Episode 15: Gen Con 2018 Retrospective

In which the Terrible Trio talk about their Gen Con experience * Since our normal recording solution was acting wonky, we switched to Skype. As a result, Eddy is a bit quiet in parts. * Playing (and running) demos at the show * They Came from Beneath the Sea demos (also, obligatory wrestling reference) * … Read more

Episode 14: Conventions

In which Dixie, Matthew, and Eddy queue up and buy their badges for a chat about conventions * Tangent 1: Dixie and Matthew argue about Japanese * We’re at Gen Con! But not yet. But we are now. It’s very confusing. * The food trucks are quite good * Matthew’s first con experience at UK … Read more

Episode 13: Video Games and RPGs

In which the Terrible Trio talk about video games, how they’ve influenced RPGs, the overlap between both, and some of our history with both. * Our first video game consoles * Puzzle design in text adventures close to tabletop RPGs * British game censorship * Connecting to the characters on the screen * A little … Read more

Episode Ten: Interview with a Vampire (or Danielle)

In which Eddy and Dixie talk to Danielle about vampires and pirates and networking, oh my! The transition to Requiem line developer What’s cool about Requiem Working as line developer for 7th Sea Origin via neuroscience and LiveJournal Networking advice How Danielle trains new writers The industry is mainly contractors The struggle with turning down … Read more

Episode Nine: Free (or Reasonably Cheap) Lances

In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew talk about the freelance life, both for Onyx Path and in general. How to get into freelancing The submission guidelines Importance of tone in submissions Matthew’s curveball: Networking and social media The reality of emotions and personal conflict with clients Dixie’s experience on great projects Eddy’s experience on a … Read more

Episode Eight: Steffie de Vaan and Promethean

In which Dixie and Matthew interview one of our newest developers, Steffie de Vaan! How Steffie got involved Started on web games and Promethean 2nd Edition Steffie talks about Matthew’s development style What it’s like to work from the Netherlands UK Games Expo and the trouble with rail Steffie and the hosts do a detailed … Read more

Episode Seven: Dissecting Vampire the Requiem

In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew talk about their experiences with Vampire the Requiem, and talk about some of the design decisions that went into it. We totally plan these episodes (not really) We each talk about our experience with Requiem The differences between Masquerade and Requiem, and between first and second edition The social … Read more