Maleficent Mythological Monsters for 5E- Ep 204
Jul 24, 2020
Imagine inserting Cthulhu, Aladdin, and the Easter Bunny in your 5E campaign. That is exactly the kind of role-playing madness allowed by Mythological Figures & Maleficient Monsters, on Kickstarter now! In this episode, we talk to Mike Myler and Russ Morrissey of EN Publishing about this fine new tome!
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Failure to Click this Link Will be Considered Treason Citizen- Ep 203
Jul 17, 2020
RPG designer WJ MacGuffin comes on the show to talk Paranoia, the dystopic/comic sci-fi RPG of clones and treason! They've got Project Infinite Hole on Kickstarter right now!
Ben’s book on RPG adventure design, Encounter Theory, is on DriveThruRPG. Click here to pick up this essential volume!
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Zombies, Creativity, and Business at Magpie Games- Ep 202
Jul 10, 2020
Mark Diaz Truman is one of the madcap masterminds of Magpie Games. Magpie's Zombie World, a card-based, Powered by the Apocalypse game of zombie survival is up for multiple Ennies. In this deep discussion, Mark and Ben chew over the role of writing in generating great games, playtesting, and different models of RPG...
Interwar Germany Meets the Mythos- Ep 201
Jul 9, 2020
David Larkins, writer of Berlin: The Wicked City takes us on a tour of Weimar Berlin, now with more tentacles!
Learn more about Chaosium in the 21st century with this article Ben wrote.
Here's an episode on Greg Stafford from a few years ago.
Plot Points, and Ben’s book, Encounter Theory, are both up for...
The Yellow King Invades our Reality, for Real, in this RPG
Jul 8, 2020
Robin Laws had a dream, which led him to write a short story, and use that to create The Yellow King Roleplaying Game. Once HP Lovecraft dreamed of a book called the Necronomicon. Will Robin's RPG turn out to be as baleful as that unsettling tome? There is only one way to find out... Also, it's nominated for an Ennie,...