The Cocked Die

Gil the Vlogsmith is a D&D player, a game streamer, and a professional blacksmith. He hand forges dice and a whole bunch of other amazing stuff! You've heard the cast of Critical Role curse him out before rolling, "don't f*** me Gil!"

There is a language warning for this episode.

In the news we're talking about Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft!

My guest today is Keith Baker. Baker is best known as the creator of the Eberron DND setting, and the card game Gloom, amongst a host of other credits.

He recently published a cooperative storytelling card game based on the hit podcast The Adventure Zone called The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance

Additionally:

Quest for the Cure: Episode 0, a charity fundraising game for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, is happening on February 28th at 3 pm ET/12 pm PT on the charity's twitch channel: twitch.tv/TeamSquadUp.

Episode 0 features Hope LaVelle from DND Beyond’s Silver and Steel, screenwriter Tennessee Martin, Woodmaster himself Anthony from Talon and Claw, Feliza Casano from Cyberpunk: Independence, and returning Questers Velvet Valhalla and Rachel Seeley, the DM of Girls Guts glory.

Also:

Cyberpunk: Independence has it's premiere date set! March 7th at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT on the Fort Nerd twitch channel, twitch.tv/FortNerdDotCom.

C:I features Feliza Casano as Alleycat, Amy Lynn Dzura as Tab, Gary as Cicero, and Rachel Seeley as Billie the Kid, with Emma Wakelin serving as storyteller and co-producer. 

I chatted with Brian Gray and Eugenio Vargas, the newest cast members for Rivals of Waterdeep!

Anthony from Talon & Claw (and our first guest on this fine podcast) is committed to getting a tattoo of the SS Failboat if their twitch channel hits 100 new subscribers by March 21st. So obviously I made a video trying to convince people to subscribe!

Check out the video here: https://twitter.com/FortNerdDotCom/status/1358986931963633664

The T&C channel: https://www.twitch.tv/talonnclaw

Also, we're proud to announce Cyberpunk: Independence premieres on March 7th at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT on https://www.twitch.tv/FortNerdDotCom and launch the new website https://www.fortnerd.com/cyberpunk. 

Learn about the creative team and investigate our characters as we head into the belly of Night City!

Today I'm chatting with James Introcaso: he's a well known game designer, and writer, and he's an Emmy-nominated producer. He was the lead designer of Burn Bryte for Roll20 and recently published My Dad's Monster Manual which reimagines Monster Manual monsters based on feedback from his non-gamer Dad. 

Check out Gothic Lineages from Unearthed Arcana: https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/gothic-lineages

Great news for Dragonlance fans, as Weis and Hickman have resolved their dispute with Wizards, and a new trilogy called in a series called "Classic Dragonlance" is coming soon!

Today my guest is LaTia Jacquise; she's a cast member of Rivals (and the DM for its upcoming season premiering on January 31st at 10 pm https://www.twitch.tv/rivalsofwaterdeep), a former DDAL community manager, and the Community Relations Manager for Monte Cook games.

Big news! A D&D TV show is in the works. Well. Sort've. A pitch for a D&D TV show has been ordered. Read a bit more here: https://www.fortnerd.com/post/d-n-d-kolstad

My guest today is Thomas Votaw of the Drifter's Atlas; currently they're running a kickstarter campaign for a quarterly magazine published about RPGs; there'll be lots about D&D, but other stuff too. Check it out here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/driftersquarterly/the-drifters-quarterly-vol-1and2?ref=3ydmg9

She's a screenwriter who's worked in the entertainment industry for almost a decade. While she's new to TTRPGs in general, she made in a big splash in September, joining Realmsmith at D&D Celebration, the brand's biggest event of the year!

We also preview Candlekeep Mysteries, talk about the secrecy of the new switch, and other games to look forward to in 2021!

She's an actor, a singer, and a black belt martial artist. She's appeared in Cyberpunk, D&D, Pathfinder, and Vampire streams, and is going to be EVERYWHERE in 2021.

She's contributed to the success of our friends over at RealmSmith and she's just a cool person.

You can find her on social media @nouralogical

Today we're talking Quest for the Cure (and hey spoiler alert, in 2021 its a six episode limited series) and a warning for Cyberpunk 2077 players with photo sensitivity.

My guest is Tanya DePass; she's a streamer, a TTRPG personality, and the founder of I Need Diverse Games, a not-for-profit dedicated to raising the profile of marginalized folks in the gaming space.

She was also just announced as a member of the future class by The Game Awards, which is an honour she richly deserves.

Learn more about Into the Motherlands: https://motherlandsrpg.com/

Catch up with Cypher's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cypheroftyr

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpEa-boVKzPeZ6g8L9SkQRw

Paizo Humble Bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/pathfinder-monster-lore-paizo-books

Blair Brown is a gamer, a musician, and a senior producer at Respawn Entertainment, working on Star Wars. How cool is that? I talked to Blair about his work, what it's like working in the gaming business, and about our upcoming episode of Quest for the Cure!

Which brings me, naturally, to a reminder that Quest for the Cure happens this Saturday at 8 pm ET, 5 pm PT! Join Ed Greenwood, creator of The Forgotten Realms himself, Amy Lynn Dzura, Emma Wakelin, Eric Morden and Blair, as we going get our hero on for a great cause.

Register here to be eligible to JOIN these amazing folks: https://www.jessesjourney.com/quest-for-the-cure/

Need some nerdy holiday gifts? Our silent auction includes DDAL certs, dice, hats, and more...check it out here: https://www.32auctions.com/squadup

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