Jenny Jarzabski, Mike Kimmel, Dustin Knight, Aras Yazgan, and Jessica Catalan (with special appearance by Thurston Hillman) of Paizo’s Starfinder team cracks open the pages of Starfinder 2e for reveals and more.

From the Gen Con 2025 Starfinder Launch Panel, shared with permission.

Multiple Essence20 Core Rulebooks boldly call Story Points “The Great Equalizer”.

Ryan and Charles look at how this isn’t an exaggeration, and point out how this meta narrative control consumable can elevate the stories of your G.I. JOE, My Little Pony, Power Rangers, Transformers, and Welcome To Night Vale campaigns.

Featuring Letter From Snake Eyes part 4, generously provided by Wordburglar. Check it and other amazing 80s-inspired out at Wordburglar.com.

Although the host works for Renegade Game Studios, this podcast and the network that hosts it are not affiliated with Renegade Game Studios.

Hawk’s Personnel Files PDF now available to all

One week left to back G.I. JOE Risk

Award-Winning & Nominated Tabletop RPGs presented by ENNIES Tabletop RPG Awards

Starfinder designer Dustin Knight joins Alex and James as Starfinder 2e launched into the ether, becoming one with the cosmos.

Recorded live on Twitch.

Our heroes come face-to0-face with the creature causing all the problems on Absalom Station. Can they earn the victory and escape the ghost levels?

Starfinder Creative Manager Jenny Jarzabski join Jason, John, and Ron to talk about all the cool Starfinder 2nd Edition things going on at Gen Con for today’s Starfinder 2 release!

Ron Lundeen is an employee of Wizards of the Coast and his opinions are his own.

In episode 120 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication we talk with Pete Petrusha of Imagining Games about adapting the Eisner award-winning Image comic series, CHEW, into a Forged in the Dark foodie crime drama TTRPG!

They discuss several delicious topics including the concept of meeting needs and answering questions with your game designs (what’s something I can play in the hallway with my friends at PAX right now?), obtaining the rights to use ALL the art from the entirety of the comic, incorporating an IP into an RPG – in this case, adapting and building within a pre-existing RPG system to make unique mechanics for the theme – winning an ENNIE award, and more.

So take a breather from our clucked up world for a second and listen to some fantastic food for thought!

Pete Petrusha – Guest

Danielle Reynolds – Host

Ryan and Charles go through the contents and development of the latest Essence20 sourcebook for the G.I. JOE Roleplaying Game: Hawk’s Personnel Files. Anyone who preordered the physical copy from Renegade Game Studios can currently download the PDF.

Featuring Letter From Snake Eyes part 4, generously provided by Wordburglar. Check it and other amazing 80s-inspired out at Wordburglar.com.

Although the host works for Renegade Game Studios, this podcast and the network that hosts it are not affiliated with Renegade Game Studios.

Jason, John, and Ron are all going to Gen Con next week! They share what they will be busy doing as well as what they look forward to the most!

Ron Lundeen is an employee of Wizards of the Coast and his opinions are his own.

Killer bees! A gross gravid mound! Charity station meltdown! It all comes to a head in the penultimate episode of the season!

In episode 119 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication we talk with Ann Journey about what inspired her to create a game about going back in time to see the dinosaurs, rather than bringing them here to the modern day and age. (Because that never goes well!)

They talk about revisiting and combining concepts and mechanics from previous game designs to make something new, the value of friendly local game stores and in-person playtesting groups, bringing a developer on board (more brains are better than one), gamer love for upgraded components, and the importance of great graphic design when it comes to multi-use components.

They also take a look at how Crustaceous Rails ended up being a completely local production, the trials and tribulations of producing colored miniatures, and the team’s use of marketing to tackle hidden challenges that surfaced after launch – in this case creating a colorful game about dinosaurs that people started to assume was for kids at a first glance.

Ann Journey – Guest

Danielle Reynolds – Host