HeroQuest and Space Crusade designer Stephen Baker in conversation with Jordan Sorcery.

Stephen Baker talks about his career, game design philosophy, how he invented and developed HeroQuest with Milton Bradley and Games Workshop, and more!

From HeroQuest to Space Crusade and beyond, Stephen Baker's games introduced a generation to the worlds of Warhammer and 40k, and started countless hobby journeys. In this interview he shares the story of the creation of his iconic games.

Stephen Baker interview.

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My latest interview is with the Ultramarines movie director, Martyn Pick. Released in 2010, Ultramarines was the first feature length film set in the 40k universe. An animation featuring a stellar cast of British voice actors and a script by Dan Abnett the film was released on an exclusive DVD special edition, but quickly became one of the most pirated movies in the world! 

Martyn and I talk about his artistic background and commercial work, his cinematic influences and aims for the movies, and how the production progressed over time.

Martyn Pick interview.

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My latest interview is with WFRP designer T.S. Luikart. After working extensively on the Storm of Chaos set 2nd edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay for Green Ronin and Black Industries T.S. eventually joined Cubicle 7 to develop their range of Games Workshop IP games.

T.S. has worked on Soulbound, Wrath & Glory, Imperium Maledictum, WFRP 4th edition, and most recently The Old World RPG and we chatted about plenty of aspects of his career and work!

TS Luikart interview.

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Legendary RPG designer Graeme Davis returns to chat with me about the WFRP that never was! We explore the projects that didn't get finished, the ideas that almost made it, and the awesome stuff that almost happened.

Graeme Davis was part of the team that brought WFRP to incredible life, and his career has taken him to amazing worlds like Vampire the Masquerade, Supernatural, and Vaesen. 

Graeme Davis interview.

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Sandy Mitchell has written countless classic 40k and Warhammer Fantasy stories for GW Books and the Black Library. Pen name of author Alex Stewart, Mitchell, is the force behind the brilliant Commissar Ciaphas Cain series of novels and short stories.

In conversation with Jordan Sorcery Alex talks about his early career reviewing films like Highlander and Aliens for White Dwarf magazine, his published and unpublished work (about Dark Future) for GW Books, his time working on BBC TV show Bugs, and how he came to create the long-running Cain series for Games Workshop's Black Library.

Sandy Mitchell interview.

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Former White Dwarf Australian editor Dave Taylor in conversation with Jordan Sorcery.

We talked about Dave's career with Games Workshop, some behind the scenes White Dwarf insights, how the international editions came to be, and Dave's most recent project - Dave Taylor Miniatures, a company that publishes Art Of books by some of the best miniature painters currently working today!

Dave Taylor interview.

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[DAVE TAYLOR MINIATURES]
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Bob Naismith was one of the early Citadel sculptors who helped to define the foundations of Warhammer and 40k. 

From the original Space Marine design, predating Rogue Trader and the start of 40k, to the plastics created for HeroQuest and Space Crusade, Bob and Jordan talk about an incredible career full of iconic and important work.

Bob Naismith interview.

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Graeme Davis was part of the team that brought WFRP to incredible life, and his career has taken him to amazing worlds like Vampire the Masquerade, Supernatural, and Vaesen. 

In our conversation we explored the opportunities and perils of drawing on folklore for making monsters, such as with the Fimir of Warhammer, and the ways in which encounter and creature creation differs across different RPG worlds and rules systems. We also talked about working with other legendary figures like Mike Brunton and Bryan Ansell.

Graeme Davis interview.

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Trish Carden joined Citadel in the 80s and became a legendary sculptor for Citadel Miniatures. Working closely with Aly Morrison, Bob Naismith, and many others Trish soon gained famed as the Monster Girl, able to creature magnificent beasts, dragons, and monsters that were unforgettable.

With Aly Morrison, Trish established Marauder Miniatures, a new Games Workshop imprint dedicated to creating models for Warhammer Fantasy. Later in her career Trish would move to the Forge World to craft some of her most impressive monsters yet!

Trish Carden interview.

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Rowan Zeoli and Caeylin Ellis of the independent tabletop gaming news site Rascal join Jordan to chat about the founding of the site, taking games journalism seriously, and the future of gaming.

Rascal News was founded a year ago by 3 tabletop journalists who had worked for Polygon, Dicebreaker, Gizmodo, and I09. As those organisations have been shuttering their tabletop news coverage and firing professional journalists Rascal has sought to create an online space that is tackling major news stories across the tabletop industry.

From the major business moves of massive companies like Hasbro Wizards of the Coast and Games Workshop to the smaller scale stories like union workers striking at Vallejo paints, and plenty of stuff in between, Rascal is looking to become a bastion of independent, honest journalism.

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#RascalNews #Rascal #TTRPG #RPG #gaming 

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