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Join me in the exploration of why we love table top games through long form interviews with game designers and industry influencers.

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Join me in the exploration of why we love table top games through long form interviews with game designers and industry influencers.

Learn more at DiekuGames.com

    Marginal Worlds Game Pitch

    Marginal Worlds Game Pitch

    I was joined by Zoe Franznick who is kickstarting a new magic item deck called Marginal Worlds along with co-creator Mac Boyle, both bringing their expertise in Medieval Studies to bear on the project. I think it's a good fit for games like Knave, OSE, Cairn, and Dolmenwood!

    Marginal Worlds is a magic Item Deck is a deck of 50 easy-to-play magic items pulled directly from medieval manuscripts that you can play in any TTRPG. The deck features 50 playable, hand-illustrated magic items and a Game Master’s Guide to match. Each item is a real-life artifact or magic item found in a medieval manuscript. Plus, Marginal Worlds magic items are D&D 5e-compatible AND system-agnostic - you can use the deck in any TTRPG system, no fuss!

    The Deck and Guide are available in PDF and physical print copies, and includes:

    - 50 system-agnostic magic items with easy-to-play descriptions
    - Quick-play icons for features such as cursed items, sentience, or high-level play
    - Excerpts featuring each item in its original medieval manuscript
    - A detailed Game Master’s guide with additional descriptions and lore
    - Gorgeous, hand-illustrated manuscript art
    - Systematic, consistent, and easily adaptable game design
    - A complete D&D 5th edition appendix
    - 3 additional Optional Play appendices
    - A detailed glossary of our medieval sources
    Plus, all backers will receive their name in the credits!

    Learn more at:

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/themaniculumpodcast/marginal-worlds-magic-item-expansion-pack

    https://www.themaniculumpodcast.com

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    • 27 min
    Merry Mushmen Adventure Double Feature on Kickstarter

    Merry Mushmen Adventure Double Feature on Kickstarter

    I was joined by Joseph R. Lewis, author of Raiding the Obsidian Keep, as well as Liam Pádraig Ó Cuilleanáin, author of The Horrendous Hounds of Hendenburgh, whose best selling adventure modules are being dusted off by the team of the Merry Mushmen who are comprised of Eric Nieudan and Olivier Revenu.

    Kickstarter:
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/896102915/an-adventure-double-feature-by-the-merry-mushmen

    Published by the Merry Mushmen
    https://www.themerrymushmen.com

    Raiding the Obsidian Keep by Joseph R. Lewis
    https://www.josephrlewis.com
    with art by Li-An
    https://www.li-an.fr/

    The Horrendous Hounds of Hendenburgh by Liam Pádraig Ó Cuilleanáin
    https://twitter.com/budapestkick
    with art by Bruno Prosaiko
    https://twitter.com/BProsaiko

    #OSR #DnD #TTRPG

    https://www.youtube.com/@themerrymushmen6390


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    • 38 min
    Basic Fantasy OSR with Chris Gonnerman

    Basic Fantasy OSR with Chris Gonnerman

    I was joined by Chris Gonnerman, the creator of Basic Fantasy and Iron Falcon and one of the founders of the OSR. We discussed Chris' start in the hobby and the development of the amazing community around Basic Fantasy. We also covered Chris writing Iron Falcon, a throwback to the little brown books and Greyhawk.

    Basic Fantasy:
    https://www.basicfantasy.org
    http://www.facebook.com/bfrpg
    https://www.basicfantasy.org/forums
    https://discord.gg/5cra8aTRuh
    https://www.cafepress.com/basicfantasy
    https://www.amazon.com/stores/Chris-Gonnerman/author/B00HPBHWWG
    https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/basicfantasy

    Iron Falcon:
    https://www.ironfalconrpg.com/
    https://www.lulu.com/search?sortBy=RELEVANCE&page=1&q=iron+falcon&pageSize=10&adult_audience_rating=00

    Dragonsfoot Forum:
    https://www.dragonsfoot.org/


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    • 1 hr 5 min
    Archeterica - Game Pitch

    Archeterica - Game Pitch

    Archeterica is an pseudo Napoleonic TTRPG about secret societies and unearthly phenomena! This is a classless 2D6 system with a focus on dramatic character development and shadow organizations activities.

    In Archeterica you will be able to embody extremely versatile personalities as your heroes, participate in dangerous firefights with single-shot pistols on dynamic initiative, lose a limb and sanity, gain curses and diseases incognita, found a secret brotherhood, engage in ritualism, metasurgical experiments and much, much more!

    Game Features:

    - Narrative Attributes and Talents: make up your character with help of simple ideas
    - Dynamic and Lethal Fights: no time to hesitate, respond to danger swiftly.
    - Shadow Societies: start your own secret organization and rise above the Penumbra Theater.
    - Wounds, Physical and Mental: grow a collection of scars, injuries, delusions, and curses from the beyond.
    - Mysticism and the Occult: pursue enlightenment and tune in to your paranormal abilities.
    - Otherworldly Crafts: ritualistics, metamedicine, and metaengineering are unique mechanics for unique ambitions.
    - Historical Arsenal: a wide selection of 19th century weapons, including various kinds of pistols and muskets with realistic mechanics.
    - Specialized Experience Points: each character develops the skills they actually use; narrative attributes, combat skills, and psychic powers advance independently.

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theimagocult/archeterica-imago-the-invitation

    https://discord.com/invite/zVeuXAm8Ym

    https://imagocult.com



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    • 38 min
    The Lost Bay with Iko

    The Lost Bay with Iko

    I was joined by Iko who is the creative mind behind the Outer Rim Uprising and Skyrealms, and is currently kickstarting The Lost Bay - a suburban gothic tabletop RPG, setting and collection of adventures set in alternate 90s.

    Kickstarter:
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelostbay/the-lost-bay-suburban-dark-fantasy-rpg

    Website:
    https://www.thelostbaystudio.com

    Twitter:
    https://twitter.com/thelostbay

    Instagram:
    https://www.instagram.com/thelostbaystudio

    Facebook:
    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100023769553522



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    • 58 min
    Weird World - Game Pitch

    Weird World - Game Pitch

    Take the world's most famous fantasy RPG, combine it with Idiocracy, add a bit of Borderlands, and let it soak in a slag bin for 6,042 years in front of a TV playing Rick & Morty and Futurama on a loop… there you have WEIRD WORLD!

    WEIRD WORLD is a weird science-fantasy role-playing game with fast and easy-to-learn rules that combines retro-futurism and fantasy in a violent and humorous setting.

    Kickstarter:
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tinhatgames/weird-world-bizarre-punk-ttrpg

    Instagram
    https://www.instagram.com/TinHatGames

    Facebook:
    https://www.facebook.com/TinHatGames

    Twitter:
    https://twitter.com/TinHat_Games

    Website:
    https://www.tinhatgames.it

    YouTube:
    https://www.youtube.com/@TinHatGames


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    • 41 min

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