Weird Games and Weirder People (Diogo Nogueira)
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| 05 Jun 2024 | 71 Jason Morningstar | 01:38:33 | |
Jason Morningstar is perhaps the iconic Indie RPG Game Designer in my mind. He is the legendary creator of Fiasco, one of my favorite games of all time, which continues to inspire me to this very day. He also created many other masterpieces like Night Witches, Durance, Skeletons and many others. He is also an educator, and, more importantly, he is generous, kind, and supportive with other in our community. This chat was only supposed to last for 1 hour but we managed to stretch it to a little over 1 hours and a half and I with we could have gone for another 2 hours, but I had to go. Good news is Jason enjoyed the chat and is willing to come back! We talked about process, art, creativity, curiosity, the constant impulse to find novelty, the search of the weirdness in the mundane. We talked about other games, creators, and art that inspires us. Jason also shared lots of stories and pieces of wisdom we can all learn from, which I am always seeking. This is one of my favorite episodes. I am a big fan of Jason's work. It was an honor to talk to him about it. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did so... Let's get weird with Jason Morningstar! Check out Jason's work! https://www.patreon.com/bullypulpitgames Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: City of Winter: https://heartofthedeernicorn.com/product/city-of-winter/?v=19d3326f3137 Apocalypse World: http://apocalypse-world.com Kerbal Space Program: https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com Valheim: https://www.valheimgame.com BFF!: https://heartofthedeernicorn.com/product/bff-best-friends-forever/?v=19d3326f3137 LARP Patterns: http://larppatterns.org/index.html | |||
| 26 Oct 2023 | 11 Andrew and Steve from Epic Levels | 02:15:22 | |
Wow! 11 Episodes! And to celebrate the double digits, we have double guests! From the Epic Levels music, Mad Dungeon podcast, and the many artistic exploration of them, come Andrew Bellury and Steve Albertson! I had the pleasure to meet both during Gen Con 2023 and I had the best time with them. What I can really say about those two? Known as Tiger Wizard and Dragon Warrior, these artists make music, art, games, podcasts and pretty much anything you can imagine, and they somehow tie it all back to RPGs! It's all infused with ingenuity, humor, and a playfulness you will hear in their voices. And being podcasters themselves, in this episode they turned the table around and asked me a bunch of stuff too, so I ramble even more than I usually do, so I apologize in advance for that. But, on bright side, they made me talk about an artist that inspires me a lot and to whom I refer to as my creative crush! Want to know who they are? Well, I hope you do. ;) We joke around, we talk art, we talk creativity, we discuss our latests projects, we talk metaphysical, weird experiences, and all the jazz you are used to (but which is different every time somehow, isn't it "weird"?). So let's get weird with Andrew and Steve, Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard! Epic Level Links! Website: https://epiclevelsrapgods.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/epiclevels Andrew's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/epic_levels/ Steve's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/jonnyturbo86/ Dungeon Cats KS: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/epiclevels/dungeon-cats Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs | |||
| 22 Feb 2024 | 44 Daniel Sell | 01:23:35 | |
Daniel Sell is the founder of Melsonian Art Council, a publisher of the finest TTRPG books, creator of Troika! The Science Fantasy RPG, and someone who is always lifting other creators up. I've been following Daniel's work for a long while, since the days of Google + or something. I religiously bought all the Undercroft zines he released and fell in love with Troika! the movement it was released. Since then, Melsonian has not disappointed and has put out some of the most creative adventures and setting of the Indie RPG scene, and continues to do so. In this chat, me and Daniel talk about his journey as a creator and publisher, how he is always learning new things, the development of Troika!, what he has in stores for the future, how he would love to have supernatural experiences and even join a cult! It was a great and fun chat. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Daniel's links! BACK SWYVERS NOW: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/melsonia/swyvers?ref=2oflki Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our first post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/welcome-to-weird-tales-of-the-old Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/DerxXftu (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Troika!: https://www.melsonia.com/troika-26-c.asp Swyvers: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/melsonia/swyvers?ref=2oflki Italian Horror Movies: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls050926336/ A Dictionary of Symbols: https://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Symbols-Review-Books-Classics/dp/1681371979 The Complete Magician's Table: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Magicians-Tables-Stephen-Skinner/dp/0738711640 Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladium_Fantasy_Role-Playing_Game Gene Wolfe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Wolfe Jack Vance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Vance Tékumel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A9kumel Hârn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A2rn Dark Sun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Sun Baruch Spinoza: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Spinoza | |||
| 26 Sep 2023 | 06 Emanoel Melo | 01:22:17 | |
Sixth Episode! Today we welcome the amazing designer Emanoel Melo! Emanoel Melo is an art director and game designer from Brazil and he publishes his work under the Cabinet of Curiosities label. He recently published the boxed set version of his minimalist CBR+PNK game in partnership with Mythworks (you should ABSOLUTELY check it out), and is the author of of many other RPG books and games such as Escape from Station 52, Dodecahedrax, and many others. I love Emanoel's work and his attention to detail. His games have just the exact amount of words, graphics and art to give you everything you need to play and imagine these fantastical universes in your table. During our talk we realized how analytical and detailed his vision is, and how he look over things with the intention of dissecting and making it work on his own terms. We also talked about his fascination with ghost stories, aliens, and many other weird things, including a near death experience he had when he was younger. It's a very entertaining and insightful chat. I hope you like it as much as we did! Now let's get weird with Emanoel Melo! Here's links to Emanoel's work! Substack: https://thecabinetofcuriosities.substack.com Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! And you can get Kosmosaurs, my new game about Space Dinosaur Rangers right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs | |||
| 22 Sep 2023 | 05 Evlyn Moreau | 01:01:49 | |
Our fifth episode! This time we welcome the insightful and inspiring Evlyn Moreau! Evlyn is an illustrator from Montreal, she loves to draw strange creatures and to craft zines. Her work mixes illustrations and roleplaying game content in a personal and whimsical way. She is the co-author of the adventure "Where the Wheat Grows Tall." She recently illustrated The Cleaning of Prison Station Echo and Crime Fighting Luchadores. I am fascinated by how her work mixes cutesy, whimsical, weird and horrifying in perfectly measures to create an enchanting mix. Her work also touches a lot of personal themes that makes her art and games very authentic and personal, which makes me connect with it even more. I just love it. We talked about many cool things, such as our rituals for creating, our criticism, how we both kinda wanted to be invisible as kids, and throughout the episode Evlyn dispenses really great insights that open our minds to new interpretations of what we take for granted. I learned a lot! It's a great chat. I hope you like it as much as we did! Now let's get weird with Evelyn Moreau! Here's links to Evelyn's works, pattern and her blog! https://evlyn.itch.io Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! | |||
| 09 Apr 2025 | 102 Kalum (RPG Roliste) is contextually weird! | 01:37:50 | |
Kalum is a London-based TTRPG designer (Magic of Inventorying, Rosewood Abbey) and podcaster (The Rolistes Podcast, RPG Academy Film Studies). We talked about his experiences in building TTRPG communities, and the creative process of his games! Check out Kalum's work! https://rolistespod.com/ Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store:https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ | |||
| 23 Oct 2024 | 93 Zachary Cox - Soul Muppet Publishing | 01:44:50 | |
Zachary Cox is the JellyMuppet (they/them) and serves as the Director of SoulMuppet Publishing. They are the moon-obssessed creator of Paint The Town Red, Inevitable and Best Left Buried, and one of the co-creators of Orbital Blues. Zach is a seasoned RPG creator and producer, who makes ideas into books. They dabble in everything from printing, distribution and product and project management. PAINT THE TOWN RED is a sad vampire roleplaying game. Created by Zachary Cox (Orbital Blues, Inevitable, Best Left Buried) and with art direction from Johan Nohr (MÖRK BORG, CY_BORG, Into The Odd). This is a game about depression, partying and falling in love, and explores themes of trauma, vice and loneliness BACK PAINT THE TOWN RED NOW! https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/soulmuppet/paint-the-town-red https://soulmuppet-store.co.uk/ Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/. | |||
| 14 May 2024 | 65 Lin Codega | 01:21:01 | |
Lin Codega is an entertainment journalist who co-founded Rascal--a worker-owned, alternative tabletop roleplaying game news outlet. They previously wrote for io9, Polygon, and MIT's Immerse magazine. They also make games, and a lot of other weirdly wonderful things we talk about in this episode! The first time I met Linda as at Gen Con, and my friend Richard said I should meet them, talked about het work a bit and them I went to talk to Lin. She made a bunch of interesting questions and I answered them, but my autistic brain got the best of me and I didn't ask anything back! Well, on this episode I try to rectify that talk to Lin about a lot of interesting topics, ranging from punk culture, the important of community, how our unfinished projects are not failures, but lessons we learned along the way, and a lot more! This is a short episode, and I do pride myself of longer and deeper episodes, but Linda managed to pack a lot in this short interview and I am sure you will love it as much as I did. Listen up and get weird with us! Check out Linda's links! Rascal: https://www.rascal.news Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/uFH7b4wN (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Rapscallion: https://magpiegames.com/collections/rapscallion/products/rapscallion-quickstart-1 Moth Eater: https://stone-soup.ghost.io/exclusive-preview-motheater-by-linda-h-codega/ The Spear Cuts Through Water: https://www.amazon.com/Spear-Cuts-Through-Water-Novel-ebook/dp/B08MPV7Z6Q Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind: https://www.amazon.com/Jonathan-Abernathy-You-Are-Kind-ebook/dp/B0BY41XXJQ Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547604/fifty-years-of-idungeons-and-dragonsi/ Pauline Kael: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Kael | |||
| 31 Jul 2024 | 84 Banana Chan | 01:38:18 | |
Banana Chan is a Cantonese Canadian game designer, writer and publisher living in the US. Her latest work has been on Forgery, Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall, Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft and Betrayal at House on the Hill: 3rd Edition. They won Dicebreaker Awards' Game Designer of the Year 2022 and 2 Silver ENnie Awards in 2022. I had the pleasure and honor to meet Banana during Gary Con 2024 and it was amazing. We played a board game she developed and talked a little bit about games, and the possibility of this interview, which finally happened. In this chat we talked about her amazing work, about the processes of making games, about the weird and the important relationship it has with the mundane, and a lot of other weirdness! Listen up and get weird with us! Check out Banana's links! Back Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall Reprint and New Hauntings now! Banana's Socials: @bananachangames and @readwritememory on Instagram, Twitter, Bluesky, Facebook, Threads. Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/. | |||
| 11 Mar 2025 | 98 Nate Treme (Highland Paranormal Society) | 01:32:50 | |
Nate Treme is an artist, graphic designer, game designer, and educator based in Louisiana. He is also the creator of Highland Paranormal Society, and the author of so many RPGs, adventures, settings, and so much more. Nate mostly produces content through his Patreon, where you can support his work and receive wonderful material, even in physical format sometimes. We talked about his work, his process, his inspirations and a lot more! Get weird with us! Check out Nate's work! Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store:https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/. | |||
| 06 Nov 2023 | 14 Jarrett Crader | 01:35:06 | |
Jarrett has helped create some of the most popular indie rpg systems, modules, and toolkits of the last decade. Primarily a behind-the-scenes person, he has recently started his own company, Space Penguin Ink, with his partner debbie and his cats. He looks forward to making more weird stuff every day! I've been working with Jarrett and getting to know him a little bit better since my first years of making RPG things "professionally" around 2016 or 2017, and his attention to detail, his talent for making something good even better, is astonishing. And for what I've seen, and how I see these things going, it is only getting better and better. In fact, many of our favorite indie OSR/NSR RPG books and series out there have a finger or two of him. He has working with many indie authors, and companies such as Exalted Funeral, Tuesday Knight Games, Melsonian Art Council and many others. The thing is, Jarrett forgets he worked on stuff (there are so many) and does his best to keep his attention in what he is making now. In the present. And that's almost a life philosophy he carries into so many other areas. In our chat we got to talk about how his work of an editor and publisher is, how he loves being the first person to see these amazing books other creators are making, how he does with his routine, and the many tasks he has to do (while navigating ADHD as well), how he was raised in a haunted house, how art and RPGs are related, who are his major inspirations, and a lot more. This was a great chat, and I am happy I got to see a little bit behind his work, how he thinks, how he organizes his time, and how he understands this weird thing we love so much. So listen up, and let's get weird with Jarrett Crader! Check out Jarrett's Work! Space Penguin Ink - https://spacepenguin.ink/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/spacepenguininkInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/spacepenguinink/ Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be - https://www.amazon.com/Put-Your-Where-Heart-Wants/dp/B0B553D3FP | |||
| 30 Nov 2023 | 21 Will Munn | 01:28:15 | |
Will Munn is the award-nominated and bestselling creator of Arium, the worldbuilding RPG. He runs the Adept Icarus game design studio and has collaborated on RPGs such as Cold Shadows, Tiny Frontiers, and Zorro, the Roleplaying Game. Willalso serves as a publisher for multiple award-winning and bestselling game designers. All four continental US timezones have been his home, and he'd like to add to the list. I met Will Munn through our mutual friend and kind of mutual mentor, Alan Bahr, from Gallant Knight Games. And I immediately saw how Will is a focused and very creative person. I had the great opportunity to work with him on Arium, collaborating with a few random tables, and I am so grateful for that. On this chat we talked about many things, including how is it being a father of 4, how he has this unique way of working collaboratively with his team, how RPGs are all about exploring the weird in a safe way, how life is always changing and how sometimes we just have to wait to see where it takes us (and often it's to a batter place). We talk about games too of course, especially Arium and Cyan Starlight, a new project he is developing with Alan Bahr, which touches on very emotional and unique themes. We had a great chat. We go deep, and we get personal. I hope you enjoy it. Let's get weird with Will Munn. Check out Will Munn's links! Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Zorro RPG: https://www.gallantknightgames.com/zorro/ Cold Shadows: https://www.gallantknightgames.com/cold-shadows/ Tiny Frontier: https://www.gallantknightgames.com/tiny-frontiers/ Notion (app): https://www.notion.so/ Water Music: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Music Gallant Knight Games: https://www.gallantknightgames.com/ Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jiangshi/jiangshi-blood-in-the-banquet-hall Haunting of Hill House: https://www.netflix.com/title/80189221 | |||
| 12 Feb 2025 | 98 Christopher Drellow (Glumdark) | 01:14:02 | |
Christopher Drellow is a writer, artist, designer, musician and programmer living in Brooklyn, New York and San Francisco, California. He is kickstarting the book version of Glumdark right now. This is an amazing resource for Dark Fantasy gaming, and each page is bursting with ideas! Check it out! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/exaltedfuneral/glumdark Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store:https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/. | |||
| 25 Sep 2024 | 90 Brendan LaSalle | 01:38:39 | |
Brendan J. LaSalle is a staff writer for Goodman Games who has been writing and publishing in the game industry since 2002. He has written for Goodman Games, Fat Dragon Games, Troll Lord’s Games, Legendsmiths, Savage Mojo, Pandahead Publishing, and Hand Made Games, among others. He has written many adventures and RPG source books, including the award-winning Age of Cthulhu: A Dream of Japan. His most recent release is the holiday adventure Love Mutants of Castle Heartache. He is the creator of Xcrawl, which is soon to be released in the new Xcrawl Classics edition. He lives in Kennesaw, GA, with his wife, dog, and two cats. Check out Brendan's work at https://goodman-games.com/store/product-category/brendan-lasalle/ Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/. | |||
| 29 Aug 2024 | 87 Mike Shea - Sly Flourish | 01:06:48 | |
Mike is the writer for the website Sly Flourish and the author of Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master, the Lazy DM's Workbook, The Lazy DM's Companion, Fantastic Adventures, Fantastic Adventures: Ruins of the Grendleroot, and a number of other books. Mike is a co-author of Forge of Foes and Fantastic Lairs. Mike has freelanced for a bunch of RPG companies, including Wizards of the Coast, Kobold Press, MCDM, Pelgrane Press, and others. He's been playing RPGs since the mid '80s, and writing for and about RPGs since 2008. BACK THE CITY OF ARCHES: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slyflourish/the-city-of-arches-a-high-fantasy-5e-rpg-city-sourcebook Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/. | |||
| 11 Apr 2024 | 56 Luke Stratton / Limithron | 02:00:32 | |
Luke Stratton, or Limithron as he is known throughout the seven seas of the internet, is an artist, game designer, producer, and so many other things. He is the creator of Pirate Borg, as well as Limithron's Guide to Naval Combat for 5th Edition D&D! He was with me on both Game On Expo and Gary Con, so we get to talk a little bit about those. Luke and I had the chance to bond over the course of 2 weeks, as we both attended Game on Expo as Guest/Panalists, and went to Gary Con afterwards to relax among like minded gamers! I am very glad I spent that time with him and I am glad we could talk about that and many other things on the show. We delved into his creative process, his effort to keep the passion for pirate stuff alive, the influences he had while working on Pirate Borg, other artists that inspire his way to work, and many other weird and wonderful things. Listen up and get weird with us! Check out Luke's work below! https://www.patreon.com/posts/limithrons-table-41712155 https://podcast.limithron.com/ Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/ive-been-dreaming-of-ttrpgs-fire Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/X22bfuqp (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Meshuggah: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshuggah How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy: https://www.amazon.com/How-Write-Science-Fiction-Fantasy/dp/158297103X Dawn Among the Dead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_of_the_Dead_(1978_film) On Stranger Tider: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Stranger_Tides Sean McCoy: https://seanmccoy.substack.com/ Johan Nohr: https://nohr.se/ DCC RPG: https://goodman-games.com/dungeon-crawl-classics-rpg/ Shadowdark: https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/pages/shadowdark Into the Odd: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/into-the-odd/ Troika!: https://www.troikarpg.com/ Ultraviolet Grass Lands: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/uvg-2e Midsommar: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8772262/ | |||
| 02 Jul 2024 | 78 Matthew Orr (Wet Ink Games) | 01:58:12 | |
Matthew Orr is a TTRPG creator and co-owner of Wet Ink Games. He likes to read about history, about animals (especially cryptids), and he loves comics (but not superhero comics). He has an obsession with bleak 1970s sci-fi movies he can't quite explain. All of this seems to show up in his games. He makes games, publishes games, and help other do the same! I recently had the honor and pleasure to collaborate with Wet Ink Games on a project and it was one of my favorite experiences ever! I, of course, jumped on the opportunity to invite him for an interview and we had a great chat! Oh, and he interviewed me too BTW! Check it out: https://youtu.be/sPzN0A1UQzc In this interview we talked about Wet Ink Games, we talked about Jinagshi, which is getting reprinted and expanded with new scenarios (including one I wrote), we talked about his hair not being cut by other for 20 years, we talked about inspirations, routines, history, biology, and we talked about Narrative Voice in RPGs, which was super interesting! So listen up, and get weird with us! Check out Matt's links! wetinkgame.com VOTE FOR ME (or whoever you prefer) FOR BEST PODCAST HOST on the CRIT AWARDS! And vote for the your other favorite creators from our hobby! https://www.critawards.org Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Tetrapod Zoology blog - https://tetzoo.com/Lawrence Watt-Evans Ethshar books - http://www.ethshar.com/ | |||
| 29 Feb 2024 | 46 Matthew Morris / ManaDawn | 02:00:40 | |
Matthew Morris, aka ManaRampMatt has been playing roleplaying games for nearly a decade and has been creating and publishing games and supplements since 2020. He is obsessed with Mausritter and any other Into the Odd based game. Outside of the gaming world he is a husband to an amazing wife, father to two little and cute kiddos, and pastors a rural church community. Matthew loves history, theology, fantasy, adventure, and lots of weird little things in those realms. Matthew's work and enthusiasm for the hobby are contagious! I had the honor to collaborate with him in a few occasions and I can't wait to do it again. His most recent work has just been kickstarted and is called Tomb of a Thousand Doors brings a community built mega dungeon to the acclaimed Mausritter RPG! Oh, and he just launched a Patreon with Hush Lashbrooke to release more Mausritter content regularly (check it out: https://www.patreon.com/TinyTails) On this wonderful chat we talked about coffee and his relationship with it and creativity. We talked about how he is a man of christian faith and how that affects his life and the life of other around him. How he seeks to be a beacon of light and positivity, and how that is important in a world that is constantly blasting us with negative information 24/7. We talked a lot about gaming, RPGs, influences, artists, and all that wonderful weirdness we love! So listen up and get weird with us!
Check out Matthew's links: My Twitter is: @manarampmatt Tiny Tails: https://www.patreon.com/TinyTails Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/ive-been-dreaming-of-ttrpgs-fire Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kR3rzcqN (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Tomb of a Thousand Doors: https://manadawnttg.itch.io/tomb-of-a-thousand-doors Rewall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redwall The Chronicles of Narnia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia J. R. R. Tolkien: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic Brad Kerr: https://brad-kerr.itch.io/ Ahimsa Kerp: https://knightowlpublishing.com/about-us/ Goblin Archives: https://goblinarchives.itch.io/ The One Ring RPG: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/the-one-ring/ Indiana Jones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones The X-Files: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files Ancient Apocalypse: https://www.netflix.com/title/81211003 Ben Milton: http://questingblog.com/ Into the Odd: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/into-the-odd/ Lost Pages: https://lostpages.co.uk/ Mausritter: https://mausritter.com/ | |||
| 16 May 2024 | 66 Tim Hutchings | 02:05:47 | |
Tim Hutchings is an award-winning artist and game designer best known for his game Thousand Year Old Vampire. He is also the creator of A Collection of Improving Exercises, Our Vacation, and many other games that explore the frontier of RPGs, games, and art. He's a soon-to-be-former university professor and closing up his art studio to focus on making games full time. I love games that do things in very unique ways that tie well with their themes. That explore spaces that haven't been explored or that look at old things a very different angle. Tim's games do all of that! Combining that with his academic background and knowledge, I knew there could be a lot we could learn from him in this episode. And that's what set out to do here, to explore a little bit of how Tim's process work, what inspires his work, what kind of weird things he is into and that kind of thins we love here. This was a tremendous episode. Tim shared a lot of wisdom, and made quite a few great jokes! Enjoy it! Listen up and get weird with us! Check out Tim's links! https://thousandyearoldvampire.com Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Book of Hours: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1028310/BOOK_OF_HOURS/ Cultist Simulator: https://store.steampowered.com/app/718670/Cultist_Simulator/ Balatro: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379780/Balatro/ Inscryption: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1092790/Inscryption/ John Company: https://wehrlegig.com/products/john-company-second-edition | |||
| 23 May 2024 | 68 Joseph Goodman | 02:01:55 | |
Joseph Goodman runs Goodman Games. He has written a number of RPG titles, including DCC RPG, DragonMech, and many dungeon crawl adventures. His best work, though, is mentoring the amazing group of creators who have come to publish their work through Goodman Games. Joseph is also well known within the DCC RPG community as the Dark Lord, but in a very dear way. I had the pleasure to work with Goodman Games a few times, but I've always been an admirer of not only their work with games, but especially in the way they ciultivate creativity and community. In this chat we talk about many great topics, including game design, doing business as a game, creativity, nature as inspiration, the famous Appendix N, and parenthood. This was a fantastic chat, Joseph is always very generous with his wisdom so I recommend you listen to this one closely! So, listen up, and get weird with us! Check out Jospeh's links! Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Dinosaur Planet: https://goodman-games.com/store/product/dinosaur-planet-broncosaurus-rex/ DragonMech: https://goodman-games.com/store/product/dragonmech-pdf/ Appendix N: https://goodman-games.com/blog/2018/03/26/what-is-appendix-n/ Watch Life in Color with David Attenborough: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036559 50 Fantastic Functions for the D50: https://goodman-games.com/store/product/50-fantastic-functions-for-the-d50-pdf/ Howard Andrew Jones: https://www.howardandrewjones.com Harold Lamb: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Lamb Algernon Blackwood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Blackwood Carcassonne: https://www.zmangames.com/en/products/carcassonne/ Puerto Rico: https://www.riograndegames.com/games/puerto-rico/ California Extreme: https://caextreme.org | |||
| 18 Apr 2024 | 58 Jordan Dube | 01:59:39 | |
Jordan Dube is the owner & operator of Goosepoop Games! He is greatly involved with the community: running game meetups and conventions as executive director of his local game group in Portland, ME, performing clarinet in a swing band, writing video game review articles, and climbing rocks at the rock gym. Formerly a UX designer, programmer, sound engineer, and Army clarinetist, Jordan uses his diverse knowledge to create accessible and approachable games for players of all types. Connection and supporting others is Jordan’s passion and he uses Goosepoop Games to pursue these values. I am always interested in people working on making the community better, more welcoming, more accessible, and who would imagine they are also seeking new ways to make games, and dabbling with themes like philosophy, meditation, mindfulness. So Jordan work was super interesting to me instantly! In this episode we talked a lot about exact those interests, we exchanged a lot insights, jokes, and very deep personal things. It was amazing, it was fun, and very educational! I hope you love it too! So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Jordan's Links! goosepoopgames.com Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/ive-been-dreaming-of-ttrpgs-fire Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Hvc2ng3u (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Brindlewood Bay: https://www.brindlewoodbay.com/brindlewood-bay.html The Gauntlet: https://www.brindlewoodbay.com/ Writing Is Designing: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Designing-Words-User-Experience-ebook/dp/B082J3Z8R1 The Design of Everyday Things: https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded-ebook/dp/B06XCCZJ4L/ref=sr_1_1 Living with Complexity: https://www.amazon.com/Living-Complexity-Press-Donald-Norman/dp/0262528940/ref=sr_1_1 Leadership and Self-Deception: https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Self-Deception-Getting-Out-Box/dp/1576759776 Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience: https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061339202/ref=sr_1_1 | |||
| 04 Apr 2024 | 54 Zac Goins | 02:10:21 | |
Zac has written for dozens of publications, including entries in D&D 5e, Mork Borg, Mothership, OSE, Vast Grimm, his upcoming work on Primal Quest, Zweihander, and the Hannibal RPG, and more. In another realm, he is the President of Tabletop Fanatics, one of the Directors at World of Game Design, and a co-host of the Geeks’ Cant podcast. Zac is one of those person you wonder "how do they make it all?", and now I am having a chance to pick his brain on this chat, and work with him on a Primal Quest adventure! It's amazing. This was a wonderful and weird chat. Zac does not think he is weird, but he is definitely one of us, and I am glad he is. He shares a lot on this episode, and hopefully you will learn as much as I did. So listen up, and let's get weird with Zac Goins! Check out Zac's links! https://www.facebook.com/xzacklee/ Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/ive-been-dreaming-of-ttrpgs-fire Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/FrEmabnw (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Cubicle 7: https://cubicle7games.com/ Modiphius: https://www.modiphius.net/ Stockholm Kartell: https://www.stockholmkartell.com/ Zweihander Reforged: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zweihander/zweihander-reforged-edition Vast Grim: https://vastgrimm.com/ PUBG: https://pubg.com/en-eu/events/7th_anniversary Atlanta (TV Series): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4288182/ David Cronenberg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cronenberg Andrew Gaska: https://roguereviewer.wordpress.com/ On Writing: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-10th-Anniversary-Memoir-Craft/dp/1439156816 | |||
| 07 Nov 2023 | 15 Richie Buzzkill | 01:56:35 | |
Richie Buzzkill is the producer behind the Full Metal RPG Podcast, which has been around for several years and touched almost every topic about TTRPG you could imagine and a little more. He is also, as he said himself, a Master Procrastinator, and someone who wanted to be an artist but was born with the soul of an engineer. We have been following each other's work for a long while as we almost begin this journey in the Indie RPG space simultaneously. I met Richie through a mutual friend (Brandon, former host of the FMRPG podcast) and we quickly become friends as well. They had me over their show a few times, and through their work I learned a lot. In this chat we had the chance to sit down, talk weird, get deep and figure some stuff out! We talked about him having hobby ADHD, about how he dabbles with many art outlets, how he found himself on audio engineering (which does sound like a perfect intersection of his interests), about his explorations with photography, and a lot more. This led us to talk about photography in RPGs, weirdest games we played, we even have weird game ideas while discussing the strange shows we have been watching. We had a great chat, and I am always delighted into having a glimpse behind people's work and philosophy. I hope you enjoy it too. So listen up, and let's get weird with Richie Buzzkill! Check out Full Metal RPG: https://linktr.ee/fullmetalrpg
Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Vampire the Masquarade 5th Edition - https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/world-of-darkness/discover-world-of-darkness/vampire-the-masquerade Wheel of Time - https://www.primevideo.com/detail/The-Wheel-of-Time/0U3073DE9J38JXZ5WLZW5O8MH3 Peripheral - https://www.amazon.com/Peripheral-William-Gibson/dp/0425276236 The Creator - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11858890/ Foundation - https://www.apple.com/br/tv-pr/originals/foundation/ For All Mankind - https://tv.apple.com/br/show/for-all-mankind/umc.cmc.6wsi780sz5tdbqcf11k76mkp7 Severance - https://tv.apple.com/us/show/severance/umc.cmc.1srk2goyh2q2zdxcx605w8vtx Ten Candles - https://cavalrygames.com/ten-candles PULSE - https://encho.com.br/studio/pulse/ GURPS Cyberpunk - https://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/Cyberpunk/ Fall of the House of Usher - https://www.netflix.com/title/81414665 | |||
| 19 Mar 2024 | 51 Irvin Morales | 02:18:00 | |
Irvin Morales is a Game designer, content creator at Role Per Second YouTube channel, and CO-CEO of KoboldCon, a convention in Mexico that promotes the indie TTRPG movement in LATAM. I am very happy to receive my friend and fellow RPGLATAM creator Irvin for a great chat about his journey in the TTRPG world, beginning as a player, becoming a GM, event organizer, store owner and then game designer. We also talked about the unique realities of the hobby in Latin America, especially Mexico and Brazil, going even into how the organized crime can have an impact on gaming. If you want to know a little bit more about our unique and weird worlds, check this one out. It was an incredible chat. We had a lot of fun! So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Irvin's links! https://linktr.ee/rolepersecond Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/ive-been-dreaming-of-ttrpgs-fire Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/FrEmabnw (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: T | |||
| 14 Nov 2023 | 17 Hodag | 02:18:15 | |
Hodag is a game designer, artists and zine maker of the Indie RPG space! His work is primarily line based and black and white, full of details, references and hidden eggs!
I've been following Hodag's work for a while now and we've talked a bit. But not like we did in this episode. Hodag does amazing linework art (and he even talks about his main styles of art, influences and preferences in the episode), and he is quite fond of putting the resemblance of friends and peers in character's illustrations (there is even one with my likeness in Beyond! The Hypertrench!, a Space Fantasy RPG he created).
His work with the team of Barkeep on the Borderlands won an Gold Ennie-Award for Best Supplement, and this zine is a great addition for those that want to experience a barcrawl/urbancrawl with many possibilities of play in a gorgeous illustrated setting.
In this chat we discussed a wide range of topics and the time flew by. It's a bit over two hours but the conversation is well worth it. We go deep into art, Hodag's influences, our grid and concerns with generative AI applications, humanity in art, how he embodies chaos in his creative process, how he hasn't experienced a dry spell or burnout.
We also talked about his vision of artists as kind of the jocks of the #TTRPG space (and that kinda makes sense), how usually in the USA the individual rights are always put above the collective rights, our amazing peers in the Indie RPG space, how he lived in a bunch of different places and how that shaped a bit of his vision, how RPGs are not weird at all to him, and a lot more. You gotta listen to it.
We had a great chat and I hope you enjoy it too.
Let's get weird with Hodag!
Check out Hodag's works!
https://hodagrpg.itch.io/
https://www.instagram.com/hodagrpg/
Thank you for listening!
Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help!
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Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!
Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs
Stuff mentioned in the Episode:
Barkeep on the Borderlands - https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/shop/p/barkeep-on-the-borderlands
Traverse Fantasy Blog - https://traversefantasy.blogspot.com/
Prismatic Wasteland Site - https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/
The Wind (Movie) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8426594/
Macteg (Instagram) - https://instagram.com/mactegart
Perplexing Ruins - https://www.perplexingruins.com/
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| 04 Feb 2024 | 37 Paolo Greco | 02:23:06 | |
Paolo Greco is a writer, game designer, artist, book binder, editor, publisher and many other things! They created the Adventure Fantasy Game, Chthonic Codex, Mageblade, Wulfwald, Beyond the Pale and much more. They also created Lost Pages, the publisher who first published both Into the Odd (by Chris McDowell) and Maze Rats (by Ben Milton). I've been a fan of Paolo's work and presence in the RPG space since the good old days of Google +, and miss seeing them around, so this chat was special for me. Paolo's work both as a game designer and publisher helped shaped the way I game and how I make games too. The line of spell books which started with Wonders & Wickedness is probably one of the best books/zine dealing with magic for fantasy games I've ever seen. I love them. In this chat me and Paolo talked about mental health, how that affect our creativity, art and hobbies that we practice or are interested in, works and artists that have influenced us, weird games we played, and many more weird things. It was a great chat, it get personal, it gets weird! The way we like it here! ;) So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Paolo's Links! Get Wulfwald: https://shop.lostpages.co.uk/products/wulfwald-boxed-set Get Beyond the Pale: https://shop.lostpages.co.uk/products/beyond-the-pale-print-pdf Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UTSdtwV4 (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Italo Calvino: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo_Calvino The Nonexistent Knight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nonexistent_Knight Invisible Cities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Cities Metal Gods of Ur-Hadad: https://www.kickassistan.net/p/metal-gods-of-ur-hadad-zine.html Jorge Luis Borges: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Borges Fiesta de San Juan: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_de_San_Juan Fighting Fantasy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_Fantasy Atlantis of the Sands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis_of_the_Sands Twine: https://twinery.org/ | |||
| 31 Oct 2024 | 94 Joshua McCrowell - His Majesty the Worm | 01:17:19 | |
Josh McCrowell is an up-jumped RPG blogger and editor-in-chief of the Knock! gaming magazine. He haunts Virginia, USA where he rattles chains and wears ragged sheets. His partner, two cats, and a dog are frequent victims of his ghoulish antics. Check out Josh's weird games! https://www.hismajestytheworm.games Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/. | |||
| 02 Dec 2024 | 97 Eduardo Carabaño - Settlers of a Dead God | 01:41:55 | |
Eduardo Carabaño is a game designer from Spain, creator of Settlers of a Dead God, and a super creative and inspiring creator. We talked about creative process, his passions, his influences and a lot more. Settlers of a Dead God is an incredible setting and supplement for OSE and other OSRish games with information for playing insectoid characters exploring the colossal carcass of a god. Get Settlers of a Dead God here: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/settlers-of-a-dead-god-pdf Check Eduardo's blog here: https://thedeadgod.com Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/. | |||
| 16 Jul 2024 | 81 Courtney Campbell | 01:57:26 | |
Courtney Campbell is a game designer and artist, creator of the Hack & Slash blog, author of many great posts about gaming, and the game designer of many RPG books, including more recently Sinless, a new take on cyberpunk dystopias where the players are faced with really hard hitting questions. I've been following Courtney's work from afar for a long while. I think he wrote some of the best OSR and adventure gaming posts out there, and I even have the zines he published compiling some of these. Courtney's new game raised a lot of questions that I would love to see more people trying to answer, or even trying to think about them. In this chat we talked a lot about Sinless, dystopias, their inevitable downfall, mental health, games, art, writing, process, and a lot of other weird stuff we normally talk about in this show. So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Courtney's Links: Blog: https://hackslashmaster.blogspot.com Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Jeshields: https://www.patreon.com/jeshields Kevin Feige: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Feige Game of Oil: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/38144/game-of-oil Lindsay Nikole: https://www.youtube.com/@LindsayNikole | |||
| 25 Apr 2024 | 60 Onslaught Six | 01:26:23 | |
Onslaught Six is the head honcho of Tidal Wave Games, who make the game SEE YOU, SPACE COWBOY... and other TTRPG stuff. You can find out more about him on his website at onslaughtsix.com or his games at tidalwavegames.com I love games about scoundrels and thieves with good hearts, so I was instantly interested in Onslaught Six's game, so when we talked about the interview I was quickly excited! This chat proved I was right! We talk about many cool things, share ideas, personal stories, and a lot of wonderful weirdness! Listen up and get weird with us! Tidal Wave Games: Personal: @onslaughtsix everywhere Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/ive-been-dreaming-of-ttrpgs-fire Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Hvc2ng3u (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizardry_II:_The_Knight_of_Diamonds Ghostbusters (role-playing game): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(role-playing_game) The Lethal Weapons: https://www.tlw80s.com/ Midnight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_(role-playing_game) The King's Dilemma: https://www.amazon.com/Horrible-Games-HG012-KD1908-Dilemma/dp/B07V5THHK6 Mu Body is a Cage: https://snowttrpg.itch.io/my-body-is-a-cage Henry Rollins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYKG6N1WujQ LSD Emulator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD:_Dream_Emulator | |||
| 27 Mar 2024 | 52 Anthony Meloro | 02:03:30 | |
As the original creator of the Mystic Punks, Anthony Meloro has been writing TTRPG zines and materials since 2016. Never satisfied to stay within one genre, Meloro continuously taps into his effervescent knowledge of trash comics, video games, punk rock and, DIY culture to create his work. An educator, a father, a game designer, a MYSTIC PUNK! In this chat we had the opportunity to talk about art, creativity, education, fatherhood, game design, being outsiders, and so much more! We also really got into talking about the great game that is Mystic Punks. We talked about the history behind the original zines, how it evolved, who are all the amazing creator working with him to make the game even greater, and a lot more! BTW, MYSTIC PUNKS in funding right now! Back it to save the universe! Mystic Punks Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/exaltedfuneral/mystic-punks-table-top-roleplaying-game This is a great episode! I hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it! So let's get weird with Anthony Meloro! Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/ive-been-dreaming-of-ttrpgs-fire Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/FrEmabnw (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: BEING UPDATED SOON! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/exaltedfuneral/mystic-punks-table-top-roleplaying-game | |||
| 28 Aug 2024 | 86 Camilla Zamboni | 01:52:54 | |
Camilla Zamboni (she/her) teaches Educational Game Design as well as Italian language and culture at Wesleyan University (Connecticut, USA). She focuses on innovative, reflective, and radical pedagogy, particularly at the nexus of language learning, open educational resources (OERs), analog game-based learning, and tabletop game design. Camilla regularly presents at conferences in US and Italy, and she is currently editing a volume on creating micro tabletop role-playing games for the classroom called Roll for Learning. She is also a game designer and translator: her latest projects are Planétes, a language-learning ttrpg created with Alessia Caviglia, and Folk, a ttrpg to explore folklore created with CampfireRPG. Itch page: https://czamboni.itch.io/ Teaching / professional website: https://czamboni.faculty.wesleyan.edu/ CHECK OU FOLK GAME JAM https://itch.io/jam/folk-game-jam- Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/. | |||
| 07 May 2024 | 63 Cassi Mothwin | 01:47:05 | |
Cassi Mothwin is a multi-award winning tabletop RPG designer and illustrator. When she’s not working on her own projects, she’s usually reviewing or exploring other indie tabletop games developed by her peers. She enjoys video editing, video games, and reading a lot of genre fiction. Cassi body of work is pretty impressive and she has been doing this for only a few years. But not only that, she explores themes and avenues of play, multimedia, interactivity. It's really fantastic, creative and inspiring. And that's exactly how this episode went, as Cassi shared her journey, her inspirations, her past and future projects, the games she has been enjoying, and a little bit of her unique and wonderful weirdness. So listen up, and get weird with us! Check out Cassi's links! All her links are here: https://cassimothwin.com/cassi-mothwin-links-copy/ Tangled Blessings - Expanded: https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/950b3b58-719b-43f5-a632-85096629464c/landing Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/uFH7b4wN (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Fallout - New Vegas: https://store.steampowered.com/app/22380/Fallout_New_Vegas/ Fallout (TV Series): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12637874/ Whiskey Rabbit: https://linktr.ee/whiskeyrabbitart Spencer Campbell: https://gilarpgs.com Hell Whalers: https://brewisttabletopgames.itch.io/hellwhalers Rascal: https://www.rascal.news Stardew Valley: https://www.stardewvalley.net | |||
| 30 Apr 2024 | 61 Andrían Mejía | 01:31:15 | |
Adrián Mejia was born and raised in Quito, the city that he loves and hates. He wants to see more latines in Fantasy, both as characters and players, and tell stories he doesn't see elsewhere. He is the lead director of the Koboa project, a South American Fantasy setting for D&D, Pathfinder and other fantasy ganes, and is hoping to get a few more projects underway as he keeps experimenting with game designs he finds interesting. The first time I saw the vibrant colors and unique characters of the Koboa ads I was immediately interested and started to follow Adrían. As a fellow RPGLATAM creator, I was excited to have Adrían on the show to talk about his project, his journey, his inspirations, and that's what we did. We also talked a lot about being Latin Americans making games in the international market, we talked about RPGLATAM, about colonization, about social justice, and many other things that is almost impossible not to talk about when we talk about LATAM. It was a delightful chat, full of great ideas, and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did. Listen up and get weird with us! Check out Adrían links! GET KOBOA: https://koboa.backerkit.com/ @latinerd on socials Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/uFH7b4wN (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Freaks and Geeks: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0193676/ Bill Waterson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watterson Animorphs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animorphs Gambiarra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71vBCE7eh00 Severance: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11280740/ Everyone is John: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/271276/Everyone-is-John Open Veins of Latin America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Veins_of_Latin_America One Hundred Years of Solitude: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude The Alchemist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alchemist_(novel) Disco Elysium: https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium__The_Final_Cut/ The Good Place: https://www.netflix.com/title/80113701 | |||
| 26 Dec 2023 | 28 Yochai Gal | 02:42:12 | |
Yochai Gal is the creator of the fantastic Cairn RPG, co-host of the great Between 2 Cairns podcast, and one of the main proponents of the NSR (New School Revolution). His is also a very active voice in the TTRPG space, and if I may add, a very positive one.
Yochai is always looking for ways to make not only the amazing games we love more accessible, but the act of making these games more accessible too. When I was developing my trilogy of horror RPG zines (Screams Amongst the Stars, The Dead Are Coming, and Running Out of Time), Yochai helped me tremendously. And he does that with lots of designers.
He also makes a point of making his own creations very accessible. You can get Cairn for free in PDF, with all the rules in an online SRD or PDF, or at cost in print! That in English and in other languages as well (we even talked about trying to make this available in Portuguese).
Anyway, Yochai is a lot more than his games and creations, and in this chat we get a chance to know a little bit more about him and his wonderfully weird self! We talked about art, creativity, process, podcasting, gaming, time travel, cooperatives, how dangerous hippopotamus are, and oh, so much more!
Listen up and get weird with Yochai Gal!
Check out Yochai Gal's links below:
New School Revolution: https://newschoolrevolution.com/
Cairn RPG: https://cairnrpg.com/
Between 2 Cairns: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2042709/
Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People!
Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help!
https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp
You can also support me buy buying one of my games!
Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!
Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs
Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/ACkDAjSa
(this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode).
Stuff mentioned in the Episode:
Blades in the Dark's Bundle of Holding: https://bundleofholding.com/presents/BladesSecond
Seinfeld (TV Series): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098904/
A Folklore Bestiary: https://www.themerrymushmen.com/product/a-folklore-bestiary-for-old-school-essentials-tmm/
Bastionland: https://www.bastionland.com/
Love, Death & Robots: https://www.netflix.com/pt/title/80174608
Outer Wilds: https://store.steampowered.com/app/753640/Outer_Wilds/
Zelda - Breath of the Wild: https://www.ign.com/games/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild
Groundhog Day: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/
Arrival: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/
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| 15 Feb 2024 | 42 Jim Miller | 01:56:57 | |
Jim Miller is the founder of Crit Hit AZ, a convention focused on tabletop gaming in Arizona, and is now Co-Director of Tabletop Games of Game on Expo, happening on March 15th to 17th in Phoenix. He is also a game designer and community builder, and, like all weirdos, a lot more than all of that. I got to know Jim a long time ago, back when I was publishing my first games. Jim was super supportive of my work and the first photos of people playing my games on conventions are probably from Crit Hit AZ. Gratitude, Jim! <3 On this chat we talked about Jim's work as a community builder, how he is focusing on bringing tabletop games, and especially TTRPG to communities that might not have access to them most of the time. We also talked about his work with Game Design, parenthood, the lessons he learned in life, mental health, ADHD, Anafantasia, and a lot more. It was a very interesting and insightful chat. I hope you enjoy it as much as we dit! So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Jim's links! Game on Expo: https://www.gameonexpo.com/ Crit Hit AZ: https://www.instagram.com/crithitaz/ Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our first post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/welcome-to-weird-tales-of-the-old Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Hy97jQYV (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Puppet Master (series): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppet_Master_(film_series) Tabletop Gaming Association of Phoenix: https://tgaop.org/ Anafantasia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia ADHD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder Synthwave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthwave The Secret of NIMH: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_NIMH Evercade: https://evercade.co.uk/exp/ Gamehole Con: https://www.gameholecon.com/ Mausritter: https://mausritter.com/ Lizard People: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilian_conspiracy_theory | |||
| 23 Dec 2023 | 27 Michael Curtis | 01:50:18 | |
Michael Curtis has been working in the RPG industry since 2008 and playing RPGs since 1980. He is mostly known for his work on the DCC RPG line, including such adventures as Frozen in Time, Intrigue at the Court of Chaos, and the DCC Lankhmar set, and for his classic Dungeon Alphabet book and the old-school megadungeon Stonehell. Michael is currently the Director of Product Development for the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG at Goodman Games.Thank you for listening! Michael Curtis is a tremendous inspiration for me and my work. As the DCC RPG served as a renaissance for my understanding of fantasy gaming, Michael's adventures and discourse about them (as I listened avidly on any podcast he would appear on) would help me understand a little bit more of this adventure craft! When I got to learn more about Fritz Leiber, fell in love with Lankhmar and heard Mr. Curtis was going to be the lead designer in the DCC adaptation of that world to the RPG scene I was thrilled. And it's not surprising DCC Lankhmar is my favorite flavor of DCC RPG! But in this chat we talked about a lot more than just gaming. We talked art, life journeys, how we fit or don't around other people, unique experiences and a lot of other weird stuff! So listen up and get weird with us! Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/SpS4fyBG (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Blades in the Dark's Bundle of Holding: https://bundleofholding.com/presents/BladesSecond Dungeon Alphabet: https://goodman-games.com/store/product/the-dungeon-alphabet-fourth-printing-color-cover/ Stonehell Dungeon: https://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-curtis/stonehell-dungeon-down-night-haunted-halls/paperback/product-5974479.html Goodman Games: https://goodman-games.com/ Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG: https://goodman-games.com/dungeon-crawl-classics-rpg/ Fritz Leiber: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Leiber 2024 Indie RPG Creator Summit: https://events.zoom.us/ev/ApXBGL22Cr2o38a3tY0KrBaWDgx9mTT6NoTU0xgyNFkzoxH8fRGk~AkZ6799EJzLC17quXisvhPdhC4_QXgcSR1_MlMR3wKgkxxw3IFRd9fw5ag Hailung: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Jvz7FpBsY73_wEjFV67wQ | |||
| 11 Jan 2024 | 31 Mike Evans | 01:30:11 | |
Mike Evans is the creator DIY RPG Productions, author of Hubris (an incredibly and wonderfully bizarre weird fantasy setting for DCC RPG), Death is the New Pink, Barbarians of the Ruined Earth, and a lot more! But Mike is a lot more than that also! Mike Evans moved to Rochester, NY in 2013 after his wife received her PhD in Toxicology at Rutgers University and took a post doctorate position at URMC. Mike has been working in the non-profit sector for nearly a decade, serving as Director of Operations at Rochester Childfirst Network (RCN) and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Rochester, before becoming the Executive Director of the South East Area Coalition in October 2020. Recently Mike created a new tool lending library program, SEAC’s Tool Shed, which serves the Greater Rochester Area. Mike has lived all over the country: Wyoming, Nebraska, California, Montana, New Jersey and now New York, “Rochester is a great place to live. I’m happy to call this my home.” Mike enjoys grunge and punk rock music, kayaking, biking, hiking, Star Wars, drumming, video games and writing. He currently runs his own publication company and has written seven books. Mike is passionate about diversity, equality, and inclusion because, “only once we’re all equal and included, can we truly be rid of oppression and hate. I grew up idolizing Star Trek: Next Generation; all species, beliefs, cultures, views, etc. were discussed, accepted, and celebrated. That’s where we need to head.” We had a great chat talking about trying to be a good person, trying to make games, coming with terms we are not doing this full time, his new projects, inspirations, weird experiences and a lot more! So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Mike's Links! https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/9599/diy-rpg-productions Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/b4dEnMyH (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Slay the Spire: https://store.steampowered.com/app/646570/Slay_the_Spire/ Dread: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/83854/Dread Mörk Borg: https://morkborg.com/ Princess Mononoke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mononoke Over the Garden Wall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Garden_Wall Americana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americana_(culture) H.O.L.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hol_(role-playing_game) Who Framed Roger Rabbit? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Framed_Roger_Rabbit Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Cave_and_the_Bad_Seeds Final Fantasy VI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VI Chronno Trigger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrono_Trigger Fallout Series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(series) Mad Max: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max Star Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars Smells Like Teen Spirit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smells_Like_Teen_Spirit Henry Rollins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rollins Mike Mignola: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mignola Scavenger's Reign: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21056886/ | |||
| 21 May 2024 | 67 Brian Colin | 01:52:46 | |
Brian Colin has been working in the industry since his first exhibit in Gen Con's art show 2017. He is a sculptor, graphic designer, and product developer who is best known for Vast Grimm. Founder of Creature Creation, he is also the creator of many other weird things! I remember the first time I saw Vast Grimes maw cover! What a cover. And Vast Grimm visuals continues to be super rad! Brian's writing, art and design mix up so well in this series, as he continues to create more and more adventures and supplements for this weirs heavy metal sci-fi RPG built on the chassis of Mörk Borg! We chat about many cool things, such as his journey from comics to RPG creator. How the lesson he learned on the way helped shape his work. We talk about art, creativity, influences, mental health, and about the WEIRD! I loved it! So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Brian's links! Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Vast Grimm: https://vastgrimm.com Creature Curation: https://creaturecuration.com Infinite Black: https://www.infiniteblack.com Gamehole Con: https://www.gameholecon.com World of Revilo: https://creaturecuration.com/revilo-rpg/ Limithron: https://www.limithron.com (Limithron's interview: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wgnwp/episodes/56-Luke-Stratton--Limithron-e2i6p65/a-ab5dghb) Knock! Magazine: https://www.themerrymushmen.com/shop-tmm/ Vast Grimm: No Safe Haven: https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/01035a5b-3edd-469c-b4fc-5affd615d1f4/landing Over the Troll Bridge: https://creaturecuration.com/product/over-the-troll-bridge-rpg/ Untold: https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Hub-UTD01TCH-Untold-Adventures/dp/B076KRJDQG Rory's Story Cubes: https://www.storycubes.com/ | |||
| 19 Sep 2023 | 04 Lucas Rolim | 01:03:59 | |
Forth episode! Now with a fellow designer from Brazil, and a good friend, Lucas Rolim! Lucas is a passionate and hard working creator that explores new mechanics and rules in his games, always interested in new ways for players to interact with the fiction without bringing old assumptions to the table. He is also a great artists and you can see him exploring illustration, graphic design and other fields while he develops his work, learning with him in the process! It's GREAT! He is an RPG game designer, author of games like Pacts and Blades and MiniBX. Active in the Brazilian OSR scene since 2018 and internationally since 2020. Wrote games and zines printed by indie publishers like Exalted Funeral, Soul Muppet Publishing, and Spear witch. As an illustrator, he released Last Oath, many authorial works and a map for Bones Deep. We talked about how our life affects the way we create games, and how creating games affect our live right back. We also chatted about the weirdest games we play, the weird things that influence us, and, of course, about the supernatural we believe in or don't! It's a great chat. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Let's get weird with Lucas Rolim! Find Lucas Rolim at at @lucasttrpg on X (formely known as Twitter). Find his games at https://lucasrolim.itch.io/ Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! | |||
| 07 Feb 2024 | 39 Richard Ruane | 01:58:48 | |
Richard Ruane (he/him) is the creator of the award-winning game Moonlight on Roseville Beach. He was nominated for the IGDN Groundbreaker Award for Best Setting for Barrow Keep: Den of Spies in 2021 and Dark Designs in Verdigris in 2020. He's previously contributed to Codex, Eat Trash Be Free, and Sunken. I am so glad to have Richard over. We met a few years ago when I traveled to the US and we tried to organize an TTRPG meet up in NYC, and basically only a few people showed up. Since then we'v been in touch and we've been talking and watching each other grow from apart. My wife has actually also worked with him, as she translated Barrow Keep to Portuguese. On this chat we talk a little bit about his journey in the TTRPG space, his fascination for the horror genre, the works and artists that inspired him and that continues to do so, and so much more. I learned quite a few things on this episode and I really want to try Writing Sprints soon! So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Richard's Links! Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/gtGWj722 (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Writing Sprints: https://thewritepractice.com/writing-sprints/ John Harness: https://john-r-harness.itch.io/ Pomodoro Technique: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique Moonlight on Roseville Beach: https://spearwitch.com/products/moonlight-on-roseville-beach Sherwood: https://www.r-rook.studio/p/sherwood.html Barrow Keep: https://www.r-rook.studio/p/barrow-keep.html Ennies: https://ennie-awards.com/ Forged in the Dark: https://bladesinthedark.com/forged-dark Vincent Baker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Baker Mothership: https://www.mothershiprpg.com/ Stephen King: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King Slasher Films: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slasher_film Thriller Genre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre) Suspense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspense Ravenloft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenloft Vampire the Masquerade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire:_The_Masquerade Zzarchov Kowolski: https://www.patreon.com/zzarchov Jared Sinclair: https://s-jared.itch.io/ Solar Blades & Cosmic Spell: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/260378/Solar-Blades--Cosmic-Spells Gumshoe System: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumshoe_System City of Mist: https://cityofmist.co/ Scooby Doo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo Masks of Nyarlathotep: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masks_of_Nyarlathotep A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to ToonTown: https://vivienxgrimm.itch.io/toontown Playing at the World: https://www.amazon.com/Playing-at-World-Jon-Peterson/dp/0615642047 | |||
| 27 Feb 2024 | 45 David Blandy | 01:51:34 | |
David Blandy is an artist who makes rules light, flavour heavy games. David formed the Copy/Paste Co-Op with friend and illustrator Daniel Locke last year to make weird games for weird people in a weird (profit sharing) way. Some of his work includes Eco Mofos, Lost Eons, Babel and much more! I'v been talking to David over Twitter for a while now and I am always impressed by the depth and width in his work. In this chat I had the opportunity to talk to him a little bit more about it, and about how he, as an artist, explores not only the medium of TTRPG, but music and other mediums to express himself and experiment. This is one of those episodes you can hear we are just having a great time chatting exploring the weird. We talked influences, we talked favorite creators, he studied Kung Fu in a real freaking temples, folks! This is wonderfully weird! We had a great time chatting, we go deep, we get weird! So get weird with us! :) Check out David's links! https://eco-mofos.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/ive-been-dreaming-of-ttrpgs-fire Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kR3rzcqN (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Erol Otus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erol_Otus New School Revolution (NSR): https://newschoolrevolution.com/2020/01/19/what-is-the-nsr-part-1 Wu-Tang Clan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu-Tang_Clan Asheron's Call: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheron%27s_Call Carlydraws: https://linktr.ee/carlydraws Elite Dangerous: https://store.steampowered.com/app/359320/Elite_Dangerous/ Magic Realism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_realism Luke Gearing: https://lukegearing.blot.im/ Akira: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094625/ Alien: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(franchise) Terminator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_(franchise) 2000 AD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_AD_(comics) Outer Rim: Uprising: https://outer-rim-uprising.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/ Star Trek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek KRS-One: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRS-One Hideo Kojima: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideo_Kojima Hayao Miyazaki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki Vaults of Varn: https://vaultsofvaarn.com/ Wet Grampa: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/de/product/286302/Wet-Grandpa?affiliate_id=338514%E2%81%A0 Evey Lockhart: https://violentmedia.itch.io/ | |||
| 27 Oct 2023 | 12 Chris McDowall | 01:31:08 | |
12th Episodes! And today we have a very special guest, a game designer that has been influential to my work and to so many other game designers I admire as well, Chris McDowell! Chris is a TTRPG designer in Manchester UK, known for Into the Odd, Electric Bastionland, and the upcoming Mythic Bastionland. He makes rules-light flavour-heavy games and writes at bastionland.com. I had the pleasure and honor to meet Chris at Gen Con 2023. We talked a little bit, I gave him some of my games, and it was certainly one of the highlights of the convention for me. It's hard to know what to say about Chris McDowall's work. He creates ver well thought out and crafted games that are very simple to use, but that have so much depth both in terms of setting and mechanics to explore. His work, as he says himself, has influence from miniature games and boardgames and reminds me some of my favorite of those games. Those that have very simple and minimal mechanics but that offer so much possibility and space for exploration for them. This lets everyone play the game, but offer those interested in it a lot of room for mastery. He is also very generous with the knowledge he accumulated making games and studying them. Not only his games have an unique way to teach of how to play them better and to make the best use of its possibilities, he also maintains a gaming blog where he talks about theory, design, playtesting, and anything gaming related that is really a treasure trove of knowledge. And if that was not enough, Chris is constantly helping out and uplifting other creators, talking about their work in his channels, making the gaming engines he creates available for other to work with for FREE mind you, and a lot more. Anyway, in this chat we got to talk about what is weird, how we find it in the absence of things, how we can explore this "void" in the game design we make. We talked about art, artists, game design and game designers, how non-combat encounters are so interesting, his different creative approaches, what we value and what has a real impact in our lives, our problems with anxiety, and all sorts of weird thing in between. Oh, and we obviously talked quite a bit about his upcoming Mythic Bastionland RPG, which will bring mythology to Bastionland in a total unique way! So listen up, and let's get weird with Chris McDowell! Check out Chris McDowall's Work! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bastionland/mythic-bastionland-rpg-before-into-the-odd Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs | |||
| 05 Feb 2024 | 38 Raul Volpato | 01:44:31 | |
Raul Volpato a illustrator and pixel artist working on tabletop RPGs and digital games, and developing his own game, City Noire. I've been fascinated by Raul's art from the moment I saw it on Twitter. I grew up on those old RPG on Sega Genesis, and Super Nintendo, and seeing this style of art being used on RPG was something quite new and refreshing for me. It sparked my creativity and until this day I have notes for future projects where I can work on with this style of art to maybe work with Raul again (we collaborated on my Car Combat Business-Card Game Car[D] Battle). On this chat I get to talk to Raul about may wonderfully weird things regarding TTRPG, games, art, illustration, influences, and we even talk deeply about our thoughts on generative AI. We had a wonderful time, we go deep and we get weird! So come get weird with us!
Check out Raul's Links!
https://twitter.com/raul_volp Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/5NyNM8v3 (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Pixel Art: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_art GURPS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS Final Fantasy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy Final Fantasy Tactics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Tactics Mike Mignola: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mignola Emanuel Melo: https://emanoelmelo.itch.io/ Spencer Campbell: https://gilarpgs.com/ John Harper: https://johnharper.itch.io/ Johan Nohr: https://avgrund-ab.pledgemanager.com/projects/art-by-nohr/participate/ | |||
| 03 Oct 2023 | 07 Alan Bahr | 01:23:22 | |
Seventh Episode! This time we welcome the incredible artist and game designer Alan Bahr, of Gallant Knight Games and many other things! Disclaimer here. Alan and I are good friends, we worked together as partners while I published my games under his company. I learned a lot from Alan, not only in terms of making games, but on how to be a good person this world. I owe a lot to him. Alan Bahr is probably best known for his work on the amazing line of games using the TinyD6 system. His award-winning and best-selling works include Tiny Dungeon, Tiny Supers (one of my favorite Supers RPG), Tiny Cthulhu, Tomb-Punk, Shadows of a Dying Sun, Crescendo of Violence, and so many more I could keep going for quite a few paragraph. If that was not impressive by itself, all this work that Alan does is singular and explores so many areas, genres, mechanics, and themes that makes you wonder how the heck does he come up with all of this! Well, I think we might have had a glimpse of the answer in this episode. In our chat, Alan shared how he has his curious mind and how he enjoys learning and discovery. I am always seen Alan exploring many different fields of interest such as philosophy, music, podcast, archeology, and the list could go on as well. And he talks a little bit how this passion made him build his own world in a way. During the episode we got weird and deep, talking about spirituality, religion, creativity, and the journey Alan has made from where he began and where he is now. And how it all turns out might surprise you, and might teach you something too. I really don't know what else to say besides, I love Alan. We had a great chat. It was very inspirational. And oh, yeah, we talked about game design and he made me think about stuff I never considered. Here's links to Alan's work! Check out RINGBREAKER, his comic series that is in crowdfunding right now (YOU ONLY HAVE A FEW DAYS LEFT): http://kck.st/3rszd69 GKG Site: https://www.gallantknightgames.com/ GKG Store: https://gallant-knight-games.myshopify.com/ Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs | |||
| 21 Nov 2023 | 19 momatoes | 01:24:47 | |
momatoes is a Manila-based 2022 Diana Jones Emerging Designer awardee best known for her game ARC, one of Polygon's top indie RPGs of 2021. momatoes creates games that tackle a wide gamut of stories, from the apocalypse to hubris to capybara Capers. Her latest game, The Marvelous Children of Inang-Uri, was just released this November. ARC - Doom Tabletop RPG impresses you from the time you glimpse its cover and its marvelous design and art. It feels unique, authentic and personal. The way the text, design and art talk to each other is almost unparalleled. And the game... wow! It makes you realize how much tabletop RPGs can do. And we can bring the experience to transcend the mental space and interact with the world around us and with the people we are playing. It is really magical. But now momatoes comes with a new incredible game, a world building game of fantastical weird imagination, that you can also use as a setting preparation for your favorite game. And again, the book is beyond beautiful and well designed. And you know what else? 100% of the sales up to December 12th will go to Doctors Without Borders! Great game designer, great artists, great human! But we talked about a lot more than gaming in this chat, as we touched on our love for cats, capybaras, how she always kinda felt weird, as few of her friends has this interest in 19th century Russian novels, how her background in engineering and her experiences helped her way of approaching game design. We also talked about artists that inspires her work, how editorial and children's book illustrations could influence art in RPG books, the weirdest games she played, how she often can be aware she is dreaming but can' quite control it, how we are the happiest when we are connecting with our favorite people, and a lot more. It was a delightful chat and made me feel lighter in the end somehow and I thank momatoes for this. So listen up and get weird with us! Check out momatoes' work! Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Stuff mentioned in the Episode: ARC - Doom Tabletop RPG: https://momatoes.com/arc-rpg/ The Marvelous Children of Inang-Ur: https://momatoes.itch.io/inang-uri Victor Ngai (illustrator): https://victo-ngai.com/ Guilherme Gontijo: https://gontijolab.com/ Cezar Capacle: https://capacle.itch.io/ Blades In the Dark: https://evilhat.com/product/blades-in-the-dark/ The Nightmares Underneath: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/195355/The-Nightmares-Underneath You Are Quarantined With Adam Driver And He Is Insisting On Reading You His New Script: https://sandypuggames.itch.io/adamdriverquarantined Big Bad Con: https://www.bigbadcon.com/ | |||
| 19 Dec 2023 | 26 Lukasz Kowalczuk | 02:22:33 | |
Lukasz Kowalczuk is a comic artist and illustrator whose unique style gives whole new identity to whatever he is working on. He is the artist behind To Hell and Galgenback, the Mork Borg webcomic series, and is the illustrator of the award winning Kosmosaurs RPG, among many other amazing works! I got lucky enough to meet Lukasz online and his style, energy and philosophy quickly draw us closer. I had the honor to collaborate with him on Kosmosaurs RPG, which wouldn't be the same without him, and on other projects, like Primal Quest. We still have plans of many other collaborations but in this chat we talked about a lot of other things. We discussed the stress of the holiday season, parenthood and how we do our best for our kids. We discussed his influences and artists he admires the most, his techniques for being productive, his tips for beginners, his complicated relationship with comics and a lot more! We had a great time! Listen up and get weird with Lukasz Kowalczuk! Check out Lukasz Work at: https://lukaszkowalczuk.com/ Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/v3xtU2n7 (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: To Hell and Galgenback: https://tohellandgalgenbeck.com/ Kosmosaurs RPG: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/kosmosaurs-pdf Mork Borg: https://morkborg.com/ Jack Kirby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kirby | |||
| 17 Oct 2023 | 09 Giuliano Rovereto | 02:02:59 | |
9th Episode (one more till we get to 10!!!)! This time I had the honor to sit down and talk to Giuliano Roverato, the Game of the Year award-winning game designer from Brazil! Giuliano Roverato is a Brazilian game designer that lives for good food, exploring the weird dungeons on the forgotten corners of our reality and doom scrolling on twitter. Made Bakto's Terrifying Cuisine and Brave Zenith, and is currently delving into obscure PS2 games in his spare time. I love how Giuliano Roverato work mixes the weird and the whimsical, with a touch that it is unique to being a Brazilian. We talked about how his fascination for the weird lead to Indie RPGs, how video games are a inspiration to his work, and how he believes they are more adept at exploring the weird than most RPGs are (and we discussed how many of these did that) That maybe our longest episode to that but it's totally worth it. We talk game design in various instances, we talk about a very fascinating book called the House of Leaves. And as usual, we get weird and talk about the metaphysical and our believes. You are gonna like this one! So get weird, with Giuliano Roverato! Here's links to Giuliano's work! https://roll4tarrasque.itch.io -> games Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs | |||
| 23 Nov 2023 | 17.5 Hodag Part II | 01:58:53 | |
Yeah, that is right! Hodag, the multidimensional illustrator and game designer returns to the show to flood us with his wisdom and ideas! You can listen to the first time Hodag came to the show here: https://anchor.fm/wgnwp/episodes/17-Hodag-e2bt2v3 This episode is then, basically, a bonus episode, but not like other bonus episodes you can basically skip, this one is chock full of wisdom and insight from an accomplished and wise artist (and we just had a great time talking and exploring the themes we talked). So with little to no preparation, this chat brought us talks about how he hates metric system, how was his experience with D&D, anime, what would be his favorite cartoons (we discussed our favorite pokemons), our relationship with superheroes RPGs and comics (and we praise Tiny Supers as a great option for super games). The chat also goes into safety tools and their importance, sessions zero, world building, MDA framework (game design stuff), and so much more. Let's get weird with Hodag Part II! Check out Hodag's works! https://hodagrpg.itch.io/ https://www.instagram.com/hodagrpg/ Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Record of Lodoss War: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Record_of_Lodoss_War Star Wars RPG: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_(RPG) Dragon Ball Z: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Z Batman Beyond: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147746/ Batman The Animated Series: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103359/ Justice League Unlimited: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6025022/ Pokemon: https://www.pokemon.com/us MDA Framework: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDA_framework Masks: https://magpiegames.com/pages/masks Tiny Supers: https://www.gallantknightgames.com/tiny-supers/ DC Adventures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Adventures Mutants & Masterminds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutants_%26_Masterminds Dungeon World: https://dungeon-world.com/ Apocalypse World: http://apocalypse-world.com/ D&D 3rd Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?filters=44833_0_0_0_0 D&D 4th Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/44/Wizards-of-the-Coast/subcategory/9730_9739/Dungeons--Dragons-4e DC Comics: https://www.dc.com/ Xena - Warrior Princess: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112230/ G.I. JOE RPG: https://renegadegamestudios.com/game-worlds/g-i-joe/g-i-joe-roleplaying-game/ Mortal Kombat: https://www.mortalkombat.com/pt-br Street Fighter: https://www.streetfighter.com/ | |||
| 25 Jul 2024 | 83 WF Smith (Prismatic Wasteland) | 01:29:42 | |
W. F. Smith, also known as Prismatic Wasteland, is a blogger and game designer, author of Barkeep on the Borderlands, making Prismatic Wasteland RPG, and creator of many other amazing things! He comes to the show to talk weird! Prismatic Wasteland, the blog, is one I've been visiting and coming back to for years, and it's been around for a long while. We even talk a little bit on the show about how the blog culture changed over time but is still on of the most reliable ways gamer and creators share their experiences and thoughts. Barkeep on the Borderlands is a supplement he created collaborating with a team of other amazing creators which won a bunch of awards and explores the many weird and wonderful ways to subvert the tired "you start at a tavern fantasy trove". And it does that spetacularly. In this chat we talked about how the weird can be whimsical as well, about the contrast and the mixing with the fantastical and the mundane, about how the RPG media is still new and full of things to explore. We talked about weird games, about story, about structure, about many insightful things. So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Prismatic Wasteland's Links: The Barkeep Jam https://itch.io/jam/barkeep-jam https://www.prismaticwasteland.com Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Jeshi | |||
| 23 Jan 2024 | 34 Paweł Kicman | 02:30:11 | |
Paweł Kicman. TTRPG designer by day, popculture journalist by night. Creator of CORP BORG, Kill Your Necromancer, Whispers of the Woods (LAST HOURS ON KICKSTARTER) and other weird things. He loves vanilla pudding, basketball, and sleeping. I gotta say that what got my attention to Paweł's work was Corp Borg and his critique to corporations and all the shit related to them. That immediately made a connection with me, and when I saw the way the book looked and the awesome and brutal stuff you get to do, I was hooked. And not to mention all the creators I've met from Poland so far are great people! On this chat with Paweł we get to know him a little bit better. We talk about his journey as a Game Designer, what dire circumstances lead him there, and how these turned into something unexpected. We talk about his previous experiences, works and how that all relate to the games he makes now. We talked about inspiration, other artists, the weird stuff that he likes, and how very little things makes him happy (but how valuable those things are as well). It was a great chat, with some very insightful and interesting sections I know you will love as we did! So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Paweł's Links! Whispers of the Woods KS: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heltung/whispers-of-the-woods-narrative-driven-tabletop-rpg Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/pawelkicman Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Vhmkc5ZW (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Mörk Borg: https://morkborg.com/ Corp Borg: https://heltung-storytelling.itch.io/corp-borg Alan Moore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore CBR+PNK: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mythopoeia/cbr-pnk The Witch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4263482/ Witchburner: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/witchburner UVG: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/uvg-2e Dread: http://www.tiltingatwindmills.net/games/dread/ Night Witches: https://bullypulpitgames.com/products/night-witches Mage Knight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mage_Knight Under the Falling Skies: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/306735/under-falling-skies Final Girl: https://www.vanrydergames.com/finalgirl | |||
| 10 Oct 2023 | 08 Marco Serrano | 01:46:54 | |
8th Episode! Today with the creative and resourceful creator Marco Serrano, from Spicy Tuna. Marco Serrano may be best known by his various and excellent contributions to the Mothership Space Horror RPG with his 3rd Party publications, but he also worked on many other things (and is working on even more), including A Butterfly Dies for Primal Quest (a great 3rd Party Module inspired by Latin American culture)! He is currently working on his first full game system called Greenhorns: Creators of Worlds, in which you create and see the development of worlds in the universe. Marco is also a dad of 4, a graphic, designer, and illustrator and a lot more things (aren't we all?). We talked about his passion for short stories, how they work, some of his favorite ones, and how can they influence our game design. We talked about comics, art, stuff you make but you don't share. We discussed how he operates doing search and learning new things all the time, and how that inspires and informs his work and life. We also talked religion, catholicism, growing up in a church and delved into the weird as usual. Marco cites a lot of interesting material I don't have all the links to yet but I will try to find it (if any of you can help me with that, that would be great). Here's links to Marco's work! Subscribe to his newsletter: https://theguac.substack.com/ Follow Marco on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/spicytunarpg Spicy Tuna Website: https://spicytunarpg.com/ Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs | |||
| 25 Jan 2024 | 35 Matt Finch | 01:33:48 | |
Matt Finch is one of the fundamental figures of the OSR style of TTRPG, his works include OSRIC, Swords & Wizardry, the magnificent Tome of Adventure Design, and the super influential Quick Primer for Old School Gaming (among many other things). He is also the founder of Mythmere Games and is constantly making more and more excellent gaming material! It's hard for me to put into words what Mark's work means to me. I don't know if my work would ever be the same without his. The Quick Primer for Old School Gaming, even though meant to help you play games inspired by the first editions of D&D, the document defined a style of play that is not really system dependent, and thus serves as a Game Design framework to design Old-School style games, without necessarily having to use old D&D-like systems. Well, at least that's how I've been using it! But that is just one of the many incredible things he made and that I adore, and in this chat we got to talk a little bit about all of them. We chatted about what the OSR is for us, why we like it so much, how it is based on open-ended situations and improvisation, future projects, greek mythology, adventure design, and so many other things. It was a great chat and even though we talked about so many weirdly wonderful things in a little over 1 hour and a half, when we were finished I felt I could have asked so many more questions and get som many more wisdom from Matt that now I want a "Matt Finch Returns" episode someday. So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Matt's Links! Mythmere Games: https://www.mythmeregames.com/ Matt's YouTube Channel: https://www.mythmeregames.com/ Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/BG8AZYVy (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Quick Primer for Old-School Gaming: https://friendorfoe.com/d/Old%20School%20Primer.pdf OSRIC: https://osricrpg.com/ Navajo Nation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_Nation Greek Mythology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Jack Vance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Vance Gary Gygax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gygax Dave Arneson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Arneson Neil Gaiman: https://www.neilgaiman.com/ Glen Cook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Cook Bernard Cornwell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock Michael Moorcock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock Rifts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifts_(role-playing_game) Traveller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller_(role-playing_game) Call of Cthulhu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Cthulhu_(role-playing_game) | |||
| 21 Mar 2025 | 99 Luiz Eduardo Ricon (Hexplore Publishing) | 01:59:22 | |
Luiz Eduardo Ricon is an author, educator, screen writer, game designer, content creator and media education specialist. Creator of the first fantasy ttrpg based on Brazilian History and folklore, published in 1992. He his publishing a lot of stuff through Hexplore Publishing, his indie label, such as adventures, supplements and other stuff for games such as Old-School Essentials, Shadowdark, and D&D. Check out Eduardo's work! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/pt/publisher/21623/Hexplore-Publishing Follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hexplorepublishing/ Or Bluesky: https://web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/hexplorerpg.bsky.social Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store:https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/. | |||
| 10 Jul 2024 | 80 Alex Damaceno (Gnarled Monster) | 01:33:36 | |
Alex Damaceno, also known as Gnarled Monster, is the creator of Beyond the Borderlands zine series, Archon Ruins, Dungeon Reavers, and a lot of more stuff! His art and cartography is known for its unique style and use of bright colors. And he is also a awesome friend, and cool person to hang with! We met in person recently and had the best of times hanging out. So inviting him for an interview for the show was only natural. We talked art, creativity, process, how he came up with some of his creations, how he is in love with the act of creation itself, and a lot more. We had a wonderfully weird time, and I hope you will too. So listen up, get weird with us! Check out Alex's links! https://gnarledmonster.itch.io https://shop.swordfishislands.com/gnarled-monster/ @gnarledmonster on Instagram and Twitter Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Moebius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Giraud Bloodborne: https://www.playstation.com/pt-br/games/bloodborne/ Dungeon Meshi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicious_in_Dungeon | |||
| 02 Jan 2024 | 29 Felipe Faria | 01:40:55 | |
Felipe Faria is a fellow #RPGLATAM Artists, who has illustrated many amazing games and is well known for his black and white ink style that combines the best of old-school style art, comics and mangas. He has worked on titles such as, Primal Quest, Lilliputian: Adventure on the Open Seas, We Deal In Lead, and many more. I've been following Felipe for a few years and I was immediately captivated by his style, composition, and choices! His characters have a unique style that feels like only him would be able to do it. And not to mention that even though when Felipe started his art was already incredibly good, we can see his techniques getting better and better as he is constantly working and studying his craft. In this chat we talked about how he got into RPG through the art, traditional media versus digital, how art and RPG relate to each other, his influences, practices and many other things. The audio on this one isn't 100% but it is still a valuable episode that I hope you will enjoy! So listen up and get weird with us! CHECK OUT FELIPE'S WORK! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elmqz/ Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/NEYUTekj (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Dragão Brasil: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%C3%A3o_Brasil Jim Lee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lee André Vazzios: https://www.behance.net/vazzios Érica Awano: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89rica_Awano Werewolf the Apocalypse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf:_The_Apocalypse Emicida: https://emicida.com.br/ Kalymba: https://www.kalymba.com.br/ Mausritter: https://mausritter.com/ Elden Ring: https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/elden-ring/elden-ring Candomblé: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9 | |||
| 09 Feb 2024 | 40 Brandish Gilhelm / Runehammer | 01:37:34 | |
Brandish Gilhelm / Henkerin Ferinale, also known as Runehammer, is the game designer, artist, and content creator behind, well, RUNEHAMMER. A powerhouse of TTRPG design and guidance, he is the creator behind Index Card RPG, Viking Death Squad and more recently Skull & Crown! Brandish also has an amazing YouTube channel where he not only talks about the amazing work that he does, but about TTRPG in general, and how to CREATE THINGS! Brandish is constantly sharing his wisdom and knowledge of games and game design, and we talk a little bit about this too in this chat. But not only that, we talked about his journey as a creator, his life and story of overcoming a difficult bump in the road, how he almost died and how that changed him forever. We also touched on the various weirdly wonderful topics we normally talk about on the show, but what really makes this one special is the wisdom Brandish shares. So pay attention to that. So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Runehammer's Links! https://www.runehammer.online/ https://www.youtube.com/@Runehammer1 Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our first post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/welcome-to-weird-tales-of-the-old Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/gtGWj722 (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Bronze Age: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age Mjolnir: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mj%C3%B6lnir Caral: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caral Lost Cities: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366494/ House of Leaves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Leaves Boxing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing The Hobbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit Chrono Trigger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrono_Trigger Savage Sword of Conan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Sword_of_Conan Mike Mignola: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mignola Edgar Allan Poe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe | |||
| 05 Mar 2024 | 47 Lex Mandrake (Dank Dungeons) | 02:10:35 | |
Lex Mandrake is an rpg content creator who writes games and supplements, produces videos, and composes music under the moniker Dank Dungeons. I had the honor to work with Lex in AZAG, and had a great time hanging out with him at Gen Con 2023. But besides that, we have been talking and getting to know each other for a while, and this conversation is basically just friends hanging out. In this chat we talk about his work as a Game Designer, Musician, DungeonTuber, old music equipment, B Movies, Dreams, Soundscapes, Comedy in RPGs, Terror Vision, Ghostbusters RPG, Invisible Sun, influences and a lot more weird and wonderful things! I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Lex Mandrake's links: https://linktr.ee/dankdungeons Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/ive-been-dreaming-of-ttrpgs-fire Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/FrEmabnw (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Jorphdan's Jocular Junction: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO1HvISVLDqwUOzmviTRECw Terror Vision: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dankdungeons/terrorvision?ref=d4m7y1 Plex: https://www.plex.tv Mr. Vampire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Vampire Between Two Cairns: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2042709 Tangerine Dream: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangerine_Dream Zorro RPG: https://www.gallantknightgames.com/zorro/ Invisible Sun: https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/invisible-sun/ MiniBX: https://lucasrolim.itch.io/minibx The Legend of the Forgotten Ballad: https://coolwayink.itch.io/forgottenballadpamphlet Horoscope: https://horoscopezine.itch.io/ Sorcerer's Enclave: https://www.squarehex.co.uk/products/the-sorcerers-enclave-late-pledge-option-preorder Bananachan: http://www.gameandacurry.com/bananachan/sample-page/ Bob Worldbuilder: https://www.youtube.com/c/BobWorldBuilder Encounters of the Spooky Kind II: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encounters_of_the_Spooky_Kind_II | |||
| 12 Dec 2023 | 24 Jen Brinkman | 02:19:49 | |
Jen Brinkman is the Operations Manager of Goodman Games, but she is also so much more than that. Host of the award-winning Spellburn podcast, co-creator of the Sanctum-Securum podcast and the legendary Brinkmanicon, the spiritual mother of the DCC RPG community, Jen is an inspiration to us all. I met Jen in 2014 when I went to Gen Con for the first time and I was immediately welcomed by the DCC RPG community. The kindness and warmth from the community and especially from her was remarkable. And it's like this for everyone. The Order of Sheena is there to prover that, and Jen talks a bit about this on the episode. We also talk about her journey in the RPG space, how she doesn't see herself as weird (but I think I convinced her), how she drinks quite a bit of coffee, how balance is so important in life, how we need to remind ourselves from time to time why we do all this... We also talked about a lot of RPG related stuff, like the Indie RPG Summit that will happen in January and how she will be a speaker. We talked about the people in the community that inspires us, the people we learned from, GEN CON, and so much more. We had a great time and we left the conversation with a lot to think about and I hope you all do too! So listen up and let's get weird with Jen Brinkman! Check out Jen's links! Spellburn: https://spellburn.net/ Sanctum Secorum: http://sanctum.media/blog/ Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Sa5BTrWR (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Goodman Games: https://goodman-games.com/ Michael Moorcock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock Harley Stroh: https://goodman-games.com/store/product-category/harley-stroh/ Gary Con: https://garycon.com/ Brendan LaSalle: https://goodman-games.com/store/product-category/brendan-lasalle/ Joseph Goodman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Goodman_(game_designer) Joey Royale's Pizza Party: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjotbAxDry2Isz0_7S2o5Qs4f3_Qrial_ | |||
| 28 May 2024 | 69 Fellipe da Silva | 02:06:42 | |
Fellipe is curious brazilian designer and illustrator. He had done a little bit of everything in design and enventually started to design its own RPG material and games where he tries to make than as light ans silly as possible. He is the creator of Forgotten Ballad, an adventure game inspired by the OSR and the Legend of Zelda series! He is also developing The Way, a new weird take on fantasy adventure gaming that I am excited to see him develop in the open! In this chat we talked about this, about making games, about this constant drive to be creating things. We also talked about parenthood, about trying to be the best people we can be, and how our interest, passions, and hobbies end up influence our game design process. This was a wonderful episode and was very insightful! I hope you learn as much as I did! Listen up and get weird with us! Check out Fellipe's links! https://coolway.ink Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Akira Toriyama: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Toriyama Boat Games: http://bloatgames.squarespace.com NieR: Automata: https://store.steampowered.com/app/524220/NieRAutomata/ Rancore - Respeito é a Lei: https://youtu.be/s6cqEBP87A0?si=ujssqzv2PKFovwy- | |||
| 23 Apr 2024 | 59 Otavio Lessa | 02:00:53 | |
Otavio Lessa is an Entrepreneur, Advisor, and Educator with +25 years of experience in Entertainment Content, Operations, Communications, and Business. Worked with brands and franchises like Warcraft, Call of Duty, Diablo, Gundam, Digimon, Godzilla, Magic The Gathering, Twitch.tv, and Amazon Prime. Currently, he is the President and Co-founder of Mind's Vision, a professor of entertainment business at Full Sail University, and a marketing consultant for video games and entertainment startups. Otavio is a fellow #RPGLATAM member, and Mind's Vision is a publisher which has been focusing on bringing some of the best TTRPGs from Brazil to the international market. They begin with Legacy of Cthulhu, but many more followed. Currently, Mind's Vision is crowdfunding Infaernum, a brutal role-playing game that approaches a theme that might be sensitive to some people. In this fictional world, one or more players roleplay characters who experience the last days of all things as doomsday comes near. We talk about Infaernum and many other amazing Brazilian games in this episode, as well as about his work on the many cool fields he had experience with, the extensive collection of weird horror movies from all over the world and a lot more! It was a very insightful episode! I hoper you enjoy it. So listen up, and get weird with us! Check out Otavio's links! www.minds-vision.com ˆBACK IT NOW! Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/ive-been-dreaming-of-ttrpgs-fire Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Hvc2ng3u (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Legacy of Cthulhu: https://www.minds-vision.com/products/the-legacy-of-cthulhu-collectors-edition Vampire - Alone in the Darkness: https://www.minds-vision.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-vampire-alone-in-the-darkness-pdf Fire in the Sky: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106912/ Without Warning: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081764/ Communion: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097100/ | |||
| 14 Jun 2024 | 74 Pawel Klimczak | 01:50:00 | |
Pawel Klimczak is the game designer and a publisher of Slav Borg, a Post-Soviet, Semi-Fantasy Role-Playing Game. He is also a journalist and a musician interested in the intersection of the social conditions and art.
I immediately backed Slav Borg when I saw it on Kickstarter. It had cool looking post-apocalyptic cars. It was inspired by Mörk Borg, an incredible game I love, and it drew from a topic that interests me a lot, which is the the culture from other countries that did experience socialism and now live under something else. And this is one of the themes explored in the book as well.
In this chat we talked about many interesting topics which include all the origin story of Slav Borg, the love/hate relationship Pawel has with cars, how he loves bikes, art, process, creativity, mental health, influences and all sorts of weirdness. It was very cool and enlightening.
So listen up and get weird with us!
Check out Pawel's links!
https://slavdom-studio.com/https://discord.com/invite/Tn6MWNVnTphttps://www.instagram.com/slavdomstudio/
Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People!
Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes!
If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us!
https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp
You can also support me buy buying one of my games!
Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!
Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs
Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira
Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514
Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER!
This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!?
Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/
Stuff mentioned in the Episode:
Skinamarink: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21307994/
BattleTech: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleTech
Gaijin Blues: https://gaijinblues.bandcamp.com/album/gaijin-blues
Ranger of Shadow Deep: https://modiphius.net/collections/rangers-of-shadow-deep
Frostgrave: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/177354/frostgrave
Planet Smasher Games: https://planetsmashergames.com
Johan Nohr: https://nohr.se
Dragon Quest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Quest
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| 01 Apr 2025 | 101 Pelle Nilsson is Very Into True Crime Documentaries | 01:37:32 | |
Pelle Nilsson is the Swedish game designer behind Mörk Borg, focusing on streamlining the old game systems from the 70s. He has published a couple of other rpgs, among them Barkhäxan and Ut mot skären. Check out Mörk Borg: https://morkborg.com Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store:https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ | |||
| 27 Nov 2023 | 20 Cezar Capacle | 02:29:51 | |
Cezar Capacle is a Brazilian Game Designer, author of the PUSH SRD, Midnight Melodies, Oneironaut, and so so many more. Cezar is a Game Artist, always exploring new ideas, new frontiers and showing us what RPGs can do. He has released more than 20 games, ranging from games you play while you're asleep to tender games about saying goodbye, to tower defense games in which you're a cow defending your farm from a zombie attack. I am always impressed by how prolific, creative and well made Cezar's games are. And the range of themes, mechanics, and experiences these games provide are incredibly impressive. Cezar navigates all styles of play, from classic adventure games, to story focused ones, and even abstract or tactical games. On this episode we talked mainly about two of his games: Midnight Melodies and Oneironaut. Midnight Melodies is a solo RPG in which you play as a jazz pianist who discovers they're immune to the touch of the Grim Reaper. Instead of claiming your life, the Reaper recruits you for the Department of Unauthorized Deaths. Each night, after your performance at the club, you find a scrap of paper in your tip jar - the name of someone taken without consent. You must unravel the mystery of these unauthorized deaths, using your newfound supernatural talents, and perform an eerie harmony to report your findings to the Reaper before sunrise. Oneironaut is a solo role-playing game in which you take on the role of an Ahiag̃ soldier in a fight against Yurupari for control over the dream world. Visit fantastic places and shape the world as you wish. Using lucid dreaming techniques, this game allows you to develop the ability to control your dreams and fulfill Ahiag̃'s missions during your sleep. Embark on this dreamlike journey and discover things you never thought you would be able to do. But we talked about a lot more than game and game design. We talked about being weird, accepting yourself, our creative processes, his journey as a game designer, minimalist life style, how criticism affect us. We get personal talking about how the loss of a loved one made him reevaluate his life, his choices and led him to the place his is today. We talked about religion, Catholicism, Buddhism, stoicism, and A LOT MORE! This is a juice episode and I really hope y'all enjoy it! Let's get weird with Cezar Capacle! Check out Cezar's work! His link tree: https://bento.me/capacle Games on itch: https://capacle.itch.io/ Cezar's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/capacle/about Join his Newsletter: https://capacle.substack.com/ Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Madeira Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira Midnight Melodies: https://capacle.itch.io/midnight-melodies Oneironaut: https://capacle.itch.io/oneironaut Neil Gaiman: https://www.neilgaiman.com/ Neverwhere: https://www.neilgaiman.com/works/Books/Neverwhere/ Soul: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2948372/ Hunger Games: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games Trying not to Try: https://www.amazon.com/Trying-Not-Try-Ancient-Spontaneity/dp/077043763X/ref=pd_sbs_sccl_2_1/140-8255302-3108816 Being Aware of Being Aware: https://www.amazon.com/Being-Aware-Essence-Meditation/dp/1626259968/ref=sr_1_1 Alan Watts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts | |||
| 21 Nov 2024 | 96 Huffa - Between The Skies | 01:25:08 | |
Huffa is a game write and art historian. Her most recent book, the Between the Skies, Collected Hardcover Edition, is available from Exalted Funeral. This is both a game and an incredible and extensive toolkit for weird fantasy TTRPGs, helping you create not only NPCs, Locations, adventures, but also full worlds! It's really well made, and worth every penny! Get Between the Skies here: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/between-the-skies-collected-edition Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/. | |||
| 02 May 2024 | 62 Craig Hatler | 02:13:01 | |
Craig Hatler (he/him), @tezrak on most socials, bis the IT Help Desk Manager for a small historically black university in Raleigh, NC, USA. He has been playing #TTRPGs for over 30 years & have been developing/designing for over half that time. He has created a modular system and setting, both released as Creative Commons, allowing others to create with his work collaboratively. I confess I didn't know much about Craig's work before the interview, and he helped me out when a guest had to cancel. He was on my list of future guest but the opportunity presented itself and here we were. And it was great. Craig is a knowledgeable guy. He played and sutdied a lot of games, and seems have what I like to call "designer eyes", that ability to take things apart and figure out how they work and how they can be used for other stuff. We talked about game design, inspirations, our strugglers, pixel art, other games. It was a really fun, insightful and educational episode! I hope you an learn something new with this one. So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Craig's links! https://linktr.ee/tezraktheimpslayer Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/uFH7b4wN (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Apocalypse World: http://apocalypse-world.com/ Spirit of the Century: https://evilhat.com/product/spirit-of-the-century/ Fate Core: https://evilhat.com/product/fate-core-system/ Sorcerer: https://payhip.com/b/JDT8 The Shab-al-Hiri Roach & The Roach Returns: https://bullypulpitgames.com/products/roach Dead Cells: https://store.steampowered.com/app/588650/Dead_Cells/ Raul Voulpato: https://www.artstation.com/raulvolpato | |||
| 10 Nov 2023 | 16 Kelsey Dionne | 01:54:31 | |
Kelsey Dionne is a new and old-school TTRPG designer who founded The Arcane Library in 2017. Her modernized take on OSR gaming, Shadowdark RPG, funded for $1.3 million on Kickstarter in March 2023. I couldn't believe when I saw Kelsey at Gen Con, just walking through the Exhibitor's Hall like the rest of us mortals! And when I talked to her she knew who I was and about my work. She is incredible, really. One of the kindest people I've meet, and even though she is now a Dark Lady of the hobby, she keeps doing good! Since the meteor that was Shadowdark hit me earlier this year with its slick rules, real time mechanics, cool AF art (including art from the incredible Brazilian artist, Yuri Perkowski Domingos), tons of tables to help you keep the game going, I have been learning more and more about Kelsey's work, following the development of the game, and its vibrant and welcoming community. I hope the Shadowdarkers out there know they have a treasure at their hands! We obviously talked about Kelsey's masterpiece, its influences, the weirdest and coolest things in it, about her journey through games, how she explores different kind of games and learn from each of them, how she approaches her work, her routines, and so on. But we talked about things beyond Shadowdark, of course. We talked about being weird, how it was then and how it is now. How her life completely changed this year after the Kickstarter. We talk about love, relationship and we even give relationship advice (we can, we are people too!). We talk about music, art, artists, nightmares, horror, ghosts, aliens, spirituality, how atheists and theists have quite a lot in common, and a lot more. And after all that, almost 2 hours of great talk, we say good bye with the impression that only 45 minutes passed. I loved it! Check out Kelsey's Links! Arcane Library Website: https://www.thearcanelibrary.com Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Stuff mentioned in the Episode: You Made It Weird: https://open.spotify.com/show/7bgRTVlU1rafqCEdXe71Jo Bo Burnham - Inside: https://www.netflix.com/br-en/title/81289483 Hiroshi Nagai - Vaporwave: https://www.instagram.com/hiroshipenguinjoe/ Dread: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/83854/Dread The Skeletons: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/177596/The-Skeletons Tommy Tomlinson: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0866829/ Alien: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(film) Bird Box: https://www.netflix.com/title/80196789 | |||
| 26 Jun 2024 | 77 Dan Algstrand | 02:01:11 | |
Dan Algstrand is the fantastic Artists, Art Director and Graphic Designer who worked on titles such as Kult Divinity Lost, The One Ring, Mutant Year Zero, and many other titles. Dan is a freelance graphic artists rumored to have worked on pretty much all Swedish RPGs, he is a member of the fantastic Stockholm Kartell! In this weird and wonderful chat we talked about his work as a graphic designer, how is his process, influences, and way he things about art and games. We talked also about his collection of beers, the importance of community, exercise, other artists creators and creations, and so much more! Listen up and get weird with Dan Algstrand! Check out Dan on Twitter: https://x.com/algstrand VOTE FOR ME (or whoever you prefer) FOR BEST PODCAST HOST on the CRIT AWARDS! And vote for the your other favorite creators from our hobby! https://www.critawards.org Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: | |||
| 20 Feb 2024 | 43 Luke Gearing | 01:42:50 | |
Luke Gearing is the renowned writer and game designer behind some of the best weird fantasy adventures made in the last years! He has been making TTRPG stuff for a long while and is tackling bigger and more challenging projects lately. His works include Fever Swamp, The Big Squirm, The Isle, many others, and now Sawyers, a urban fantasy heist game that promises a unique way to play! BACK SWYVERS NOW: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/melsonia/swyvers To be honest, I am a fanboy of Luke. His adventures have a very unique weirdness to it, a creativity that's hard to match, and a way to play that is just fun for both the Referee, who is has no idea what's is going to happen, and for the players, who have many options to follow, but always with a good guidance and motivations to play the adventure to its fullest. Wow! In this chat we talked about the many years he has been working with TTRPG, honing his skill. We talked about how he has some issues with the "game designer" term and prefers to just be a "writer", how he is usually not that interested in new systems and mechanics. We talked about his many influences, both in terms of works that shaped the way he creates, and artists who shaped the way he approaches his process. It's a great chat, we go deep, it gets personal, and it's wonderfully weird! So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Luke's links! Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our first post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/welcome-to-weird-tales-of-the-old Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Hy97jQYV (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: D&D B/X: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Basic_Set Stars Without Numbers: https://sine-nomine-publishing.myshopify.com/collections/stars-without-number The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages: https://www.amazon.com.br/Golden-Rhinoceros-Histories-African-Middle/dp/0691217149 Warhammer 40K: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000 Airplane Mode: https://www.inc.com/jordan-harbinger/how-noah-kagan-uses-airplane-mode-to-be-productive-how-you-can-too.html Spinal Catastrophism: https://www.amazon.com/Spinal-Catastrophism-Secret-History-Urbanomic-ebook/dp/B08BSZV4YF Steve Albini: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Albini Jack Spice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Spicer Cthulhu Dark: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/341997/Cthulhu-Dark Call of Cthulhu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Cthulhu_(role-playing_game) Psycho Raiders: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/165748/psycho-raiders Mindfulness: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/mindfulness Zen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen Salvia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_divinorum The Art of not Being Governed: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Not-Being-Governed-Anarchist/dp/0300169175 | |||
| 07 Mar 2024 | 48 Billy Blue | 02:02:05 | |
Billy Blue is a RPG artist and game designer. His clients include, Gallant Knight Games, Philip Reed, Gaming Ballistic, and Yog Du games. He also recently released his own RPG called TLD RPG, a rules lite Dark Fantasy RPG in which he works on integrating his art and writing into a single thing. And we talked a lot about exactly that on the podcast. How to integrate Art and Game Design. We talked about the bless/curse of writing, illustrating, doing layout and everything in a book. We mentioned a lot of other creators whose work and creativity inspires us. Honestly, we talked a lot about art, creativity, process, etc. It's an episode in which these themes come up a lot and I think that's really great. It can be very inspiring and useful to other creators. We had a great time and I hope you do too! So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Billy's links! TLD RPG
Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/ive-been-dreaming-of-ttrpgs-fire Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/FrEmabnw (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: TLD RPG: https://4c8deb.myshopify.com/ FÄNGELSEHÅLA: https://diekugames.com/fang/ Dieku Games: https://diekugames.com/ Pomodoro Technique: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique Calvin and Hobbes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes Gallant Knight Games: https://www.gallantknightgames.com/ | |||
| 15 Dec 2023 | 25 Navi Drake | 02:04:26 | |
Navi is one half of A Couple of Drakes, the duo behind Court of Blades, Dead Belt, and a score of other badass tabletop games. A mother of two young boys, and an avid hobby collector, living in a haunted Victorian house in the Appalachian mountains. I meet Navi and her partner Shawn through Tweeter and was impressed by their enthusiasm and their constant production of thoughtful and unique RPG ideas. We did collaborate on a small piece for Court of Blades and then I followed them from some distance. But I was super excited to have Navi here to talk a bit more about their work. On this chat we talked about their games, how they work together, how their process work, how she has a very healthy way of looking at large works and not be intimidated, how she loves building things and taking something old and making it new somehow. We also talk a bit about being parents, about her experiences with the supernatural (and she has quite a bit), and a lot more weirdness! We loved it! You will hear in our voices! So listen up and get weird with Navi Drake! https://twitter.com/NaviMusing @acoupleofdrakes.bsky.social https://acoupleofdrakes.itch.io/ Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Sa5BTrWR (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Bundle of Holding: https://bundleofholding.com/presents/BladesSecond Spirited Away: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirited_Away Blades in the Dark: https://evilhat.com/product/blades-in-the-dark/ Mausritter: https://mausritter.com/ Disaster/Peace: https://acoupleofdrakes.itch.io/disasterpeace | |||
| 12 Mar 2024 | 49 Justin Sirois | 01:44:45 | |
Justin Sirois is a novelist and game designer as well as the founder of Severed Books and now Severed Toys. Severed Books publishes fiction, games, accessories, and RPG modules. Since 2012, we've published a lot of fiction, had a project optioned for TV/film, expanded into tabletop gaming, and have run over 30 successful Kickstarter campaigns. Collaborations include: Stockholm Kartell, Aaron Draplin (Draplin Design Company), The Dead Milkmen with Andrew Ervin, Head Lopper's Andrew MacLean, Ax-Wielder Jon's Nick Pitarra, and meta horror legend Brian Evenson. www.SeveredBooks.com and www.SeveredToys.com Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/ive-been-dreaming-of-ttrpgs-fire Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/FrEmabnw (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Beneath The Media is the Message | |||
| 31 Oct 2023 | 13 Gavriel Quiroga | 01:36:05 | |
13th Episode and this is airing on Halloween, the spookiest of days! A day to celebrate horror! And we have a very special guest specially for today, Gavriel Quiroga!
Gabriel Quiroga is a Game Designer, artists, barbecue magician, and many other things! He is from Argentina, a fellow #RPGLATAM creator, and he is the author of the astonishing games Neurocity, Warplane and Hell Night! His work also dialogues in a unique way with art, music, counter culture, and his personal experiences.
Gavriel's work is very inspiring and full of promises. His system (which he adapts to fit perfectly to each of his worlds) offer flexibility with a very tight and playable core, while at the same time supporting these worlds with endless possibilities, allowing each group to make the game their own.
In our chat we got to ponder on the importance of relaxation for he creative mind, we talked about horror movies, comics, how we kinda grew up with conspiracies, how spirituality affects his daily life, how art, exploration and curiosity go hand in hand, how he is writing all the time anywhere and so much more!
We also got to talk about the upcoming release of Neurocity Colorblind edition, a revised and improved edition of his weird dystopian futuristic game in which a super powerful AI dictates everything in society. You would imagine something like Paranoia, but it's something else, darker, deadlier and a lot more mysterious.
So listen up, and let's get weird with Gariel Quiroga!
Check out Gavriel's Work!
www.gavrielquiroga.com
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gavrielquiroga/sygil-the-mirrored-reality
https://www.instagram.com/gavrielquiroga/
Thank you for listening!
Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes!
If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help!
https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp
You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!
Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs
Stuff mentioned in the Episode:
Theory of Fun - https://www.amazon.com/Theory-Game-Design-Raph-Koster/dp/1449363210
Liminal Horror - https://goblinarchives.itch.io/liminal-horror
Mutant Epoch - https://www.outlandarts.com/mutantepoch.htm
Gavriel's Music (Bishop) - https://bishop-bsas.bandcamp.com/
Kult - https://kultdivinitylost.com/
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| 16 Apr 2024 | 57 Harley Stroh | 02:02:05 | |
Harley Stroh, legendary RPG writer, Skate Punker, and an incredible Judge (or GM for the non-DCCers out there)! Author of moderns classics like Sailors of the Starless Sea, Doom of Savage Kings, Blades Against Death, Journey to the Center of Aereth, Tower of the Black Pearl, Peril on the Purple Planet, and more recently, the impressive The Music of the Spheres is Chaos, a massive boxed-set adventure with a spinning dungeon map! His work in the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG line is super inspiring, and his adventures are some of my favorites of all time! I've been a fan of Harley since I bought my first printing of the limited edition gold skull DCC RPG that came with Doom of Savage Kings, a very pulpy, and open-ended adventure that set very high standards for what I would expect of adventure for now on. I played this adventure so many times, and continue to do so, and I am always impressed how different every time can be. Anyway, in this chat we talked about many things, from how sneakily weird Harley actually is, how he tries to write amazing adventures just to keep up with the fantastical art created by Doug Kovacs, how he runs his finger over his keyboard while writing, and so many other weird and wonderful things. I loved to have this chance to talk to him for almost 2 hours, it was a real pleasure. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Listen up, and get weird with us! Check out Harly's work below! https://goodman-games.com/store/product-category/harley-stroh/ Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/ive-been-dreaming-of-ttrpgs-fire Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Hvc2ng3u (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Aleph Null Publishing: https://alephnullpublishing.gumroad.com/ The Hobonomicon: https://sites.google.com/site/hobonomiconcom/ DCC RPG: https://goodman-games.com/dungeon-crawl-classics-rpg/ Goodman Games: https://goodman-games.com/ Doug Kovacs: https://dougkovacs.com/home.html Sailors of the Starless Sea: https://goodman-games.com/store/product/dungeon-crawl-classics-67-sailors-on-the-starless-sea-2/ The Green Knight: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9243804/ | |||
| 07 Jun 2024 | 72 Jeremy Pillopow (Black Magic Craft) | 01:58:07 | |
Jeremy Pillipow is a Canadian hobby YouTuber, artist, and game designer. His YouTube channel is full of tutorials on how to craft terrain, and many other things too, as Jeremy learns in public, sharing lessons, mistakes and, more importantly, constantly encouragement and quite a bit of wisdom. Jeremy also recently published a Skirmish game inspired by TTRPG as well called Idols of Torment, and we talk a bit about the game, and how RPGs influence his work. The episode main themes are crafting, making mistakes, making do with what you have and a lot of hand on wisdom that works perfectly for making terrain and objects, but can be also applied to game design, and other forms of art as well. It was a very cool episode and I learned a lot from Jeremy. I hope you do dot. So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Jeremy's Links! www.blackmagiccraft.ca Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Microwave Massacre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_Massacre Adam Savage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Savage | |||
| 06 Aug 2024 | 85 Erica Lowe | 01:36:25 | |
Owner-Erica Lowe Broken Brain Games LLC and Co-founder of Dice and Dish Podcast. Writer on Edrenas Tower (DCC Zine), RagnaBorg (Mork Borg Zine), Temple of Grimbog (5e), and Chambers of Agony (Shadowdark/Mork Borg Zine). 200 RYT-E Yoga Instructor. Listen up and get weird with Erica Lowe https://www.brokenbraingames.com/ Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/. | |||
| 09 Sep 2023 | 01 Ahimsa Kerp | 00:38:32 | |
First Episode!
I sit down with Ahimsa Kerp from Knight Owl Publishing and talk about the weirdness in ourselves, in the world, and in the things we love.
Knight Owl Publishing: https://knightowlpublishing.com
Fiction Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ahimsa-Kerp/author/B005346W82
Itch: https://knightowlpub.itch.io/
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https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp
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| 09 May 2024 | 64 JP Coovert | 02:03:09 | |
JP Coovert writes and illustrates whimsical TTRPG zines every month. He also makes videos that teach and encourage creators to make cool stuff for their tabletop roleplaying games. He creates complete games, one-shot adventures (some that can be strung for an campaign, others thematically to each game), toolkits, guides, and so many other wonderful things. I honestly think JP's Patreon is one of the best bangs for your buck in the entire industry. He mixtures creative writing, good game design, whimsical ideas, wonderful illustrations, in a portable and affordable format. What do you want more? And it's all pretty much system neutral and easy to adapt to your favorite game. And if not, he has a bunch of his own games you can play with ease. I loved hanging out with him again (we hung out at Gen Con 2023). We talked about his work, his constant output of great stuff, his hobbies besides RPGs, making art, comics, writing, and so much more. It was a truly inspiring chat. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. So listen up, and get weird with us! Check out JP's links! Monthly TTRPG zines: https://www.patreon.com/jpcoovert Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/uFH7b4wN (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Gen Con: https://www.gencon.com Akira Toriyama: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Toriyama Dragon Quest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Quest Dragon Ball: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Ball Chrono Trigger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrono_Trigger Lampblack & Brimstone: https://lampblack-brimstone.itch.io Adventure Anthology 1: https://necroticgnome.com/products/adventure-anthology-1 Adventure Anthology 2: https://necroticgnome.com/products/adventure-anthology-2 OZR: https://ozmodeuz.itch.io/ozr Zedeck Siew: https://slowlorispress.com | |||
| 19 Jul 2024 | 82 Justine Jones | 01:23:38 | |
Justine Jones is a self taught illustrator living in Philadelphia. Her influences come from comic books, video games, mythology, and folklore. She has done work for Wizards of the Coast, Kobold Press, and many small publishers. She makes Magic the Gathering card pieces of art, and her unique style also appears on our award winning adventure Halls of the Blood King, and many other amazing creations. I am fascinated by Justine's work. The attention to detail, the otherworldly and yet familiar figures. The dreamlike, mysterious and seductive pallete draws you in. I also had the luck to collaborate with her on Halls of the Blood King, and her art elevated the adventure to a whole new level. In this chat we had a lot of fun talking about comics, other artists, process (or lack of one), routine, anxiety (yes, it is a special guest in this show), about video games, dreams and many other weird and wonderful things. So listen up, and get weird with us! Check out Justine's Links: https://linktr.ee/Justinejones Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Jeshi | |||
| 09 Oct 2024 | 91 Marcelo Saravá and Guilherme Vicino - Insania | 01:47:57 | |
Marcelo Saravá and Guilherme Vicino, both from Brazil, have united their forces to create a really weird board game, and in this episode we talk a lot about how they did that, what were their inspirations, and how they managed to accomplish what they set out to do. Check Insania out: https://get-insania.sievert.games Insania Pre-Launch page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/insania/insania Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/. | |||
| 17 Oct 2024 | 92 Andre Novoa - Games Omnivorous | 01:56:29 | |
Andre Novoa is the driving force behind Games Omnivorous. He has worked on ENNIE-winning games like Mausritter, Frontier Scum, Putrescence Regnant or the Hexcrawl Toolbox. He is also my friend and one of the most creative people I know! In this episode we talked a lot about creativity, inspirations, the role of music in his work and a lot more! Check out his amazing work! https://www.instagram.com/gamesomnivorous/ Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/. | |||
| 20 Jun 2024 | 76 Scott McDonald | 01:40:01 | |
Scott found his father's 1st Editon Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide at age 8 in 1983, and his path was set. He moved on from D&D to Car Wars, Gamma World, Vampire: The Masquerade, and Starfinder, both playing and game mastering, untill settling on Mörk Borg and its ilk during the pandemic. Now he is finding out the ups and downs of crowdfunding and self-publishing as he attempts to bring his own post-apocalyptic vision into the world with Wasteland Degenerates! We talked about bugs, about game design, about post-apocalypse fiction and games. We chatted about how our boring normal lives intervene in our work, and how it somehow helps shape it. Check out Scott's Links! Back Wasteland Degenerates: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/scott-c-mcdonald/wasteland-degenerates VOTE FOR ME (or whoever you prefer) FOR BEST PODCAST HOST on the CRIT AWARDS! And vote for the your other favorite creators from our hobby! Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Updating soon! | |||
| 29 Jan 2024 | 36 Colin Le Sueur | 01:40:04 | |
Colin Le Sueur is a tabletop roleplaying game designer, writer, and illustrator. Originally from Canada and now living in the North of England, Colin designs and publishes games such as Runecairn and We Deal in Lead under the imprint By Odin's Beard RPG. Colin's work and dedication to the craft is inspiring for everyone to see. He is constantly developing his work and publishing what he is doing, showing the process of making a game to those who follow him. Runecairn was one of the first solo games I've played and it's one of my favorites! In this chat we talked about his journey as a game designer, his creative process, the works and artists that inspired and continue to inspire him, who he is outside of the hobby, an all sorts of weirdness we love! It was a great chat! So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Colin's Links! https://byodinsbeardrpg.com RUINCARN WARDEN SAGA KS: http://kck.st/3OaSrFC Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UTSdtwV4 (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Cairn: https://cairnrpg.com/ Ravenloft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenloft Dark Sun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Sun Palladium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladium_Fantasy_Role-Playing_Game TMNT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_%26_Other_Strangeness D&D 3rd Edition: https://dungeonsdragons.fandom.com/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_3rd_edition Pathfinder: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathfinder_Roleplaying_Game Footloose: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087277/ Dark Souls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Souls Norse Mythology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology Vikings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings Warren Ellis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Ellis Zedeck Siew: https://zedecksiew.tumblr.com/ The Dark Tower: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(series) Seaman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaman_(video_game) | |||
| 16 Sep 2023 | 03 Joey Royale | 01:29:13 | |
Third episode! This time we welcome the amazing Joey Royale! Joey is a passionate creator and, above all else, entertainer! He publishes his work through Get Haunter Industries and has a super fun show on Goodman Games twitch channel called "Joey Royale's Pizza Party"! You gotta watch that! We talked about the weird in the mundane, the relationship between the two. We talked about the difficult relationship between spirituality and religion, how the act of playing and making RPGs is completely bonkers. We talked about our problems with anxiety, our forays into stoicism, and we just had a great time sharing our weirdness. Find Joey Royale at @get_haunted_industries on Instagram. Get Haunter Industries Links: https://linktr.ee/whpatv13 Joey Royale's Pizza Party on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjotbAxDry2Isz0_7S2o5Qs4f3_Qrial_ Goodman Games Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/goodmangamesofficial Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! | |||
| 05 Dec 2023 | 22 Tony Vasinda | 02:42:30 | |
Tony runs Plus One Exp, a weird brand that multiclasses in tabletop game design, beard & skincare alchemy & the bardic college of content creation. Our passion at Plus One Exp is help create more sustainable pathways to publication and play. I cannot say enough good things about Tony. He and his channel has been a force for good in the Indie TTRPG community, helping bring awareness to the work of a lot of creators from all over the world, and not only that. Now Plus One Exp is creating opportunities for Indie RPG designers to put their work in front of many people with their RPG Zine Club! We obviously talked about all that, his journey in the TTRPG space, how he can wear almost any hat in the production of a game, how his work experience and journey through other spaces helped him bring a new look and way to do things in our hobby, and a lot more. We talk about fatherhood, mental health, religion, spirituality, people we admire, weird games we play, and a lot more. Tony doesn't hold back and is very open, which is lovely for everyone! So listen up! Let's get weird with Tony Vasinda! Check out Tony's links! RPG Zine Club: RPGZine.Club Live BeneathL TTRPG.link/LiveBeneath Plus One Exp: PlusOneExp.com @plusoneexp on anywhere. Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Johnny Isorena: https://johnnyisorena.com/work Down We Go: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/438881/Down-We-Go-Infinite Magpie Games: https://magpiegames.com/ MiB (Steve Jackson Games): https://www.sjgames.com/mib/ Icarus: https://www.huntersentertainment.com/icarus Dialect: https://thornygames.com/pages/dialect Vincent Van Gogh: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh I, Toaster: https://plusoneexp.itch.io/toaster Steal Like an Artist: https://austinkleon.com/steal/ Will Wright: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Wright_(game_designer) Duck Borg: https://gemroomgames.itch.io/dukkborg Bluebeard's Bride: https://magpiegames.com/pages/bluebeards-bride Adam Vass (World Champ Game Co): https://www.worldchamp.io/ Into the Megadungeon: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-laurence Kyle Latino: https://www.kylelatino.com/ | |||
| 18 Jan 2024 | 33 Adam Vass | 02:08:00 | |
Adam Vass is a tabletop RPG designer in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a one-person operation: writing, illustrating, laying out, publishing, and distributing tabletop storytelling games from his house (though they love teaming up with friends for additional help). He is a multiple-time award winner for RPG designs including the stoner metal science fantasy Necronautilus, scumbag retrofuture Cybermetal 2012, playful and haunting Babes in the Wood, and many more. He is also cohost of the Brain Trust podcast, a semi-regular display of ttrpg design and philosophy with his best friend Will Jobst. I follow Adam's work for a while and, as I said to him, he is like who I want to be when I grow up. His work is super well designed, unique, and with astonishing visual art to accompany. And when you see a game from Adam, you recognize from a distance! Great work! On this chat we talked about music and how he draws inspiration from it, his work as a musician, how he is always making new games, his process, his desire to tone it down a bit, the creators that inspires him, and a lot more. It's a great chat and I am very grateful for all the wisdom Adam shared with us. I hope you enjoy the chat as much as we did. So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Adam's Links! https://worldchampgameco.itch.io/ Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/f9tWx9Cv (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Mörk Borg: https://morkborg.com/ ADHD: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html Pete Holmes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Holmes EMO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo Napster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster Will Jobst: https://willjobst.itch.io/ Braim Trust Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/brain-trust/id1473715893 Johan Nohr: https://nohr.se/ Lost Boys: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093437/ Dance Til' Dawn: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/211987/Dance-Til-Dawn | |||
| 18 Jun 2024 | 75 Alex Kobayashi | 01:23:59 | |
Alex Kobyashi is a passionate creator who seems to can't stop making games. He is the creator of The Black Sword Hack, Rats in the Walls, Extinction, Cursed!, and many other great games! In this chat we talked about the many great things about being a full time game designer, and the many and things about being a full time game designer. Alex talks a lot about "being lazy" despite his impressive production, and how he values structure and routine to help him work. We talk a lot about process, routines, his fascination with history and reality as a source of inspiration that is stronger and weirder than fiction. We also chatted about not taking notes, about the influences of the Soviet Union on his life and country, and a lot other weird and wonderful topics! So listen up, and get weird with us! Check out Alex's Links! DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/fr/publisher/12338/livres-de-l-ours VOTE FOR ME FOR BEST PODCAST HOST on the CRIT AWARDS! Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Alejandro Jodorowsky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Jodorowsky Adam Curtis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curtis Chris McDowall: https://www.bastionland.com Breathless System: https://fari-rpgs.itch.io/breathless-srd Stoneburner: https://fari-rpgs.itch.io/stoneburner | |||
| 15 Jan 2024 | 32 Sean F. Smith | 02:12:42 | |
Sean F. Smith is a writer, a magician, and a games designer. He's written for critically acclaimed products like Odd Jobs and Moonlight on Roseville Beach, coordinates games for charity in South London as part of the Role Play Haven, and will not say Macbeth in a theatre (not even a lecture theatre). Sean's work has been growing and growing and now permeates lots of my favorite game universes, including quite a few award-winning ones. In this chat we talked about how his experiences outside of gaming, including his work as a illusionist and mind-reader, influences the way he creates TTRPG! We also talked about how ghost stories seem universal, how sometimes we can perceive the Universe conspiring in our favor and against us. We talked about comedy in relation both to games and magic. We get deep into the meaning of weird, we talk art, creativity, process, all that jazz. We go deep, and it gets weird! So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Seans's Links! IG ─ @sean__f__smith Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/f9tWx9Cv (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Mörk Borg: https://morkborg.com/ Derren Brown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derren_Brown Richard Dawkins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins Animim: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism Unknown - Cave of Bones: https://www.netflix.com/title/81473682 Randy Feltface: https://www.feltface.com/ The Comedian's Comedian with Stuart Goldsmith: https://www.comedianscomedian.com/ BBC 6 Radio: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_6music Lovecraftesque: https://blackarmada.com/lovecraftesque/ Eternal Lies: https://pelgranepress.com/product/eternal-lies/ Wyrd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyrd Macbeth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth Fighting Fantasy: https://www.fightingfantasy.com/ Austin Kleon: https://austinkleon.com/ Josh Strife Replays: https://www.youtube.com/@JoshStrifeReplays Century Egg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg | |||
| 14 Mar 2024 | 50 Rafael Balbi | 02:40:12 | |
Rafael Balbi is a Artist, Graphic Designer, Game Designer and Podcaster from Brazil who digs into game design theory in TTRPGs, dynamics of play and gaming systems. Creator of the Oil Fantasy playstyle and lead of a popular hexcrawling westmarches campaign called Biergotten, using a d&d b/x retroclone. Me and Rafael are long time friends, we had a blog together for a while, we wrote an Adventure for DCC RPG Brazilian edition, and we just love hanging out and talking about games. In this episode we talked a lot about Game Design theory, we disagree a little, and agree a lot too. We also talked about how is the TTRPG community down here in Brazil, we mentioned some of our problems, some of our good stuff. We also discussed some of his projects, like the incredible podcast and his deeply researched and playtested Hexcrawl focused RPG. It was a weirdly wonderful chat, I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. So listen up and get weird with us! Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/ive-been-dreaming-of-ttrpgs-fire Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/FrEmabnw (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: WILL UPDATE AFTER I COME BACK | |||
| 13 Feb 2024 | 41 Megan Goins and Terry Azamber | 01:48:31 | |
Megan Goins and Terry Azamber and new game designers with their first project being funded on this year's Zinequest. The project is called Terra Arcis, a captivating single-player journaling RPG game in which the players are invited to go on a harrowing trip into the beautiful and deadly kingdom of fairies. I got in touch with Megan and Terry through Zac Goins, and he told me how they got into Solo Journaling game by playing my "Lost in the Deep" journaling game about being the last survivor in an expedition to reclaim the lost home of the dwarves, and being new creators in the scene, launching a Kickstarter in the middle of Zinequest, a super busy month, all of that, would be really interesting to explore in the podcast. Well, not mention the theme of their game, Terra Arcis, which is super weird and explored in a unique way in this game. By the way, if you are into weird and the supernatural you are gonna enjoy this one! So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Terra Arcis Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/terraarcis/terra-arcis Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our first post: https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/welcome-to-weird-tales-of-the-old Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/gtGWj722 (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Lost in the Deep: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/lost-in-the-deep Old English: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Old-English-language Black Dog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_dog_(folklore) A Witch's Guide to Faery Folk: https://www.amazon.com/Witchs-Guide-Faery-Folk-Llewellyns/dp/0875427332 Terry Pratchett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett Daughter of the Forest: https://www.amazon.com/Daughter-Forest-Sevenwaters-Trilogy-Book/dp/0765343436 | |||
| 13 Nov 2024 | 95 Humberto Tramujas - Oldmoon | 01:31:04 | |
Humberto Tramujas is a Brazilian Game Designer, and author of the upcoming Oldmoon, a weird fantasy RPG which asks the question "how would the Middle Ages look like in an extraterrestrial world?" Pre-order Oldmoon here: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/oldmoon Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/. | |||
| 17 Nov 2023 | 18 Marcia B | 02:07:07 | |
Marcia B is a prolific TTRPG Blogger, a scholar of old-school style play, and an attentive Game Designer. Her blog has been a reference of RPG theory and analysis, and her game design work is full of insight and useful tools. Fantastic Medieval Campaigns might be one of Marcia's most known creations. This games intends on taking the classic rules of the original fantasy game (OD&D) and present it in a way so that we can REALLY read what is written there and take our on conclusions from it. From its own page: "The goal of FMC, rather than to offer a new take on the original role-playing game, is to refresh our memories and problematize our preconceptions of a text (or even of a whole genre) that we have taken for granted. The rules are one-to-one with the original, even where there is confusion or falsehood. There is no benefit of a standard vocabulary. There is no one way of doing anything. There is only unadulterated fantasy. And a clean, modern layout that’s easier to navigate!" Her work on her blog Traverse Fantasy has been the topic of discussion in many circles, including here in Brazil. Marcia does deep, and analyzes rules, styles of play, texts and social context of the games we love and arrive at surprising and insightful conclusions. She knows what she is talking about, and you can feel it. In this chat we had the chance to talk about how we relate to RPGs both as our hobby and our focus of study and work (and how that can contrast with each other). How ambiguity of rules can inform gameplay in different ways, how RPGs "evolved" over time, the use of weird rules and how that makes the game unique. We talk about other games we love, the creators and peers that inspire us, the two kinds of weird she see arounds, her experiences with the supernatural and the weird, one of her favorite place to visit (a UFO museum), and so much more. We had a great chat, I learned a lot, and I hope you enjoy it too. So let's get weird with Marcia B! Check out Marcia's works! https://traversefantasy.blogspot.com/ https://traversefantasy.itch.io/ Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Original D&D: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/28306/ODD-Dungeons--Dragons-Original-Edition-0e Trophy RPG: https://trophyrpg.com/ International UFO Museum: https://www.roswellufomuseum.com/ Catfish Plantation (Haunted Restaurand): http://hauntedhouses.com/texas/catfish-plantation/ Paul Was not a Christian (Book): https://www.amazon.com.br/Paul-Was-Not-Christian-Misunderstood/dp/0061349917 The Dropout (TV Series): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10166622/ Barry (TV Series): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5348176/ | |||
| 12 Sep 2024 | 89 Trevor Stamper | 01:39:07 | |
Trevor Stamper—Trevor has had aspirations of being a Not-Quite-So-Dark Master for numerous years, tormenting players in home campaigns on at least two continents. At the age of 10, Trevor was launched into an AD&D game with his friends on Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. But once he moved to England, he lost touch with the game and explored other classics—Indiana Jones, Twilight 2000, Gangbusters, Traveller 2300—until Joel Phillips reintroduced him to D&D BECMI style when he was 15. From there it has been a life-long passion for gaming and creating things other players can enjoy. Trevor has published before in minor ways—a few articles in the now defunct ENWorld Journal, and some really minor contributions when Kobold Press was doing Open Design. He has also extensively playtested material for almost thirty years—starting with Werewolf first edition for White Wolf, to most recently a plethora of Fantasy Flight Games' offerings in the Warhammer 40K and Star Wars ranges. After over 389 Kickstarters as a backer, this is his eleventh one as a creator! BACK TALES OF THE SMOKING WYRM 10th Issue! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smokingwyrm/tales-from-the-smoking-wyrm-issue-10?ref=9ayxt3 Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/. | |||
| 30 May 2024 | 70 Goblin Archives | 01:59:53 | |
Goblin Archives is a game designer and educator, creator of Liminal Horror, and fomenter of the fantastic (and horrific in a good "horror is cool" kinda way) community of players and creators around it. He thrives on collaborative work, and in this episode this becomes a theme that we explore deeply. Liminal Horror is a fantastic gem of a game of Investigative Horror that uses the framework from Cairn and provides it's on set of tools and structures to create very instigating scenarios. This fostered a dedicated community of creators and a steady flow of modules and supplements that keep the game going and always full of ideas. We talked about many great topics involving game design, mental health, creativity, inspiration, gaming, weird and exciting experiences. It was truly a great episode. So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Goblins Archives' links! Games: http://goblinarchives.itch.io Newsletter: https://goblinarchives.substack.com Liminal Horror Library: liminalhorrorlibrary.com Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Will Wright Teaches Game Design and Theory: https://www.masterclass.com/classes/will-wright-teaches-game-design-and-theory Joshua Domanski: https://unenthuser.itch.io Disco Elysium: https://discoelysium.com | |||
| 05 Jul 2024 | 79 John Wick | 02:18:12 | |
John Wick is not only the legend who inspired a multi-millionaire Hollywood franchise, but he is also the legendary game designer of Legend of the Five Rings, 7th Sea, Orkworld!, Cat, Wield, and so many others! He is also famous for his writing and opinions he shares on his YouTube channel. We don't agree on a lot of things, but we agree to disagree and I love it! In this chat we talked about D&D, it's many versions, whether if any of them is an RPG, we talk about how it is to be much harder on himself than on others, about movies and books that inspires him, about how professional criticism shouldn't exist. We also talked about game design, elegance in rules, how he sees himself as a discordian. We talked about some really awesomely weird games. And we talked about Banners and his new projects! It was really a fantastic episode! So listen up and get weird with us! Check out John's links! Banners - Newest game: https://crowdfundr.com/johnwickbanners Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thejohnwick VOTE FOR ME (or whoever you prefer) FOR BEST PODCAST HOST on the CRIT AWARDS! And vote for the your other favorite creators from our hobby! https://www.critawards.org Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Basic Roleplaying: https://www.chaosium.com/basic-roleplaying Dave Arneson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Arneson Pendragon RPG: https://www.chaosium.com/pendragon-rpg/ Over the Edge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Edge_(game) Robin Laws: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Laws The Chronicles of Amber: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Amber | |||
| 08 Dec 2023 | 23 Nick LS Whelan | 01:59:06 | |
Nick LS Whelan has somehow gone unpunished for his litany of book crimes. His works include such unwholesome publications as Sanctimonious Slimes Versus Expired Epicures, Miscreated Creatures, and Deadly Dungeons. This rampage of mangled word wrangling will never stop until someone has the courage to take away his keyboard. When not doing words badly, he can usually be found washing dishes, advocating for weeds, building unnavigable websites, or failing to understand jokes. Most of his work can be found on PapersPencils.com. I have been following Nick's work for a long while and I've learned a lot from him. His site Papers and Pencils has so many essential articles and has had a huge influence on my game design. I can honestly say the magic systems I create wouldn't be the same if where not for the "Magic Words" articles he wrote. And one of my favorite podcasts of all time was created by Nick himself: Blogs on Tape. And it's exactly what the title says. The podcast was simply the best RPG blog posts out there read aloud for you! Excellent! In this chat we talked a lot about all of this, his journey through the RPG sphere, how we were like passing ships in the night the RPG spaces, weird games he played, and a lot more. We also got deep and personal, talking about childhood, mental health, creative process, what is weird for him, how he always felt like the odd one out, how he sometimes prefer not to look too much into who made the pieces of art he appreciates, how he has issues with authority, how unique RPGs are intrinsically, and so much more. Listen up and get with with Nick LS Whelan! Check out Nick's links! https://www.paperspencils.com/ Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Kill Jester: https://www.killjester.com/ Magic Words: https://www.paperspencils.com/category/my-projects/magic-words/ Gus L Blog: https://alldeadgenerations.blogspot.com/ | |||
| 25 Mar 2025 | 100 Diogo Nogueira (Old Skull Publishing) | 01:36:10 | |
Diogo Nogueira is an artist, graphic designer, and game developer. Creator of Old Skull Publishing, he creates games for you to play more with less. Among his games are Primal Quest, Kosmosaurs, Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells, Screams Amongst the Stars, and others. He is also an award-winning designer of the Halls of the Blood King adventure. Oh, and he makes this podcast! Check out all his links here: https://linktr.ee/diogo_oldskull Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store:https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ | |||
| 12 Jun 2024 | 73 Nicholas Cardarelli (Raised on DnD) | 02:02:43 | |
Nick Cardarelli is a Professional Dungeon Master and the host of the Raised on DnD podcast. He has created dozens of original tabletop role-playing game adventures for several different game systems. Nick has been a gamer for over 30 years and has used TTRPGs to connect with his family, friends, and co-workers. I've been a guest on Nick's amazing podcast for a few times and he is always bringing in amazing guests and talking about great things concerning parenthood, games, and talking to amazing gamers and creators about the stuff they make. On this episode we talked about his history with gaming, RPGs, D&D, the Satanic Panic, his weird stories, the podcast (of course), his work as a game designer, and about gaming with kids, being a parent, and a lot of other wonderful and weird things. Nicholas has a lot to share and he does so generously. Listen up, and get weird with us! Check out Nick's links! https://startplaying.games/gm/cardarelli/ Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_&_Other_Strangeness Satanic Panic: https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/dungeons-and-dragons-5e/feature/dnd-satanic-panic Critical Role: https://critrole.com Stranger Things: https://www.netflix.com/br/title/80057281 Paranoia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_(role-playing_game) Elfquest: https://elfquest.com | |||
| 08 Jan 2024 | 30 Johan Nohr | 01:41:58 | |
Johan Nohr is a graphic designer, illustrator, game designer, and pretty must and awesome person! He is the co-mastermind behind Mörk Borg, and his unique style has created ripple in the TTRPG aesthetic as a whole. I met Johan online, on the apocalyptic lands of Twitter, and his work on Mörk Borg quickly got my attention. The way the graphic design and illustration says just as much about the game as the text of the game really impressed me, and reminds me the work of literally illustrators and how they are as much as authors of the work as the writers themselves. Besides that, Johan, Pelle, and everyone else involved with Mörk Borg are great at cultivating an inclusive and super active community. Mörk Borg is not just a game anymore, is almost like a style of gaming, and they certainly set an example I want to follow. In this chat we talked about making art, being an artist, working full time with art, RPGs, inspirations, music, parenthood, coffee, morning rituals, and so, so much more. It's a great chat, we go deep, we make it personal and it get's weird! So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Johan's Links! https://www.stockholmkartell.com/ Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a reviewand/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/b4dEnMyH (this link is only valid for 7 days from the day the episode is released - always look for a new link in the newest episode). Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Pelle Nilsson: https://morkborg.exlibrisrpg.com/tags/pelle-nilsson Art by Noir: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jnohr/art-by-nohr Skeletons: https://bullypulpitgames.com/products/the-skeletons The Boys: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0KRGHGZCHKS920ZQGY5LBRF7MA/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s1 Mutant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutant_(role-playing_game) Kult: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kult_(role-playing_game) | |||
| 12 Sep 2023 | 02 Donn Stroud | 01:18:59 | |
In our second episode, we welcome Donn Stroud! Donn is a creative who is inspired by nature and published his creations through his Psychoda Press, and has worked on Tuesday Knight Games on many Mothership projects, including Dead Planet, a Pound of Flesh and even the new core set that is about to come out! But there's a lot more you don't know about Donn! Come find out! Find him at @donnstroud.bsky.social at Blusky or at @DonnStroud at Twitter/X. Psychoda Press: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/6820/Psychoda-Press Dead Planet: https://www.mothershiprpg.com/dead-planet A Pound of Flesh: https://www.mothershiprpg.com/a-pound-of-flesh Please subscribe! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to or ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! | |||