Cold Calls And Dice

By Cold Calls And Dice

A spirited discussion about topics in and around the gaming sphere, including role playing games, board games, video games, and beyond! Join James and Riley and their guests as they talk, sometimes se... more

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The podcast currently has 6 episodes available.

Cold Calls And Dice episodes:

September 15, 2026 Genetic Macrame and Bubble Tea with Toren Atkinson
Toren Atkinson has been in the gaming adjacent space for decades, be it as a designer, a writer, an actor, an artist, and of course as a musician as part of the legendary Lovecraftian rock band The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. And while he has opinions, skills and experience with so much in the game sphere, it’s his talents as an visual artist that we talk about today, specifically, art made for RPG’s.Toren Atkinson’s website: https://torenatkinson.com/Website for the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets: https://thickets.net/Spaceship Zero: https://spaceshipzero.com/
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1h 3min
September 06, 2026 The Terrors of Bent books and Physical Media with Travis Diffender
With the modern day perils of ownership, digital and physical, what DO we own? The ttrpgs space is shifting to a stronger digital model, with big companies like Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro making moves that feel like diminishing value, not added. What are our options? Our guest, Travis Diffender, certainly has his ideas, and have a great conversation with him about it! And what his postal worker is apparently capable of... Is unsettling.

Travis:
https://www.youtube.com/@diffendice
https://linktr.ee/travisdiffenderfer
The Horror:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OB0U7aHCEsY?feature=share

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1h 2min
August 31, 2026 Four small creatures Tittering: A talk with Scott and Keith of the Titterpigs!
"There's a big audience for gaming podcasts these days, and a lot of people trying thier hands at it, including us! And while we're new and figuring things out, getting a chance to have a chat with Scott Joest and Keith Mageau of the Titterpigs podcast helps us put our own burgeoning journey into perspective. Good friends of the show, Scott and Keith talk about podcasting in general, and existing in the ttrpgs gaming sphere."
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1h 13min
August 24, 2026 Great and fresh games with Banana Chan, and Riley tries to remember a game!
Today we talk to Banana Chan, visionary creator behind such games as Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall, Forger, Knockoff, and the upcoming Sample, not to mention the scads of other games and supplements she’s createdd and contributed to! We talk about innovations in gaming, and about games we feel that break the mould and try something new. Riley struggles to remember a game... and then remembers. It’s all very exciting, we promise! AND LAUGS (that is spelled properly I think!) Also, apologies to Avery Alder, Jon Hook and Dennis Detwiller – DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE... yet.
Sample by Banana Chan (coming to backerkit in October!): https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/banana-chan/sample/pre-launch
Forgery
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/446805/forgery
Knockoff
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/549717/knockoff
The Darkness at the Brink of Ohio
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/507718/the-darkness-at-the-brink-of-ohio
All of Banana Chan’s Drive Thru RPG stuff:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?authorName=%22Banana%20Chan%22
Dread
https://www.tiltingatwindmills.net/games/
The games of Thorny Games, including Sign, Dialect and Xenolanguage
https://thornygames.com/
Mission ImPAWsible
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/473289/mission-impawsible
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57min
August 17, 2026 Talking Board Games and Why Indexes Are Important
Today James and Riley talk with Rob Seib who is a board and rpg game designer from Kamloops BC. His company, Mindfruit Games, includes Travelers of Tryphosa, Mythical Menagerie, Frame and others!
Rob Seib:
https://mindfruit.ca/

Our Social Feeds:
https://www.instagram.com/coldcallsanddice/
https://bsky.app/profile/coldcallsanddice.bsky.social

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1h 10min
August 10, 2026 Adapting Media and James' Dirty Movie Secret Ft. Andrew E Gaska
Welcome to our First episode of Cold calls and dice! Where we interview Andrew E Gaska the 2020 and 2021 Ennie and UKGE Award-winning settings and adventure writer for Alien: The Roleplaying Game. Adapting Media from Books, to movies, to games, Andrew is a master at bringing something from one form to another. We hope you enjoy our first roundtable.

***We are aware of the audio issues in this first eps, we have since corrected the issues and will be more on top of the gremlins***

Andrew E Gaska - Websites and social media
https://www.instagram.com/blamventurer/
https://roguereviewer.wordpress.com/
https://www.magnetic-press.com/
https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/alien/

Our Social Links
https://bsky.app/profile/coldcallsanddice.bsky.social
https://www.instagram.com/coldcallsanddice/

James wanted this for some reason...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE7zdN-Qzvw

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FAQs about Cold Calls And Dice:

How many episodes does Cold Calls And Dice have?

The podcast currently has 6 episodes available.