The first of our interviews for 2023, and hopefully many more ahead.

This month I had the pleasure of talking to Nem who you may also know as Sandy Pug. She has done a lot of work supporting others and helping them get their games published, but also makes her own games too.

HELLPIERCERS is their next big project, a tactical RPG about posthuman demi-gods launching an invasion of hell to free the damned. Because no crime is so great as to justify eternal torture.

HELLPIERCERS is coming to kickstarter later this year, be sure to follow the campaign so you don't miss it's launch. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandypuggames/hellpiercers-tactical-harrowing-action

Hellpiercers Interview with Nem

On today's episode Rei talks with Chloe about here awesome new sports anime inspired RPG Tournament Arc. Tournament Arc borrows from Belonging Outside Belonging type games and blends that with a broad definition of sport.

It's an exciting conversation and one we've been dying to have!
If you want to check out more of the games Chloe is making, you can find those here.
https://biscuitfundgames.com/

Tournament Arc Interview

Our last episode for 2021, and what an episode!

Ray talks with Cat MacDonald about Symphogear, Creating for the LUMEN engine, and Kickstarters moronic blockchain announcement.
We also talk about Cat's new Actual Play show, Roar To Heaven!

You can find it on Kickstarter right now(https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peachgardengames/roar-to-heaven) or if you'd prefer to support it another way, they also have an itchfunding campaign. https://peachgardengames.itch.io/roar-to-heaven-backer-set

You can follow Roar To Heaven on twitter, and Cat too.
https://twitter.com/roartoheaven
https://twitter.com/CatlingGun
https://twitter.com/PeachGardenRPGs

An you can find all Cat's games and such on her website.
https://www.peachgardengames.com/

Roar To Heaven Interview

That's right! I'm this episodes guest!
I'm appearing on my own show to talk about my new game Make Our Own Heaven. A biopunk angel RPG about Community Building, Found Family, and Meaningful Resistance.

Hosting this episode is Sam, a pervious guest and game maker. You can find Sam's work here: https://babblegumsam.itch.io/

Make Our Own Heaven comes out on Friday the 17th of December (17/12/21.)
It's my first fully published feature length game.
When it goes live, you'll be able to find it here https://raycox.itch.io/make-our-own-heaven

Make Our Own Heaven Interview

Recently we had the pleasure of talking to Tristan Zimmerman about his new game Shanty Hunters. A game about trying to collect a record of the oral history stored in sea shanties before they disappear. An also the music sometimes comes alive!
One of my favourite parts of this game is that it wants you to sing. More singing RPGs please!

We also talked about the difficulty of sourcing period appropriate art, and the difficulties of show casing the true diversity of the time period it's set in.

Shanty Hunters is currently Kickstarting, you can find the campaign here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moltensulfur/shanty-hunters?ref=ee836u

Shanty Hunters Kickstarter Interview

Iron Edda Reforged is the latest iteration of an ongoing multiverse of games and other fiction. Like it's forbears Iron Edda Reforged is built (almost literally) around the bones of giants and Ragnarok!  Reforged adds a cyberpunk flare to the mix.

It's all the brain child of Tracy, who is this weeks guest on the show. We had a chat about running a kickstarter, something Tracy is considered an expert on. Often being hired as a kickstarter consultant for new RPG projects. We also talked about the unique design work that has gone into making Iron Edda Reforged.

You can find Iron Edda Reforged on Kickstarter!

You can find Tracy on:
Twitter https://twitter.com/TheOtherTracy
Itch https://theothertracy.itch.io/

Iron Edda Reforged Kickstarter Interview

This week on the show we are talking to Chris Sellers about his recently Kickstarted game Raccoon Sky Pirates! Which is about exactly what it sounds like is about. Raccoon heists.

You can find Chris on Twitter (https://twitter.com/hecticelectron) Itch(https://hecticelectron.itch.io/), and his Website(https://www.hecticelectron.com/).
You can find out more about Raccoon Sky Pirates over on Kickstarter(https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hecticelectron/raccoon-sky-pirates).

Interview with Chris Sellers

In this, our 50th episode of our interview series, I have the pleasure of talking to Momatoes about her Doomsday RPG, ARC. It's currently up on Kickstarter and their next stretch goal blew my mind (more on that at the end of the interview.)

Back the Kickstarter here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/exaltedfuneral/arc-doom-tabletop-rpg

Momatoes links:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/momatoes
Itch - https://momatoes.itch.io/
Website - https://momatoes.com/
Across RPGSEA - https://across-rpgsea.com/

Momatoes ARC Kickstarter Interview

In our latest episode Rei talks with Spencer Campbell  about his upcoming kickstarter, a combat rpg in a world of exploded stars, sun shards, strange evolution, and superpowered exosuits called Sparks.

https://twitter.com/GilaRPGs

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thegilaboy/nova-2/

https://gilarpgs.itch.io/

NOVA Kickstarter Interview

In the lead up to the new Kickstarter we got to talk to Jeff Barber about his work shaping the New Edition of Blue Planet. The changes, what's staying the same, and what it is for those who've never heard of it before.

https://twitter.com/BiohazardJeff
https://www.biohazardgamespublishing.com/
https://www.gallantknightgames.com/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1875712273/blue-planet-recontact

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/282604/Blue-Planet-Recontact-Quickstart?term=blue+planet+quick

Blueplanet Kickstarter Interview

This is the last of our trio of interviews celebrating the Our Shores Kickstarter. Today I’m talking to Joaquin a Filipino writer, novelist, serialist, and game designer from the Philippines.

Joaquin along with partner Gio, is working on perhaps my favourite of the 3 tentpole Our Shores projects. Maharlika, a technomystic Science Fantasy mecha RPG inspired by Filipino Mythology. Like of course I'm gonna be hype for that?!

Go check out the Our Shores kickstarter, it's already soaring past it's first funding goal so you know it's great gear. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandypuggames/our-shores-an-rpgsea-compilation

Find more from Joaquin at the following links.
https://twitter.com/liquorcanini
https://tadhana.itch.io/

Our Shores Interview - Joaquin

This is the 2nd of our trio of interviews celebrating the Our Shores Kickstarter. This time we’re talking to Pammu & Sin, two amazing game makers from the philippines. Together they are creating Navathem's End.

Support the Our Shores Kickstarter and help make Navathem's End a reality.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandypuggames/our-shores-an-rpgsea-compilation
 

Find more from Pam at these links
https://www.patreon.com/thedovetailor
https://twitter.com/TheDovetailor
https://thedovetailor.itch.io/

Find more from Sin at these links  
http://patreon.com/diwataMNL
https://twitter.com/diwataMANILA
https://diwatamnl.itch.io/

Our Shores Interview - Sin and Pam

We are back with a trio of interviews over the next 3 weeks, diving into the various projects that make up the Our Shores Kickstarter.

This week we’re talking to Sam, a game maker from Malaysia working on Capitalites. A game exploring the messy archetypes and relationships of young people living in the big city.

you can find links to the kickstarter and more below

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandypuggames/our-shores-an-rpgsea-compilation

https://babblegumsam.itch.io/
https://twitter.com/BabblegumSam
https://www.instagram.com/babblegumsam/?hl=en

Our Shores Interview - Sam

It's been a long, exhausting year. We're all trying to survive Plagues, Ecological Collapse, and Capitalism. Sounds like a perfect time to talk about woodland bandits robbing vampires! It's time to talk about Brinkwood!

This week, to get you all excited for their kickstarter, we've pulled this interview out of the depths of long distant January...it was a different time. I hope you enjoy listening to Erik tell us about this exciting Forged in the Dark game.

Coming to Kickstarter on the 15th of September 2020. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erikthebearik/brinkwood-the-blood-of-tyrants

Follow Erik on twitter to hear more about the game. https://twitter.com/ErikTheBearik

Brinkwood Interview

Ruins is a game we've fallen in love with since playing it.
It's multi format, with room and support for a lot of different kinds of role play.
it brings you in, so many different ways.

This first look is a bit of an experiment, like the game it focus on.
Something vloggy, that focuses more on Ray's experiences of playing the game for the first time.

Enjoy, and check out the game on itch.
https://acegiak.itch.io/ruins

First Look: [Ruins]

It's been a hard for me to work on the podcast the last few weeks. I've been struggling with organising content for months, and the current global crises just made me collapse inward.

But on Friday morning I woke up determined to record something, and after racking my brain a bit I realised that the game I wanted to play...hadn't been written yet.

I spent friday morning writing an playtesting a hack of LLDR where you play as a spaceship. And I thought, I'd share that live playtest with you all.

Let us know what you thought, do you have any ideas for prompts?

Solo: [LLDR Spaceship Hack]

This week I play another Ritual game. This time I'm a wizard trying to change themself into something new, in an attempt to overcome the past.
This is a lovely, poetic, and kind of cossy little game. It's intimate and tender, yet also brooding and ominous.

It's a game by Luke Jordan, and outstanding Australian creator who I've interviewed twice!
Luke's having a sale on their game store right now, so buy this game or another by following the link.  https://gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/

Solo: [Slough]

Meinberg is a designer from the states making some interesting work, we sat down to talk about what motivates thons creative process.
We also talked about thons zinequest project, inspired by the Oz series.

EDIT: there was an issue with the original file where some audio from the end of the interview went missing. We've restored the missing audio and reuploaded it.

itch https://goat-song-publishing.itch.io/ 

blog https://goatsongrpg.wordpress.com/ 

kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/talesoz/the-new-tales-of-oz

Interview with Mids Meinberg

This week we have a lovely conversation with Taylor LeBresh, one of the many people working on the upcoming RPG release Descent Into Midnight. 

The game focuses on community, family, and hope. Set in a technologically advanced aquatic civilization whose culture has never been touched by humanity. Players take on the roles of guardians, defending their community from a physical, emotional, and even existential threats.

Taylor and I had a lovely long discussion about how the team itself was built around those themes, and how they are bringing the game to life.

You can find out more about Descent Into Midnight on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rkreutzlandry/descent-into-midnight
Or on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/dimrpg  
Follow Taylor on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/LeviathanFiles

Descent into Midnight Interview

An interesting solo rpg that prompts you to delve deeper into yourself, and come out stronger on the other side...while also fighting capitalism with your cyborg psychic powers.

If you'd like to get the game for yourself, you can buy it here: https://goat-song-publishing.itch.io/psyber-knights

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