Comics, Clerics, & Controllers

Today I got a chance to talk with Cam Banks from Cortex RPG about their upcoming Tales of Xadia RPG set in the world of Netflix's Dragon Prince! We talk about what Cortex is all about, how the system works, and what it has been like working in the world of Dragon Prince! It is a great conversation, both as a Dragon Prince fan and as a game designer, so I highly recommend everyone coming to listen and learn from Cam!    As always, find us online at http://www.daylightpublications.com, follow us on Twitter, and make sure to keep an eye out for Comets & Cockpits coming April 15th!  Music: Wave from Adobe Stock (License 356509130)

Today we have Korso of @dnd_korso on the show to talk about his upcoming Kickstarter MeleeBall, a fantastical take on modern sports. We talk about his transition to Twitch and TikTok during quarantine, and how eventually he came to want to build this game taking very loose sportly rules and adding to the field of combat. Want to know more? Listen on to what Korso has been working on!  As always, find us online at http://www.daylightpublications.com, follow us on Twitter, and make sure to keep an eye out for Comets & Cockpits coming April 15th!  Music: Wave from Adobe Stock (License 356509130)

Today my guest is none other than Ryan Langr, the fellow who helped me break it big on the Guild with our hit Root & Twig! On top of that, Ryan has written so so much in the past few years, especially with tons of new options for players. We talk to him about his current Kickstarter in the Cities of Myth setting series, Atlantis Divided. We get into reimagining the legend of Atlantis and the Leviathan, the colorful nature of the book, and a little teaser about my big contribution to the book. Go and back Atlantis Divided now on Kickstarter, and help fund this amazing book! You can find Ryan on Twitter and Facebook!  As always, find us online at http://www.daylightpublications.com, follow us on Twitter, and make sure to keep an eye out for Comets & Cockpits coming April 15th!  Music: Wave from Adobe Stock (License 356509130)

Today on the show we talk to Riley of Black Marble Games, the creator of Rhenge, a low-fantasy 5e setting on DriveThruRPG. We talk about getting into the RPG industry, what it means to build and develop a low-fantasy world, and our predictions for what Wizards official settings might be around the corner. Riley was an excellent guest, and we highly recommend you all go and check out Rhenge!  As always, find us online at http://www.daylightpublications.com, follow us on Twitter, and make sure to keep an eye out for Comets & Cockpits coming April 15th!  Music: Wave from Adobe Stock (License 356509130)

Today I got to sit down with Linda Chen, a viral TikTok star working to bring awareness to mental illness and mental health through a Pokemon-esque game in which emotions take on physical aspects like little monsters. It is an amazing conversation about stigma around mental health, cultural and regional and racial pressures around it, and how to get into start-ups. But above all, it is Linda's infectious and bountiful energy that keeps this episode going. Make sure to go and follow her to learn more!  As always, find us online at http://www.daylightpublications.com, follow us on Twitter, and make sure to keep an eye out for Comets & Cockpits coming April 15th!  Music: Wave from Adobe Stock (License 356509130)  

There is a little story behind today's episode. Jackson Lewis and I have been friends for a long time, and they had mentioned they hadn't had a chance to be on the show yet, so we got them on and we recorded right after Inauguration Day back in January. I was never able to get the episode launched then as my school went back to in-person hybrid ed, so it got left behind in the annuls a little bit. But now, here it is.  A lot of the stuff Jackson and I talk about in today's episode are things that we all need to be talking about - in the gaming and creative sphere and beyond. We need to support creators who are from all different walks of life. LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and disabled creators deserve the spot where they all are next to us and respected for what they make and who they are, and not to be torn down.  Be the change and make the change.  As always, you can support us through our website, and go check out our pre-launch page for Comets & Cockpits and Jackson's for Cryptids Inc.!  WARNING: Some adult language Music: Wave from Adobe Stock (License 356509130)

Today I got a chance to sit down and chat with artist Sariah Keilbart! Sariah was an excellent guest - we talked about art, D&D, how to get involved in creative fields, and a whole other smattering of topics. At the core of it though is a love for art and a love for the artist community across her time on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter - each of which I have linked to Sariah's profiles so YOU can go support her! Below is a sneak peek of a project she is working on - and as always, enjoy the show!  Music: Wave from Adobe Stock (License 356509130)

From Comics, Clerics, & Controllers and Mother of Goblins, we bring you the first ever episode of Goblin Games - the show where we bring together our favorite RPG creators and artists to create some fun stuff for an hour once a month! Co-hosted by our own Cameron Day and the lovely Lydia Van Hoy, we brought together creators Druedawes, Cassandra McDonald, and Jackson Lewis!   They were given 15 minutes to craft any kind of RPG supplement or game based around these three prompts: Goblins, GameStop Stock, and 2020. What did they create? Who will continue on? Make sure to follow Lydia on Twitter and keep an eye on their feed for where the voting shall begin!  Keep your eyes peeled for our next episode at the end of the month with three artists from the RPG community!  Notice: Some foul language - we are nerds, we get passionate. Apologies.  Music: Wave from Adobe Stock (License 356509130) Source: Pinterest 

Today I got to set down with Craig Campbell, the big kahuna of NerdBurger Games! Craig has been around RPGs since the early 90s, and out of that love for RPGs bloomed his own brand of niche-setting games with unique mechanics, primarily with his first game Capers. I chatted with Craig about building and developing systems, making the dive into publishing, and his newest Kickstarter (which is live here) as part of the crowdfunding site's Zinequest 3! Go and check it out, and support Craig! Music from Free Music Archive: Shipping Lanes by Chad Crouch - allowed via Creative Commons.   

In today's episode, we had the amazing opportunity to talk to Roman and Matt from Creative Force Films, an amazing company based out of Atlanta, Georgia. We talked about their latest project, a Predator-inspired Star Wars fan-film called BOSSK: SCOREKEEPER. With amazing camera work, great costumes and tons of callbacks to an iconic hunter-seeker-killer science fiction romp, SCOREKEEPER is a ton of action crammed into sixteen minutes.  You can find the Creative Force Films gang on any of their social media, all listed here: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube; and go watch SCOREKEEPER live now! Thanks again so much to Roman and Matt for coming on and talking to us about their amazing work, and keep your eyes peeled for future Creative Force projects.  Music from Free Music Archive: Shipping Lanes by Chad Crouch - allowed via Creative Commons. 

Today we get to bring two folks I really admire and love from the DMs Guild community up into the high halls of Kickstarter: Adam Hancock and VJ Harris! Both are part of the three-person writing team (along with Amber Litke) behind the new upcoming campaign for Those Who Wander, a backwards compatible d20-based roleplaying game entrenched in story and player choice.  In todays episode we chat with VJ and Adam about what makes TWW stand out; from its path system to heirlooms and the rebuilt way that race is handled, TWW will be surely be a hit to all who are looking for a new type of d20 game at their table! Make sure to listen and learn!  Cover Artist: Joshua Clarke, Character Illustrator: Nito, Wordmark Designer: Paladin, Layout Artist: Angela Duncan, Editor: Kathleen Harrington 

Today in another pre-2021 recording, we get to talk with the gang of 1D4: Navi, Wacky, Frand, Purge, Jess, Cats, and Soran! It was a pleasure to talk to them back in October of 2020, and now finally I am able to share out chat with all of you. You can follow their escapades on Spotify or on Facebook! Also make sure to go and follow their TikToks too, all in the episode!  Music from Free Music Archive: Shipping Lanes by Chad Crouch - allowed via Creative Commons. 

Coming to you from the other side of a long and very episode-vacant 2020, we bring you our interview with Damian of @damianthedm all the way from TikTok. We talk about how he got into D&D, what made him decide to dive into DnDTikTok, and what the world of the social media platform is like.  Music from Free Music Archive: Shipping Lanes by Chad Crouch - allowed via Creative Commons.  

We are back with my friend - the man, the myth, the legend: Black Void creator Chris Sevaldsen! Come and join us in the Void as we discuss the newest Kickstarter in the Black Void line entitled Under Nebulous Skies! With this new book, you get so many new goodies for exploring the Void, delving more into the central cosmopolis of Llyhn the Eternal, character creation options, and the beginnings of a great quest!  You can go and back the Kickstarter right now until November 14th! Do what you can to spread the word about the coolest - and only - far-apocalyptic bronzepunk Mesopotamian Middle Eastern cosmic horror RPG there is! I think Chris is right - we need a new catch-phrase.  Music from Free Music Archive: Shipping Lanes by Chad Crouch - allowed via Creative Commons.  

Today we get to chat with one of my great friends, Anne Gregersen! Anne is an amazing creator from the Dungeon Masters Guild; she has numerous bestselling titles, she has done layout for numerous other projects (including Supers & Sorcery), aaaaand is now getting ready to launch her own Kickstarter!  The Kickstarter is a 5e setting called Aaralyn's Stolen Notes to Velea, a reprint and revamp of Anne's debut work on DriveThruRPG. Featuring amazing new art, subclasses, a new Divine Champion mechanic, and so so much more - you should ALL go and back it!  Music from Free Music Archive: Shipping Lanes by Chad Crouch - allowed via Creative Commons. 

Check out our new episode folks with artist Elliot Ward, also known as @derfado on Instagram! Elliot has an awesome style that draws on the more strange side of fantasy, and we talk about his passion for video games, his art process, and his goal to work in the video game industry! 

We are back with a new episode starring D&D TikTokker @ashley_dnd! Ashley was a great sport in coming on the show and chatting with us, and if you want some funny and easy to get into D&D TikToks than she has got you covered! Aaaaand she plays on some streams, so even cooler! 

WE ARE BACK FOLKS! It's been quite a while since we posted last and Season 3.5 was pretty short, but now we are back in the swing of things with more content coming!  Today we chat with Penny of @pennylofi on TikTok, a D&D TikTok creator who was kind enough to accept my invitation and come on the show! We chat about her introduction into D&D, as well as her eventual arrival on TikTok and her love of gelatinous cubes! 

Today I got to chat with Andrea Back, the head mechanics engineer on the new grim-dark 5e setting book Nightfell! Nightfell - which you can go and back right now on Kickstarter - is a dark fantasy setting for Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition that draws inspiration from Italian folklore and old school dark fantasy. With Andrea we really delved into some of the awesome mechanic differences that are offered, such as your character being directly tied to the phase of the moon which you were born under, or the concept of soul points and grim weapons. It was an awesome chat, and I really hope you folks all go and back the project. You can even snag their free Quickstart to test it all out! 

Today I got a chance to chat with Kara Harris, the creator of Hollowed Kingdom - an upcoming 5e adaptation of the popular indie game Hollow Knight. We talk about her creative process, her drive to build Hollowed Kingdom, and what it takes to bring your love of RPGs to the next level. You can follow Kara on her Twitter for more news about all her endeavors! 

Today I was super pleased to get to chat to two of the coolest people on Twitter: one half of the team behind Action Fiction Games! Jaron and Adelaide were really fun to chat with; from their upcoming sci-fi horror game Anomaly to inclusivity in gaming and what IP they would turn into an RPG if given the chance! You can find their book Monsters of Murka on DriveThruRPG - a beautiful parodical romp through everything Murkan - and keep track of their glorious shitposting/RPG ambassadoring/destruction of the establishment over on Twitter! 

In our second episode for Season 3.5, I talk with my college friend Gabe Norwood about a project he had me join back in 2017 that has since grown and grown into what is now a published adventure on DriveThruRPG - one of a proposed six - and will additionally be having a setting book Kickstarter. The game is called The Awakening Dream, and their tagline says it all: Dark Mythos; Divine Tragedy; Collapsing Creation; 11,000 Years, 650,000 Words and Sorrows yet grow; Listen on to learn more about this seminal upcoming RPG project! 

What a banger to open Season 3.5 on, lemme tell ya. I had been a fan of Chris' videos for quite some time, and he is the first YouTuber I have ever had on the show! AHHHHHH! Chris' channel - PopCross Studios - is full of awesome art that takes varying pop culture IPs and smashes them together for some cool cool ideas. Make sure to go and check out his channel and support him in all he does!   

Today I get to talk with Hal Howard of Shard Tabletop, a new online virtual tabletop service that is rising to be a challenger with roll20, Astral VTT, and others. This is only the audio of the interview, so stay tuned to our Facebook page for the video of Hal walking me through how the site works. It offers a whole slew of features like character creation, campaign building, and even maps and tokens! It's super cool to see and listen as to how Hal approached creating Shard Tabletop, both as a fan and lover of roleplaying games and as a professional web developer! Listen in and learn more! 

Today I sit down with Jason and Greg of Legendary Games to talk to them about their newest Kickstarter: Aegis of Empires. The project funded in just 8 hours, so we took the time to chat with these two individuals about what sets AoE aside from other RPG projects, what you get when you back it, and their history within the industy! A very fun and interesting interview for all, and you can still go and back Aegis of Empires by clicking the hyperlink above!  Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/makeyourgamelegendary/ Twitter: @LegendaryGamesJ Website:https://www.makeyourgamelegendary.com/

Today I finally got to sit down and chat with Ray Nothnagel, the creator of the sci-fi RPG Afterverse. We chatted about his dive into RPGs, what led him to create Afterverse, and how his game is a step above other tabletop games in the science fiction genre. Plus, he offers some great advice on how YOU can get into making RPGs as well. https://www.facebook.com/AfterverseRPG/  

Today I got to sit down with science fiction author Toby Weston and talk about his work within the genre, as well as discuss the nuances of Star Wars and how increasingly poignant and real a lot of science fiction literature is becoming. Aaand you get to hear me get all giddy over Rogue One and Infinity, like a nerd. Overall, a really fun talk with Toby that we were finally able to set up! Twitter:https://twitter.com/weston_toby Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/westontoby/

Today I got the chance to sit down with landscape artist David Frasheski and talk to him about his craft. He started originally enjoying music and art, but never thinking he could make a career out of it - but now he does art on the side and holy moly is it something to look at. You can find his ArtStation page here and see for yourself! 

Today I got the chance to sit down and chat with Tim Gonzalez of Pirate Gonzalez Games - a quick side tangent though: this is actually the second time Tim and I have chatted as the first time we recorded, the audio disappeared. So here we are today back at it. What we are talking about is Tim's book Ancestry Awakened, which takes the concept of D&D races and works to make them new and exciting following the recent movement to try and pull some of the colonialism out of races in RPGs, especially D&D. It's a super interesting conversation and I think all of you will enjoy it! 

Today I bring you a little treat from my childhood - I display for you all the weird and kooky cartoons that I grew up with and their theme songs. I want to see if you can recognize any of these themes, or if you have any oddball cartoons of your own that you would like to share!  Mummies Alive: Copyright DIC Productions L.P. and Northern Lights Entertainment. Sushi Pack: Copyright DIC Entertainment Corporation and CloudCo. Spider Riders: Copyright Cookie Jar Entertainment and Bee Train, and distributed by Funimation. X-Men Evolution: Copyright Kids WB. Thundercats 2011: Copyright Cartoon Network.  Potatoes and Dragons: Copyright Alphanim (now Gaumont Animation) and Cinar (now DHX Media). DinoSquad: Copyright DiC Entertainment Corporation. MagiNation: Copyright Cookie Jar Entertainment.  Ben 10: Copyright Cartoon Network.   

On today's episode of CERIAL, I chat with Ben - one half of the core team behind Spaceships & Starmwyrms, an excellent 5e science-fiction setting that was on Kickstarter back in 2019. It was immensely successful, and they have huge plans for how the game - and their studio HopePunk Press - is going to grow over the next few years. 

In this episode of CERIAL, I got the chance to sit down and chat with comic book writer Sidney Williams - however, he didn't start off as a comic book guy, but rather as a journalist and novelist. We discuss his journey from reporting to the dime store comic book rack world, and what that trip was like. It was a super fun time to get to talk to Sidney, and learn about his experiences in the comic world.  Sidney Williamshttp://sidisalive.com @Sidney_Williams   ***Check these all new novels and stories***Disciples of the Serpent Kindle | iBooks | Trade Paper Dark Hours Kindle | Nook | iBooks | Trade Paper   Quoth the Raven - featuring "A Cooler of Craft Brew" Kindle | Nook |iBooks | Trade Paper   Love Among the Thorns - featuring "Strake Hall" Kindle | Nook | iBooks |

In the second episode of our mini series CERIAL, we got to talk to Jasmine Bhullar, also known as ThatBronzeGirl on Twitch. She is well-inducted and connected in the TTRPG world, having starred as Beryl in the Geek and Sundry stream of Relics & Rarities, DMed by Deborah Ann Wohl. It was a great conversation about diversity in gaming and the magic of roleplaying games.  So here is our second episode of CERIAL. 

Given the Covid-19 pandemic sweeping the country, time is of a short commodity when trying to prep for all that things going on. Raven's interview - which we did in late February - is the first in a new mini series here on the show (which will be exclusive to PodBean) called CERIAL; minimal editing, no added stuff, just our conversation as it is.  Raven is the creator of Machi the Lazy Witch, which was a highly successful Kickstarter, and also is a freelance artist. You can follow her on Twitter @SketchyRaven. She was an absolute pleasure to talk with and learn all about her journey into art.  So here is the first episode of CERIAL. 

After a long break between episodes, we are back with our friends Gwen of GwendyBeeArt, along with Zac Goins and David Barrentine who are fellow DMs Guild creators! With Gwen we talk about her career on the Guild and her art hopes, and with Zac and Dave we chat about their awesome new Kickstarter coming up! 

Today we get to sit down with Tara Kurtzhals - one half of Open Field Studio - and chat with her about her work on the comic Knight & Beard, as well as her other comic capers!

In December I got the chance to sit down and chat with none other than Barbara Kaalberg, one of the most prolific women inkers of comic history. It was super awesome to get a chance to listen to her tell her story of how she got into the industry and made it through the ranks. If you want to follow Barb and see more of her work - you can look her up on Facebook, since, in her own words, she is the only Barbara Kaalberg on there!

In today's episode I sit down with Brooke from The Nuadan Chronicles, an upcoming electropunk fantasy RPG, and she walks me through the process of making a character for the game. And let me tell you, it was a hell of a time! Nuadan Chronicles Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nuadanchronicles/the-nuadan-chronicles-an-electro-fantasy-tabletop-rpg Nuadan Chronicles Twitter: https://twitter.com/broken_dice?lang=en

Today we chat with some awesome folks: first we chat with NickOn, an artist from Deviantart; then Abbie Bircham, an artist from Instagram; Passion4Drawing, an artist from Twitter; and then Geoff Richards of Floating Rock Comics! We talk about of ton of different stuff - comic publishing, art direction, and much much more.   Faemarket and the Rat Pack: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1961263130/faemarket-a-fantasy-rpg-anthology You can find all of the Rat Pack under the same handles on Twitter! https://www.instagram.com/bethgillustration/ Beth Grieveson https://www.instagram.com/samndoesart/ Samn Judge https://www.instagram.com/sjzilla/ Soph Price https://www.instagram.com/boscribbles/ Anna Bohac https://www.instagram.com/craftymarten/ Rachel Cush https://www.instagram.com/maracmoon/ Mara Moon   DoomFate: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/doom-fate/x/22622286#/    

In today's episode we talk to Rich Woodall of Scout Comics - who is also a New Hampshire based comics creator, as well as Brian and Chris of Retrograde Minis - an awesome new pixel art minis website! It is super cool, both to hear about the NH comics scene with Rich and the pixel art scene with Chris and Brian.   

In today's special upload, we talk with Lucia and Paladin - the co-creators of The Islands of Sina Una, an amazing pre-colonization fantastical Filipino 5e D&D setting up on Indiegogo right now. It is absolutely amazing, and you should all go and support this wonderful project. 

Today in a Comics, Clerics, & Controllers Exclusive Interview, we talk with Dan Cross and Kosala Ubayasekara of W.R.K.S Games. We chat about their forays and beginnings in game design - and principally we delve into their new computer/pen-and-paper title Jordenheim: an epic Nordic fantasy RPG coming to you next year! Stay tuned and hear all about the games! 

Today I talk with Rajan Khanna, creator of Rykard's Book of Patrons; and Christian DiBari, an acclaimed comic artist whose worked on Magdalena and Hellraiser Vol II, just to name a few. With Rajan we get into his work on Rykard's and how he constructed the new patrons, and with Chris we talk about his journey through the freelance world and how he got into his career. 

Tonight's special upload is all about Charles Rice's Kickstarter project City of Solstice - a fantasy noir setting for 5e. Listen in, it's super cool!  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/apocalyptic-games/city-of-solstice-a-setting-for-osr-fantasy-campaigns

Today I talk with two fantastic artists - Runesael and Vincent - and a wonderful game designer - Cezar. With Rune and Vincent, we get into how they made their journey into art and their professional journey. With Cezar, we talk about his voyage into the world of RPG design and the RPG world of Brazil. Rune: https://twitter.com/Runesael Vincent: https://twitter.com/hierothraxs

Today I talk with Sonya of Sonybaloneyart from Twitter, and Sean and Tony of Home Brew Crew. With Sonya we get into her art and time playing D&D, as well as the affect Avatar: The Last Airbender had on her. With Sean and Tony we get into how they started their channel, their own new product called the Briarthorn, and what makes good homebrew content. 

Today we talk to my friend Marcel Budde about how he got into art and made his way into the online art world, and we also talk to you about Paizo's new Lost Omens World Guide, Character Guide, and Starfinder Character Operations Manual. 

Today we talk with our friend Amber of Bubblelazerart about her journey into the art world and how she keeps doing it! She also sings the unsung praises of her social media master husband and her hopes to grow into doing cons and getting more into the professional world.

Today I talk with Carson of EmberWick, another excellent artist from Twitter. We talk about his style, his movement into doing art full time, and how aspiring artists should get started. 

Today I talk with artists Lily (@feyspeaker) and Nuria (@nuriakeller) - both excellent and amazing folks. With Lily we chat about how she got into art, and with Nuria we get into the Argentinian art scene. 

Today I talk with our returning guest Miles Kantir about the growth and development of Savage Mojo and their new Legends Awaken Initiative, and I chat with artist Eluvianna about developing her brand and her art hopes going forward.