What happens when someone who is a trained actor, sound technician, and former cast member for Chaosium streams has a brain wave? You get Scryglass Studio. In this episode, Nephthys Nile and Stevie Schafer caught up with Jackson Heenan of Scryglass Studio - a tabletop performance and recording space in Carlton, Naarm. They learn about why Jackson started the studio, the process of the fit out, and what’s in store in the future.

Links:

Scryglass Studio website

Scryglass Studio Instagram

News:

Port Play

Momentum Mori - Daggerheart Game with Scarlet Song

Melbourne East RPG Community on Aftergame

NINCH Con

RPGs at BrisCon

Undead Paradise Kickstarter

News Submission: If you have something you want mentioned during our news segment, please submit it here.

This podcast is produced in affiliation with the ⁠Australian Roleplay Community (ARC)⁠. If you’d like to join the ARC Community, head to arcrpg.org where you’ll find a link to our vibrant and inclusive Discord server. Your hosts have been ⁠Kate O’Sullivan⁠, ⁠Dan Machuca⁠, Nephthys Nile, and ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠. Cover art by Helen Graham of ⁠Juimon, Title music is Sweet Sunday Groove by Slaleky. Interstitial music is Newer Wave by Kevin MacLeod, used under a Creative Commons 4.0 Licence. Production by ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠.  

Credit: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Welcome to episode 37 of the Aussie Role Call podcast. This episode Kate and Stevie speak to a local business owner in Naarm, Melbourne, about his recent venture - a games store, but not just ANY games store, a store that focuses on events and community. The store is TableFlip Games in Pascoe Vale and we chat to owner Benn about his journey to get from TTRPG lover to owner of this amazing space. Plus, there's news about upcoming TTRPG events including PortPlay, Community RPG night at Behold Games in NSW and more. So stay tuned for that.

Links:

Tableflip Games Website

Tableflip Games on Instagram

News:

PortPlay.org

Lyrical Ludology Season 2 Backerkit

Behold Games Community RPG Club
News Submission: If you have something you want mentioned during our news segment, please submit it here.

This podcast is produced in affiliation with the ⁠Australian Roleplay Community (ARC)⁠. If you’d like to join the ARC Community, head to arcrpg.org where you’ll find a link to our vibrant and inclusive Discord server. Your hosts have been ⁠Kate O’Sullivan⁠, ⁠Dan Machuca⁠, Nephthys Nile, and ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠. Cover art by Helen Graham of ⁠Juimon, Title music is Sweet Sunday Groove by Slaleky. Interstitial music is Newer Wave by Kevin MacLeod, used under a Creative Commons 4.0 Licence. Production by ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠.  

Credit: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Discover what it’s like to start up and run an independent online market place for all things tabletop - from board games to TTRPGs. Stevie and Kate chat with Dylan from Indiverse.io about the impetus for starting the company, what makes it different from other platforms, and about Dylan’s personal journey into TTRPGs. Plus, we cover events, crowdfunding campaigns and game releases in the news segment. 

Links:

Indiverse.io

Indiverse on Instagram

Indiverse on YouTube

News:

Conquest Registration

TableFlip Opening Celebration

Neon Brisbane

One Thousand Rats Devour a City

Midnight  in Jubilation 

Of Folk and Fey

The School of Avian Magics

News Submission: If you have something you want mentioned during our news segment, please submit it here.

This podcast is produced in affiliation with the ⁠Australian Roleplay Community (ARC)⁠. If you’d like to join the ARC Community, head to arcrpg.org where you’ll find a link to our vibrant and inclusive Discord server. Your hosts have been ⁠Kate O’Sullivan⁠, ⁠Dan Machuca⁠, Nephthys Nile, and ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠. Cover art by Helen Graham of ⁠Juimon, Title music is Sweet Sunday Groove by Slaleky. Interstitial music is Newer Wave by Kevin MacLeod, used under a Creative Commons 4.0 Licence. Production by ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠.  

Credit: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Have you ever wanted to write and publish your own TTRPG supplements and games? Well, that’s exactly what Glen from Every Trick Books does. Glen is a Perth-based writer and creator who has published award-winning supplements on DMs guild as well as his own solo-rpg game, Worlds of Pure Imagination. In this episode, Kate and Nephthys Nile sat down with Glen and picked his brain about his writing process, play testing, and what’s coming up next for Every Trick Books. We have big news about Conquest, The Games Expo, Port Play, Good Society 2e and more, so stay tuned to hear all  of that.

Links:

• Every Trick Books

• Every Trick Books Instagram

News:

• The Game Expo

• EGAD TTRPG Writers’ Guild March

• Sydney Megagamers: Intergalactic Planet Show

• Conquest 2026

• Port Play 2026

• Veritable Tales: An Illuminated Manuscript

• Good Society Second Edition Kickstarter

• Pilot Episode Rebooted Kickstarter

News Submission: If you have something you want mentioned during our news segment, please submit it here.

This podcast is produced in affiliation with the ⁠Australian Roleplay Community (ARC)⁠. If you’d like to join the ARC Community, head to arcrpg.org where you’ll find a link to our vibrant and inclusive Discord server. Your hosts have been ⁠Kate O’Sullivan⁠, ⁠Dan Machuca⁠, Nephthys Nile, and ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠. Cover art by Helen Graham of ⁠Juimon Studios⁠, Title music is Sweet Sunday Groove by Slaleky. Interstitial music is Newer Wave by Kevin MacLeod, used under a Creative Commons 4.0 Licence. Production by ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠.  

Credit: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Dan and Stevie spoke to one of the developers behind the Aussie-grown immersive in person virtual tabletop - Arkenforge. Nathan, who is the software developer at Arkenforge, taught us about the origins of the company, his personal journey into TTRPGs, Arkenforge’s latest feature drop and so much more. Also, this was Dan’s last episode before he went on parental leave. We have a wonderful guest host to take his place while he’s away, and you’ll get to hear from them in the next episode. Plus, we have some cool events to shout out in the news segment.

News:

Autism Valued D&D Term 1 2026

The Fox's Eye Candela Obscura One Shot

Tabletop Tuesdays

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This podcast is produced in affiliation with the ⁠Australian Roleplay Community (ARC)⁠. If you’d like to join the ARC Community, head to arcrpg.org where you’ll find a link to our vibrant and inclusive Discord server. Your hosts have been ⁠Kate O’Sullivan⁠, ⁠Dan Machuca⁠, and ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠. Cover art by Helen Graham of ⁠Juimon Studios⁠, Title music is Sweet Sunday Groove by Slaleky. Interstitial music is Newer Wave by Kevin MacLeod, used under a Creative Commons 4.0 Licence. Production by ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠.  

Credit: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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In episode 33 of Aussie Role Call, we’re excited to ring in the new year, and there are so many announcements, including conventions, events, game releases and more. In this episode’s interview, Stevie caught up with Natasha from Bathyal Labs, which brings VFX-grade world-building to the physical realm of tabletop gaming. They discuss how Natasha brings her experience from VFX to making dice, and other tabletop accessories. 

Links:

Bathyal Labs website

News:

Neon Brisbane GM Submission

CanCon website

TGDA CanCon Meetup

So you wanna be a GM workshop

Splendour & Society: Summer Season

The Fox’s Eye - A Candela Obscura One-Shot

You’ll Meet The Devil at the Crossroads

Devil Town

Woop Woop - A PBTA Mad Max hack

The Fumbled Anthology

News Submission: If you have something you want mentioned during our news segment, please submit it here.

This podcast is produced in affiliation with the ⁠Australian Roleplay Community (ARC)⁠. If you’d like to join the ARC Community, head to arcrpg.org where you’ll find a link to our vibrant and inclusive Discord server. Your hosts have been ⁠Kate O’Sullivan⁠, ⁠Dan Machuca⁠, and ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠. Cover art by Helen Graham of ⁠Juimon Studios⁠, Title music is Sweet Sunday Groove by Slaleky. Interstitial music is Newer Wave by Kevin MacLeod, used under a Creative Commons 4.0 Licence. Production by ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠.  

Credit: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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If you would like to be interviewed on the podcast, please submit this form. (NOTE, we get lots of requests to be guests, so if you have anything time sensitive, submit it as news).

What happens when you combine improvisational actors and TTRPGs? In this episode, Kate and Stevie sat down with Scott McArdle of Improv RPG and Together Adventure Podcast to talk about the arts of improvisation and tabletop roleplaying. With Improv RPG Scott and co bring TTRPGs to the stage including D&D, Call of Cthulhu, Good Society and more. The Together Adventure Podcast is an actual play podcast that unpacks tabletop roleplaying games. Plus, Scott and Kate - who are both improv professionals - drop improvisational tips and tricks everyone can use at the TTRPG table. In news, there are some cool things happening early next year, a new Melbourne based podcast, and more.

Links:

Improv RPG

Together Adventure 

Same Time Next Week

News:

Neon Brisbane 2026 GM Submission

Start a Quest Podcast

TTRPG Bookmarks by Joie Yong

News Submission: If you have something you want mentioned during our news segment, please submit it here.

This podcast is produced in affiliation with the ⁠Australian Roleplay Community (ARC)⁠. If you’d like to join the ARC Community, head to arcrpg.org where you’ll find a link to our vibrant and inclusive Discord server. Your hosts have been ⁠Kate O’Sullivan⁠, ⁠Dan Machuca⁠, and ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠. Cover art by Helen Graham of ⁠Juimon Studios⁠, Title music is Sweet Sunday Groove by Slaleky. Interstitial music is Newer Wave by Kevin MacLeod, used under a Creative Commons 4.0 Licence. Production by ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠.  

Credit: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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In this episode, Kate and Stevie speak to the Game Master (or Goose Monkey) Ash Cooper from the award-winning Aussie-based Book Of War Podcast. You’ll hear about how The Book Of War Podcast came to be, why they entered into webfests, tips for starting your own Real Play Podcast and more. Stay tuned after our conversation with Ash to hear a special announcement from Kate, upcoming community games, volunteer opportunities, events for December and January and so much more!

Links:

The Book Of War Website

Follow the Book of War on Instagram

Powered ByThe Apocalypse

Avatar Legends: Roleplaying Game

NZ Webfest 2025 Winners

News:

Donate to Kate's Stream-mas

Behold Games Community RPG club in NSW December and January games

So you wanna be a Game Master workshop

Cottage Core Critter Tea Party

A Very Austen Christmas

Creating New PC Species on DMs Guild

Autism Valued Volunteer DM Assistant

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a custom dice maker? In this episode, we chat to Azy from Maluridae Dice about how they got into dice making, what kinds of dice they enjoy making, and what the convention scene is like for custom handmade dice.

Links:

Maluridae Dice

Follow Maluridae Dice on Instagram

News:

TTRPG Writers Guild at Elder Gods and Dragons

Melb Queer TTRPGs How to DM for a Diverse Group Panel

So You Wanna Be a Game Master Workshop

MDDAL Drums of the Dead

Rolling Coast Mausritter Adventure Collection

News Submission: If you have something you want mentioned during our news segment, please submit it here.

This podcast is produced in affiliation with the ⁠Australian Roleplay Community (ARC)⁠. If you’d like to join the ARC Community, head to arcrpg.org where you’ll find a link to our vibrant and inclusive Discord server. Your hosts have been ⁠Kate O’Sullivan⁠, ⁠Dan Machuca⁠, and ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠. Cover art by Helen Graham of ⁠Juimon Studios⁠, Title music is Sweet Sunday Groove by Slaleky. Interstitial music is Newer Wave by Kevin MacLeod, used under a Creative Commons 4.0 Licence. Production by ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠.  

Credit: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Welcome to episode 29 of the Aussie Role Call Podcast. This is our first episode post Melbourne International Games Week and PAX Australia. We have a bumper of an episode for you. Our main interview is with the phenomenal TTRPG powerhouse that is AJ Winters from Winters Tales. AJ is here talking about the massive project that was the Castleton Actual Play and the current Castleton setting book Kickstarter. We also have so much news - with lots of events happening for Halloween and throughout November. Stay tuned for those, for some PAX Vox Pops after our interview with AJ.

Links:

AJ Winters

Castleton Kickstarter

News:

Victorian Horror a Call of Cthulhu Halloween Event

Coteries of Carlton

Midnight in Melbourne Dark Eucharist

Lore Piercer by Dan Machuca

Melb Queer TTRPGs Community Table Talk: How to DM a Diverse Group

Dungeons and Dragons & Draughts - Launceston

News Submission: If you have something you want mentioned during our news segment, please submit it here.

This podcast is produced in affiliation with the ⁠Australian Roleplay Community (ARC)⁠. If you’d like to join the ARC Community, head to arcrpg.org where you’ll find a link to our vibrant and inclusive Discord server. Your hosts have been ⁠Kate O’Sullivan⁠, ⁠Dan Machuca⁠, and ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠. Cover art by Helen Graham of ⁠Juimon Studios⁠, Title music is Sweet Sunday Groove by Slaleky. Interstitial music is Newer Wave by Kevin MacLeod, used under a Creative Commons 4.0 Licence. Production by ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠.  

Credit: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence

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If you would like to be interviewed on the podcast, please submit this form. (NOTE, we get lots of requests to be guests, so if you have anything time sensitive, submit it as news).