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Actual Plays, Interviews, and more
This week we have a special interview with my partner, and collaborator Rae.
We’ve been working on a poetry board game together. In it you write poems about the rooms of a house you imagine yourself to be exploring. There are prompts about the contents of the house to help you, and at the end you do a reading of your house poems.
It’s called Architype and we thought interviewing Rae would be a fun way to introduce it to you. Continue reading “Interview with Rae White”
This week were talking to Blake.
Blake is a creator from the Seattle area of the US. They’ve recently been growing their presence in the game design community by taking part in a lot of game jams. I’ve been enjoying following their work, and hearing their voice in the community.
Soup is the creator of As I Imagine The Falling Rain, an RPG we played on Solo. We had a lovely discussion about the layout of the game, and how that informs your play. We also talked about the RPG design course that pushed Soup to start making more games. Continue reading “Interview With Soup”
Ross Payton is a podcast producer and freelance game writer. He’s worked on content for Eclipse Phase, Delta Green, Red Markets, and more. He’s the producer of Role Playing Public Radio and all their affiliated shows, as well as The Mixed Six!
Ross Payton is someone I’ve always wanted to interview and I’m so grateful I finally got to speak with him. And I’m excited to share it with you! Continue reading “Interview with Ross Payton”
This week to members of the San Jenaro Co-Op are on to teach us about some of the hidden challenges of Kickstarters, and what their experience was working on their first KS Project for their new Co-Op; The Role Players Guide to Heists is up on Kickstarter. Continue reading “San Jenaro Co-Op interview: Kickstarter Musings”
It’s time for part 2 of our 2 part interview series.
This week we’re talking to Freyja about her role in making Hard Wired Island. We talk with her about where she got started as a designer, and she’s tried to reinforce the themes of the game in its mechanics.
If you missed part 1 you can hear it here.
Hard Wired Island is up on Kickstarter right now, you can find more here. Continue reading “Hard Wired Island Interview Part 2: Freyja”
We have a 2 part interview series to celebrate Ray’s continuing recovery.
This week we’re talking to Ettin about his role in making Hard Wired Island. Ettin talks us through some of the setting, it’s weirder parts, and almost goes on a rant about AI.
Next week we’ll be talking to Freyja about her role, the mechanics of the game, and how she got into game design.
Hard Wired Island is up on Kickstarter right now, you can find more here.
Listen to part 2 by clicking here.
Continue reading “Hard Wired Island Interview Part 1: Ettin”
Our 30th interview, and it’s a really interesting topic.
The San Jenaro Co-Op is a new experiment in RPG production. A cooperatively owned and run organisation working together to promote and produce RPG content. With each member sharing in the profits.
They sent two members of their org over to talk to us. New comer to the industry Chris, and established designer Liam. I was excited to be part of Chris’ learning process, and also to hear both of them tell me about the interesting work they are doing over at San Jenaro.
We’re back from our short medical break with a fantastic interview.
Ray spoke to Nova and L who are making Sundown, a Science-Fantasy, wild west, transhuman queer punk game! We’re really impressed by the work they’ve done.
It’s live on kickstarter for another 2 weeks, so go take a look.
Continue reading “Interview with the makers of Sundown”
We’ve been quietly following a game called Relics since Ray first heard about it at GXAustralia in 2017. The fact that it’s about Angels was enough to get us interested, but it’s exploration of memory, power, and and strange events pulled us in deeper.
This week we talk to Steve Dee, the Australian game dev responsible for much of Relics. Ray and Steve also talked a little bit about the history of game design in Australia and how the scene has changed. As well as talking about zines and newsletters.
If you want a to help make Relics a reality, support it on Kickstarter.