You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I am talking to Chrys Sellers about her game, Defy the Gods. Check the game out at: https://hecticelectron.com/Chrys’ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hecticelectron.bsky.social Show Notes:The Record (album) by Boy GeniusPaul Takes the form of a Mortal Girl (novel) by Andrea LawlorJirel of Joiry (short stories) by CL MooreGames MentionedApocalypse KeysThirsty Sword LesbiansLiberteDialectXenolanguageIf you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG NewsletterMusic: eastern provided by mobygratis.

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I am talking to Sam Dunnewold, screenwriter, game designer, and podcaster of Dice Exploder. This episode is about his new game, some trends in game design, and the overlap between OSR and larp.Check out Band Aids & Bullet Holes: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sdunnewold/band-aids-and-bullet-holes Show Notes:Indie Game Reading Club on innovation and noveltySam’s blogpost about “Apollo 47 core”Games MentionedFiascoApocalypse WorldWanderhomeMythic BastionlandApollo 47Under Hollow HillsJudge My VowIf you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG NewsletterMusic: eastern provided by mobygratis.

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I I am talking to Jeremy Strandberg, who is an instructional designer, software trainer, and. game designer. He's the creator of Homebrew World and Defy Danger, two RPGs you might have heard of from the Dungeon World scene. He has a blog called spoutinglore.blogspot.com and he is the designer of Stonetop, an iron age fantasy game of adventure and community.Games MentionedStorming The Wizard’s TowerDungeon WorldDungeons & Dragons 4eHarvest and Grand Guignol (which were featured on a previous episode)If you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG NewsletterMusic: eastern provided by mobygratis.

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I talk to Zach Cox, founder of Soul Muppet Publishing.They are also the designer or co-designer of sad adventurer game Best Left Buried, sad Arthurian gunslinger game Inevitable, and sad vampire game Paint the Town Red. They also worked at Rowan Rook & Decard for a while. But the big news is that the scifi sad space cowboy game Orbital Blues (that they co-created) is getting its own month-long crowdfunding event at Backerkit, with both Soulmuppet and other designers making  supplements and adventures for the game. Orbital Blues month: https://www.backerkit.com/c/collections/orbital-blues-monthOutlaws and Corporations: https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/568d3a57-1379-4b32-9f67-0044b6d9066d/landing?ref=discover_email_landing_pagesSoul Muppet's website: https://soulmuppet-store.co.uk/Games MentionedCataphractsBECMIStygian LibraryGardens of YnnIf you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG NewsletterMusic: eastern provided by mobygratis.

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I talk to Gabriel and Le, filmmakers and VFX artists based in Canada. They run the Youtube channel, Weird Place, which has a very cool series about games and game histories around the world as well as actual play, video essays, guides and more. They also make games: they funded and released Fluff n Fury last year, a cyberpunk rpg where you play chromed up teddy bears, and this year for Zinemonth, they're crowdfunding Residue, a solo scifi survival game set in a weird non-Euclidean world. Residue: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/weirdplace/residue-rpgWeird Place on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@weird_place Website: https://www.weirdplace.net/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/weirdplace.bsky.social Show Notes:Is it a Borg? (video)Horizons FellowshipA Tale of Two Sisters (movie)Blue PlanetThe Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup and Animal Crackers (movie)Games MentionedFluff N FuryTwo Hand PathDelta GreenIf you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG NewsletterMusic: eastern provided by mobygratis.

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I talk to Tim Denee, a Wellington-based graphic designer, illustrator, and game designer. His graphic design work has been recognised by the Best Awards, Tokyo Design Week and the International Society of Typographic Designers. He's also the co-author of We Are Here: An Atlas of Aotearoa, which was shortlisted for the Ockham NZ Book Awards. Through Old Dog Games, he's published free RPG products like a hack of Band of Blades for playing in the Warhammer old world and last year, a hack for Twilight 2000 to play Andor. And recently, he's partnered with Evil Hat to release Deathmatch Island, a battle royale adaptation of Agon, and crowdfunding now, Blades '68, an expansion for the seminal Blades in the Dark. Tim’s personal website: https://timdenee.com/ Old Dog Games: https://www.olddog.games/ Blades ‘68 crowdfunding: https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/c7788a1e-2f1c-4525-bc66-2a99b84ebae9/landing Show Notes:Austin PowersMad Men (TV Show)Games MentionedDeathloopDishonoredMythic BastionlandIf you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG NewsletterMusic: "eastern" provided by mobygratis.

As per annual tradition, I'm once again joined by Quinns from QQuest to talk about the year and forge our bond in the fire of podcasting.Show Notes:Fastaval, the larp festival in DenmarkLast year's 2024 year in reviewGames MentionedThe TribunalThe Straights Are Not OkayTackleboxMythic BastionlandGradient DescentGod’s Teeth / Delta GreenD&DDraw SteelDaggerheartMagnus ArchivesOld Gods of AppalachiaThe Silt VersesOld School Essentials / DolmenwoodCainPirate BorgFabula UltimaThe BetweenMasks of NyarlathotepEternal LiesPirates of DrinaxA NocturneApocalypse World: Burned OverYou can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!If you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I talk to Aaron Lim, a game designer from Malaysia. His work includes sad village-building game An Altogether Different River, very sad journey game Itchaca on the Cards, and tragic mecha game Spectres of Brocken. He's also the organizer of Playtest Zero, a fortnightly RPG playtesting community that's been going on since 2021. Aaron Lim on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ehronlime.bsky.social Aaron’s itch page: https://ehronlime.itch.io/Show Notes:Playtest Zero FAQMy article about visiting Malaysia for the Asian Board Games FestivalOnly Yesterday (1991)Games MentionedIthaca on the Cards: Second ExpeditionMicroscopeBig Grave Fashion FantasyDesperationZhenya’s Wonder TalesIf you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I talk to Asa Donald is one-half of Backwards Tabletop, the publisher of the Backwards Universe of American horror games and Rust Never Sleeps, a solo mecha game. Their current project is Spine, a dark solo RPG about losing yourself in a book. Asa Donald on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/backwardsttrpg.bsky.social Spine (Digital): https://backwards-tabletop.itch.io/spineSpine (Physical): https://mixam.com/print-on-demand/68ec499e9e0b692d084d6b6c Show Notes:Asa’s series on Bookplay and interviews with other designers: www.backwardstabletop.com Pale Fire by NabokovGames MentionedYou Will Die In This PlaceNormalityWisher Theurgist FatalistHarvestWreck This Deck (and Wreck This Book)Seven Part PactThe Sun’s RansomYazeba’s Bed and BreakfastIf you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!Today, I’m talking to Allen Varney, who runs the Bundle of Holding currently, which I think everyone listening to this had heard of. Before that, he worked as a freelance writer, editor, game designer for TSR, Steve Jackson Games, West End Games, FASA, and more. He was the lead designer for Paranoia XP, the 2004 edition of the game from Mongoose, and wrote a ton of articles for house magazines like Dragon. Bundle of Holding: https://bundleofholding.com  Show Notes:Space Gamer magazineWarren SpectorGames Mentioned Steve Jackson's Man-to-Man Fantasy Combat (also Car Wars, Ogre, and more)ToonParanoiaGareth Ryder-Hanrahan (Dracula Dossier, Darkening of Mirkwood, Eyes of the Stone Thief)Primal OrderIf you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter