TLB Podcast #11 - Ava Islam - Errant

Ava Islam is the designer of Errant a med fan rpg she has successfully kickstarted during Zinequest 3 - The system totally rethinks and rebuilds the D&D game engine in a fascinating and innovative way. In this episode, we talk about power, race, game design, bets and wagers, Neapolitan pizza and much more. 

 You can listen to the podcast here:

Soon on Youtube with English Subs - in the meantime, you can hit the subscribe button on the channel and get notified as soon as the episode is live 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBcjgiUURodfLWy-cDqpK2Q

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You can preorder Errant here https://killjester.com/new-products

Or read Ava's blog here https://permacrandam.blogspot.com/

TLB Podcast #10 - Perplexing Ruins - Darkness Moves/Broken Luck

 

Perplexing Ruins is an illustrator and a writer. This episode might be a little different from the previous ones, maybe a little longer, and a little more intimate. Because Perplexing is a friend. He is one of the first members of our little indie RPG scene that I’ve met. 

In this heartfelt episode, we talk about ancient German castles, gouache paintings, witches, the Midwest, bigfoot and so much more.

You can listen to the podcast here:

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https://youtu.be/_iwacp-b_r4

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You can get in touch with Perplexing Ruins here https://twitter.com/PerplexingRuins

Games https://perplexingruins.itch.io/

Patreon https://www.patreon.com/perplexingruins/

Check also BROKEN LUCK a Troika! zine filled with Perplexing Ruins art. I've written the zine, it's about demigods, tarot cards, curses, beasts. We are taking it to Kickstarter to bring it to print, here

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelostbay/broken-luck

TLB Podcast #9 - Sam Leigh - Anamnesis

Anamnesis is a journaling RPG for one player designed by Sam Leigh. In the game, you wake up with no memory whatsoever of who and where you are, and through a series of beautifully designed questions, and with the help of a deck of tarot cards you recover bit by bit your memory.

In this episode, we talk about the Rider Waite Colman tarot deck, memory loss, solo gaming, walking downtown on a sunny day, and much more.

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On youtube with English Subs

https://youtu.be/wwxJjRRck5M

You can download Anamnesis on Sam's itch.io page https://samleigh.itch.io/anamnesis

Get in touch with Sam on Twitter https://twitter.com/GoblinMixtape

The 9 of Swords, designed by Pamela Colman-Smith

TLB Podcast #7 Ian Yusem - The Drain/Picket line tango/Moonbase blues

 

Ian Yusem is the designer of the Mothership rpg adventures Moonbase blues, Picket Line Tango, The Drain. Ian has also a great blog called Uncanny Spheres in which he writes with a lot of honesty about his experience as an indie rpg designer. There, he posts detailed postmortems of his games where he addresses the financial reality of being an indie TTRPG designer and he writes a lot about community. What does that mean to belong to a community of creators ? How does one even find their own community ?

In this episode we talk about finding solace through RPGs, Dissident Whispers a charity collective RPG book in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, making a living out of TTRPG design, Kickstarter, a utopic future for the indie RPG scene and much more.

You can listen to the podcast here:

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https://youtu.be/xW6VR1Xiqfc

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Get in touch with Ian here https://twitter.com/IanYusem

Download his games here https://ian-yusem.itch.io/

And read is awesome blog Uncanny Sphereshere https://uncannyspheres.blogspot.com/

TLB Podcast #6 Anna Blackwell - Delve/Rise/Umbra

Anna Blackwell is the designer of the solo RPG Delve, or rather the solo RPG series Delve, Rise and Umbra. 

Delve is a map-drawing game in which you run an underground dwarven hold. As you dig underground you encounter magic, treasures, evil forces. The game is played with dice and a standard card deck. It involves exploration, resource management, and drawing, and it's built to create a strong emergent narrative experience.

In this episode, we talk about the fear of the dark, caving, drawing, solo RPGs, emergent narrative and game design.

You can listen to the podcast here:

Or on youtube with English Subtitles. The subtitled episode will be ready by the end of the week. You can subscribe to the channel to get notified as soon as the episode is ready https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBcjgiUURodfLWy-cDqpK2Q

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For more info on caves, night, to read an Anna Blackwell Delve story, to watch a secret film for cool links get THE ZINE OF ZINES - ISSUE 1 it's free for you to download on itch

You can find Anna's games here:

https://blackwellwriter.itch.io/

or here:

https://www.blackwellwriter.com/

The Lost Bay Podcast - All episodes

The Lost Bay Podcast is show on and with indie tabletop RPG creators and what's behind their creative processes. You can listen to the podcast youtube with EN SUBS, on major podcasting apps (see links below), or here:

#9 Sam Leigh - Anamnesis

#8 Batts - My body is a cage

#7 Ian Yusem - The Drain/Picket line tango/Moonbase blues

#6 Anna Blackwell - Delve/Rise/Umbra

#5 Vi Huntsman - Collabs without permission

#4 Chris McDowall - Electric Bastionland

#3 Ben Milton - The Waking of Willowby Hall (and Knave, Maze rats)

#2 Leo Hunt - Vaults of Vaarn

#1 Yochai Gal - Cairn

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TLB Podcast #5 Vi Huntsman - Collabs without permission

 

Vi Huntsman runs a Crazy youtube channel called Collabs without permission. They do great video reviews of TTRPG zines. In March they shared a review of the game Mothership filmed at Bonneville Salt Flats. It’s a super brilliant review of the game, and it looks amazing, like a short Sci-Fi film.

Vi has been collecting zines for years. We did the interview via a conferencing app. And as we were recording, I could see behind Vi shelves literally filled with zines.

In this episode, we talk about Vi’s collection of Zines, a romanesque encounter with Malaysian designer Zedeck Siew, a Dada clown army, Kickstarter, Mixam, risograph printing, and a possible future of RPG zines.

You can listen to the episode here:

On Youtube, with English Subtitles

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For more info on Riso, Sci-Fi Zines, cool Zines and more check the ZINE OF ZINES on itch. It's free for you to download, well it's Pay What You Want, if you enjoy the podcast, consider buying it!

Vi's amazing Youtube channel is here, be sure to check it:

Collabs Without Permission

TLB Podcast #4 Chris - McDowall - Electric Bastionland

Chris McDowall is the creator of the RPGS Into the Odd and Electric Bastionland. Both games share a fascinating weird industrial early XXth century setting and have been extremely influential to the indie RPG scene for the way they handle game mechanics. As a matter of fact, if you’ve listened to previous episodes of this podcast you might have heard other designers mention Chris’ games a few times.

In this episode we talk about Fear, a strange fascination with the London Underground Railway, a rural English county nobody knows about, one hundred failed careers, miniature wargames, and Intergalactic Bastionland.

You can listen to the episode here: 

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https://youtu.be/eCZ-OjJlF_s

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Buy Electric Bastionland here:

https://bastionlandpress.com/

Or find Chris at his youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQO6EwDBUxOYRR6jcAtv_0A

On his blog

https://www.bastionland.com/

Alec Sorensen's early sketches for Electric Bastionland

TLB Podcast #3 - Ben Milton - The Waking of Willowby Hall

Ben Milton is behind the popular YouTube channel QUESTING BEASTwhere he does reviews and flip throughs of RPGs and OSR books and zines. Watching his reviews, I've been struck by the constant attention he has for the layout or the design choices of the books, and how these choices might affect the playing experience.

Ben is the author of MAZE RATS and KNAVE, two rules-light RPGs, that had a great influence on the OSR scene. Ben recently published the WAKING OF WILLOWBY HALL, a fairy-tale med fan adventure in a Haunted Manor.

In the episode, we talk about mathematician Edward Tufte, teaching Game Mastering to kids, an angry cloud giant, Ben's obsession with rules, and how a childhood book can affect game design choices.

You can listen to the episode here: 

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https://youtu.be/5UWDT-d9qRI

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Find Ben Milton's games here

https://questingbeast.itch.io

Sam Mameli's early sketches for The Waking of Willowby Hall

TLB Podcast #2 - Leo Hunt - Vaults of Vaarn

Leo Hunt is a multi-faceted creator. He wrote four novels, and in the last year, released two issues of VAULTS OF VAARN, a science-fantasy rpg. In this episode we talk about his inspirational sources, the differences between writing a novel and an rpg, game design, the American anthropologist David Graeber, and above all, about the colorful, fascinating world of Vaarn. Check below a few of Leo's original drawings.

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https://youtu.be/nFHS5IOdTew

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Vaults of Vaarn is available as a printed booklet from online stores, find the full list here

https://vaultsofvaarn.wordpress.com/zines/

Or in pdf:

https://graculusdroog.itch.io/vaults-of-vaarn

Be sure to check Leo's blog, where you can follow episodes of actual play, and be updated about the creation of Vaults of Vaarn

https://vaultsofvaarn.wordpress.com/

Leo vampire RPG project, Bloodheist

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/leohunt/bloodheist

Leo's research and drawings. Photos by Leo Hunt.

This is the original synopsis of the game.

TLB Podcast #1 - Yochai Gal - Cairn

The OSR / NSR scene is amazingly fertile and creative. It has a very active community, and I am always curious to discover new works, new worlds, and the artists that create them. The lost bay podcast comes from this curiosity. It's a show about indie tabletop role-playing game artists and designers, and what's behind their creative processes. New episodes are going to be released on a bi-monthly basis. 

The guest for this inaugural episode is Yochai Gal. In October 2020, Yochai Gal released CAIRN, a rules-lite fantasy roleplaying game. Cairn is, among other things, inspired by Yochai's love for the forests and forest-fantasy fiction. 

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On youtube, with subtitles:

https://youtu.be/P3iydT08EyE

And soon here

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Cairn is available as a printed booklet from online stores, find the full list here

https://cairnrpg.com/print.html

Or in pdf:

yochaigal.itch.io/cairn

Yochai's New School Revolution post

https://newschoolrevolution.com/2020/01/19/what-is-the-nsr-part-1

The forest next to Yochai's house. Photos by Yochai Gal.