BJK Games Podcast

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Let's talk about D&D, Daggerheart, Dragonbane, and other TTRPGs like Pathfinder or Starfinder! bjkeeton.substack.com

Episodes

  1. Gen Con 2025 Interview with Thurston Hillman from Paizo

    08/15/2025

    Gen Con 2025 Interview with Thurston Hillman from Paizo

    In this conversation, Thurston Hillman, the associate publisher at Paizo, discusses his journey in the gaming industry, the evolution of Starfinder and Pathfinder, and the challenges of game mechanics and compatibility. He shares insights on upcoming adventure paths like Guilt of the Graveworld, organized play, and the exciting developments in 3D printing and miniatures with Titan-Forge that are coming soon. It was a lot of fun to get to have all these conversations at Gen Con this year, and I hope you enjoy getting to listen to them just as much. Thanks for reading BJK Games! This post is public so feel free to share it. BJK Games is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to BJK Games at bjkeeton.substack.com/subscribe

    21 min
  2. Gen Con 2025 Interview with Thurston Hillman of Paizo

    08/15/2025

    Gen Con 2025 Interview with Thurston Hillman of Paizo

    Summary In this conversation, Thurston Hillman, the associate publisher at Paizo, discusses his journey in the gaming industry, the evolution of Starfinder and Pathfinder, and the challenges of game mechanics and compatibility. He shares insights on upcoming adventure paths like Guilt of the Graveworld, organized play, and the exciting developments in 3D printing and miniatures with Titan-Forge that are coming soon. Get full access to BJK Games at bjkeeton.substack.com/subscribe

    21 min
  3. Gen Con 2025 Interview with Paizo's Jenny Jarzabski about Starfinder Second Edition!

    08/12/2025

    Gen Con 2025 Interview with Paizo's Jenny Jarzabski about Starfinder Second Edition!

    Jenny was gracious enough to spend a few minutes talking with me about Starfinder 2e and what she does around Paizo. It was so much fun. We discuss all sorts of things from the power differential between Pathfinder 2e characters and SF2e—which is a big deal now that the two systems are backward compatible! She even gives me some advice on what might become errata based on one of my own players using the Witchwarper’s quantum field to scout out areas they can’t see. RAW it works, but not RAI, apparently. Should only be in Line of Sight, which…goes into effect at our table tomorrow night. Booya. There shall be secrets again! But in all seriousness, so much cool stuff was talked about, like what one of the most surprising things that came out of playtesting was, the upcoming Guilt of the Graveworld adventure path, and whether or not we should continue playing the playtest adventure paths like Empires Devoured now that the full version is out. Thanks a bunch and enjoy! Get full access to BJK Games at bjkeeton.substack.com/subscribe

    18 min
  4. Gen Con 2025 Interview with Starfinder's Jenny Jarzabski from Paizo!

    08/11/2025

    Gen Con 2025 Interview with Starfinder's Jenny Jarzabski from Paizo!

    Jenny was gracious enough to spend a few minutes talking with me about Starfinder 2e and what she does around Paizo. It was so much fun. We discuss all sorts of things from the power differential between Pathfinder 2e characters and SF2e—which is a big deal now that the two systems are backward compatible! She even gives me some advice on what might become errata based on one of my own players using the Witchwarper’s quantum field to scout out areas they can’t see. RAW it works, but not RAI, apparently. Should only be in Line of Sight, which…goes into effect at our table tomorrow night. Booya. There shall be secrets again! But in all seriousness, so much cool stuff was talked about, like what one of the most surprising things that came out of playtesting was, the upcoming Guilt of the Graveworld adventure path, and whether or not we should continue playing the playtest adventure paths like Empires Devoured now that the full version is out. Thanks a bunch and enjoy! Get full access to BJK Games at bjkeeton.substack.com/subscribe

    18 min
  5. Gen Con 2025 Interview with D&D Designers Makenzie De Armas and Justice Arman

    08/11/2025

    Gen Con 2025 Interview with D&D Designers Makenzie De Armas and Justice Arman

    Makenzie DMing one of the adventures from the upcoming Faerûn set for us. At Gen Con this year, I was able to sit down with two of the main designers for D&D, and we had a fantastic discussion about upcoming products and what it is like being a part of the nuts-and-bolts of making D&D products. I started out talking with Makenzie De Armas, and Justice Arman came in about halfway through. It was so much fun, and I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did having the conversation. Plus, Makenzie was awesome enough to DM a game for me and some other folks, which was a true delight. I was going to get to play in one DM’d by Justice, too, but I had a scheduling conflict with another interview (Jenny Jarzabski from Paizo, which is coming and you can listen to soon!) Check out the pictures of the cool room we got to play in, though. It was definitely a highlight of Gen Con this year. Let me know what you think! Cool dragon head on the wall in the D&D room we played in. A view of the whole room as we were getting set up to play! Get full access to BJK Games at bjkeeton.substack.com/subscribe

    24 min

  6. 08/08/2025

    Gen Con 2025 Interview with D&D Designers Makenzie De Armas and Justice Arman

    At Gen Con this year, I was able to sit down with two of the main designers for D&D, and we had a fantastic discussion about upcoming products and what it is like being a part of the nuts-and-bolts of making D&D products. I started out talking with Makenzie De Armas, and Justice Arman came in about halfway through. It was so much fun, and I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did having the conversation. Plus, Makenzie was awesome enough to DM a game for me and some other folks, which was a true delight. I was going to get to play in one DM’d by Justice, too, but I had a scheduling conflict with another interview (Jenny Jarzabski from Paizo, which is coming and you can listen to soon!) Check out the pictures of the cool room we got to play in, though. It was definitely a highlight of Gen Con this year. Let me know what you think! BJK Games is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to BJK Games at bjkeeton.substack.com/subscribe

    24 min
  7. Tomas Härenstam of Free League Publishing (Gen Con 2024 Interview)

    08/09/2024

    Tomas Härenstam of Free League Publishing (Gen Con 2024 Interview)

    I was able to snag half an hour of Tomas Härenstam's time at Gen Con this year to talk about Dragonbane and some of the other cool games that Free League Publishing creates. It was a delightful conversation, even if I was a couple minutes late and flustered because of trying to navigate the sea of thousands of people flooding into the exhibit hall at the same time I was. (I originally went to the Free League conference room instead of the booth in the exhibit hall, so I had to literally run and shove my way through the throng to not miss my scheduled slot.) Things worked out, and Tomas was a real delight to talk to and nerd out about Dragonbane with. Some of the highlights include: 1. They haven't ruled out English translations for the Dragonbane novels, but it's not their call because they're published by someone else. 2. Regarding the potential of their being Swedish-only offical Dragonbane content from Free League, he said, "We really, really want to do everything in both languages." That's a great thing for us English speakers without having to worry about missing content. It was also good to hear because we're already not able to get some of the cool third-party Kickstarters because they aren't able to do translations (yet). 3. The TTRPG Vaesen was actually based on Johan Egerkrans's art, not the other way around. The game was made to go along with his wonderful images, and I had no idea. No wonder they go together so well! 4. Free League does have a full world for Dragonbane created, but they're trickling it out slowly instead of creating a worldbook. But he did say that it's a possibility in the future, so I'm crossing my fingers because I just adore worldbooks. 5. And maybe my favorite thing: there are going to be ready-made Dragonbane miniatures probably coming out soon(ish) instead of just the STLs we can download from MyMiniFactory. He says that not everyone has a 3D printer, and those people need access to the amazing designs of Titan Forge, too. (If you don't already know, I'm a crazy minis person. Just love love love 'em.) There is SO MUCH more in the interview, talking about Free League's creation, the long-time discussions about acquiring the Dragonbane/Drakar och Demoner rights from Riot Minds since 2012, and that Mallards are contentious to some because some people don't want talking ducks in their grimdark fantasy. (To those people, I say pffffffffffffft.) Anyway, give it a listen, and go pick up your copy of Dragonbane if you haven't. It's my favorite RPG and my primary focus of content creation for a reason. If you aren't familiar with Dragonbane, be sure to read my glowing review on the BJK Games Substack. Featured image courtesy of Free League Publishing. Get full access to BJK Games at bjkeeton.substack.com/subscribe

    28 min
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Let's talk about D&D, Daggerheart, Dragonbane, and other TTRPGs like Pathfinder or Starfinder! bjkeeton.substack.com

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    BJ Keeton
  • Episodes
    7
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