On this episode, we read and review VyrmHack from Feral Indie Studios, a small-scale fantasy wargame with role-playing elements of dungeons and decrepitude.

But first, we wrap up our ZineQuest 2024 coverage with a few projects that are carrying over into March.

On this episode, we sit down with Luke Gearing and David Hoskins to discuss their current crowdfunding project with Melsonian Arts Council, 𝗦𝗪𝗬𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦, a tabletop RPG of heists and intrigue through the foggy streets of The Smoke.

Find the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/melsonia/swyvers

On this episode, we start a new series: 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗖𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗸! This is going to be a monthly recurring episode with Jarrett Crader, and maybe some other guests, to talk about all sorts of things including new releases from SPI, publishing, editing, the indie ttrpg space as a whole, and pretty much anything else...except cats.

On this episode, we sit down with James Pianka of Empty Mountain (Nothing Can Die) to discuss their current ZineQuest project 𝗦𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦: 𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 & 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥, a worldbuilding zine for exploring sacred architecture and devotional practice in analog adventure games.

On this episode, Ryan sits down with returning guest Kayla Dice of Rat Wave Game House to discuss her current ZineQuest project with Molomoot on Crowdfundr, 𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦, a GMless tarot-based game all about relationships, understanding and personal history.

On this episode, we sit down with Spiros Drakatos to discuss their current ZineQuest project, NODUS ZINE 02, an expansion into the Fleisch District for the Dimday Red TTRPG, the mid-apocalyptic ttrpg set in a bleak, socially fragmented world.

On this episode, we sit down with Jim Hall of Brooklet Games to talk about their current ZineQuest project BEETLE KNIGHT, a bug-sized ttrpg where you play as arthropod Knights designated by the Iridescent Order as protectors of the realm of Litterfall!

On this episode, we sit down with Paweł Kicman of Heltung Storytelling to discuss their current project with Vault Crawler on Backerkit, HERETIC'S GUIDE TO DYING LANDS, a location generator for Mörk Borg that helps you generate an entire map filled with NPCs, plot hooks, enemies, loot, and more.

On this episode, we play BLISTER CRITTERS, a ttrpg of cartoon mutant animals in a post-human ecopocalyptic world having adventures like it's a radiation-blasted Saturday-morning show, from Tony Grasso of Odd Gob Games and Wythe Marschall of Stillfleet Studio. We're also joined by special guest player Logan Dean!

On this episode, Ryan sits down with ENnie Award-winning game designer Tyler Crumrine of Possible Worlds Games to discuss their current ZineQuest project, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗘, a ttrpg where players control a caravan of over 2000 people in search of a new home using a standard 28-tile set of dominos instead of dice. The Details of Our Escape is a collaboration between Tyler, two-time Eisner-nominated comics artist Linnea Sterte, and Windham-Campbell Prize winner in fiction Renee Gladman.