In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew discuss problematic issues in fiction and TTRPGs and methods of handling them!

* Eddy Webb is punctuation* The question of appropriate children's books* Providing fiction within its correct context* Ability scores being linked to "race"* Eddy explains some of the original game design behind games such as D&D and why it must remain the way it is* Having zero dots in a Skill* Dixie has a kitten o' nine tails* Problematic clans in Vampire* How to handle Banu Haqim and Ravnos

Links:

* Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath* Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath* Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which the trio talks about what video games they are playing and how they relate to TTRPGs.

* Matthew asks The Question* Into the Breach* Dixie's fantasy games & playstyle* Encumbrance* Achievements, completionists, and types of play* How video game styles influence TTRPG play* Making story hooks and NPCs* Dixie's first Exalted 3rd game!

Links:

Into the Breach: https://store.steampowered.com/app/590380/Into_the_Breach/For the King: https://store.steampowered.com/app/527230/For_The_King/Divinity: Original Sin II: https://store.steampowered.com/app/435150/Divinity_Original_Sin_2__Definitive_Edition/Great Ace Attorney Chronicles: https://www.ace-attorney.com/great1-2/us/Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPathOnyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpathOnyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which Eddy and Dixie sit with guest co-host Meredith Gerber to talk about DriveThruRPG, along with the expected amount of digressions.

Bones day or no bones day

The Big O: theft or homage?

Century Publisher Relations

Print on demand

Game preservation

DM's Guild and community content programs

Sales, marketing, and market research

Pionerring new formats

What value does DriveThruRPG bring to indie publishers?

Links:

DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/

Noodle the pug on Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jongraz?lang=en

The Big O theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7_Od9CmTu0

Flash Gordon theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYTYqs-ytSk

Bad art friend: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/magazine/dorland-v-larson.html

Unsplash: https://unsplash.com

History Check: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYcMUjn5ScY&list=PL7lOpJqeqpsEaqY47Xt-MzLuSxm8H1Shr

DM's Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/

Oneblogshelf data post: https://medium.com/oneblogshelf/back-in-2014-i-shared-some-observations-about-pricing-pdfs-on-onebookshelf-sites-3145d88f135a

FREE PUGMIRE PHONE PDF: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/272533/Pugmire-Core-Rulebook-Phone-PDF?affiliate_id=4451

Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath

Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath

Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew provide the best damn GMing tips this side of October!

* Wrapping your head around a flat Earth, the Discworld RPG, and 1990s conspiracy theories* When the GM sets an uninviting task / asking the players to just roll with it* Asking players what they enjoyed about the recent game* Building mysteries around player expectations* Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective successes and failures* The highs and lows of Horror on the Orient Express* Is every RPG scenario a mystery?* Is Storypath a GM-serving system?* The difficulty of writing interactive adventures* We discuss Descent into Avernus* Back to the Orient Express* Eddy's recollections of the Midway City RPG* How to run and play nihilistic games such as ALIEN, Camp Murder Lake!, Ten Candles, Dread, Dead of Night...* The Dark Fate Flaw and how to use it* Safety checks and guidelines* Adding obvious antagonists like Balthazar in Chicago by Night* Handling bigoted characters* We barely touch (but do recommend) Conspiracy X* We recommend the best games for mystery roleplay

Links:

* Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath* Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath* Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which the trio and Rich talk about the various Storypath games at their Gen Con Online panel!

 

No notes; this one was pre-recorded! Enjoy!

In which the Onyx Path gang (Eddy, Dixie, Matthew, Rich, and Travis) talk to Gen Con Online about's up with Onyx Path!

Note: Panel was recorded on September 18th, 2021

Rich talks about the impact of 2020 and 2021

Eddy talks about Pugmire, Scion, and Trinity

Matthew talks about Trinity Continuum: Aether, They Came From... and World of Darkness

Rich reveals details on a Double Feature Kickstarter

Travis talks about Mage: The Ascension and Scarred Lands

Dixie talks about Exalted and Chronicles of Darkness

Q&A

Rich nails the ending of the panel

Links:

Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath

Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath

Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which Eddy, Matthew, and Dixie dive deep into the Deathless experience!

* Faxanadu bugs! The f- you say?* Starting on Ataris and Commodores and moving to the NES* The pains and pleasures of nostalgia in video games and TTRPGs* Playing different timelines in Mummy: The Curse* Some of Mummy: The Curse 1st Edition's Strengths and Weaknesses* Affecting the passage of time in Mummy* Carrying modern Skills to historic eras* Expanding the range of playable characters to immortals and sorcerers* The size of Chronicles of Darkness core books and the volume of information within them* Design choices for Mummy (what to include and what to exclude)* Making Mummy accessible* Reimagining games like Trinity and supplements as bug fixes* Slimming Mummy and other Chronicles of Darkness games down* Media inspirations for Mummy* Does Mummy have a metaplot?* Memory issues (and forgetting to add things to the core book)* Changing course on powers (Utterances and Affinities) during the Kickstarter* Arms of Ahriman controversy!* Presenting pulpy 1920 adventures next to stories of personal horror* Pyramid level play* Werewolf on Kickstarter!* The godawful goddamn movie named Moonbound

Links:

* Should Old Games Be Fixed?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeemO9yW-hs* Mummy: The Curse 2nd Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/347148/Mummy-The-Curse-Second-Edition?affiliate_id=13* Promethean: The Created 2nd Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/189395/Promethean-the-Created-2nd-Edition?affiliate_id=13* Wraith: The Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/233842/Wraith-The-Oblivion-20th-Anniversary-Edition?affiliate_id=13* Exalted: Essence: https://exalted-essence.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders* W20 Apocalyptic Record Kickstarter: http://kck.st/3kssZwU* Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath* Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath* Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which Eddy and Dixie talk to Eric Zawadski about Deviant: The Renegades!

Apocalyptic Record and Beckett's Jyhad Diary

Deviant is techno Changeling

Origins

Clades and flexibility of power creation

Divergence

Conspiracies and the Web of Pain

Violent tone

Connections to disability

Antagonists

Relationship to Hunter: The Vigil

Additional books

Links:

Deviant: The Renegades: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/341534/Deviant-The-Renegades?affiliate_id=548232

W20 Apocalyptic Record Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/339646881/apocalyptic-record-for-werewolf-the-apocalypse-20th-ann-ed

Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath

Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath

Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which the trio, by popular demand, just chat about things for a bit.

* Cats, Blinds, and Belly Rubs* Some notes on cosplay!* Inclusivity and Matthew doesn't know who owns D&D* Masters of the Universe* Transformers and other bots* Television + RPGs* LARP and TTRPG* Content Warnings* Tough Subjects

Links:

Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPathOnyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpathOnyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which the trio talk about what inspires them and our Onyx Path Tasty Bits!

* An update on Exalted: Essence and editing from Dixie* An update on Squeaks in the Deep and Trinity Continuum: Anima from Eddy* An update on W20 The Apocalyptic Record, They Came from the Cyclops's Cave!, and Trinity Continuum: Aether from Matthew* Werewolf Dietary Problems* School Memories* A history of pens and handwriting* Different styles of redlining* Where does Eddy get his ideas?* The value of "ideas people"* How to get your ideas reviewed* ADHD as a superpower* Words and terms inherited from other kinds of games* The Tasty Bit Program* Tasty Bits for Scion, They Came From, and Trinity* People are engaging with our Tasty Bits!* The benefits of community content and the amazing Frostlands of Fenrilik for Scarred Lands* Exalted TV!

Links:

* Squeaks in the Deep: https://www.backerkit.com/projects/339646881/squeaks-in-the-deep-tabletop-roleplaying-game* W20 Cookbook: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/124156/W20-Cookbook* Onyx Path Tasty Bits: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/368059/Trinity-Continuum-Pets* Frostlands of Fenrilik: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/328484/Frostlands-of-Fenrilik* Exalted TV: https://www.jenkinsandtate.com/* Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath* Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath* Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk