nicest game designers, Vincent and Meg Baker. Between them, authors of Apocalypse World, Dogs in the Vineyard, Psi*Run, Murderous Ghosts and more! A proper after-hours con type discussion occurs getting into the weeds of game design and how to be a better roleplayer.

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Shawn Tomkin Interview

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Episode 143 – Shawn Tomkin Interview

The lads get yet another special guest, Shawn Tomkin, creator of Ironsworn, who is currently in the process of bringing out his new Sci Fi game, Starforged. As usual, the boys get the inside scoop on design decisions and drill more into the solo play aspect, the dark art that is the Oracles and much more!

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Mattias Lilja Interview

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Episode 142 – Mattias Lilja Interview

The lads get another special guest this time, Mattias Lilja, co-creator and game writer for Ruins of Symbaroum 5E from Free League. They talk about the difference between the original game and 5e version, and what effect that has on design. Also, a discussion on probabilities in gaming and does everyone understand the statistics behind them?

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Dennis Detwiller Returns

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Episode 141 – Dennis Detwiller Returns (aka McReady From The Thing Drinking Scotch)

The lads are delighted to invite back Arc Dream’s Dennis Detwiller to talk about his latest project, Impossible Landscapes, helping out new RPG creators after reviewing 200+ products and hot new gossip about what’s happening with Smart Party favourite GODLIKE, superhero roleplaying in World War II.

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Francesco Nepitello Interview

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Episode 137 – Francesco Nepitello Interview
(aka You’re My Sam Gamgee)

This time, internationally recognised game designer Francesco Nepitello joins the lads to talk about the upcoming second edition of The One Ring. He is an author of roleplaying games and thematic board games, like Lex Arcana, Zombicide: Chronicles and Age of Conan, reaching international recognition with War of the Ring – and uses this experience to inform a new TOR edition.

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