A weekly show about and with indie tabletop role-playing game artists and creators, their sources of inspiration, creative processes, and business strategies.
This is the second episode of a two-part series on Liminal Horror and modern horror RPGs, featuring Goblin Archives and Josh Domanski, the co-designers of Liminal Horror. Episode two covers their modules and games, and particularly Liminal Horror Deluxe Edition which is crowdfunding right now. Listen to episode 1Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/goblin-archives-josh-domanski-liminal-horror-deluxe/id1560319393?i=1000706609204Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/2d1nJeoVCCXsw8MTvVC5Uu?si=rbvfWWytTnK6-CpMy65GBgLH Deluxe Edition https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/space-penguin-ink/liminal-horror-deluxe-editionStorewww.thelostbaystudio.comNewsletterwww..thelostbaystudio.substack.com/subscribe?Follow the The Lost Bay Podcastwww.bsky.app/profile/thelostbaystudio.comwww.instagram.com/thelostbaystudio/Produced by IkoEditing Laura ElleMusic Avery Isles
This is the first episode of a two-part series on Liminal Horror and modern horror RPGs, featuring Goblin Archives and Josh Domanski, the co-designers of Liminal Horror. Episode one is focused on Goblin and Josh's origin story as RPG designers, and why horror is such a good genre for Tabletop RPGs.Episode two covers their modules and games, and particularly Liminal Horror Deluxe Edition which is crowdfunding right now. LH Deluxe Edition https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/space-penguin-ink/liminal-horror-deluxe-edition?ref=home-pageStorewww.thelostbaystudio.comNewsletterwww..thelostbaystudio.substack.com/subscribe?Follow the The Lost Bay Podcastwww.bsky.app/profile/thelostbaystudio.comwww.instagram.com/thelostbaystudio/Produced by IkoEditing Laura ElleMusic Avery Isles
Today The Lost Bay Podcast's guest is Adam STATION.Adam is best known for designing modern horror RPGs, with a surreal twist. Their games and modules have two unique features. First they are heavily procedural, based mostly on tables and nested tables. Second they are inspired by modern and contemporary music, to the point some of them are actually partially sampled from song lyrics and titles.Today we'll be talking about “I dont belong here”, a modern horror module for Liminal Horror, inspired by Radiohead music and that is crowdfunding on Backerkit right now.We'll also do something a bit different, we'll roll on some of Adam's wild tables!While you listen to the episode take a moment to check the backerkit page https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/stations/i-don-t-belong-here-modern-horror-inspired-by-radioheadStorewww.thelostbaystudio.comNewsletterwww..thelostbaystudio.substack.com/subscribe?Follow the The Lost Bay Podcastwww.bsky.app/profile/thelostbaystudio.comwww.instagram.com/thelostbaystudio/Produced by IkoEditing Laura ElleMusic Avery Isles
This episode's guest is Jesse Ross, designer of Trophy Dark. Trophy Dark is a narrative game about doomed treasure hunters venturing into a forest that doesn't want them there.I'm a late discoverer of Trophy Dark; I read it just a few months ago, and it radically changed the way I see and play RPGs. The book delivers such a strong and consistent gameplay experience with a very simple mechanical architecture. You know I like horror RPGs, and Trophy Dark, in a way, is a medieval fantasy forest horror game. It's unique and beautifully designed, with a mesmerizing quality and a set of mechanics that allow for amazing gameplay to emerge.In this episode, we'll talk about a dragonfly invasion, things Jesse sees in the dark, coping with hubris, and how to build a truly meaningful collaborative gameplay experience.Jesse's websitewww.jesseross.comTrophy Darkwww.trophyrpg.comRooted in crisis website and Kickstarter pagewww.rootedincrisis.comwww.kickstarter.com/projects/jesseross/rooted-in-crisisStorewww.thelostbaystudio.comNewsletterwww..thelostbaystudio.substack.com/subscribe?Follow the The Lost Bay Podcastwww.bsky.app/profile/thelostbaystudio.comwww.instagram.com/thelostbaystudio/Produced by IkoEditing Laura ElleMusic Avery Isles
This episode's guest is Amanda Lee Franck, a really unique voice in the RPG scene. Amanda is both an illustrator and a game designer, and has blessed us with a series of iconic titles like Vampire Cruise, Crush Depth Apparition or You got a job on the garbage barge. In this episode, we will talk about Amanda's origin story and journey as a creator. We'll also chat about pens, inks, museums, why Ships and Boats are ideal for building haunting RPG settings, and the Midwest. Amanda Lee Franck collection https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/collections/amanda-lee-franck Amanda's Comeradery https://comradery.co/amandalee Amanda's Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/annabellearachne Amanda's Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/amandalee.bsky.social Store https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/ Newsletter https://thelostbaystudio.substack.com/subscribe? Follow the The Lost Bay Podcast https://twitter.com/thelostbay https://bsky.app/profile/thelostbaystudio.com https://www.instagram.com/thelostbaystudio/ Produced by Iko Editing Laura Elle Music Avery Isles
Today, I'm taking you to Paris, France, to chat with Côme Martin, a prolific and uber-creative French designer. Côme's best-known titles include the iconic Meanwhile in the Subway, Broken Cities, Feathered Adventures, and many more. In this episode, we discuss Côme's journey as a designer, from the first one-pagers to his most innovative games, how the Norwegian indie scene influenced his work, and the differences between the US and French-speaking indie scenes. Côme Martin collection https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/collections/come-martin Côme Martin on itch https://comemartin.itch.io/ Store https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/ Newsletter https://thelostbaystudio.substack.com/subscribe? Follow the The Lost Bay Podcast https://twitter.com/thelostbay https://bsky.app/profile/thelostbaystudio.com https://www.instagram.com/thelostbaystudio/ Produced by Iko Editing Laura Elle Music Avery Isles
David Blandy is the designer of the post apocalyptic weird hope game Eco MOFOS!! The game is powered by the Into the odd/Cairn engine. Fast rules and character creation. Fantastic art by Daniel Locke. In this episode we talk about David's journey as a creator, and how his work as an artist informs game design. We also discuss Weirdhope, a unique genre of his own creation that teaches us that we can find joy and meaning, even in a strange and at times harsh world. ECO MOFOS!! collection https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/collections/eco-mofos David Blandy on itch https://davidblandy.itch.io/ Store https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/ Newsletter https://thelostbaystudio.substack.com/subscribe? Follow the The Lost Bay Podcast https://twitter.com/thelostbay https://bsky.app/profile/thelostbaystudio.com https://www.instagram.com/thelostbaystudio/ Produced by Iko Editing Laura Elle Music Avery Isles
The Parthenogenis of Hungry Hollow is an adventure module and campaing setting for the Mmodern horror tabletop RPG Liminal Horror. In this espisode with returning guest designer Goblin Archives we talk about bees, flesh, a weird baby shower, and an American Pacific Nothwest town being corrupted by an owerwhelmind deity and cult. The Parthenogenis of Hungry Hollow on Backerkit https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/space-penguin-ink/the-parthenogenesis-of-hungry-hollow-for-liminal-horror Get Liminal Horror https://goblinarchives.itch.io/ More Liminal Horror modules https://liminalhorrorlibrary.com/ First Goblin Archives interview on The Lost Bay podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/goblin-archives-liminal-horror/id1560319393?i=1000579058647 Follow the The Lost Bay Podcast https://twitter.com/thelostbay https://bsky.app/profile/thelostbaystudio.com https://www.instagram.com/thelostbaystudio/ https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/ Produced by Iko Editing Laura Elle Music Avery Isles
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 https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/pages/the-lost-bay-preorders Follow the The Lost Bay Podcast https://twitter.com/thelostbay https://bsky.app/profile/thelostbaystudio.com https://www.instagram.com/thelostbaystudio/ https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/ Produced by Iko Editing Laura Elle Music Avery Isles Intro ad music David Blandy
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 Follow the The Lost Bay Podcast https://twitter.com/thelostbay https://bsky.app/profile/thelostbaystudio.com https://www.instagram.com/thelostbaystudio/ https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/ Produced by Iko Editing Laura Elle Music Avery Isles Intro ad music David Blandy
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 https://twitter.com/thelostbay https://bsky.app/profile/thelostbaystudio.com https://www.instagram.com/thelostbaystudio/ https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/ Produced by Iko Editing Laura Elle Music Avery Isles Intro ad music David Blandy
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 https://twitter.com/thelostbay https://bsky.app/profile/thelostbaystudio.com https://www.instagram.com/thelostbaystudio/ https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/ Produced by Iko Editing Laura Elle Music Avery Isles Intro ad music David Blandy
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 https://twitter.com/thelostbay https://bsky.app/profile/thelostbaystudio.com https://www.instagram.com/thelostbaystudio/ https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/ Produced by Iko Editing Laura Elle Music Avery Isles
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 -- -- -- – The FEAR BUNDLE https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/products/fear-bundle The Lost Bay Studio publishes tabletop role-playing zines, sparks community initiatives, and hosts your favorite TTRPG podcast. Don't miss a thing: subscribe to our newsletter https://thelostbaystudio.substack.com/p/the-dispatch Home of The Lost Bay https://thelostbaystudio.com/ Get in touch with me, Iko, on https://twitter.com/thelostbay Episode produced and edited by Iko Additional editing by J. Stautman Music Avery Isles https://www.patreon.com/thelostbay -- -- -- --
Mörk Borg is a Swedish pitch-black apocalyptic fantasy tabletop RPG by Pelle Nilsson & Johan Nohr. The game has a rules light system, and comes with a set of amazing tables, the fantasy setting features a dying world, where all is dark and doom, even the characters you play. The book itself has a unique visual style, wild and colorful reminiscent of the 80s punk-rock zine scene. In this episode we talk about creative idiosyncrasies, Nostradamus Prophecies, the Pope, historical vampires and layout grids. Get the Mörk Borg Wicked Wanderers Winter Bundle https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/products/wicked-wanderers-winter-bundle Dive into the Mörk Borg universe here https://morkborg.com/ Episode produced by Iko Editing Supervisor Laura Elle Music Avery Isles -- -- -- -- Home of The Lost Bay https://thelostbaystudio.com/ Get in touch with me, Iko, on https://twitter.com/thelostbay Subscribe to the dispatch https://thelostbaystudio.substack.com/p/the-dispatch -- -- -- -- Coming up in the next episodes: ARC - Momatoes
Emiel Boven is the writer, illustrator and designer of the games DURF and The Electrum Archive. Emiel has stumbled across the tabletop indie scene only a couple of years ago, and since then he's been extremely productive: He wrote several adventures and modules, two games and contributed to build an international community of creators. He's one of the designers you definitely want to keep two eyes on. In this episode we'll talk about biking, becoming a full time RPG designer, the power of game testing and a mysterious ancient alien civilization. Get the Emiel Boven Bundle https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/products/emiel-boven-bundle Emiel Games on Itch https://emielboven.itch.io/ Cult of the Lizard King https://www.cultofthelizardking.com/ Episode produced by Iko Editing Supervisor Laura Elle Music Avery Isles Additional Music It's OK by The Mail https://soundcloud.com/ireadthenewstodayohboy/albums Biking sounds by klankbeeld, Adam Wayne Gistarb, CUDenverSound released under CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/249737/ https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_4401185/sounds/243739/ https://freesound.org/people/CUDenverSound/sounds/487035/ -- -- -- -- Home of The Lost Bay https://thelostbaystudio.com/ Get in touch with me, Iko, on https://twitter.com/thelostbay Watch the podcast episodes with EN SUBS https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBcjgiUURodfLWy-cDqpK2Q Become a monthly supporter https://patreon.com/thelostbay Subscribe to the dispatch https://thelostbaystudio.substack.com/p/the-dispatch -- -- -- -- Coming up in the next episodes: ARC - Momatoes Mörk Borg - Pelle Nilsson and Johan Nohr
Liminal Horror is a modern horror tabletop RPG. It started a year and a half ago as a hack of the game Cairn, and since then its ecosystem has significantly grown. It has been published in print, counts two official modules, and is supported by a vibrant community. In this episode we'll talk about Goblin Archives' journey as a game designer, how to write horror, crowdfunding using itch.io, growing supported by the community and giving back to it, and the two first official modules for the game: The Mall inspired by John Carpenter's 1982 movie The Thing, and The Bureau an adventure of corporate horror. Find the zines in print at Exalted Funeral: Liminal Horror https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/liminal-horror-pdf The Mall https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/the-mall The Bureau https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/the-bureau Get in touch with Goblin Archives Twitter https://twitter.com/goblin_archives Itch.io https://goblinarchives.itch.io/ The Annotated Archive of Game Design Resources https://goblinarchives.github.io/LiminalHorror/Annotated%20Archives/ Episode produced by Iko Editing Supervisor Laura Elle Music Avery Isles Additional Music Nitral Music Audiolab https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG00NRG_GQNNcG0ukqRfBJQ Mr Thenoronha https://freesound.org/people/Mrthenoronha/ Sergei Chermisinov https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/MRKE/Sergey_Cheremisinov_-_MRKE_-_05_Lucerna_1566/ -- -- -- -- Get in touch with me, Iko, on https://twitter.com/thelostbay Watch the podcast episodes with EN SUBS https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBcjgiUURodfLWy-cDqpK2Q Become a monthly supporter https://patreon.com/thelostbay Subscribe to the dispatch https://thelostbaystudio.substack.com/p/the-dispatch -- -- -- -- Coming up in the next episodes: DURF, The Electrum Archive - Emiel Boven ARC - Momatoes
Today I have a very special episode for you, where for once I get to be interviewed. I've been a guest on the Weekly Scroll. It's a super cool stream part of the Adventure Archive where Hunter and Ryan interview TTRPG designers, do reviews of indie games or unboxing of TTRPG Kickstarters. In this episode we'll be talking about SKYREALMS, a system neutral fantasy sourcebook and coloring book, illustrated by Evlyn Moreau and with a super cool roster of international contributors. As I release this episode Skyrealms just entered its last funding week on Kickstarter. Be sure to check SKYREALMS on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelostbay/skyrealms https://anchor.fm/weekly-scroll https://linktr.ee/theadventurearchive
Alfred Valley is the writer, designer and publisher of several TTRPGS characterized by unique setting and mechanics. In particular he wrote Lay on hands, a solo RPG in which you play as a healer in a post apocalyptic RPG, and Thousand Empty Light, a solo adventure for the Sci-Fi Horror RPG Mothership. In this episode we talk about the coziness of darkness, the art of haggling, cryptography and cassette tapes. Episode produced by Iko Editing supervision by Laura Elle Music by Avery Isles Full credits, info and transcript here http://www.thelostbaystudio.com/podcast/alfred_valley_thousand_empty_light The show exists thanks to the support of its patrons, you can become a patron too, just head to www.patreon.com/thelostbay Subscribe to the dispatch newsletter here https://thelostbaystudio.substack.com/p/the-dispatch Get Thousand Empty Lights here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alfredvalley/thousand-empty-light Reach out to Alfred on Twitter https://twitter.com/ValleyOfAlfred -- More Mothership Episodes Interview with Ian Yusem on Editing and Publishing Hull Breach an big beautiful anthology book https://open.spotify.com/episode/0uDDFLNjCPaYXmCeU8LP1i?si=Z9omkqqKTI23LguyQK8qNA An interview with Sean McCoy the designer of Mothership himself https://open.spotify.com/episode/6KNPxofMBASan8dv27acwu?si=QSeZ4To5ROC6kvRkHbHDTw And another interview with Ian, more focussed on community and labour themes https://open.spotify.com/episode/5YMAcJNadjDtVXgv9EneE3?si=0g1p6i5XQyWHktOE9WI8sA
Ian Yusem is publisher editor and writer of Hull Breach, an anthology book, collection of adventures and articles for the Sci-Fi horror RPG Mothership. In this episode we talk about Ian's experience both as an author and as the editor/publisher of Hull Breach, the importance of layout, playtesting techniques, and how to write horror RPGs. Get Hull Breach here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yusem/hull-breach-vol-1 Episode produced by Iko Editing supervision by Laura Elle Music by Avery Isles Full credits, info and transcript here http://thelostbaystudio.com/podcast/ian_yusem_hull_breach The show exists thanks to the support of its patrons, you can become a patron too, just head to www.patreon.com/thelostbay Subscribe to the dispatch newsletter here https://thelostbaystudio.substack.com/p/the-dispatch
This is the second episode of a three part mini series on TTRPG zines, the physical objects, we love, make, read and use to play role playing games. The first one is and interview with Leo from L.F. OSR, maker and publisher of limited editions of bespoke RPG zines. If you play RPGs you're probably familiar with the concept. Community copies are free copies of RPG games or adventures, people can download from the internet. It's a way for designers and publishers to support members of the community who can't afford for whatever reason to buy a game. In this episode, we are going to take a closer look at what some people in the community start to call IRL community copies. As in, in real life, community copies. These are physical copies of zines distributed for free in various places, mainly in Little Free Libraries. You know, these boxes one can find sometimes by the side of the road where people drop books and even other supplies. We will accompany three indie game designers, Sean Patrick Cain, Yochai Gal, and Caverns of Heresy, while they print, prepare, and distribute some in real life community copies. Episode produced by Iko Development and editing supervision by Laura Elle Sounds recorded by Sean Patrick Cain linktr.ee/seanpatrickcain Yochai Gal newschoolrevolution.com Caverns of Heresy cavernsofheresy.com Music Done with Fish by Light off Full credits, info and transcript here http://thelostbaystudio.com/podcast/rpg_irl_community_copies_sean_patrick_cain_yochai_gal_caverns_of_heresy The show exists thanks to the support of its patron, you can become a patron too, just head to www.patreon.com/thelostbay Subscribe to the dispatch newsletter here https://thelostbaystudio.substack.com/p/the-dispatch
Leo is very active in the RPG scene, particularly on the OSR side of it. He writes, makes art, he even just has released a dungeon synth album called Lost Fellow. But Leo also makes zines, like in crafting and publishing them, with his printing shop/publishing house called L.F. OSR. Their publications are quite unique in the scene, one hundred percent handmade, bespoke and special editions of indie zines. In this episode we talk about hacking printers, hand stamping zines, bone folders, being a nerdy craftsman, and the future of the indie RPG zines in these uncertain times of paper shortage and supply chain disruption. L.F. OSR shop and newsletter are here http://www.lfosr.com/ If you want to stay in touch and get info about The Lost Bay Studio activities head to http://thelostbaystudio.com/ If you want to support The Lost Bay Podcast, and help it grow and give voice to talented indie RPG creators you can head to patreon.com/thelostbay
Today what I have for you is a very short episode, I'm working on several episodes of a mini-series that require intense editing. This is why I don't have the usual interview to offer this week. But I didn't want to let you with no content at all, so I'm going to give you a short tour of what is going to come in the next three episodes. We'll be talking about zines, as objects, as paper objects. And if you stick around until the end of this bonus episode, you'll hear some of the sounds I'm editing for the series.
Paolo Greco is the writer and designer behind the RPG press Lost Pages. They have recently successfully finished the Kickstarter campaign for The Book of Gaub, a game neutral spell book, and anthology of horror micro fictions. In this episode we talk about magic, real magic, studying it, understanding it, and how it can help writing better RPG magic, a kid fascinated by the occult, and a lost and beautiful font. You can buy The Book of Gaub here https://shop.lostpages.co.uk/ Subscribe to Lost Pages newsletter here https://dream.lostpages.co.uk/ And get in touch with Paolo here https://twitter.com/lostpaolo If you want to support The Lost Bay Podcast, and help it grow and give voice to talented indie RPG creators you can head to patreon.com/thelostbay
Zedeck Siew is the writer an co-author of the zine series A thousand thousand islands. These TTRPG fantasy game neutral zines are inspired by South Asia. In these episode we talk about being nerds, South Est Asia, writing as a craft, running a Kickstarter, cockroaches and The reach of the roach god, the first A thousand thousand islands campaign book. The book is being kickstartered until the end of November 2021, several stretch goals have already been hit, be sure to check it here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/centaurgames/reach-of-the-roach-god-part-of-a-thousand-thousand-islands If you want to support The Lost Bay Podcast, and help it grow and give voice to talented indie RPG creators you can head to patreon.com/thelostbay The Lost Bay Podcast is also available on Youtube with English subtitles https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBcjgiUURodfLWy-cDqpK2Q
Sean McCoy is the author of the Sci Fi horror RPG Mothership. This highly lethal, cinematic-flavored game, is redesigning, and giving a new youth, to the Sci-Fi horror genre. In this episode we talk about specific game design choices, building a company, community support, being seven years old and playing RPGs until 3am, pivoting from a career in filmmaking to RPG design. And foremost, we talk about the new Mothership Boxed Set edition. If you're a designer, if you're venturing into the indie RPG business, if you're a fan of Sci-Fi and horror, this super open and generous conversation with Sean McCoy is for you. You can back the Mothership Boxed Set on Kickstarter You can help me make the show, make it grow and give voice to talented indie RPG creators by supporting it on Patreon
Seb Pines is the designer of the solo journaling horror RPG Dwelling. The book is amazingly beautiful and playing it literally gave me the chills, both in a scary and in a pleasant way. In this episode we talk about an old spooky haunted house, insomnia, notebooks, mourning, solo RPGs, game design and much more. You can buy Seb's game in its digital form on itch.io or as a physical book from Good Luck Press This episode is available on Youtube with English subs Support The Lost Bay Podcast If you want more interviews and talks with designers and game creators you can help The Lost Bay Podcast to grow by supporting it on patreon.com/thelostbay
Discover the lineup preview for the upcoming The Lost Bay Podcast season 2. The show becomes weekly, and will give space to talented creators, writers, designers, artists, who make amazing games and zines. You can help The Lost Bay Podcast grow by becoming a patron. Check the Scissors and Glue TTRPG Jam, it's running until November the 23rd.
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 preorder Errant here Or read Ava's blog here Support The Lost Bay Podcast If you want more interviews and talks with designers and game creators you can help The Lost Bay Podcast to grow by supporting it on patreon.com/thelostbay
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 get in touch with Perplexing Ruins here https://twitter.com/PerplexingRuins Games https://perplexingruins.itch.io/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/perplexingruins/ Support The Lost Bay Podcast If you want more interviews and talks with designers and game creators you can help The Lost Bay Podcast to grow by supporting it on patreon.com/thelostbay
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. 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 --- --- --- --- Support The Lost Bay Podcast If you want more interviews and talks with designers and game creators you can help The Lost Bay Podcast to grow by supporting it on patreon.com/thelostbay
John Battle, aka Batts is the designer of the RPG My body is a cage. In the game, there are two worlds, the one you live in during the daytime, very much like the one we live in ourselves, and the one you dream of. When you dream, you go exploring dungeons, you fight monsters, you collect treasures, you try to make a better life for yourself. In this episode, we talk about the inescapable duality of life, D6 dice pools, mecha games, movies, screenwriting, game design, and much more. Batts is running a Kickstarter campaign for My body is a cage Extended Edition, a hardcover book, that features tons of brilliant collaborators and artists. The project graphic design and game design are awesome, the Kickstarter is in its last week, be sure to check it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/s-o-c/my-body-is-a-cage Check Batts youtube channel and video essays on games and RPGs https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsJknmArOr95Rs4nuUi28bA And get in touch with Batts on twitter https://twitter.com/theBestPupper --- --- --- --- Support The Lost Bay Podcast If you want more interviews and talks with designers and game creators you can help The Lost Bay Podcast to grow by supporting it on patreon.com/thelostbay
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. 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. Get in touch with Ian here https://twitter.com/IanYusem Download his games here https://ian-yusem.itch.io/ And read his awesome blog here https://uncannyspheres.blogspot.com/ --- --- --- --- Support The Lost Bay Podcast If you want more interviews and talks with designers and game creators you can help The Lost Bay Podcast to grow by supporting it on patreon.com/thelostbay
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. 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. The podcast is also on Youtube, here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBcjgiUURodfLWy-cDqpK2Q You can find Anna's games here: https://blackwellwriter.itch.io/ or here: https://www.blackwellwriter.com/ --- --- --- --- Support The Lost Bay Podcast If you want more interviews and talks with designers and game creators you can help The Lost Bay Podcast to grow by supporting it on patreon.com/thelostbay
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. Hey! For more info on Riso, Sci-Fi Zines, cool rpg Zines and more check the ZINE OF ZINES on itch.io. It's free for you to download, well it's Pay What You Want, if you enjoy the podcast, consider buying it! https://the-lost-bay.itch.io/thezineofzines Vi's amazing Youtube channel is here: Collabs Without Permission Vi's Patreon: www.patreon.com/collabswithoutpermission -- -- -- -- -- Support The Lost Bay Podcast If you want more interviews and talks with designers and game creators you can help The Lost Bay Podcast to grow by supporting it on patreon.com/thelostbay
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. Buy Electric Bastionland here: https://bastionlandpress.com/ --- --- --- --- Support The Lost Bay Podcast If you want more interviews and talks with designers and game creators you can help The Lost Bay Podcast to grow by supporting it on patreon.com/thelostbay
Ben Milton is behind the popular YouTube channel Questing Beast where 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 this 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 bool can affect game design choices. Find Ben Milton's games here https://questingbeast.itch.io --- --- --- --- You can follow the BROKEN LUCK zine Kickstarter here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelostbay/broken-luck
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 difference between writing a novel and an rpg, game design, the American anthropologist David Graeber, and above all, about the colorful, fascinating world of Vaults of Vaarn. 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/ --- --- --- --- Support The Lost Bay Podcast If you want more interviews and talks with designers and game creators you can help The Lost Bay Podcast to grow by supporting it on patreon.com/thelostbay
In October 2020, Yochai Gal released CAIRN, a fantasy tabletop roleplaying game. Cairn is, among other things, inspired by Yochai's love for the forests and forest-fantasy fiction. Actually, from the window of his own house, one could see the edge of a forest. Cairn is available as a printed booklet from online stores, find the full list here: cairnrpg.com/print.html Or in pdf: yochaigal.itch.io/cairn --- --- --- --- Support The Lost Bay Podcast If you want more interviews and talks with designers and game creators you can help The Lost Bay Podcast to grow by supporting it on patreon.com/thelostbay
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