Goblin Points (Jon de Nor)
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| 20 Nov 2023 | Intro | 00:01:29 | |
Velkommen! I'm Jon de Nor and this is Goblin Points - a podcast covering MCDM, the MCDM community, and whatever else MCDM related.
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| 27 Nov 2023 | When Last We Left Our Heroes | 00:11:10 | |
This time we take a trip down history street and have a look at where MCDM started.
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| 04 Dec 2023 | The Talent, The RPG, and the Revised Illrigger | November Roundup | 00:17:22 | |
We're officially out of November, and it's time for the first monthly roundup. Links to everything is available here: https://goblinpoints.com/2311-november/#links
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| 02 Jan 2024 | Crowdfunding Campaign Galore | December Roundup | 00:28:27 | |
December has been a Goxomoc of a month! The crowdfunder launched, and went completely gangbusters; and the play test packet for patrons went out before the year's end.
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| 06 Feb 2024 | Post-Crowdfunding Campaign | January Roundup | 00:21:30 | |
It feels longer ago, but it's barely a month since the crowdfunding campaign for the RPG closed. It ended up being MCDM's biggest crowdfunder to date. Matt mentioned that it'll probably be their biggest ever, and I'm not inclined to disagree. There's something of a "lightning in a bottle" feel about it. Nevertheless, we don't know what the future holds. You know; something something dessert. Here's what's new with the RPG for January 2024. Links to everything is available here: https://goblinpoints.com/2401-january/#links
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| 04 Mar 2024 | Negotiation, and Language & Literacy | February Roundup | 00:20:17 | |
December was massive with official news, January was full of people playing the game, while February has been somewhat quiet. This is not for the lack of progress, rather the opposite.
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| 05 Apr 2024 | The Power Roll, and Language & Research | March Roundup | 00:20:38 | |
March has been a more interesting month than February, mostly down to the changes in the die system. Let's dive right in.
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| 07 May 2024 | Monsters, Character Creation and 2d10 | April Roundup | 00:26:36 | |
April has been a month of renewed focus. With the power roll firmly in place, more systems can be designed. Let's dive in and have a look at what's been happening in the last month over at MCDM.
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| 05 Jun 2024 | MCDM on D&D Beyond, Character Creation and Encounter Design | May Roundup | 00:25:28 | |
May has been an exciting month for the MCDM community. The design team has expanded, MCDM products have launched on D&D Beyond, MCDM is going to Gen Con and the new stuff for the RPG is really interesting.
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| 20 Jun 2024 | Nature and Wilderness in Your Campaign | TheNatureGM Interview | 00:12:18 | |
In this special episode I'm trying something new. My goal has always been to make this podcast about the community for the community, and this is the first step in that direction. In this episode of Goblin Points I'm having a chat with TheNatureGM.
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| 05 Jul 2024 | New Monster Design, Villain Power, Codex, and Playtest Details | June Roundup | 00:29:26 | |
June has been a month of character content, and monster design. With the core system in place, ancestries and classes are being worked on. The team has also focused on how monsters should work, and how to make them fun and easy to run. Lastly, we've got some new details about the virtual tabletop.
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| 20 Jul 2024 | Designing a Different RPG Instead of Tweaking, and the MCDM Community Vibe | Ashley Interview Pt. 1 | 00:30:05 | |
This time I have the pleasure of having community member Ashley on the podcast. I was introduced to Ashley in a playtest we did together, and in the post-play chat I found her thoughts interesting. Today I get to share some of them with you!
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| 05 Aug 2024 | The RPG Has A Name, New Play Test Packet, and MCDM on Alchemy | July Roundup | 00:24:15 | |
What a month! MCDM launched on a new VTT, there's a new fan channel on YouTube, and the patron play test packet finally dropped, to much celebration among the patron community on Discord. But it's finally been announced, the MCDM RPG has a name!
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| 20 Aug 2024 | MCDM Takes Feedback and Tests Like No One Else, Petal Crash 2, and Lyric's Ledger | Ashley Interview Pt. 2 | 00:33:31 | |
As promised in the last interview episode, this episode is the continuation of the conversation Ashley and me had. The conversation was recorded at the end of June, so we don't know about the play test packet yet, but we still had much to talk about.
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| 05 Sep 2024 | Backer Packet Release, Djordice Dicefunder, and the Creator License | August Roundup | 00:22:45 | |
The flood gates have opened, and Draw Steel is here in full. The backer packet has dropped, along with the Creator License. More people are playing the game, and homebrew is flooding out from the community. And that's just in the last couple of days of August. But we also got word of a dicefunder, a new Timescape wiki and a few details about Codex. What a month!
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| 10 Sep 2024 | Dicefunder Correction Episode | 00:02:32 | |
Now, this is a bit embarrassing. It turns out I messed up and included some wrong information about the dicefunder in the most recent episode. The roundup for August.
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| 20 Sep 2024 | Testing Draw Steel, Fun Combat, and Exciting Homebrew | Tamwin Interview | 00:29:44 | |
This time I'm talking to Tamwin. If you've hung out in the Draw Steel channels on Discord, you've probably seen his name a lot of times. I ask him about knowing the rules seemingly by heart, reverse engineering the kit math, and his experience running tactical test scenarios.
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| 05 Oct 2024 | Goodbye Caster Kits, War Dogs, and Dicefunder | September Roundup | 00:22:26 | |
I mentioned in last month's roundup that the flood gates of homebrew had opened with the release of the Creator License for Draw Steel. As predicted, that was only the beginning. The amount of stuff being published is almost overwhelming. There's also details about the next packet, the dicefunder and Stawl.
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| 20 Oct 2024 | Wrath of the Iresouls, Fun Encounter Design, and Love for Negotiation Rules | Solace Interview | 00:32:23 | |
This episode I have the pleasure of having Solace on. You might know their name as one of the first people to publish homebrew for Draw Steel, once the creator license dropped. What they published was actually the first published adventure made for Draw Steel.
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| 05 Nov 2024 | New Patreon Packet, Mini STL Files for Patrons, and a Successful Dicefunder | October Roundup | 00:22:34 | |
The dicefunder was a brilliant success, Codex is getting more and more useful for running the game, Draw Steel is getting a lot of tweaks after reviewing the backer packet feedback, and a new patron packet dropped. The packet has tons of changes and updates. Let's jump in.
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| 20 Nov 2024 | Bringing Your Creativity To the Game | Patrick Haesler Interview | 00:51:45 | |
Welcome to the one year anniversary episode! It's wild to me that it's already been a year. Seems only like yesterday I recorded the 90 second trailer, and the retrospective episode about MCDM. My guest for this episode is the composer of the new theme music, Patrick Haesler.
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| 05 Dec 2024 | The Illrigger is on D&D Beyond, and shields are out of Draw Steel | November Roundup | 00:17:17 | |
Feature changes in Draw Steel is slowing down, it's mostly tweaking and balancing from here. Codex is getting some exciting features related to elevation on battle maps. The Illrigger has arrived on D&D Beyond. Trenchworx is making more MCDM minis. And we talk about Derelict.
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| 20 Dec 2024 | The Importance of Art and Fanart | Dojikaan Interview | 00:53:31 | |
In this episode I'm joined by Dojikaan. You might know him from the art that he posts in the MCDM community, I know him from the awesome time raider portrait he did a while back. In the episode we talk about art in the MCDM community, the importance of official art for a product, and how fanart self-sustains communities.
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| 05 Jan 2025 | Draw Steel Is Content Complete, and What Comes After | December Roundup | 00:11:53 | |
This is a shorter episode. It's weird, because in some ways not much new happened in December, but on the other hand, the biggest thing also happened in December: Draw Steel is content complete. All the rules, systems, mechanics and monsters that are supposed to be in the final game are in. Now it's time to polish.
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| 20 Jan 2025 | The Dice Goblin Episode | The Dice Society Interview | 00:58:31 | |
Is the Draw Steel podcast universe going to implode? This episode, I have The Dice Society on! I really have to give him credit for taking so many of the questions without any preparation or warning, and I think he pulled it off really well. We had a great time talking and I hope you do as well when listening. Chapters:
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| 05 Feb 2025 | The Launch Adventures, What Comes After Launch, and New Draw Steel Classes | January Roundup | 00:17:09 | |
This is a bit of a weird one. Less than a week before the release of this episode, James basically posted what could've been the script for this episode in a post on Patreon. So in addition to news about the state of the Draw Steel core rules, and future products for Draw Steel, which was also outlined by James, I've got a bunch fantastic creations from the community. Links to everything: https://www.goblinpoints.com/2503#links Chapters: 00:00 Intro
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| 20 Feb 2025 | The Serial World Creator | Iron Monocle Interview | 00:50:12 | |
In this episode I'm joined by Iron Monocle. He's a serial creator of worlds and keeps a blog about his most recent one. We talk about how game rules influence assumptions in the world, about world building as a hobby, and how players can be a fantastic source and contributors of lore and ideas in your world. Links: Chapters: 00:00 Intro
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| 05 Mar 2025 | Rules Changes, Codex VTT News, and the First 3rd Party Crowdfunder | February Roundup | 00:19:20 | |
MCDM is working on the core rules, the monsters, new classes and the Codex, but nothing is ready to be published yet. The community is of course ever flowing with great creations. In this episode I cover the known rule changes, the new classes and the news about the Codex. Links to everything: https://www.goblinpoints.com/2505#links Chapters: 00:00 Intro
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