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Nick LS Whelan has somehow gone unpunished for his litany of book crimes. His works include such unwholesome publications as Sanctimonious Slimes Versus Expired Epicures, Miscreated Creatures, and Deadly Dungeons. This rampage of mangled word wrangling will never stop until someone has the courage to take away his keyboard. When not doing words badly, he can usually be found washing dishes, advocating for weeds, building unnavigable websites, or failing to understand jokes. Most of his work can be found on PapersPencils.com.
I have been following Nick's work for a long while and I've learned a lot from him. His site Papers and Pencils has so many essential articles and has had a huge influence on my game design. I can honestly say the magic systems I create wouldn't be the same if where not for the "Magic Words" articles he wrote. And one of my favorite podcasts of all time was created by Nick himself: Blogs on Tape. And it's exactly what the title says. The podcast was simply the best RPG blog posts out there read aloud for you! Excellent!
In this chat we talked a lot about all of this, his journey through the RPG sphere, how we were like passing ships in the night the RPG spaces, weird games he played, and a lot more.
We also got deep and personal, talking about childhood, mental health, creative process, what is weird for him, how he always felt like the odd one out, how he sometimes prefer not to look too much into who made the pieces of art he appreciates, how he has issues with authority, how unique RPGs are intrinsically, and so much more.
Listen up and get with with Nick LS Whelan!
Check out Nick's links!
https://www.paperspencils.com/
https://www.linkskywalker.com/
https://www.killjester.com/
Thank you for listening!
Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help!
https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp
You can also support me buy buying one of my games!
Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!
Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs
Stuff mentioned in the Episode:
Kill Jester: https://www.killjester.com/
Magic Words: https://www.paperspencils.com/category/my-projects/magic-words/
Gus L Blog: https://alldeadgenerations.blogspot.com/
Tony runs Plus One Exp, a weird brand that multiclasses in tabletop game design, beard & skincare alchemy & the bardic college of content creation. Our passion at Plus One Exp is help create more sustainable pathways to publication and play.
I cannot say enough good things about Tony. He and his channel has been a force for good in the Indie TTRPG community, helping bring awareness to the work of a lot of creators from all over the world, and not only that. Now Plus One Exp is creating opportunities for Indie RPG designers to put their work in front of many people with their RPG Zine Club!
We obviously talked about all that, his journey in the TTRPG space, how he can wear almost any hat in the production of a game, how his work experience and journey through other spaces helped him bring a new look and way to do things in our hobby, and a lot more.
We talk about fatherhood, mental health, religion, spirituality, people we admire, weird games we play, and a lot more. Tony doesn't hold back and is very open, which is lovely for everyone!
So listen up! Let's get weird with Tony Vasinda!
Check out Tony's links!
RPG Zine Club: RPGZine.Club
Live BeneathL TTRPG.link/LiveBeneath
Plus One Exp: PlusOneExp.com
@plusoneexp on anywhere.
Thank you for listening!
Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help!
https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp
You can also support me buy buying one of my games!
Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!
Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs
Stuff mentioned in the Episode:
Johnny Isorena: https://johnnyisorena.com/work
Down We Go: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/438881/Down-We-Go-Infinite
Magpie Games: https://magpiegames.com/
MiB (Steve Jackson Games): https://www.sjgames.com/mib/
Icarus: https://www.huntersentertainment.com/icarus
Dialect: https://thornygames.com/pages/dialect
Vincent Van Gogh: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh
I, Toaster: https://plusoneexp.itch.io/toaster
Steal Like an Artist: https://austinkleon.com/steal/
Will Wright: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Wright_(game_designer)
DCC 100: https://goodman-games.com/store/product/dungeon-crawl-classics-100-the-music-of-the-spheres-is-chaos-print-pdf/
Duck Borg: https://gemroomgames.itch.io/dukkborg
Bluebeard's Bride: https://magpiegames.com/pages/bluebeards-bride
Adam Vass (World Champ Game Co): https://www.worldchamp.io/
Into the Megadungeon: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-laurence
Kyle Latino: https://www.kylelatino.com/
Will Munn is the award-nominated and bestselling creator of Arium, the worldbuilding RPG. He runs the Adept Icarus game design studio and has collaborated on RPGs such as Cold Shadows, Tiny Frontiers, and Zorro, the Roleplaying Game. Willalso serves as a publisher for multiple award-winning and bestselling game designers. All four continental US timezones have been his home, and he'd like to add to the list.
I met Will Munn through our mutual friend and kind of mutual mentor, Alan Bahr, from Gallant Knight Games. And I immediately saw how Will is a focused and very creative person. I had the great opportunity to work with him on Arium, collaborating with a few random tables, and I am so grateful for that.
On this chat we talked about many things, including how is it being a father of 4, how he has this unique way of working collaboratively with his team, how RPGs are all about exploring the weird in a safe way, how life is always changing and how sometimes we just have to wait to see where it takes us (and often it's to a batter place).
We talk about games too of course, especially Arium and Cyan Starlight, a new project he is developing with Alan Bahr, which touches on very emotional and unique themes.
We had a great chat. We go deep, and we get personal. I hope you enjoy it.
Let's get weird with Will Munn.
Check out Will Munn's links!
https://linktr.ee/adepticarus
Thank you for listening!
Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help!
https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp
You can also support me buy buying one of my games!
Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!
Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs
Stuff mentioned in the Episode:
Zorro RPG: https://www.gallantknightgames.com/zorro/
Cold Shadows: https://www.gallantknightgames.com/cold-shadows/
Tiny Frontier: https://www.gallantknightgames.com/tiny-frontiers/
Notion (app): https://www.notion.so/
Water Music: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Music
Gallant Knight Games: https://www.gallantknightgames.com/
Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jiangshi/jiangshi-blood-in-the-banquet-hall
Haunting of Hill House: https://www.netflix.com/title/80189221
Cezar Capacle is a Brazilian Game Designer, author of the PUSH SRD, Midnight Melodies, Oneironaut, and so so many more. Cezar is a Game Artist, always exploring new ideas, new frontiers and showing us what RPGs can do. He has released more than 20 games, ranging from games you play while you're asleep to tender games about saying goodbye, to tower defense games in which you're a cow defending your farm from a zombie attack.
I am always impressed by how prolific, creative and well made Cezar's games are. And the range of themes, mechanics, and experiences these games provide are incredibly impressive. Cezar navigates all styles of play, from classic adventure games, to story focused ones, and even abstract or tactical games.
On this episode we talked mainly about two of his games: Midnight Melodies and Oneironaut.
Midnight Melodies is a solo RPG in which you play as a jazz pianist who discovers they're immune to the touch of the Grim Reaper. Instead of claiming your life, the Reaper recruits you for the Department of Unauthorized Deaths. Each night, after your performance at the club, you find a scrap of paper in your tip jar - the name of someone taken without consent. You must unravel the mystery of these unauthorized deaths, using your newfound supernatural talents, and perform an eerie harmony to report your findings to the Reaper before sunrise.
Oneironaut is a solo role-playing game in which you take on the role of an Ahiag̃ soldier in a fight against Yurupari for control over the dream world. Visit fantastic places and shape the world as you wish. Using lucid dreaming techniques, this game allows you to develop the ability to control your dreams and fulfill Ahiag̃'s missions during your sleep. Embark on this dreamlike journey and discover things you never thought you would be able to do.
But we talked about a lot more than game and game design. We talked about being weird, accepting yourself, our creative processes, his journey as a game designer, minimalist life style, how criticism affect us.
We get personal talking about how the loss of a loved one made him reevaluate his life, his choices and led him to the place his is today. We talked about religion, Catholicism, Buddhism, stoicism, and A LOT MORE!
This is a juice episode and I really hope y'all enjoy it!
Let's get weird with Cezar Capacle!
Check out Cezar's work!
His link tree: https://bento.me/capacle
Games on itch: https://capacle.itch.io/
Cezar's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/capacle/about
Join his Newsletter: https://capacle.substack.com/
Thank you for listening!
Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help!
https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp
You can also support me buy buying one of my games!
Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!
Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs
Stuff mentioned in the Episode:
Madeira Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira
Midnight Melodies: https://capacle.itch.io/midnight-melodies
Oneironaut: https://capacle.itch.io/oneironaut
Neil Gaiman: https://www.neilgaiman.com/
Neverwhere: https://www.neilgaiman.com/works/Books/Neverwhere/
Soul: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2948372/
Hunger Games: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games
Trying not to Try: https://www.amazon.com/Trying-Not-Try-Ancient-Spontaneity/dp/077043763X/ref=pd_sbs_sccl_2_1/140-8255302-3108816
Being Aware of Being Aware: https://www.amazon.com/Being-Aware-Essence-Meditation/dp/1626259968/ref=sr_1_1
Alan Watts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts
Yeah, that is right! Hodag, the multidimensional illustrator and game designer returns to the show to flood us with his wisdom and ideas!
You can listen to the first time Hodag came to the show here: https://anchor.fm/wgnwp/episodes/17-Hodag-e2bt2v3
This episode is then, basically, a bonus episode, but not like other bonus episodes you can basically skip, this one is chock full of wisdom and insight from an accomplished and wise artist (and we just had a great time talking and exploring the themes we talked).
So with little to no preparation, this chat brought us talks about how he hates metric system, how was his experience with D&D, anime, what would be his favorite cartoons (we discussed our favorite pokemons), our relationship with superheroes RPGs and comics (and we praise Tiny Supers as a great option for super games).
The chat also goes into safety tools and their importance, sessions zero, world building, MDA framework (game design stuff), and so much more.
Let's get weird with Hodag Part II!
Check out Hodag's works!
https://hodagrpg.itch.io/
https://www.instagram.com/hodagrpg/
Thank you for listening!
Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help!
https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp
You can also support me buy buying one of my games!
Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!
Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs
Stuff mentioned in the Episode:
Record of Lodoss War: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Record_of_Lodoss_War
Star Wars RPG: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_(RPG)
Dragon Ball Z: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Z
Batman Beyond: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147746/
Batman The Animated Series: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103359/
Justice League Unlimited: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6025022/
Pokemon: https://www.pokemon.com/us
MDA Framework: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDA_framework
Masks: https://magpiegames.com/pages/masks
Tiny Supers: https://www.gallantknightgames.com/tiny-supers/
DC Adventures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Adventures
Mutants & Masterminds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutants_%26_Masterminds
Dungeon World: https://dungeon-world.com/
Apocalypse World: http://apocalypse-world.com/
D&D 3rd Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?filters=44833_0_0_0_0
D&D 4th Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/44/Wizards-of-the-Coast/subcategory/9730_9739/Dungeons--Dragons-4e
DC Comics: https://www.dc.com/
Xena - Warrior Princess: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112230/
G.I. JOE RPG: https://renegadegamestudios.com/game-worlds/g-i-joe/g-i-joe-roleplaying-game/
Mortal Kombat: https://www.mortalkombat.com/pt-br
Street Fighter: https://www.streetfighter.com/
momatoes is a Manila-based 2022 Diana Jones Emerging Designer awardee best known for her game ARC, one of Polygon's top indie RPGs of 2021. momatoes creates games that tackle a wide gamut of stories, from the apocalypse to hubris to capybara Capers. Her latest game, The Marvelous Children of Inang-Uri, was just released this November.
ARC - Doom Tabletop RPG impresses you from the time you glimpse its cover and its marvelous design and art. It feels unique, authentic and personal. The way the text, design and art talk to each other is almost unparalleled. And the game... wow! It makes you realize how much tabletop RPGs can do. And we can bring the experience to transcend the mental space and interact with the world around us and with the people we are playing. It is really magical.
But now momatoes comes with a new incredible game, a world building game of fantastical weird imagination, that you can also use as a setting preparation for your favorite game. And again, the book is beyond beautiful and well designed. And you know what else? 100% of the sales up to December 12th will go to Doctors Without Borders! Great game designer, great artists, great human!
But we talked about a lot more than gaming in this chat, as we touched on our love for cats, capybaras, how she always kinda felt weird, as few of her friends has this interest in 19th century Russian novels, how her background in engineering and her experiences helped her way of approaching game design.
We also talked about artists that inspires her work, how editorial and children's book illustrations could influence art in RPG books, the weirdest games she played, how she often can be aware she is dreaming but can' quite control it, how we are the happiest when we are connecting with our favorite people, and a lot more.
It was a delightful chat and made me feel lighter in the end somehow and I thank momatoes for this.
So listen up and get weird with us!
Check out momatoes' work!
momatoes.itch.io
momatoes.com
Thank you for listening!
Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help!
https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp
You can also support me buy buying one of my games!
Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!
Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs
Stuff mentioned in the Episode:
ARC - Doom Tabletop RPG: https://momatoes.com/arc-rpg/
The Marvelous Children of Inang-Ur: https://momatoes.itch.io/inang-uri
Victor Ngai (illustrator): https://victo-ngai.com/
Guilherme Gontijo: https://gontijolab.com/
Cezar Capacle: https://capacle.itch.io/
Blades In the Dark: https://evilhat.com/product/blades-in-the-dark/
The Nightmares Underneath: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/195355/The-Nightmares-Underneath
You Are Quarantined With Adam Driver And He Is Insisting On Reading You His New Script: https://sandypuggames.itch.io/adamdriverquarantined
Big Bad Con: https://www.bigbadcon.com/
Marcia B is a prolific TTRPG Blogger, a scholar of old-school style play, and an attentive Game Designer. Her blog has been a reference of RPG theory and analysis, and her game design work is full of insight and useful tools.
Fantastic Medieval Campaigns might be one of Marcia's most known creations. This games intends on taking the classic rules of the original fantasy game (OD&D) and present it in a way so that we can REALLY read what is written there and take our on conclusions from it. From its own page: "The goal of FMC, rather than to offer a new take on the original role-playing game, is to refresh our memories and problematize our preconceptions of a text (or even of a whole genre) that we have taken for granted. The rules are one-to-one with the original, even where there is confusion or falsehood. There is no benefit of a standard vocabulary. There is no one way of doing anything. There is only unadulterated fantasy. And a clean, modern layout that’s easier to navigate!"
Her work on her blog Traverse Fantasy has been the topic of discussion in many circles, including here in Brazil. Marcia does deep, and analyzes rules, styles of play, texts and social context of the games we love and arrive at surprising and insightful conclusions. She knows what she is talking about, and you can feel it.
In this chat we had the chance to talk about how we relate to RPGs both as our hobby and our focus of study and work (and how that can contrast with each other). How ambiguity of rules can inform gameplay in different ways, how RPGs "evolved" over time, the use of weird rules and how that makes the game unique.
We talk about other games we love, the creators and peers that inspire us, the two kinds of weird she see arounds, her experiences with the supernatural and the weird, one of her favorite place to visit (a UFO museum), and so much more.
We had a great chat, I learned a lot, and I hope you enjoy it too.
So let's get weird with Marcia B!
Check out Marcia's works!
https://traversefantasy.blogspot.com/
https://traversefantasy.itch.io/
Thank you for listening!
Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help!
https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp
You can also support me buy buying one of my games!
Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!
Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs
Stuff mentioned in the Episode:
Original D&D: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/28306/ODD-Dungeons--Dragons-Original-Edition-0e
Trophy RPG: https://trophyrpg.com/
International UFO Museum: https://www.roswellufomuseum.com/
Catfish Plantation (Haunted Restaurand): http://hauntedhouses.com/texas/catfish-plantation/
Paul Was not a Christian (Book): https://www.amazon.com.br/Paul-Was-Not-Christian-Misunderstood/dp/0061349917
The Dropout (TV Series): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10166622/
Barry (TV Series): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5348176/
Kelsey Dionne is a new and old-school TTRPG designer who founded The Arcane Library in 2017. Her modernized take on OSR gaming, Shadowdark RPG, funded for $1.3 million on Kickstarter in March 2023.
I couldn't believe when I saw Kelsey at Gen Con, just walking through the Exhibitor's Hall like the rest of us mortals! And when I talked to her she knew who I was and about my work. She is incredible, really. One of the kindest people I've meet, and even though she is now a Dark Lady of the hobby, she keeps doing good!
Since the meteor that was Shadowdark hit me earlier this year with its slick rules, real time mechanics, cool AF art (including art from the incredible Brazilian artist, Yuri Perkowski Domingos), tons of tables to help you keep the game going, I have been learning more and more about Kelsey's work, following the development of the game, and its vibrant and welcoming community. I hope the Shadowdarkers out there know they have a treasure at their hands!
We obviously talked about Kelsey's masterpiece, its influences, the weirdest and coolest things in it, about her journey through games, how she explores different kind of games and learn from each of them, how she approaches her work, her routines, and so on.
But we talked about things beyond Shadowdark, of course. We talked about being weird, how it was then and how it is now. How her life completely changed this year after the Kickstarter. We talk about love, relationship and we even give relationship advice (we can, we are people too!).
We talk about music, art, artists, nightmares, horror, ghosts, aliens, spirituality, how atheists and theists have quite a lot in common, and a lot more. And after all that, almost 2 hours of great talk, we say good bye with the impression that only 45 minutes passed. I loved it!
Check out Kelsey's Links!
Arcane Library Website: https://www.thearcanelibrary.com
Thank you for listening!
Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help!
https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp
You can also support me buy buying one of my games!
Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!
Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs
Stuff mentioned in the Episode:
You Made It Weird: https://open.spotify.com/show/7bgRTVlU1rafqCEdXe71Jo
Bo Burnham - Inside: https://www.netflix.com/br-en/title/81289483
Hiroshi Nagai - Vaporwave: https://www.instagram.com/hiroshipenguinjoe/
Dread: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/83854/Dread
The Skeletons: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/177596/The-Skeletons
Tommy Tomlinson: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0866829/
Alien: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(film)
Bird Box: https://www.netflix.com/title/80196789
Richie Buzzkill is the producer behind the Full Metal RPG Podcast, which has been around for several years and touched almost every topic about TTRPG you could imagine and a little more. He is also, as he said himself, a Master Procrastinator, and someone who wanted to be an artist but was born with the soul of an engineer.
We have been following each other's work for a long while as we almost begin this journey in the Indie RPG space simultaneously. I met Richie through a mutual friend (Brandon, former host of the FMRPG podcast) and we quickly become friends as well. They had me over their show a few times, and through their work I learned a lot.
In this chat we had the chance to sit down, talk weird, get deep and figure some stuff out! We talked about him having hobby ADHD, about how he dabbles with many art outlets, how he found himself on audio engineering (which does sound like a perfect intersection of his interests), about his explorations with photography, and a lot more. This led us to talk about photography in RPGs, weirdest games we played, we even have weird game ideas while discussing the strange shows we have been watching.
We had a great chat, and I am always delighted into having a glimpse behind people's work and philosophy. I hope you enjoy it too.
So listen up, and let's get weird with Richie Buzzkill!
Check out Full Metal RPG: https://linktr.ee/fullmetalrpg
Thank you for listening!
Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help!
https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp
You can also support me buy buying one of my games!
Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!
Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs
Stuff mentioned in the Episode:
Vampire the Masquarade 5th Edition - https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/world-of-darkness/discover-world-of-darkness/vampire-the-masquerade
Wheel of Time - https://www.primevideo.com/detail/The-Wheel-of-Time/0U3073DE9J38JXZ5WLZW5O8MH3
Peripheral - https://www.amazon.com/Peripheral-William-Gibson/dp/0425276236
The Creator - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11858890/
Foundation - https://www.apple.com/br/tv-pr/originals/foundation/
For All Mankind - https://tv.apple.com/br/show/for-all-mankind/umc.cmc.6wsi780sz5tdbqcf11k76mkp7
Severance - https://tv.apple.com/us/show/severance/umc.cmc.1srk2goyh2q2zdxcx605w8vtx
Ten Candles - https://cavalrygames.com/ten-candles
PULSE - https://encho.com.br/studio/pulse/
GURPS Cyberpunk - https://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/Cyberpunk/
Fall of the House of Usher - https://www.netflix.com/title/81414665
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