The Lost Bay Podcast

Today, I'm taking you to Paris, France, to chat with Côme Martin, a prolific and uber-creative French designer. Côme's best-known titles include the iconic Meanwhile in the Subway, Broken Cities, Feathered Adventures, and many more.

In this episode, we discuss Côme's journey as a designer, from the first one-pagers to his most innovative games, how the Norwegian indie scene influenced his work, and the differences between the US and French-speaking indie scenes.

Côme Martin collection

https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/collections/come-martin

Côme Martin on itch

https://comemartin.itch.io/

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Produced by Iko

Editing Laura Elle

Music Avery Isles

David Blandy is the designer of the post apocalyptic weird hope game Eco MOFOS!!

The game is powered by the Into the odd/Cairn engine. Fast rules and character creation. Fantastic art by Daniel Locke. In this episode we talk about David's journey as a creator, and how his work as an artist informs game design. We also discuss Weirdhope, a unique genre of his own creation that teaches us that we can find joy and meaning, even in a strange and at times harsh world.

ECO MOFOS!! collection

https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/collections/eco-mofos

David Blandy on itch

https://davidblandy.itch.io/

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Music Avery Isles

The Parthenogenis of Hungry Hollow is an adventure module and campaing setting for the Mmodern horror tabletop RPG Liminal Horror. In this espisode with returning guest designer Goblin Archives we talk about bees, flesh, a weird baby shower, and an American Pacific Nothwest town being corrupted by an owerwhelmind deity and cult.

The Parthenogenis of Hungry Hollow on Backerkit

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/space-penguin-ink/the-parthenogenesis-of-hungry-hollow-for-liminal-horror

Get Liminal Horror

https://goblinarchives.itch.io/

More Liminal Horror modules

https://liminalhorrorlibrary.com/

First Goblin Archives interview on The Lost Bay podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/goblin-archives-liminal-horror/id1560319393?i=1000579058647

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Editing Laura Elle

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Yochai Gal is the designer of the forest fantasy RPG Cairn. Right now, Cairn second edition boxed set is live on Kickstarter. In this episode we talk about how Yochai grew the first edition of Cairn into this new expanded RPG marvel.

Cairn Kickstarter

⁠https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1557907976/cairn-2e-boxed-set

Yochai's first two appearances on The Lost Bay Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yochai-gal-cairn/id1560319393?i=1000514489599

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ttrpg-irl-community-copies-with-sean-patrick-cain/id1560319393?i=1000547197262

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Editing Laura Elle

Music Avery Isles

Intro ad music David Blandy

Chris Mc Dowall is the designer of the rules light flavor heavy trifecta of games Into the Odd, Electric Bastionland and Mythic Bastionland. In this episode we talk about Chris' latest game Mythic Bastionland, its sources of inspiration, design process, and the spirit behind its ruleset.

Bastionland blog & Patreon

https://www.bastionland.com/

https://www.patreon.com/bastionland

Mythic Bastionland preorders

https://mythicbastionland.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

The Lost Bay - suburban gothic RPG on Kickstarter

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Produced by Iko

Editing Laura Elle

Music Avery Isles

Intro ad music David Blandy

Samantha Leigh is a multi-faceted tabletop RPG creator and has released some of the coolest solo games of the indie scene. She’s been recently kickstarting Outliers, an award-winning game inspired by her own experience as a lab researcher. In this episode we’ll talk about her sources of inspiration, editing secrets, and future projects.

Outliers

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marx-of-high-water/far-horizons-coop-presents-outliers

Samantha Leigh

https://twitter.com/GoblinMixtape

https://samleigh.carrd.co/

https://www.tiktok.com/@goblinmixtape

The Lost Bay - suburban gothic RPG on Kickstarter

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Produced by Iko

Editing Laura Elle

Music Avery Isles

Intro ad music David Blandy

Watt is the designer behind the Nausicaa inspired ecological space fantasy game Cloud Empress. After a successful launch in 2023 Cloud Empress returns to Kickstarter in 2024 with two new books/settings.

In this episode we talk everything shop, from writing and layout strategies to game mechanics and their impact on the players and the gaming experience.

Back Cloud Empress, Life and Death

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/watt/cloud-empress-life-and-death

https://cloudempress.com/about/

The Lost Bay - suburban gothic RPG on Kickstarter

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Produced by Iko

Editing Laura Elle

Music Avery Isles

Intro ad music David Blandy

Evangeline Gallagher is an illustrator with a taste for dark fantasy and horror. Their art is inspired by 80s and 90s media. Evangeline is one of the most productive and striking artists of the TTRPG scene and beyond. In this episode, we talk about their sources of inspiration, their practice, a mental directory of faces, and why red is their favorite color.

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Evangeline's store

https://www.evangelinegallagher.com/

The Lost Bay - suburban gothic RPG on Kickstarter

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Produced by Iko

Editing Laura Elle

Music Avery Isles

watt is the designer of Cloud Empress, an ecological science fantasy tabletop RPG inspired by works like Nausicaa in the Valley of the Wind, Dune, Full Metal Alchemist. Cloud Empress is both a hack and a campaign setting for the Sci-Fi horror TTRPG Mothership. The game has a striking universe both harsh and tender. In this episode we talk about the genesis and the design choices behind a game that is expected to be one of the most notable releases of 2023.

Cloud Empress Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hotstuffonshoreleave/cloud-empress-ecological-science-fantasy-roleplaying

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Episode produced and edited by Iko

Additional editing by J. Stautman

Music Avery Isles

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Mörk Borg is a Swedish tabletop role-playing game by Pelle Nilsson & Johan Nohr with a strong pitch-black apocalyptic fantasy vibe. The fantasy setting features a dying world, where all is dark and gloomy, even the characters you play. The book itself has a unique visual style, wild and colorful reminiscent of the 80s Punk-Rock zine scene and of Doom Metal music.

In this interview we talk about the creative strategies of the two designers, the Swedish alternative to Dungeons and Dragons, Nostradamus Prophecies, historical vampires, an incredible set of Character Generators, font sourcing and how to succeed at creating a masterful visual style.

Want to play Mörk Borg and don’t know where to start? We’ve put together the  Wicked Wanderers Winter Bundle for you, all you need to play Mörk Borg for months https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/products/wicked-wanderers-winter-bundle

Dive into the Mörk Borg universe here https://morkborg.com/

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The FEAR BUNDLE https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/products/fear-bundle

The Lost Bay Studio publishes tabletop role-playing zines, sparks community initiatives, and hosts your favorite TTRPG podcast. Don’t miss a thing: subscribe to our newsletter https://thelostbaystudio.substack.com/p/the-dispatch

Home of The Lost Bay https://thelostbaystudio.com/

Get in touch with me, Iko, on https://twitter.com/thelostbay

Episode produced by Iko

Editing Supervisor Laura Elle

Music Avery Isles

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