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The Lost Bay Podcast Iko
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A show about and with indie tabletop role-playing creators and artists, their sources of inspiration, creative processes, and business strategies.
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Yochai Gal, designer of Cairn 2e Boxed Set
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
The Lost Bay - suburban gothic RPG preorder page
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Produced by Iko
Editing Laura Elle
Music Avery Isles
Intro ad music David Blandy -
Chris McDowall, designer of Mythic Bastionland
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
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelostbay/the-lost-bay-suburban-dark-fantasy-rpg
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Produced by Iko
Editing Laura Elle
Music Avery Isles
Intro ad music David Blandy -
Samantha Leigh, designer of Outliers
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
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelostbay/the-lost-bay-suburban-dark-fantasy-rpg
Follow the The Lost Bay Podcast
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Produced by Iko
Editing Laura Elle
Music Avery Isles
Intro ad music David Blandy -
Watt, designer of Cloud Empress, Life and Death
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
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelostbay/the-lost-bay-suburban-dark-fantasy-rpg
Follow the The Lost Bay Podcast
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Produced by Iko
Editing Laura Elle
Music Avery Isles
Intro ad music David Blandy -
Evangeline Gallagher, dark fantasy illustrator
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.
Follow Evangeline Gallagher
https://www.instagram.com/evangelinegallagher/
https://twitter.com/egallagher_art
https://bsky.app/profile/egallagher.bsky.social
Evangeline's store
https://www.evangelinegallagher.com/
The Lost Bay - suburban gothic RPG on Kickstarter
http://thelostbayrpg.com/
Follow the The Lost Bay Podcast
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Editing Laura Elle
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watt - Cloud Empress
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
https://www.patreon.com/thelostbay
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Customer Reviews
An amazing window into the indie RPG scene
Iko’s The Lost Bay is a delightful and informative window into the bespoke and indie RPG scene. Each episode tells a story through the perspective of one or more creators, publishers, or enthusiasts. The content is enlightening, the editing is absolutely professional-grade, and the host wonderful. I’m not a person who listens to podcasts often, but I look forward to each new episode of The Lost Bay.
Best RPG podcast hands down
It's as simple as the title, The Lost Bay is the best RPG podcast I've heard. Iko gets great interviews with interesting people and edits them together in a way that draws you in to an intimate conversation. The Lost Bay Podcast is a delight and I highly encourage you to give it a listen and then pop over to the patreon.
I can't wait to see where Iko takes the podcast next!
I adore this podcast
This is my favorite ttrpg podcast interviewing indie ttrpg creators. IKO is a great story teller. The editing and music for the podcast are amazing: the interviews are tight and interesting without any of the rambling chit-chat that so many podcasts have. It’s like an injection of insight into the creative process and projects. I’ve found out about a lot of neat stuff through this podcast!