This week I just ramble about four fantasy authors and my favorite of their books. I chat about Frances Hardinge, Nancy Springer, Jeff Smith and Joe Abercrombie and what I like about my favorite books of theirs and not only just how good they are for reading but also how they might be inspirational for running Dungeons and Dragons campaigns or rpg world-building or homebrew tabletop scenarios.

Time Stamps00:00:00 – Opening (News & Sundries)00:03:30 – Frances Hardinge 00:10:34 – Nancy Springer00:13:50 – Jeff Smith00:18:05 – Joe Abercrombie00:28:53 – Hobby Progress00:32:39 – Section Charlie

In Section Charlie, where I share something or someone cool I’ve come across on the internet, I highlight the Instagram account DungeonMapster! He does full maps of various scenes, his artwork is beautiful in a sort of storybook or comic book style, and he does both gridded and un-gridded maps, all kinds of terrain, full villages and cities and dungeons and he even releases Build Your Own kits, where you get a bunch of assets or map tokens, like individual structures, towers, ground debris, etc. with which you can create and decorate your own maps.DungeonMapster on InstagramDungeonMapster on Patreon

SHOW NOTES

Frances HardingeNancy SpringerJeff Smith Joe Abercrombie

Watch the YouTube version of the podcast which contains time-lapse footage of working at the paint desk!

Show Transcript (excluding interview content)

Welcome to CryinMo’s Tabletop Alchemy! I’m CryinMo, a.k.a. Ignatius Fischer, and I’m pretty hyped to say this is episode twenty of this podcast about my midlife return to all the hobbies I enjoyed a long long time ago. I’m back into Dungeons and Dragons, I’m back into Warhammer, I’m back into miniature painting and terrain crafting, I’m newly into skirmish games and being an interviewer and all in all I’m just happy to be here enjoying the art and creativity of our niche fantasy sci-fi tabletop gaming community. I want to thank all of you out there who are giving the show a chance and I hope you’re all getting goals met and playing new games and enjoying old games and doing your best to survive while being creative.

This podcast is intended for all ages – usually – and I’m hoping it provides you with something to listen to while you’re hobbying or thinking about hobbying. You can find episodes on most of the big podcast apps and you can watch the YouTube version on … you guessed it, YouTube, where I usually include video of whatever I’ve been working on at the paint desk. You can find all episodes and their show notes as well as links to all of my social media accounts at cryinmo.com and if you’re so inclined you can support me and the show by either becoming a patron at Patreon.com or simply by leaving a rating or dropping a comment on whatever app you happen to enjoy the show on. As always I give a shoutout to my patrons, their support definitely helps keep the show – and me – going. Much appreciated, you guys, thank you.

All right, today … there’s no interview. Bum bum bummmmm. I know, just try to hide your disappointment, so I can ignore it. All right, this episode I’m just gonna ramble, your favorite!! I know, I know, trust me, you’ve been waiting for me to get to rambling about nonsense ever since I started doing interviews.