This episode’s conversation is one of my favorites so far, it’s definitely full of surprises for me and has some pretty in-depth conversation about role playing games from a gentleman I had no idea was so into rpgs! Our guest today is none other than the creator of the YouTube series Hobby Cheating, the worldwide award-winning miniature painter and hobby guru Vince Venturella. To kill all of your expectations right up front, I specifically invited Vince onto the show to NOT talk about his miniature painting. His entire YouTube channel is dedicated to miniature painting and Warhammer wargaming. I asked him to come on the show to discuss his love of Dungeons & Dragons and I’m telling you, I had no idea what I was getting into. It’s an awesome conversation, we talk about movies and books, oysters, running D&D marathons, how being fired from his first job had a significant impact on his life, we discuss genre-mixing, rpg horror campaigns while playing adolescent characters, writing and publishing his own games, mind-blowing collaborative character creation rules, pump up the volume, being a positive force in the hobby at large, loving the act of teaching and just loving the communal artistic hobby we all share. And all kinds of other stuff!

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Time Stamps00:00:00 – Opening & Sundries00:06:28 – Interview01:21:50 – Hobby Progress01:27:00 – Section Charlie

In Section Charlie where I highlight someone or something interesting I want to share, I shoutout another podcast – the Havoc Cast! It’s an excellent, laid back, entertaining and informative podcast featuring hobbyists from the wargaming and rpg gaming worlds and I love Dan’s “20 Odd Questions” format.

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

Show Notes

Wuthering HeightsBrent WeeksRyan Dancey article on taking over TSR officesVentureland GamesPump Up The Volume

Show Transcript (excluding interview content)

BEWARE THE DEVIL: Interview with Vince Venturella

All right, welcome to episode 28 of Tabletop Alchemy, my podcast about D&D, Warhammer, miniatures, skirmish games and all the cool stuff that has to do with the miniature-based or role playing-based tabletop hobbies! How is everyone doing today?! I hope this episode is finding you in good spirits, feeling strong, feeling inspired, feeling creative, feeling positive about the future. 

Let’s talk about change for a minute, and fear. That’s right, we’re jumping right in. So my little pre-ramble – to borrow a technical term from Dan Adam over on the Paint All The Minis Paint Ramble – is inspired by my current situation, which isn’t at all remarkable, but still, it brings up certain notions. Fear, as the philosophers tell us, is just the experience of experiencing the unknown. Change, as in change in our lives, our daily routine,