Aussie Role Call

In Episode 23, Stevie and Kate chat to the superstars of Aussie tabletop design, Storybrewers Roleplaying. Storybrewers are Hayley Gordon and Vee Hendro. You might know them from arguably their most famous game, Good Society. In this episode, they discuss, how Storybrewers discovered roleplaying games, defining “writers room” games, and ways to bring people into collaborative games where they have an authorial voice. You’ll learn about their two upcoming releases (which are likely to be at PAX Aus this year), Community Content for Good Society, and the magic of collaborative storytelling. Plus, we share news about the upcoming Conquest Games Market in Melbourne. 

Links:

Storybrewers Roleplaying Website

Vee Hendro’s Website

Storybrewers YouTube

Storybrewers Bluesky

Vee Hendro on Bluesky

News:

Conquest Games Market

Conquest Con on Instagram

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 spoke to Gemma Driscoll, better known across the interwebs as GeeofDee. You might know her as host of ABC’s Good Game: Spawn Point. Kate and Stevie spoke to Gee about her experience with TTRPGs, forays into the world of being a game master, and what she has learned about herself and the world through the magic of TTRPGs. In news, we have lots of new and exciting game drops and a cool new convention is coming to the Gold Coast.

Links:

⁠GeeofDee YouTube⁠

Gee of Dee on Twitch

News:

SPELLZ game

FantaSciiCon call for exhibitors

Bruno Barleybeard's Big Book of Brewing

Road Rage

The Muttering Obelisk

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, Dan and Stevie speak with Brendon Watson. Brendon is one of the admins for Melbourne Dungeons and Dragons Adventurers’ League and one of the brains behind 5 Foot Step, an actual play show on RMITV. They talk to Brendon about what Adventurers League is, what makes Melbourne Adventurers League special, the origins behind 5 Foot Step and so much more. If you’ve been curious about what happens behind the scenes at MDDAL or want to know more about putting together a broadcast actual play, this is the perfect episode for you.

Links:

Melbourne DDAL Website 

5 Foot Step YouTube Channel 

News:

Rolling Coast: A Mausritter Campaign SettingMy Lucky Dice by Sasa LeStrange⁠Seeking the Wisdom of the Scavenger King

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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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Discover the world of Fragged with its creator Wade Dyer. Dan and Stevie sat down and talked to Wade about his latest crowdfunding campaign for Fragged Kingdom 2, insider tips for crowdfunding success, how crowdfunding has changed and so much more. We also share news about upcoming events and newly released Australian-made games.

Links:

Fragged Kingdom 2 Crowdfunding campaign

⁠Fragged Empire website

Facebook

X/Twitter

Vox Pop:

Dungeons and Dragons Australia

News:

Conquest Games Market

Critical Role Games at Pentridge Prison

Alchemical Pride - Pride games by Masters of Alchemy

Those Who Dare x Pixel Bar

Crabby Crabs by Hugh Lashbrooke

Chiseled Gay Pirates

Sticky Institute Winter Zine Jam

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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Stevie and Dan chat to award-winning game designer Steve Dee, author of Relics and the hit GM-less RPG The Score. They chat to Steve about his forthcoming book Worldbuilding for Game Designers coming out from Routledge, his thoughts on worldbuilding for games, the process of writing a book, how he got a gig designing a game for a corporate company, and so much more! We also have a Vox Pop from Jonathan of V2S Games, news about the upcoming Conquest Games Market, and new games for you to check out! 

Links:

Tin Star Games Website

Tin Star Games Patreon

Worldbuilding for Game Designers Book 

ludio.gg

The Score on Roll20

Vox Pop:

V2S games 

News:

Conquest Discord

Cottage Core Critters Pre Orders

Story Journey by Ten Acre Games

Precogniscience by ElastomeRPGs

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).

What is the relationship between TTRPGs and music? In this episode, Stevie and Dan chat to musician, streamer, and fellow TTRPG nerd, Lachlan from LNL Covers. We talk about how he got into making music, how they discovered TTRPGs, and when they began to merge the two together. We talk about homebrew, how to start making music of your own and so much more. We also caught up with Michael O’Brien, one of the owners of Chaosium at Conquest, and have a raft of news to share including crowdfunding campaigns, upcoming events, and newly released games.

Links

LNL Covers on YouTube

LNL Covers on Twitch

LNL Covers on Spotify

News:

To Speak A Strange Wedding Crowdfunding

A Midsummer Night's Darkness Call of Cthulhu Live Play

TableTop Con 2025

Chaosium Con 2025

Only What You Can Carry Heist Game

Worlds of Pure Imagination Kids' Journaling Game

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).

We chat to Chris Mayer. Chris is the founder of Glow Craft, a company that creates tabletop accessories such as the incredibly impressive Dice Compendium. Chris is also one half of Quest Suppliers, a company that specializes in dice, Aussie-made RPGs, board games and more. On top of that, he’s also behind Dungeons and Castles, a premium experience that runs out of Kryal Castle in Victoria, Australia and has recently expanded to Castle Hill Tavern in New South Wales. We find out how Chris does all this, what his passions are and so much more!

Links:

glowcraft.com.au

thequestsuppliers.com.au

dungeonsandcastles.com.au

Vox Pop:

www.maluridaedice.com

News:

www.ttcon.com.au

www.kickstarter.com/projects/arkenforge/the-dark-fantasy-construction-kit

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).

In this episode we catch up with Greg from Dice Paper Role. Dice Paper Role is a Dungeons and Dragons comedy adventure that was created in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia) in 2017 by five Australian mates who decided their tabletop shenanigans were too good not to share. DPR is an actual play podcast with over 200 episodes. We chat to Greg all about the Dice Paper Role journey and tips for starting an actual play. We also share a Vox Pop from Conquest, news about the Tabletop Open Day in St Kilda, Melbourne, and where to get tickets for Chaosium Con Australia. You’ll also have a chance to support the beloved Pause Menu, a boardgame and TTRPG cafe in Fitzroy as they try and find a new home. 

Links: 

www.dicepaperrole.com/

@dicepaperrole

Vox Pop:

Helen from Juimon

News:

Tabletop Open Day - St Kilda

Chaosium Con Australia

Pause Menu Crowdfunding

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).

Scarlet Song is an artist, game master and English & Literature teacher from VIC, Australia. She is the creator of Cottage Core Critters, which is a fully illustrated cozy TTRPG for all ages. In this interview, Kate and Dan sat down to talk to Scarlet about her work, the inspiration for Cottage Core Critters and so much more. You’ll even hear about how Dan is already playing this game with the small humans in his life. We also share news about Conquest, a Tabletop Event in Perth, and about how the timing of the federal election has led to some difficult decisions about the launch of the Port Play festival (don’t fear, something cool is still happening that weekend, it just won’t quite be the Port Play we were hoping for). Links:

Scarlet Song Linktree

Vox Pop:

Random Encounter Dice

News:

• Conquest 2025

• Roll for It

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).

In this episode, we head all the way down south to talk to a game designer in lutruwita also known as Tasmania - Joie Yong. At the time of recording this episode, Joie had already released one game - Zombieees and was working on her next release Cryptid Keeper. We get into more information about what those games are in the episode. We also dive into the Tasmanian game scene and learn about what cool and fun things are happening in lutruwita. In news, we cover upcoming events, cool shops, and a kickstarter where synthwave meets punk rock.

Links:

https://joieyong.com/

https://joieyong.itch.io/

https://joieyong.itch.io/cryptid-keeper 

https://joieyong.itch.io/prehistoric-keeper

News:

• The King’s Poisoner Great Game

• Conquest 2025

• PortPlay 

• The Gilded TableTop

• Autostede Neon Badlands

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).