Yes Indie'd Pod

Thomas M
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Yes Indie'd Pod

Do I like game design? Yes, indie'd! A podcast of bitesize interviews with indie tabletop roleplaying game creators about their work and game design theory & practice. Releases every two weeks.

  1. 12/23/2024 · BONUS

    2024 Wrapped: Guests Recommend Games!

    Bonus episode, where guests from across the year chime in with games they've played that they loved and want to talk about. Games mentioned: Hannah Shaeffer recommends The Beast Evan Rowland recommends Usagi Yojimbo Quinns recommends World Wide Wrestling Aaron King recommends Saga of the Icelanders Max Lander recommends Blood Feud Graham Walmsley recommends Lumberjills Sidney Icarus recommends Bump in the Dark jay dragon recommends Last Train to Bremen Tom McGrenery recommends Wolves Upon the Coast Mint recommends Bones Deep, Moth-light and Spectaculars Aaron Voigt recommends Subway Runners Huffa recommends here there be monsters and many other games B Marsollier recommends Anamnesis J Strautman recommends Rom Com Drama Bomb MV Soumithri recommends Stonetop Zoheb Mashiur recommends After the Mind, the World Again Marsh Davies recommends No-tell Motel Jim Rossignol recommends Agon

    41 min

  2. 12/09/2024

    2024 in Review (feat. Quinns)

    You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! On this episode, I’m joined by Quinns from Quinns Quest as we look back on the last year together.  Show Notes: Rascal News Indie RPG Newsletter Quinns mentioned Mythic Bastionland, Good Society, Public Access, The Siltverses, Blood Borg Thomas mentioned Hearts of Wulin and its expansion, Numberless Secrets Also: Draw Steel, Yazeba’s Bed and Breakfast, Triangle Agency Jubensha video on People Make Games Street Fighter RPG from White Wolf Mothership Month Stream where Matt Colville talks about sending Quinns’ Draw Steel Cain and the week that was all Tom Bloom Reach out at thomas by writing to notrueindian at outlook.com

    1h 5m
  3. Horror, Comedy, Class War in TEETH (w/ Marsh Davies and Jim Rossignol)

    11/30/2024

    Horror, Comedy, Class War in TEETH (w/ Marsh Davies and Jim Rossignol)

    On this episode, I talk to Marsh Davies and Jim Rossignol. Jim was the co-founder of videogaming website Rock Paper Shotgun, where he worked for many years. He's also the author of This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities. Now, he does things like write the Ludocrats with Kieron Gillen and develop indie games through his company, Big Robot. Marsh is a writer and illustrator who has written about video games at RPS and PCGamer and was former head of creative writing at Minecraft developer Mojang. He's also part of the Crate & Crowbar, a weekly PC gaming podcast, that has more than 400 episodes and we can all agree might be too many. Their itch page: https://teethrpg.itch.io/ You can support this show on Patreon⁠!

    1h 4m

  4. 11/15/2024

    Zombies, Doors, and Objective Immersion (w/ Elliot Davis)

    On this episode, I speak to Elliot Davis, an artist, podcaster and, game designer. He's one of the co-founders of Many Sided Media, a podcast production company behind shows like My First Dungeon, Bitcherton and Talk of the Table. His games include Rom Com Drama Bomb and solo timetravel game, Project Ecco. He's currently crowdfunding his latest game, The Time We Have, a tragic game about two brothers, one of whom is slowly but inevitably turning into a zombie. Show Notes: 03:09 - The Time We Have: brothers, using a door as immersion, and other design tweaks 18:00 - Becoming a full-time games person 37:40 - Infectious Enthusiasm: They Came To Play Ball by Adira Slattery 38:50 - Tyranny of Numbers 40:53 - RePlay 43:22 - All Advice is Advice For Myself You can support this show on Patreon!

    47 min

  5. 11/01/2024

    Orientalism and Fanfiction (w/ MV Soumithri & Zoheb Mashiur)

    ⁠You can support this podcast on patreon! On this episode, I talk to MV Soumithri and Zoheb Mashiur who are cast members of Desperate Attune, a Blades in the Dark actual play set in Uduasha, a Middle Eastern/South Asian inspired alternative to Duskwall. They've now released a free supplement called Sunmirror, which brings a re-imagined city of gods and magic to the table.

    1h 11m

  6. 10/15/2024

    Tarot-fuelled Queer Hijinks (w/ J Strautman & B Marsollier)

    You can support this podcast on patreon! On this episode, we talk to J Strautman and B Marsollier. J Strautman is a bass player, composer, sound designer, game designer, and podcaster. B Marsollier is an illustrator, voice over artist, game designer, podcaster and former antique rug salesperson. They are the co-DMs of the D&D actual play podcast, Planet Arcana. The podcast is fully sound designed and scored with original music by J. Last year, 2023, Planet Arcana received 9 nominations at the New Jersey and Minnesota Webfests, winning 3 awards, 2 for “Best D&D Actual Play” and 1 for “Best GM”. They're about to launch their crowdfunding campaign for their newest game, A Fool's Errand, a tarot-based game of being fools, dealing with gods, becoming who you are, and saving the world from a second Big Oops. Show notes: 03:24 - Introduction to the game and its podcast roots 10:55 - Using tarot to build a meddling pantheon 18:57 - Making a fool in Fool's Errand 35: 14 - The setting of the game and the campaign 40:01 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Anamnesis, Rom Com Drama Bomb 42:28 - Tyranny of Numbers 49:58 - RePlay 52:21 - All Advice is Advice for Myself

    59 min

  7. 09/30/2024

    The Allure of Older Games (w/ Ara Winter)

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠Support this show!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ On this episode, I talk to Ara Winter, who has spent the last few years playing old and out of print tabletop games. What did he learn from this? Let's find out! Show Notes: 05:03 - Ara's antique gaming 19:14 - Discussing Bifrost (1977) 33:55 - Discussing Shadowrun 2nd Edition (1992) 48:58 - Infectious Enthusiasm: ⁠Fantasy Medieval Campaigns 50:14 - Tyranny of Numbers 52:08 - RePlay 54:18 - All advice is advice for myself ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Indie RPG Newsletter

    1 hr

  8. 09/17/2024

    Novels with Games (w/ Aaron Voigt)

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠Support this show!⁠⁠⁠⁠ Aaron Voigt is a writer, game designer, podcaster and critic. You can find his video essays about tabletop games like They Took Our War, Heart, & Spire on his YouTube channel AA Voigt. He has two podcasts: one discussing Christian media called Bible Boys and one discussing sometimes-bad media called Mortified: The Friendship Quest. He's a first reader for Khoreo Magazine, an ignyte winning and Hugo nominated magazine for speculative fiction from immigrant and disapora authors. Today we'll be talking about his game Detente for the Ravenous which is based on a to-be self-published fantasy novel of the same name. You can check out the game and the novel here Show Notes: 02:27 - All about the novel 12:27 - Adapting the novel into a game 16:29 - Digression into history of Christianity in India 20:00 - Religious and monstrous themes in the novel 28:34 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Subway Runners 29:56 - Tyranny of Numbers 31:44 - RePlay 33:02 - All advice is advice for myself ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Indie RPG Newsletter

    38 min
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Do I like game design? Yes, indie'd! A podcast of bitesize interviews with indie tabletop roleplaying game creators about their work and game design theory & practice. Releases every two weeks.

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  • Creator
    Thomas M
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    160
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Thomas M
  • Show Website
    Yes Indie'd Pod

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