Tavern Chat

Yep, it's another twofer! First, Talking Crid with Bad Mike and Tenkar, with special guest Casey Christofferson. Casey has launched the Catpocolypse Zine. But stick around, as we also have a Fireside Chat with Lloyd Metcalf. Lloyd has the Maximum HP #5 zine currently funding.

Continuing with the ZineQuest Fireside Chat series, we have another twofer. Frank Tuflet and his Lair of the Manticore zine and Nathan Town and his The 13th Fleet Zine. You can find them both on Kickstarter.

I sat down for two Fireside Chats regarding ZineQuest. The first was with Zak Goins, who has the Scrap Rats zine. The second was with James Carpio with his Anarchy! zine. Good times were had by all.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitesizedgaming/scrap-rats-rpg

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grindhausmedia/anarchy

I sat down with Jeff Jones, layout artist of Torchlight Zine, and we talked about the Kickstarter process and his ZineQuest project, Scoundrels.

I sat down for a Fireside Chat with Craig Campbell, of the Low Stakes Zine. Low Stakes is inspired by What We Do in the Shadows, both the movie and the TV show. 

Rach and Tenkar talk about healthy alternatives for a low sodium, low carb diet. Rach brings out one of her singing bowls. Not responsible for any broken glass ;)

Yep, this was to have been a Fireside but there were technical issues. Still, why are zines half sized compared to magazines? Inquiring minds want to know.

Bad Mike & Tenkar are joined by Thom Wilson (Throwi Games) who has a current project on Kickstarter - Gamma Zine #3. This is the first in a series of episodes highlighting zine creators participating in ZineQuest.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/throwigames/gamma-zine-issue-3

Jon Peterson posted an article on immersion and RPGs in the 70s, and it got me thinking about immersion being facilitated by lighter and easier to understand rulesets.

http://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2021/01/immersion-and-role-playing-in-1970s.html

Earlier today, I stood out in the snowstorm here in NYC and spoke about the time I killed a party with a randomly rolled blizzard, thus the danger of always running "let the dice fall as they may." Tonight, I talk about some of the dangers of "run as written."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZg1MaKxc4Y&ab_channel=ErikTenkar