We sit down for an unplanned recording of Design Doc when Evan says something sad.

Note: This episode discusses the toll that work can take on physical and mental health.

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In this episode we talk about completing a project that made us our own worst bosses and what it's like coming back from burnout.

Link to re-launched Patreon:

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Its purpose, the act of creation. Its destiny, unknowable. Today's episode is about a bike on skis.

Character creation in Questlandia 1 lasted two hours. Character creation in Questlandia 2 is five minutes. What changed?

Intro/Outro music: by Pat King

The junk poets are changing again. This time, maybe in a spoooooky way.

We talk again about the junk poets as GMing tools and making them less corporeal, but more present than ever.

Questlandia 2 is a campaign game with no Game Master. Without a designated person in the GM role, that responsibility must be distributed among all players. We talk about how the Junk Poets can support every player in the GM role.

Questlandia 2 has been delayed. Now, we're releasing an entirely different RPG first. We talk about—and try not to apologize for—how timelines and business have to adapt to design difficulties.

Design Doc intro/outro theme: by Pat King

We asked on Twitter what you wanted to know about running a roleplaying game Kickstarter. Now, we're answering your questions. From self-promotion to self-care, what to say when there's nothing to say, and pretending we know anything about taxes.

Show notes:

We try redesigning Noirlandia, one of our other roleplaying games, in one hour!

Who are the Junk Poets and what do they add to Questlandia? We go over what we know, what's still missing, and how they could make a GMless game easier to play!