Ship of the Dead Podcast Limithron

The Merry Mushmen take a stroll through what makes a good adventure. They chat about the greatest hits in the OSR and Luke's favorite parts of their work (Knock! magazine, writing styles that pop).

Limithron interviews all seven judges for the first-ever Pirate Borg community content Jam on Itch.io. He finds out what they are looking for as well as what makes for an excellent entry. Plus, the judges give some great tips on how to make compelling content to win over $3,000 in prizes.

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Yochai Gal, creator of Cairn 2e, talks about his active Kickstarter and "relaunch" of the game. They cover many topics like his inspiration, style of design, and success of the game.

Drew Gaska is best known known as a writer, creator, and world builder in the realms of science fiction and pop culture. Most notably crafting the Alien universe as the continuity consultant for Fox studios and head writer for the Alien RPG by Free League publishing. After doing several panels together at GameOn Expo, Luke finds out how Drew landed in this unique and awesome position, the business of licensing, favorite works and more.

Legends of Avantris team (Mikey and Richie Gilder) come aboard the ship of the dead to talk about the most successful 5e Kickstarter of all time (thus far) The Crooked Moon. What it's like to design a themy game, and the life cycle of being designers in the first place.

Luke gets the chance to talk to one of his biggest cartography inspirations - Mike Schley. Whos known best for his extensive work with Wizards of the coast. His maps are in the Dungeon Master's Guide, Curse of Strahd, Tomb of Annihilation, and Phandelver and Below: the shattered obelisk. They cover the inner workings of an arts mind, work flow, shading and where to gain inspiration. Also diving deep into Mike's history and upcoming works.