Do I like game design? Yes, indie'd! A podcast of bitesize interviews with indie tabletop roleplaying game creators about their work and game design theory & practice. Releases every two weeks.
S5 E6 · Wed, April 09, 2025
You can support this show on Patreon ! In this episode, I speak to Paul Czege, a game designer with a deep catalogue that is hard to pin down. An article on RPG.net from 2009 reads "Paul himself defies any sort of easy classification" . It continues, "Depending on your viewpoint, Paul is either one of the most prolific of the Gaming Outpost/Forge designers or one of the least. Also, depending on you how look at it, his best contribution lies in a single game (the still popular My Life With Master ) or in the thought and effort he has put into the hobby of role playing and the practice of game design." Apart from LWM for which he won the Diana Jones Award in 2004, he also designed the melancholic minotaur game, The Clay That Woke . Recently, he's been writing about solo journalling games, publishing two zines, The Ink That Bleeds and Inscapes about how to play them, as well as some actual games including the Balsam Lake Unmurders , about catching a necromancer in Minnesota who keeps bringing people back to life, which is crowdfunding on Kickstarter. Paul Czege’s itch page: https://paulczege.itch.io/ The Balsam Lake Unmurders on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252728880/the-balsam-lake-unmurders Show Notes: Mosaic Strict The interview on the Indie Game Reading Club Carl Jung, The Red Book Close Encounters of the Third Kind M John Harrison’s Viriconium Games Mentioned Earthdawn The Clay That Woke The Ink That Bleeds Inscapes Traverser (unreleased) Earth Mother, Sky Father A Viricorne Guide If you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter
Sat, March 15, 2025
You can support this show on Patreon ! In this episode, I’m talking to Viditya Voleti, a game designer and interactive artist. He's a visiting instructor at the Pratt Institute in NYC. He's freelanced for Paizo, Possum Creek Games, Evil Hat, and RRD. His own tabletop designs include vampire cowboy game, Bloodbeam Badlands, GMless optimistic scifi game, Space Between Stars (forthcoming from Possible Worlds Games), and A Land Once Magic , a post fantasy worldbuilding game currently crowdfunding on Backerkit. Viditya’s itch page: https://vidityavoleti.itch.io A Land Once Magic on Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/moreblueberries/a-land-once-magic?ref=yesindied Show Notes: Action Button Reviews Tokimeki Memorial (6 hour video essay) Kekkai Sensen // Blood Blockade Battlefront (anime) The original post coining the term Fruitful Void by Vincent Baker ++ Here’s a good Levi Kornelsen article about whether D&D has one Ludonarrative Dissonance Games Mentioned Ithaca in the Cards by Aaron Lim, crowdfunding on Kickstarter Free from the Yoke (Legacy) by Mina McJanda If you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter
S5 E4 · Sun, March 02, 2025
You can support this show on Patreon ! In this episode, I’m talking to Gabriel Robinson, a writer and game designer. He's the lead writer on the Silt Verses , an RPG published by the Gauntlet press adapted from the hit audio series. He's contributed to a number of other Gauntlet publications like Trophy, Brindlewood Bay, and more. Through his own imprint Glowing Roots press, he's published Token , a two-player tragic fantasy game, and Candlelight , a GM-less game of lost spirits revisiting their final moments. His games often have a folk horror aesthetic, dark and mysterious but usually stopping shy of macabre. Gabriel’s website: https://glowingroots.carrd.co/ Gabriel’s bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/glowingroots.bsky.social Show Notes: The Silt Verses , horror-fantasy podcast The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper Games Mentioned Silt Verses RPG The Wassailing of Claus Manor If you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter
S5 E3 · Mon, February 17, 2025
You can support this show on Patreon ! In this episode, I’m joined by Caro Asercion , who is an interdisciplinary artist, game designer, and theatre person. They do a lot of work in theatre as a dramaturg and producer of various kinds. In games, they're best known for im sorry did you say street magic , a game of cities and their secrets, based on the classic world building game, Microscope . They've also co-designed supplemental material for Beam Saber with Rufus Roswell, coining the mantra, "bangers only", which was all about how much a precise and skillful use of language gives to game design. Last year, they released Last Train To Bremen , a 4 player game of doomed musicians trying to outrun a deal they made with the devil. Caro’s itch.io page: https://seaexcursion.itch.io/ Show Notes: Chase Carter’s review of Last Train to Bremen Article about all the Rascals playing the game Cheap Bots Done Quick Games Mentioned CJ Linton ’s Prince of Nothing Good (unreleased, work in progress) Space Between Stars by Viditya Voleti If you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter
S5 E2 · Wed, February 05, 2025
You can support this show on Patreon ! On this episode, I’m joined by Levi Kornelsen, previously known as Amagi Games. He is a Canadian designer who's been part of the scene for a long time. He's designed a bunch of games like the Schema framework and the recent Saints of the Empty Throne but is probably best known for his RPG theory, such as the essential Manyfold Glossary. He's a big open source advocate and most of his work is distributed for free under a creative commons license. Everything he writes on his itch page is worth reading for designers looking for language and tools to diagnose or just better understand what it is exactly they're doing. Blog: https://levikornelsen.wordpress.com/ Itch store: https://levikornelsen.itch.io/ Show Notes: Praxic Compendium (by Levi Kornelsen) Manyfold by (Levi Kornelsen) Rec.games.frp.advocacy rpg.net The Phoenix Guards by Steven Brust (novel) Traitor’s Blade by Sebastien de Castell (novel) Games Mentioned (Too many to list them all) Saints of the Empty Throne Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple The Whispering Vault League and Fathom Castle Falkenstein Yazeba’s Bed and Breakfast Under Hollow Hills If you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter
Thu, January 16, 2025
You can support this show on Patreon ! On this episode, I’m joined by Meguey Baker. She's the designer of PsiRun and 1001 Nights, published under her label, Night Sky Games. She's also the co-designer of Apocalypse World, which started the fundamental Powered by the Apocalypse design movement. She wrote the influential Fair Games blog with Emily Care Boss for many years. She's a textile conservation specialist who works with museums, a quilter, a trained sex ed teacher, and a breast cancer survivor. Meguey and Vincent Baker’s patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lumpley Blog: https://lumpley.games Itch store: https://lumpley.itch.io/ Show Notes: Children’s Books Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran and Barbara Cooney ( read aloud ) Dragon Scales and Willow Leaves by Terry L Givens ( read aloud ) A Hole Is To Dig by Ruth Krauss and Maurice Sendak ( read aloud ) Once Upon A Pirate Ship by Mircea Vasiliu Games The Old, The Cold and the Bold by Whitney Delaglio / Little Wish Productions If you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter
Bonus · Mon, December 23, 2024
Bonus episode, where guests from across the year chime in with games they've played that they loved and want to talk about. Games mentioned: Hannah Shaeffer recommends T he Beast Evan Rowland recommends Usagi Yojimbo Quinns recommends World Wide Wrestling Aaron King recommends Saga of the Icelanders Max Lander recommends Blood Feud Graham Walmsley recommends Lumberjills Sidney Icarus recommends Bump in the Dark jay dragon recommends Last Train to Bremen Tom McGrenery recommends Wolves Upon the Coast Mint recommends Bones Deep , Moth-light and Spectaculars Aaron Voigt recommends Subway Runners Huffa recommends here there be monsters and many other games B Marsollier recommends Anamnesis J Strautman recommends Rom Com Drama Bomb MV Soumithri recommends Stonetop Zoheb Mashiur recommends After the Mind, the World Again Marsh Davies recommends No-tell Motel Jim Rossignol recommends <a href="https://johnharper.itch.io/agon" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener nore
S4 E20 · Mon, December 09, 2024
You can support this show on Patreon ! On this episode, I’m joined by Quinns from Quinns Quest as we look back on the last year together. Show Notes: Rascal News Indie RPG Newsletter Quinns mentioned Mythic Bastionland , Good Society , Public Access , The Siltverses , Blood Borg Thomas mentioned Hearts of Wulin and its expansion, Numberless Secrets Also : Draw Steel , Yazeba’s Bed and Breakfast , Triangle Agency Jubensha video on People Make Games Street Fighter RPG from White Wolf Mothership Month Stream where Matt Colville talks about sending Quinns’ Draw Steel <a href="https://tombloom.itch.io/cain" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener nor
S4 E19 · Sat, November 30, 2024
On this episode, I talk to Marsh Davies and Jim Rossignol . Jim was the co-founder of videogaming website Rock Paper Shotgun, where he worked for many years. He's also the author of This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities. Now, he does things like write the Ludocrats with Kieron Gillen and develop indie games through his company, Big Robot. Marsh is a writer and illustrator who has written about video games at RPS and PCGamer and was former head of creative writing at Minecraft developer Mojang. He's also part of the Crate & Crowbar, a weekly PC gaming podcast, that has more than 400 episodes and we can all agree might be too many. Their itch page: https://teethrpg.itch.io/ You can support this show on Patreon !
S4 E18 · Fri, November 15, 2024
On this episode, I speak to Elliot Davis , an artist, podcaster and, game designer. He's one of the co-founders of Many Sided Media, a podcast production company behind shows like My First Dungeon, Bitcherton and Talk of the Table. His games include Rom Com Drama Bomb and solo timetravel game, Project Ecco. He's currently crowdfunding his latest game, The Time We Have , a tragic game about two brothers, one of whom is slowly but inevitably turning into a zombie. Show Notes: 03:09 - The Time We Have: brothers, using a door as immersion, and other design tweaks 18:00 - Becoming a full-time games person 37:40 - Infectious Enthusiasm: They Came To Play Ball by Adira Slattery 38:50 - Tyranny of Numbers 40:53 - RePlay 43:22 - All Advice is Advice For Myself You can support this show on Patreon !
S4 E17 · Fri, November 01, 2024
You can support this podcast on patreon! On this episode, I talk to MV Soumithri and Zoheb Mashiur who are cast members of Desperate Attune , a Blades in the Dark actual play set in Uduasha, a Middle Eastern/South Asian inspired alternative to Duskwall. They've now released a free supplement called Sunmirror , which brings a re-imagined city of gods and magic to the table.
S4 E16 · Tue, October 15, 2024
You can support this podcast on patreon! On this episode, we talk to J Strautman and B Marsollier. J Strautman is a bass player, composer, sound designer, game designer, and podcaster. B Marsollier is an illustrator, voice over artist, game designer, podcaster and former antique rug salesperson. They are the co-DMs of the D&D actual play podcast, Planet Arcana. The podcast is fully sound designed and scored with original music by J. Last year, 2023, Planet Arcana received 9 nominations at the New Jersey and Minnesota Webfests, winning 3 awards, 2 for “Best D&D Actual Play” and 1 for “Best GM”. They're about to launch their crowdfunding campaign for their newest game, A Fool's Errand, a tarot-based game of being fools, dealing with gods, becoming who you are, and saving the world from a second Big Oops. Show notes: 03:24 - Introduction to the game and its podcast roots 10:55 - Using tarot to build a meddling pantheon 18:57 - Making a fool in Fool's Errand 35: 14 - The setting of the game and the campaign 40:01 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Anamnesis, Rom Com Drama Bomb 42:28 - Tyranny of Numbers 49:58 - RePlay 52:21 - All Advice is Advice for Myself
S4 E15 · Mon, September 30, 2024
Support this show! On this episode, I talk to Ara Winter, who has spent the last few years playing old and out of print tabletop games. What did he learn from this? Let's find out! Show Notes: 05:03 - Ara's antique gaming 19:14 - Discussing Bifrost (1977) 33:55 - Discussing Shadowrun 2nd Edition (1992) 48:58 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Fantasy Medieval Campaigns 50:14 - Tyranny of Numbers 52:08 - RePlay 54:18 - All advice is advice for myself The Indie RPG Newsletter
S4 E14 · Tue, September 17, 2024
Support this show! Aaron Voigt is a writer, game designer, podcaster and critic. You can find his video essays about tabletop games like They Took Our War, Heart, & Spire on his YouTube channel AA Voigt. He has two podcasts: one discussing Christian media called Bible Boys and one discussing sometimes-bad media called Mortified: The Friendship Quest. He's a first reader for Khoreo Magazine, an ignyte winning and Hugo nominated magazine for speculative fiction from immigrant and disapora authors. Today we'll be talking about his game Detente for the Ravenous which is based on a to-be self-published fantasy novel of the same name. You can check out the game and the novel here Show Notes: 02:27 - All about the novel 12:27 - Adapting the novel into a game 16:29 - Digression into history of Christianity in India 20:00 - Religious and monstrous themes in the novel 28:34 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Subway Runners 29:56 - Tyranny of Numbers 31:44 - RePlay 33:02 - All advice is advice for myself The Indie RPG Newsletter
S4 E13 · Fri, August 30, 2024
Support this show! Huffa is a game designer and art historian. You can find her work at: https://huffa.itch.io/ Between the Skies @ Exalted Funeral Show Notes: 03:06 - Introducing Between the Skies 11:50 - Working with Exalted Funeral 15:45 - The joys of playing without systems 40:00 - How does this relate to old school d&d? 48:63 - Art history and RPGs 54:42 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Wanderhome, here there be monsters 57:41 - Tyranny of Numbers 59:28 - RePlay 1:03:18 - All advice is advice for myself The Indie RPG Newsletter
S4 E12 · Thu, August 15, 2024
Support this show! Joshua McCrowell is the designer of new tarot-based dungeoncrawler His Majesty The Worm , published by Exalted Funeral. He's also the current editor of Knock Magazine, the OSR focused anthology zine that has quickly became a fan favourite, and a blogger at riseupcomus.blogspot.com where he talks about everything from how to adapt tolkien in games to what makes a good social encounter. Show Notes: 02:22 - Running a game for 8 years 05:39 - Dungeoncrawling in 2024 16:46 - The design of His Majesty The Worm 36:13 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Vermis, Black Sword Hack and Valley of Flowers 38:14 - Tyranny of Numbers 42:05- All advice is advice for myself The Indie RPG Newsletter
S4 E11 · Wed, July 31, 2024
Support this show! Mint is an rpg designer and blogger from New Foundland, Canada. She runs There's a TTRPG For That , an rpg recommendation blog on tumblr, which has lists for all kinds from the general to the very specific, "games that are grunge" to "two player games" to "games where you don't need to write anything down". She's currently working on a game called Protect the Child, a game of monster babysitters, that is equal parts comedy and queer found family. You can find the Protect the Child playtest server here. Show Notes: 02:53 - Getting started with Lady Blackbird 10:18 - RPG scene on tumblr 17:03 - Protect the Child's themes 26:44 - Protect the Child's design 39:09 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Bones Deep , Mothlight , Spectaculars 42:07 - Tyranny of Numbers 44:38 - Re:Play 45:59 - All advice is advice for myself The Indie RPG Newsletter
S4 E10 · Wed, July 17, 2024
Support the show! Prismatic Wasteland aka WF Smith is the prolific blogger behind prismaticwasteland.com and the creator / writer of Ennie award winning fantasy adventure, Barkeep on the Borderlands. He's also running a game jam where participants create their own pub or tavern, which is live as this episode comes out and runs until August 15th 2024. Show Notes: 02:02 - Producing Barkeep on the Borderlands 10:03 - The design of the adventure 16:41 - Good random encounters and tracking time 25:60 - The political side to the adventure 34:19 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Vampire Cruise by Amanda Lee Franck 35:56 - Tyranny of Numbers 39:43 - Re:Play 41:59 - All advice is advice for myself The Indie RPG Newsletter
S4 E9 · Mon, July 01, 2024
Support the show! Tom McGrenery is an RPG writer and translator from Hong Kong, who publishes under the banner, Porcupine Publishing . He's contributed to products like Feng Shui and Night's Black Agents as well as designed his own games like his hack of the Drama System featuring brazilian layabouts and swashbucklers, Malandros. In 2020, he translated and published the Brazilian rpg, the Elephant and Macaw Banner. He's also the co-host of the long running podcast, Fear of a Black Dragon. Show Notes: 07:48 - One Shot Saturday in Hong Kong 12:09 - Fantasy Non-fiction 19:41 - Revolution Comes To The Kingdom 31:10 - Games about war 36:45 - More RCTK 46:36 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Wolves Upon The Coast 55:11 - Tyranny of Numbers 57:04 - RePlay 58:26 - All advice is advice for myself The Indie RPG Newsletter
S4 E8 · Mon, June 17, 2024
Support the show! Jay Dragon is a queer disabled game designer behind such games as summer camp horror game, Sleepaway and the pastoral fantasy indie darling, Wanderhome. Jay is the editorial director at Possum Creek Games . As of publishing this episode, they print version of Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast has come out. It's a project of immense scope and skill that is clearly full of love and artistry. Show Notes: 05:14 - Introducing Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast and how it started with specific characters 15:02 - The three elements of the game 20:36 - Chapters as self-contained games 31:15 - Characters arcs or journeys 44:40 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Last Train to Bremen by Caro Asercion 45:51 - Tyranny of Numbers 47:23 - RePlay 49:36 - All Advice is Advice for Myself The Indie RPG Newsletter
Fri, May 31, 2024
Because of some travel, instead of an interview, something from the patreon feed makes it way into the main feed. This is a round-up of 2023's answers to the question, "What is something you're trying to do better at the gaming table?" Enjoy!
S4 E7 · Tue, May 14, 2024
Support the show! On this week's episode, I talk to Sidney Icarus , a game designer of, among other things, the scifi horror game, Decaying Orbit, published by Storybrewers Roleplaying, which won the 2023 ARPIA Game of the Year. But I first heard of them as the fantastic host of the now-concluded Hard Move, a wonderful podcast where every episode, Sidney and a guest analysed one move from a PbtA game. Show Notes: 03:12 - RPG Descriptivist 14:49 - The "Who Says What When" Framework 22:06 - What is Action Paths? 32:04 - Analyzing Decaying Orbit using Action Paths 1:08:46 - Sidney's next game: The Most Dangerous Game 1:12:03 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Bump in the Dark 1:13:50 - Tyranny of Numbers 1:16:50 - RePlay 1:18:14 - All advice is advice for myself The Indie RPG Newsletter
S4 E6 · Mon, April 29, 2024
Support the show ! On today's show, we're talking ship with Sebastian Yue , a game designer, writer, and editor. Apart from their own self-published games and DMs Guild modules, They work full-time at Hit Point Press which is best known for various very succesful third party D&D 5e products like Heckna and Humblewood. They've also contributed as a designer to some wonderful projects like Apocalypse Keys, Cloud Empress, ennie-award winning Uncaged Goddesses anthology, and the currently in-progress official Tomb Raider RPG. Show Notes 04:18 Getting started with game design 15:18 Working full-time at Hitpoint Press 22:10 Being in both the D&D and indie game communities 24:15 All about editing: style guides & more 29:50 Future plans 34:07 Advice for aspiring game designers 36:56 Infectious Enthusiasm: Ingkit by Pukepeku Games 38:15 Tyranny of Numbers: Annual earnings 42:15 RePlay 43:43 All Advice is Advice for Myself The Indie RPG Newsletter
S4 E5 · Mon, April 15, 2024
Support the show ! Today, we're talking to Graham Walmsley, the celebrated game designer behind tabletop RPGs like Cthulhu Dark and A Taste for Murder, larps like Will That Be All, and lovecraftian scenarios for games like Trail of Cthulhu. He's also the author of two non-fiction books called Stealing Cthulhu about telling lovecraftian stories and Play Unsafe about techniques for being a better player of tabletop games. This year, he's got two new games out, Cosmic Dark, a sequel to Cthulhu Dark about corporate employees in space, and Darkenwood, a GM-less game about a nightmarish forest. Show Notes: 01:41 Introducing Graham 03:07 Starting with Lovecraft 12:08 What is weird fiction? 16:55 All the cool stuff in Cosmic Dark 26:24 Rules, advice, setting 39:22 Infectious Enthusiasm: Lumberjills by Moira Turkington 41:50 Tyranny of Numbers 43:44 RePlay 46:25 All Advice is Advice for Myself The Indie RPG Newsletter
S4 E4 · Sat, March 30, 2024
Support this show! This week, we're talking to Nico MacDougall and returning guest Tan Shao Han about The Awards , an alternative tabletop RPG awards project. Show Notes: 03:56 Introductions 13:31 Being a judge 16:09 The process of picking a winner 21:30 Who should be a judge? 25:36 Infectious Enthusiasm 27:59 Tyranny of Numbers: Breaking down submissions to the Awards 31:02 All Advice is Advice for Myself
S4 E3 · Thu, March 14, 2024
Support this show! Today we're talking to Max and Aaron from RTFM. Maxwell Lander is a game designer, photographer, visual artist, and also musician with an album of dungeon synth. Aaron King is a game designer whose works including Patchwork World Sixth Edition. They are both the co-hosts of RTFM, an RPG book club podcast. Show Notes: [00:02:49] Why start an RPG bookclub podcast? [00:14:43] What each person brings to the table [00:28:47] Critiquing RPGs as an artform [00:41:24] Infectious Enthusiasm: Sagas of the Icelanders, Bloodfeud [00:45:03] Tyranny of Numbers [00:50:08] RePlay [00:53:13] All Advice is Advice For Myself: Prep more, be less? Other Links: It's up to you really , an all vtuber actual play of Patchwork World
S5 E2 · Mon, February 26, 2024
Support the show! Today, we're talking to Quintin Smith aka Quinns , who has been reviewing boardgames for more than a decade with the iconic show, Shut Up and Sit Down. Then about 3 years ago, Quintin joined People Make Games to cover everything from Roblox's relationship to child labour to the battle for ownership and control of Disco Elysium, from the revival of kabaddi in India to phenomenon that is jubensha in china. Now, he's gone and started Quinns Quest , a new youtube channel to review tabletop roleplaying games that feels like a lot like that one weird show where William Riker from Star Trek looked at the camera and asked us if we believed in ghosts. Don't worry, listeners, we're going to ask the question on everyone's mind: why? Show Notes: [00:02:00] What makes a good review? [00:08:02] Horror versus Tension: one of the challenges of reviewing RPGs [00:16:12] Would you ever do a bad review? [00:23:22] Why playing games are vital for reviews [00:40:44] Infectious Enthusiasm: World Wide Wrestling by Nathan Paoletta [00:43:26] Tyranny of Numbers: Youtube drop-off [00:45:12] Replay [00:50:31] All Advice is Advice For Myself: Use your hands? Other references: I mentioned an article by Quinn Murphy which talks about promises, consistency and economy, you can find that here If you liked this podcast, you'll probably love the Indie RPG Newsletter
S5 E1 · Mon, February 12, 2024
Support the show! On this episode, we have Hannah Schaffer and Evan Rowland, the two creators behind indie game design outfit, turtlebun. They've published games like Questlandia, Noirlandia, Damn the man save the music, Mud: a golem memoir, and many more. You can find more about those games at turtlebun.com. Evan and Hannah also co-host a podcast called Design Doc , which is in their own words, about "trying to make a living as people putting things out in the world". If you read any reviews of that show, you'll hear it being described with words like honest, vulnerable, caring, friendly. It's one of my favourite podcasts in the world and you should listen to it. Then, you can too get vulnerable insights into the daily practice of being a game designer and you can also learn that Carrie Fisher once overtweezed Hannah's mom eyebrows at a workshop. Follow them on Instagram Show Notes: 02:46 Getting started (Evan reinvents microtransactions) 09:07 Going from making big things to making medium-small things 11:30 Getting deep with Design Doc 25:00 What is collaboration and how do you even do it? 36:25 Infections Enthusiasm: The Beast and Usagi Yojimbo 39:40 Tyranny of Numbers 43:46 RePlay 45:33 All Advice Is Advice For Myself Some of my personal greatest hits from Design Doc : Burnout A Cat in the Lap and Other Good Things The Work of Games is Not Just Making Games The Games You Want To Make The Life You Want To Live
Bonus · Wed, January 03, 2024
A guest episode on the feed today as I share with you something from the folks over at Playing at the Hearth , the podcast from the Open Hearth gaming community. It's a nice, welcoming online place where people from all over the place get together and play games. It's like having access to a convention all year round. If you'd like to join, head over to their website. This episode has members of the community sharing their favourite games played in 2023. Lot of cool games mentioned and I add my 2 cents at the very end but I also got to play in two campaigns mentioned by other people which was Capitalites and Nahual.
Mon, December 04, 2023
Support the show on Patreon In this round-up episode for 2023, every single one of my guests sounds off about one game that they want to recommend to you! [00:02:05] Judd Karlmann recommends Into the Odd, The Between, and As The Sun Forever Sets [00:05:55] Lowell Francis recommends Eclipse Phase 2nd Edition [00:08:27] Jahmal Brown recommends Legacy: Life Among The Ruins 2nd Edition [00:12:05] Indrani Ganguly recommends Alice is Missing, Blase Monotony, and Bubble Bubble [00:13:55] Tan Shao Han recommends The Nightmares Underneath [00:17:07] Fiona Hopkins and Stephanie Burt recommend Wool of Bat and Monsterhearts [00:20:20] Paul Beakley recommends a|state and Fellowship [00:24:08] Becky Annison recommends Escape from Tentacle City [00:27:38] Emily Friedman recommends The Quiet Year [00:29:46] Chris Chinn recomends Errant [00:31:58] Josh Fox recommends Microscope and Microscope Union [00:35:23] Evan Torner recommends Prism Listen to the other round-up episodes of 2023 on the Yes Indie'd patreon! Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, November 15, 2023
Support the show on Patreon Evan Torner is the Associate Professor of German Studies and Film / Media Studies at University of Cincinnati. He's the Director, UC Game Lab and has a co-edited volume (with William J. White) entitled Immersive Gameplay: Essays on Role-Playing and Participatory Media. He's also co-founder and one of the editors at Analog Game Studies , which has been publishing research into RPGs and larps for more than ten years, and the Golden Cobra Challenge , which is a larp competition. He's a lifelong game master and a game designer and larpwright including his freeform scenario “Metropolis” was nominated for an award at Fastaval. Show Notes: [00:02:38] Starting out as a GM [00:10:02] Railroading Is Good Actually [00:22:20] Actor stance is "commercially default, not culturally default" [00:29:43] Where do tabletop RPGs stand in game studies? [00:39:55] Game design as media analysis [00:45:19] Infectious Enthusiasm: Prism by Whitney Delaglio [00:46:54] Tyranny of Numbers [00:49:17] RePlay [00:51:21] All Advice Is Advice For Myself Transcript of the entire episode can be found here. Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, October 30, 2023
Support the show on Patreon The is the second in a series of special episodes meant to teach some of my favourite indie RPGs. Tune in to hear Andrew Gillis, designer of the stunning Girl by Moonlight . In Girl by Moonlight , you play a group of magical girls resisting an oppressive society. It explores the heartbreak of denying who you really are, and the transcendent power of relationships and community. It's one of the best games to come out of the lineage of Blades in the Dark and will undoubtedly inspire a slew of games in its own right. You can learn more on the Evil Hat website or on the Backerkit page . Transcript of the entire episode can be found here. Chapter Markers: [00:05:32] Introduction to Girl by Moonlight, Series Creation, [00:11:12] Character Creation: Playbook, Roles, Backgrounds [00:18:24] Character Creation: Obligation, Actions, Attributes, Promises [00:35:29] Cycle of Plays, Obligation Phase [00:46:46] Downtime Phase [00:49:49] Mission Phase, Engagement Roll, Action Roll, Position/Effect, Resistance Roll [01:16:57] Fallout, Campaign Tracks Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Tue, October 10, 2023
Support the show on Patreon Josh Fox is the award-winning designer of Flotsam: Adrift Amongst The Stars and Last Fleet . He's the co-designer of the highly influential GMless mystery game, Lovecraftesque alongside Becky Annison. And the two of them together run Black Armada Publishing , a UK-based publisher which has been putting out inventive roleplaying games for more than a decade. Josh is also the editor and cast member of Black Armada Tales , an actual play podcast that features a bunch of different indie games. Lovecraftesque 2e is crowdfunding on BackerKit right now. Show Notes: 04:18 - How Black Armada Began (2012) 08:17 - Lovecraftesque (2015) 25:34 - Lovecraftesque in Italian + Blacklight/UV Artwork 30:10 - Gaps in releases (2015-2017) 33:16 - Flotsam (2018) 41: 41 - Collaborations + Bite Marks (2019) 45:01 - Last Fleet (2020) 1:00:44 - Financial Side of Publishing 1:05:44 - Lovecraftesque 2e (2023) 1:14:15 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Microscope Union 1:16:39 - Tyranny of Numbers: Backerkit Advertising 1:22:33 - All Advice is Advice For Myself: Speaking Out Loud Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Tue, October 03, 2023
Hello! A cross-post in the feed today. This in an episode I did with Sam Dunnewold for his podcast, Dice Exploder , where every episode is a deep dive into a single RPG mechanic (usually) from a specific game. I talk about the Secondary Mission roll from Band of Blades which is a very cool mechanic that I love to think about. It basically inspired me to make a whole game at one point. This is an early release of the episode. It'll only be on Dice Exloder's feed by the end of the month. It's a great podcast and I totally recommend subscribing on your podcatcher of choice. Sam is also crowdfunding a third season of Dice Exploder, so check that out as well. Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, September 25, 2023
Support the show on Patreon The first episode in a series of special episodes meant to teach some of my favourite indie RPGs. Listen in to hear Rae Nedjadi , designer of Apocalypse Keys , teach you how to play his game. In Apocalypse Keys , you play OMEN-class monsters working for an organisation named DIVISION tasked with holding back the apocalypse. Inspired by Hellboy and BPRD, the players struggle to find Keys before the villainous Harbingers unlock the Doors of Power and bring doom on the world. You can learn more on the Evil Hat website or on the itch page. Transcript of the entire episode can be found here . Timestamps: [00:05:36] Part One - Introduction [00:12:46] Part Two - Character Creation: Name, Origins, Prophecy [00:24:19] Part Three - Darkness Tokens, Powers of Darkness, What the Darkness Demands [00:35:28] Part Four - Basic Moves, Conditions [01:00:00] Part Five - Ruin, Ruin Moves, Bonds, End of Session [01:13:53] Part Six - Building out DIVISION, Running A Mystery Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, August 28, 2023
Support the show on Patreon Layla Adelman, who goes by the handle pandatheist in RPG spaces, is a rpg designer, writer, and serial twitter thread writer. She's one of the co-designers of the Illuminated Worlds system for Critical Role's Darrington Press. This is the system which powers Candela Obscura and potentially other unannounced games. She was an Ennies judge two years. She blogs over at Bone Box Chant at wordpress.com, including a major series collating and analysing statistics around Kickstarter's ZineQuest and a series of interviews with TTRPG editors. You can follow her on BlueSky and Mastodon . Show Notes: 01:04 - Layla's Introduction 08:18 - Masks of Nyarlathotep and GMing like an editor 15:53 - Layla's approach to reviewing 29:26 - Tips for writing a good rulebook 35:48 - Games Layla is excited about 39:54 - Tyranny of Numbers 41:11 - All Advice Is Advice For Myself Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, August 14, 2023
Support the show on Patreon Dave is a youtuber, reviewer and game designer. His Youtube channel, Dave Thaumavore RPG Reviews , currently has about 180 videos and more than 25,000 subscribers. He's also got a great newsletter where he publishes written interviews game design luminaries. Links to all of this stuff will be in the show notes. He's designed supplements for the Index Card RPG but his most recent standalone game is Fluxfall Horizon, a zany, scifi PbtA game of dimension hopping do-gooders (and some potential do-badders). Show Notes: 00:52 - Introducing Dave 01:56 - Youtube journey and the challenge of constant comparison with other creators 09:29 - Dave's process 15:34 - Making sponsored content 16:55 - Favorite games to review 21:43 - Do reviewers have to play games? 35:52 - Advice for reviewers 38:12 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Wanderhome 39:22 - Tyranny of Numbers 41:45 - All Advice is Advice for Myself Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sat, July 29, 2023
Support the show on Patreon Christopher Chinn is the blogger behind the long-running and well-loved Deeper in the Game blog . He's probably best-known for the Same Page Tool. But started in 2007, the blog has 15 years of thoughtful and insightful writing and advice on RPG design and play. Show Notes: 01:17 - Introducing Chris 02:54 - The origin of the blog (also "rules are for preventing bitterness between friends") 9:56 - How Chris learned to ditch the railroad and embrace improvisation 23:34 - On playing with and writing for geeks of color 26:35 - Why the Same Page Tool shouldn't exist 37:38 - Advice for new bloggers 41:29 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Errant 43:37 - Tyranny of Numbers 46:20 - Replay: Tenra Bansho Zero 48:49 - All Advice Is Advice For Myself Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, July 17, 2023
Support the show on Patreon Emily C. Friedman is an associate professor of English at Auburn University and director of 18thconnect , a website dedicated to scholarship of the 18th century. Though an 18th-century literature scholar and critic by training, Emily is now one of the foremost chroniclers of the phenomenon we call actual play. She teaches games and actual play in the classroom and regularly writes about actual play on gaming website, Polygon . In fact, as of recording this, we're close to the one year anniversary of her first piece on Polygon, about New York by Night, a Vampire the Masquerade AP. She's also working on a book titled Improvised Worlds: Digital Storytelling Through Play. Also, here's her youtube channel, CriticalProf. Show Notes: 00:46 - Emily's bio 02:28 - How did you start working on actual play? 09:22 - What is actual play anyway? 15:39 - The state of actual play today 23:07 - Examples of actual play that break the form 36:52 - Infectious Enthusiasm: The Quiet Year 38:42 - Tyranny of Numbers 40:07 - All Advice Is Advice For Myself If you'd like a written transcript for this episode, you can find it here. Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Thu, June 01, 2023
Support the show on Patreon On this episode, I'm talking to Becky Annison, the co-founder of UK-based design company, Black Armada Games . She's the award-winning designer of When the Dark Is Gone, part of the Seven Wonders anthology from Pelgrane Press. And is probably best known for the high drama werewolf game, Bite Marks, and GM-less mystery game, Lovecraftesque, on which she's the co-designer. When she's not working on games, she's a lawyer who works on high level climate change issues. Check out Wreck This Deck on Backerkit. Show notes: 00:41 - Becky's Introduction 05:25 - Being the UK's Queen of the Werewolves 10:18 - Wreck This Deck 20:18 - Favourite Demon 27:43 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Escape From Tentacle City 30:47 - RePlay 35:30 - All Advice Is Advice For Myself If you'd like a written transcript for this episode, you can find it here . Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Tue, May 16, 2023
Support the show on Patreon This week, we're talking to Paul Beakley has been involved with the games industry since at least the mid 1990s. He's a Game Chef finalist, a Golden Cobra honourable mention, and an official designer/adventure module writer for games like Deadlands, Earthdawn, Mutant Chronicles and more. He's also been writing about games for a long time, across various websites, forums, and magazines like Pyramid and Inphobia. But we're here today to talk about the Indie Game Reading Club , which began on the long lost shores of GooglePlus in 2015. It's now a standalone website and slack community where there's a lot of great writing and discussion of small-press storygames. I love reading it and you will too! Show notes: 1:38 - Starting the Indie Game Reading Club 16:32 - Why do we write about games? 21:31 - Roleplaying as faith practice 26:03 - How to be critical without being mean 38:02 - Who is your audience? 43:54 - Infectious Enthusiasm: a|state , Fellowship 49:58 - Tyranny of Numbers: the economics of criticism 51:53 - RePlay 59:30 - All Advice Is Advice For Myself This episode was edited by Gabriel Caetano. Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Thu, April 20, 2023
Support the show on Patreon On this episode, I'm chatting with Fiona Hopkins and Stephanie Burt , who are the co-hosts of Team Up Moves , a podcast about playing and discussing superhero tabletop RPGs. I'm a big fan of the podcast and so I reached out to the two of them. Apart from RPGs, Fiona is a front-end software engineer by trade who worked at Google, Twitter, the City of Boston and now the Democratic party. Stephanie is a poet and a professor of English at Harvard University. She's also a critic, who has published a number of books, which you can read about on her Wikipedia page, which she has. Show Notes: 00:43 - Introducing Fiona and Stephanie 01:51 - Why supeheroes? 13:28 - Analyzing superhero RPGs 34:01 - Picking games for the podcast 44:02 - Infections Enthusiasm: Wool of Bat , Monsterhearts 2 50:21 - Tyranny of Numbers 52:13 - All Advice Is Advice For Myself You can find a written transcript of the episode here. Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Fri, April 07, 2023
Support the show on Patreon On this episode, we're talking to Tan Shao Han , a TTRPG designer, writer, and cultural consultant from Singapore. He's contributed words to various Paizo Pathfinder books, including Lost Omens: Impossible Lands, new Dagger Isles supplement for Blades in the Dark, and other games like Monster Care Squad and ARC. He's the co-founder of Curious Chimeras , a company that makes games and games-adjacent interactive experiences. Shao Han interestingly did his Master’s Thesis on tabletop role-playing games and their ability to engage, empower and educate. Show notes: 00:27 - Shao Han's bio 01:41 - Learning D&D from videogame manuals 08:01 - Merging gaming and history and mythology 23:08 - Da Xia, a WIP game of folk heroes in WW2 Singapore 24:04 - Showcasing indie RPGs in the community 33:42 - Infectious Enthusiasm: The Nightmares Underneath 36:28 - Tyranny of Numbers 37:48 - RePlay 38:46 - All Advice Is Advice For Myself You can find a written transcript of the episode here. Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, March 15, 2023
Support the show on Patreon On this episode, we're talking to Indrani Ganguly who is the marketing manager for Hunters Entertainment, the publisher of Kids on Bikes, Alice is Missing, among other games. She is also the co-founder of Desis n Dragons , probably India's largest community of tabletop roleplayers. Of which, I am a humble member. Indrani is also a dicemaker, an artisan, making beautiful and custom math rocks under the name Nonagon Dice . She was a part of last year's Big Bad Con PoC Leadership Team and expertly organized the India programme where three people from India were invited to attend Big Bad Con 2022. She is an inductee of the TheGameAwards Future Class of 2022. Show notes: 00;30 - Indrani's bio 02:24 - Getting started 08:26 - Starting Desis & Dragons 14:14 - The vision for the community 24:04 - Showcasing indie RPGs in the community 30:03 - Marketing TTRPGs 35:50 - Up All Night, a game of bargaining with your brain for one night's rest 37:29 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Alice is Missing , blase monotony , Bubble Bubble 38:54 - Tyranny of Numbers 40:24 - RePlay 41:52 - All Advice Is Advice For Myself You can find a written transcript of the episode here. Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Tue, February 28, 2023
Support the show on Patreon On this episode, we're speaking to Jahmal Brown aka Mad Jay Zero . Jay is a podcaster, designer and rockstar GM. His podcast Diceology features interviews with folks from the RPG scene as well as fun recaps of his various games in Last Week in Gaming. As a game designer, he's contributed words to books like Pathfinder's magnificent Mwangi Expanse as well as designed his own games, Lifted Vol 1: Indomitable , a people with superpowers game primed by cortex. He also did some Pro GMing before it became cool when he kickstarted a West Marches campaign called Into the Mad Lands. Show Notes: 01:05 - Introduction to Jay 04:13 - About the Diceology podcast (talking to Mike Pondsmith and Sarah Doombringer) 06:19 - Jay, on playing with kids 10:45 - Jay's 30+ session Twilight 2000 campaign 14:16 - GMing Practices 21:50 - Running West Marches 28:36 - Lifted Vol 1: Indomitable 37:43 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Legacy 2e: Life Among The Ruins 41:09 - Tyranny of Numbers: Kickstarter Advice 47:40 - RePlay: Jay shares story from Lifted/Champions Now about every table making corporate superhero teams You can find a written transcript of the episode here. Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, February 15, 2023
Support the show on Patreon On this episode, we're speaking to Lowell Francis the writer behind the Ennie award winning RPG blog, Age of Ravens, which you can find at ageofravensgames.com . He's the co-designer of the fantastic Hearts of Wulin , a PbtA game of wuxia melodrama. He is also the Gauntlet Gaming Community Manager and co-host of Gauntlet Podcast. He is a comics author (he wrote Superman!), met his wife playing Magic the Gathering, and got knocked over by the fifth Dr. Who at a signing event. Show Notes: 00:45 - Introducing Lowell 02:56 - Discussing Age of Ravens 07:08 - Reviews 12:12 - RPG Chronology Lists 15:43 - Post-Apocalyptic Games 20:57 - GMing Styles 26:54 - PbtA and Hearts of Wulin 34:20 - Community Management 41:04 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Eclipse Phase 2nd Edition 42:44 - Tyranny of Numbers: GMing 200 Games a Year 48:05 - RePlay: Scott Pilgrim via Hearts of Wulin This episode comes with a transcript automatically. If your podcast reader does not display the transcript, you can find a version here. Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Tue, January 31, 2023
Support the show on Patreon On this episode, we're speaking to Judd Karlman, the podcaster behind Daydreaming about Dragons , my personal favourite source of GM advice. Every episode of his podcast has two parts: table techniques, where Judd talks offers techniques to play roleplaying games, and inspiration goat, where a real goat recommends media to Judd and he explains how that media can inspire your game. Judd is also the author of gaming supplements, most notably Dictionary of Mu, a setting for Sorcerer written like a dictionary. And you can find Judd's blog at GithyankiDiaspora.com . Also on reddit, where he's often on DM advice subreddits helping new DMs picking up D&D for the first time. Some helpful timestamps: 00:54 - Introducing Judd 02:24 - Talking about Sons of Kryos , an early experiment in RPG podcasting 06:38 - Talking about friendly versus snarky advice, and generally the problem of talking on the internet 11:47 - My favourite episodes of Daydreaming about Dragons: Episode 85. Playing Chess With Villains and Episode 70. Making World History Relevant . 24:45 - How Judd preps for games 26:10 - Using socialism to find the fun in dungeons ( the municipal, unionized dungeon-delving actual play with Sean Nittner) 31:19 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Judd recommends The Between , Into the Odd , and As The Sun Forever Sets 34:48 - Tyranny of Numbers: Judd shares his podcasting statistics 37:30 - RePlay: Judd shares a Dictionary of Mu gaming story If your podcast player supports transcripts, you should see one automatically. Otherwise, please go here for a full transcript. Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter </p
Sat, December 31, 2022
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Wed, December 28, 2022
Marx interviews Thomas Manuel about games journalism, the synergy or dissonance between being a playwright and being a game designer, and about his games The Spider and the City, Hypercity, and Depths Unfathomable. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Thomas Manuel on Twitter Thomas Manuel on Itchio Thomas Manuel official website Marx Shepherd on Twitter Marx Shepherd on Itchio All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, November 30, 2022
Marx interviews Cezar Capacle about Push and philosophies of game design, I Guess This Is It and minimalist story gaming, and how to publicise oneself in a post-Twitter world. This episode is kindly sponsored by Matthew Gravelyn , whose game Tapestry is available now . Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Cezar Capacle on Twitter Cezar Capacle on Itchio Cezar Capacle bio page Thomas Manuel on Twitter Thomas Manuel on Itchio Thomas Manuel official website All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, November 14, 2022
Marx interviews Michael Low of Luck of Legends Games about games in the classroom, education in games, and about the choose-your-own-adventure colouring book RPG training manual Starsworn. This episode is kindly sponsored by Matthew Gravelyn , whose game Tapestry is available now . Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Starsworn on Kickstarter Michael Low on Twitter Luck of Legends on Itchio Cezar Capacle on Twitter Cezar Capacle on Itchio All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Fri, October 28, 2022
Marx interviews Thomas Eliot of Sixpence Games about Fear of the Unknown, a one-shot game of building towns and investigating horrors. This episode is kindly sponsored by Kurt Refling and Ian Howard , whose game Here We Used to Fly is on Kickstarter now . Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Fear of the Unknown on Kickstarter Thomas Eliot on Twitter Sixpence Games official website The Midnight World official website The Midnight World on Facebook The Midnight World on DTRPG / Itchio All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Fri, October 28, 2022
Marx interviews James Davey of Gem and Eye Games about The Midnight World, a game about mental health, world-altering powers, and terrifying gods from other dimensions. This episode is kindly sponsored by Kurt Refling and Ian Howard , whose game Here We Used to Fly is on Kickstarter now . Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi The Midnight World official website The Midnight World on Facebook The Midnight World on DTRPG / Itchio Starsworn on Kickstarter Michael Low on Twitter Luck of Legends on Itchio All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, September 26, 2022
A brief announcement about the future of Yes Indie'd Pod. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, September 18, 2022
Marx interviews Jeremy Gage of Have You Played This, whose podcast Draw Your Dice is an educational podcast exploring how to make TTRPGs. This week’s sponsor is By Odins Beard RPG whose game We Deal In Lead is available for pre-order now ! Or, check out the Other Worlds game jam on Itchio . Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Jeremy Gage on Twitter Have You Played This? Network Draw Your Dice Podcast All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, September 04, 2022
Marx interviews Iko of The Lost Bay Podcast, a podcast focusing on indie TTRPG zines and their creators. This week’s sponsor is Elijah Mills whose game Campfire is out now! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi The Lost Bay Podcast on Twitter The Lost Bay on Itchio The Lost Bay Podcast official website Jeremy Gage on Twitter Have You Played This? Network Draw Your Dice Podcast All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, August 28, 2022
Marx interviews Chris and Wes of Spooky Bell Games about Beyond Deep, an adventure and locale for Mörk Borg set in a mining company town. This week’s sponsor is Gamenomicon whose game Goblin Market is on Kickstarter now! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Beyond Deep on Kickstarter Chris on Twitter / Wes on Twitter Spooky Bell Games on Instagram / Facebook / TikTok The Lost Bay Podcast on Twitter The Lost Bay on Itchio The Lost Bay Podcast official website All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, August 21, 2022
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Sun, August 14, 2022
Marx interviews Tanya Floaker about Lo! Thy Dread Empire, a narrative wargame about undead workers fighting capitalist death cults in the ashes of a dying world. This week’s sponsor is Grumpy Bear Stuff whose game Daily Dread is Kickstarting in August 2022 in as part of Zinequest 4 . Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Tanya Floaker on Twitter Time of Tribes on Itchio Lo! Thy Dread Empire on Kickstarter Brooklet Games on Twitter Brooklet Games on Itchio Worldlings on Kickstarter All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, August 07, 2022
Marx interviews Ben Wallis, a.k.a. ThatGamerPriest, about Broken, a duet story game telling the story of the breakdown of a relationship. This week’s sponsor is Grumpy Bear Stuff whose game Daily Dread is Kickstarting in August 2022 in as part of Zinequest 4 . Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Benjamin Wallis on Twitter APON Games on Twitter BR💔KEN on Itchio All Ports Open Network official website Tanya Floaker on Twitter Time of Tribes on Itchio Lo! Thy Dread Empire on Kickstarter All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, July 31, 2022
Marx interviews Alex Roberts, creator of Starcrossed and For The Queen, larper extraordinaire, and former host of the podcast Backstory. This week’s sponsor is Beyond Cataclysm , whose podcast What Is Roleplay? is available now . Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Alex Roberts on Twitter Alex Roberts on Itchio Alex Roberts official website Backstory on the OneShot Podcast Network Benjamin Wallis on Twitter APON Games on Twitter BR💔KEN on Itchio All Ports Open Network official website All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, July 17, 2022
Marx interviews Adrián Mejía, an Ecuadorian creator creating Koboa, a Latin American-inspired setting guide featuring creators from many cultures across South America. This week’s sponsor is Beyond Cataclysm , whose podcast What Is Roleplay? is available now . Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Ductomaniac on Twitter Ductomaniac on Itchio Koboa mailing list Nynphaiel on Twitter Nynphaiel on Instagram All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Thu, June 30, 2022
Marx interviews Diogo of Toca do Coruja, a Brazilian translation team working to bring indie TTRPGs to Brazilian Portuguese speakers. This week’s sponsor is Beyond Cataclysm , whose podcast What Is Roleplay? is available now . Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Diogo on Twitter Toca do Coruja on Twitter Toca do Coruja official website Ductomaniac a.k.a Adrián Mejía on Twitter Koboa mailing list All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, June 15, 2022
Marx interviews Argentinian game designer and scene organiser Misha Panarin, about her LatAm Breakout project Cantrip, and about introducing people to new roleplaying games. This week’s sponsor is Anthropos Games , whose game Heterodoxy is available from June 2022. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Misha Panarin on Twitter Misha Panarin on Itchio Cantrip at Soul Muppet Publishing Diogo on Twitter Toca do Coruja on Twitter All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, May 29, 2022
A special episode from analogue games convention AireCon, featuring interviews from board game, card game, and roleplaying game creators. This week’s sponsor is Anthropos Games , whose game Heterodoxy is available from June 2022. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi AireCon official website / on Twitter Paper Boat Games official website / on Twitter Beyond Cataclysm Books official website / on Twitter Stuff By Bez official website / on Twitter Arion Games / on Twitter Opening music and interstitials derived from: Which That Is This? from the album Jonah's Message for New York by Doctor Turtle , licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License . End music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar , licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, May 01, 2022
Marx interviews Harrigan, a huge play-by-post enthusiast and a big fan and consumer of the OSR scene. This week’s sponsor is James M Hewitt of Needy Cat Games , whose game Vampires Suck At Shopping is available now ! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Tavern Keeper official website GamersPlane official website All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, March 27, 2022
Marx interviews Tony of Plus One Exp about Through The Void, a dungeon-crawling storytelling game set in an impossible space station in the midst of lethal space. This week’s sponsor is Jamie O’Duibhir of Therapeutic Blasphemy Games , whose mental health and destressing podcast Quiet Power is available now wherever podcasts are found. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Tony Vasinda on Twitter Plus One Exp official website Plus One Exp on Twitch Plus One Exp on Itchio Josh Fox on Twitter Becky Annison on Twitter Black Armada Tales on Twitter Black Armada Games official website All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, March 13, 2022
Marx interviews Kalum of the Rolistes about Paris Gondo, the Life-Saving Magic of Inventorying, a game of stuff you find in a dungeon, and how it can truly transform your life. This week’s sponsor is CM Lowry , whose game Tyrannosaur Inside is Kickstarting and Itchfunding right now! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi The Rolistes Pod on Twitter The Rolistes on Itchio The Rolistes official website Tony Vasinda on Twitte r Plus One Exp official website All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, February 28, 2022
Nondairy Giant and Mac interview Ema Acosta about The Exiles, a dark fantasy expansion for the feelings-delving RPG Crescent Moon telling the story of blight-touched outcasts fighting their way out of the underworld as they grapple with their inner demons. Today’s episode is sponsored by Kelly Bean of Thick Thief Games , whose project The Skills To Pay The Bills is Itchfunding from February 1st 2022 ! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Pocket Compass Co. on Twitter / Instagram Pocket Compass Co. official website Ema Acosta official website The Exiles on Kickstarter All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Fri, February 25, 2022
Richard interviews Nondairy Giant and Mac about NUKED!, a post-apocalyptic Knave hack where players take on the role of raider-blasting, bunker-delving Skrappers, just trying to make it in the remains of the world. Today’s episode is sponsored by By Odin’s Beard RPG ( Twitter ), whose game Runecairn: Warden is coming soon to Exalted Funeral ! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Nondairy Giant on Twitter / Mac on Twitter Mac Makes Things official website NUKED! on Itchio All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, February 23, 2022
Max interviews Richard Ruane about Sherwood Outlaws, a Robin Hood-inspired game of forming a crew of outlaws, setting a code of honor, and using banditry and burglary to deal with local landlords and other petty tyrants. Today’s episode is sponsored by in*die zine , six back issues available now and the in🦕die zine available in March 2022 ! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Richard Ruane on Twitter R. Rook Studios on Twitter R. Rook Studios official website Sherwood Outlaws on Itchio All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, February 21, 2022
Jo interviews Max Fefer about Esther and the Queens, a Purim-themed Jewish, queer, and feminist game featuring Queen Esther, carnival games, and lots of drama. Today’s episode is sponsored by David Blandy of davidblandy.itch.io , whose solo game Lone Eons is Itchfunding for art until February 28th ! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Max Fefer on Twitter Max Fefer on Itchio Esther and the Queens on Kickstarter All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sat, February 19, 2022
Albi interviews Jo Winter about The Fall of Home, a one-game in which a group of travelers meet on the road back to their ruined hometown, and reminisce about the place they gew up. Today’s episode is sponsored by Adam Bell , whose website Have You Played This? is posting new stuff weekly! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Jo Winter on Twitter Wintertide Games on Itchio The Fall of Home on Kickstarter All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Thu, February 17, 2022
Joie interviews Albi about The Royal Cartographer, a worldbuilding RPG in which players create a map of important cultural places, and negotiate with the royal cartographer when only some can be on the official kingdom map. Today's episode is sponsored by Craig Duffy of LunarShadow , whose game Signal to Noise is crowdfunding on Game on Tabletop from February 8th! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Albi on Twitter Albi13 on Itchio The Royal Cartographer on Kickstarter All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Tue, February 15, 2022
Cali and Dan interview Joie Martin about Starkhollow Hall, a gothic fiction-inspired tabletop roleplaying game set in a remote girls' boarding school. This episode is sponsored by Raphael Falk of GamesGarden, whose game Lucid: Sea of Dreams is crowdfunding on Kickstarter February 1st to February 18th ! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Joie Martin on Twitter Drowning Moon Studios on Twitter Drowning Moon Studios official website Starkhollow Hall on IndieGoGo All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, February 14, 2022
Craig interviews Cali & Dan of Gem Room Games about 9 Lives to Valhalla, a game about a warband of death metal viking cats led personally by Death to die with sword in paw nine glorious times. This episode is sponsored by Summoning Circle Press whose zine Splat 3: Touched is crowdfunding from February 14th to 28th ! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Gem Room Games on Twitter Gem Room Games official website 9 Lives to Valhalla on Kickstarter All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, February 13, 2022
Will Lentz interviews Craig of Lunar Shadow Designs about Signal To Noise, an interstellar epistolary game for two that chronicles the connection between people as one of them departs the solar system forever on a generation ship. This episode is sponsored by Sam Armstrong , whose RPG tool 52 Card Dungeon is available in PDF on itch.io now ! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Craig on Twitter Lunar Shadow official website Signal to Noise on Game On Tabletop All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sat, February 12, 2022
Marco Serrano of Spicy Tuna RPG interviews Will Lentz of Gamenomicon about Twilight War, an espionage-themed supplement for 80s alt-history pulp horror game Party First. This episode is sponsored by Kyle Tam of Urania Games , whose game Moriah is itchfunding now ! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Gamenomicon on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook Party First: Twilight War on Kickstarter All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Fri, February 11, 2022
Côme Martin interview Marco Serrano of Spicy Tuna RPG about Knights of Lazarus, a dangerous medieval-inspired dungeon full of ancient xenotech for the Mothership RPG. This episode is sponsored by Jordan of ATypicalFaux , available now for editing your RPG content . Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Spicy Tuna RPG on Twitter Spicy Tuna RPG official website Spicy Tuna RPG on Itchio Knights of Lazarus on Kickstarter All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Thu, February 10, 2022
David Esarey interviews Côme Martin about Feathered Adventures, a game of light pulp adventures in the spirit of DuckTales for GMless one-shot or short campaigns. This episode is sponsored by Charles Ferguson-Avery of Feral Indie Studios whose game As The Gods Demand is crowdfunding on itch.io through the month of February! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Côme Martin on Twitter Côme Martin on Itchio Feathered Adventures on Game On Tabletop All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, February 09, 2022
Alicia Furness & Chris Bissette interview David Esarey about You’re (Not) A Wizard, a game about being admitted to a prestigious magic school… by mistake. This episode is sponsored by Maria Gatta of Wildering , whose Pathfinder adventure Arcane Oracle is available now on Itch.io & DriveThruRPG ! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi David Esarey on Twitter You’re (Not) A Wizard on Kickstarter All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Tue, February 08, 2022
Michael Elliott interviews Alicia Furness and Chris Bissette about The Unquiet Dark, a Brindlewood Bay prequel campaign of Jazz Age eldritch terrors. This episode is sponsored by Chris Kentlea of Ennead Games , whose Ennead Games 2022 Mega-Bundle is available until Feburary 15th 9am GMT! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Chris Bissette on Twitter Loot the Room official website Alicia Furness on Twitter Alicia Furness official website All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, February 07, 2022
Direct Sun interview Michael Elliott about Dungeon Local 001, a game about dungeon denizens retaking their home, and mapping the dungeon as they go. This episode is sponsored by Tidal Wave Games , whose game SEE YOU, SPACE COWBOY… is available February 28th, 2022. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Michael Elliott on Twitter Not Writing Games on Itchio Not Writing on Patreon / Ko-Fi All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sat, February 05, 2022
Adam Bell interviews Direct Sun about Aberrant Reflections, a mirror-themed ability-gated puzzle dungeon inspired by Zelda and Metroidvania games. This episode is sponsored by Alfred Valley of The Haus of Valley whose game Thousand Empty Light is crowdfunding until February 14th . Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Direct Sun on Twitter Direct Sun Games official website Aberrant Reflections on Kickstarter All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Thu, February 03, 2022
Goblin Archives interviews Adam Bell about Legend Has It, a storytelling game where the prompts come from random sentences within a stack of books. This episode is sponsored by Côme Martin , whose game Feathered Adventures is crowdfunding on GameOn Tabletop until February 20th ! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Adam E Bell on Twitter Adam E Bell official website Legend Has It on Kickstarter All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Tue, February 01, 2022
Marx interviews Goblin Archives about The Mall, an adventure module for Liminal Horror which is The Thing, but set in a 90s mall cast out of time and space. This episode is sponsored by Will Lentz of Gamenomicon , whose project Party First: Twilight War is on Kickstarter February 8th ! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Goblin Archives on Twitter Goblin Archives on Itchio Liminal Horror official website All music adapted from: Nothing Like Captain Crunch from the album Slam Funk by Broke for Free is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, January 30, 2022
Marx interviews Vincent Baker about Under Hollow Hills, a game about a circus of temperamental fairies and humans travelling between the fae realm and the human world. This week’s sponsor is Craig Duffy of LunarShadow , whose game Signal to Noise is crowdfunding on Game on Tabletop from February 8th! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Vincent D. Baker on Twitter Meguey Baker on Twitter Under Hollow Hills official website Lumpley Games on Patreon Goblin Archives on Twitter The Mall on Itchio All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, January 16, 2022
Marx interviews Federico Sohns of Araukana Media about Zephyr, a game of feelings and identity, and debt and obligation, set on an enormous continent-sized creature crawling across endless salt flats. This week’s sponsor is Tony Vasinda of Plus One Exp , whose game Through The Void is Itchfunding now! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Federico Sohns on Twitter Araukana Media on Twitter Araukana Media official website Vincent D. Baker on Twitter / Meguey Baker on Twitter Under Hollow Hills official website All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Tue, January 04, 2022
Marx interviews Thryn & Adam of Furtive Shambles about small weird games, the actual play podcast These Flimsy Rituals, and about their forthcoming PbtA game Ryne. This week’s sponsor is Tony Vasinda of Plus One Exp , whose game Through The Void is Itchfunding now! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Furtive Shambles official website Adam on Twitter / Thairyn on Twitter These Flimsy Rituals official website Furtive Shambles on Itchio Federico Sohns on Twitter Araukana Media on Twitter Araukana Media official website All music derived from: be quiet from the album Sketches by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License • available from Free Music Archive Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Thu, December 30, 2021
Marx interviews Kamala Kara about Friendship Effort Victory, a game based on shounen battle manga and anime. This week’s sponsor is Alan Tucker , whose multiverse 5e setting The Eye of Everywhere is on Kickstarter now! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Kamala Kara on Twitter Newsletter signup for Friendship Effort Victory Friendship Effort Victory playtest blog Adam on Twitter / Thairyn on Twitter These Flimsy Rituals official website Furtive Shambles on Itchio Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, December 05, 2021
Marx interviews Jay Dragon about Sleepaway, Wanderhome, and Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast. This week’s sponsor is Alan Tucker , whose multiverse 5e setting The Eye of Everywhere is on Kickstarter now! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi jay Dragon on Twitter Possum Creek Games official website Possum Creek Games on Itchio Adam on Twitter / Thairyn on Twitter These Flimsy Rituals official website Furtive Shambles on Itchio Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, November 21, 2021
Marx interviews David Blandy about Babel, Brighthelm, Lost Eons, and about TTRPGs as an artform. This week’s sponsor is Tanya Floaker whose game Be Seeing You is on Kickstarter now! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi David Blandy on Twitter David Blandy on Instagram David Blandy on Itchio David Blandy official website jay Dragon on Twitter Possum Creek Games official website Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, November 07, 2021
Marx interviews Samantha Leigh about Anamnesis, a game about memory loss, and about how to use TikTok to spread indie TTRPG hype. This week’s sponsor is Laurie O'Connel whose Lancer adventure Stolen Crown is on Kickstarter now! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Sam Leigh on Twitter Sam Leigh on TikTok Blinking Birch Games on Itchio David Blandy on Twitter David Blandy official website Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Thu, November 04, 2021
A special announcement about Yes Indie'd Pod's attendance of AireCon , an analog gaming festival in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, taking place March 11-13 2022. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, October 24, 2021
Marx interviews Amber, also known as The Space Jamber, about indie TTRPG editing, promotion, and marketing. This week’s sponsor is Sean Patrick Cain whose game LONG HAUL 1983 is available at shop.seanpatrickcain.com . Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Amber on Twitter Amber official website Sam Leigh on Twitter Sam Leigh on TikTok Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, October 11, 2021
Marx interviews Zoe of Sprita Studios about The Lingering, a game of unfinished business and loss, and Cerulean Springs, a game about transformation in a cyber-fantasy future. This week’s sponsor is Logan Timmins , whose autobiographical game LOGAN is crowdfunding on Itch right now! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Sprita Studios on Twitter Sprita Studios on Twitch Amber Logsdon on Twitter Amber Logsdon official website Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Fri, October 01, 2021
Marx interviews Senda Linaugh and Phil Vecchione about Panda’s Talking Games, a GM, player, and designer advice and discussion show.. This week’s sponsor is Logan Timmins , whose autobiographical game LOGAN is crowdfunding on Itch right now! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Panda’s Talking Games on Twitter Misdirected Mark official website Senda Linaugh on Twitter Phil Vecchione on Twitter All music from filmmusic.io • “The Show Must Be Go” and "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, September 26, 2021
Marx interviews Jeffrey Hayes about Haunted Hill Academy, a one-on-one Fate-based game about growing up in a haunted boarding school. This week’s sponsor is Logan Timmins , whose autobiographical game LOGAN is crowdfunding on Itch right now! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Jeffrey Hayes on Twitter Haunted Hill Academy on Twitter Critical Growth Games on Twitter Critical Growth Games official website Party of One official website Anyone Can Wear The Mask on Itchio Jariel / Zoe on Twitter Gatecrasher Network Blog Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, September 20, 2021
Marx interviews Rich Rogers about +1 Forward, an interview and showcase podcast focused on all things Powered by the Apocalypse. This week’s sponsor is Logan Timmins , whose autobiographical game LOGAN is crowdfunding on Itch right now! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi +1 Forward on Twitter +1 Forward official website Panda’s Talking Games on Twitter Misdirected Mark official website Senda Linaugh on Twitter Phil Vecchione on Twitter All music from filmmusic.io • “The Show Must Be Go” and "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, September 12, 2021
Marx interviews Jeff Stormer about his podcasts Party of One and All My Fantasy Children, his supers game Anyone Can Wear The Mask, and his thoughts on being an institution for the indie scene. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Jeff Stormer on Twitter Jeff Stormer official website Anyone Can Wear The Mask on Itchio Jeffrey Hayes on Twitter Critical Growth Games official website Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, September 01, 2021
Marx interviews Nathan Magnuski about the Pod of Blunders, an electic and hilarious indie TTRPG interview and actual play podcast. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Pod of Blunders on Twitter Pod of Blunders official website +1 Forward on Twitter +1 Forward official website All music from filmmusic.io • “The Show Must Be Go” and "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, July 18, 2021
Marx interviews Dominique Dickey and CJ Linton about Tomorrow on Revelation III, a game about community and survival in a sci-fi capitalist hellscape. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Dominique Dickey on Twitter Dominique Dickey on Itchio CJ Linton on Twitter CJ Linton on Itchio Preorders for Tomorrow on Revelation III on Backerkit Jeff Stormer on Twitter Party of One official website Anyone Can Wear The Mask on Itchio Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, July 04, 2021
Marx interviews Luke of Games from the Wild Wood about Feelings First, Grand Guignol, and about being a professional GM for children. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Yes Indie’d Pod Patreon Donate via Ko-Fi Luke on Twitter Feelings First on Twitter Games from the Wild Wood on Itchio Dominique Dickey on Twitter CJ Linton on Twitter Tomorrow on Revelation III on Kickstarter Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, June 20, 2021
Marx interviews James Chip about A Wood Heart, sustainability in TTRPGs, open source layout software, and Equa, the esoteric RPG. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi James Chip on Twitter James Chip on Itchio James Chip official website Luke on Twitter Games from the Wild Wood on Itchio Feelings First on Twitter Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, June 06, 2021
Marx interviews James D'Amato about One Shot, Campaign: Skyjacks, and the Ultimate RPG Game Master's Worldbuilding Guide. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi James D’Amato on Twitter The Ultimate RPG Game Master's Worldbuilding Guide Skyjacks: Courier’s Call Season 2 on Kickstarter James Chip on Twitter James Chip on Itchio James Chip official website Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, May 31, 2021
Marx interviews Waks Karanduun, Gubat Banwa, and what it’s like making games in languages that aren’t English. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Waks on Twitter Waks on Itchio Waks’s commissions Carrd James D’Amato on Twitter Skyjacks: Courier’s Call Season 2 on Kickstarter Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) • Intro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, May 23, 2021
Marx interviews Sin about Navathem’s End, making radical art in the Philippines, and scene-level solidarity and uplift. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Sin on Twitter Sin on Patreon Sin's commissions Carrd Sin on Itchio Waks on Twitter Waks on Itchio Waks’s commissions Carrd Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) • Intro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, May 09, 2021
Marx interviews Jammi about Apocalypse Keys, Once More Into The Void, The Gauntlet, and colonial narratives in RPGSEA game design spaces. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Jammi on Twitter Jammi on Itchio Once More Into The Void on Kickstarter Sin on Twitter Diwata ng Manila Carrd Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) • Intro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, April 25, 2021
Marx interviews Maria about Archangel Dating Simulator, emotional content in games, play as art and art as play, and Duel Natures, a game about the duelling parts of Avatar The Last Airbender. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Maria on Twitter Maria on Itchio Jammi on Twitter Jammi on Itchio Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) • Intro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, April 11, 2021
Marx interviews Momatoes about the Across RPGSEA project, and about ARC, a game where you literally countdown to the apocalypse. This week’s sponsor: Aether Operations from World Champ Game Co , and, Floating Chair Club , a store focused on small-run, limited, vintage, special edition, found at a garage sale, from my personal collection, or just regularly available. Use the code INDIE for 10% off! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Momatoes on Twitter Momatoes official website Across RPGSEA official website Maria on Twitter Maria on Itchio Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) • Intro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, March 28, 2021
Marx interviews Jay Stilipec about Better Backstories, a modular deck of cards providing prompts for character backstories and much, much more. This week’s sponsor: Aether Operations from World Champ Game Co , and, Floating Chair Club , a store focused on small-run, limited, vintage, special edition, found at a garage sale, from my personal collection, or just regularly available. Use the code INDIE for 10% off! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Better Backstories on Twitter Better Backstories official website Momatoes on Twitter Across RPGSEA official website Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, March 14, 2021
Marx interviews Filip of Ordoalea Publishing about Domains Horror roleplaying game, alternatives to Kickstarter, and the cultural and linguistic differences between approaches to roleplaying games in Croatia and the Anglophone sphere. This week’s sponsor: Aether Operations from World Champ Game Co , and, Floating Chair Club , a store focused on small-run, limited, vintage, special edition, found at a garage sale, from my personal collection, or just regularly available. Use the code INDIE for 10% off! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Ordoalea Publishing on Twitter Ordoalea Publishing on Itchio Better Backstories official website Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, February 22, 2021
Marx interviews Logan Jenkins about I'm Sure You're All Wondering Why I've Gathered You Here This Evening, a game inspired by Agatha Christie novels where 12 guests are invited to a mansion and told that the single person who survives until dawn inherits everything. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Logan Jenkins on Twitter Very Random Encounters on Twitter I'm Sure You're All Wondering Why I've Gathered You Here This Evening on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, February 22, 2021
Marx interviews Edoardo of Nuclear Manatee about Little Katy's Tea Party, a tea-sipping game where you play imaginary friends trying to find out what happened to Katy, who they were supposed to protect. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi NuclearManatee on Twitter NuclearManatee on Itchio Little Katy's Tea Party on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, February 21, 2021
Marx interviews Craig about Project Cassandra, a game about Cold War psychic agents trying to stop a cataclysmic event of their own prophecy. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Craig on Twitter Lunar Shadow Designs on Itchio Project Cassandra on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Fri, February 19, 2021
Marx interviews Alex Rinehart about Gratitude: A Horror Game, a game founded in cosmic and body horror where you try to find out what in your life you're most grateful for. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Alex Rinehart on Twitter Alex Rinehart on Itchio The Hartland Discord server Gratitude: A Horror Game on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Thu, February 18, 2021
Marx interviews Richard about Twill's Twist Points, a system to bring archetypical locations to life in your fantasy roleplaying games. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Richard on Twitter Academy of Adventures official website Owlbear Soup on Twitch Twill's Twist Points on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, February 17, 2021
Marx interviews Alf Peter Mälmberg about Bloodfeud, a game based on Icelandic sagas about toxic masculinity, power and Vikings. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Bläckfisk Publishing on Twitter Bläckfisk Publishing official website Bloodfeud on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Tue, February 16, 2021
Marx interviews Gabriel Robinson about Token, a duet game Rooted in Trophy about a hunter and their monstrous prey on a desperate hunt in a haunted forest. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Gabriel Robinson on Twitter Glowing Roots Press on Itchio Token on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, February 15, 2021
Marx interviews Tanya Floaker about the Indie Gamers Zine which has both new games, snarky articles, and advice on how to run your own indie games club. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Tanya Floaker on Twitter Edinburgh Indie Gamers Zine on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, February 14, 2021
Marx interviews Adira Slattery about Tension, a queer cat-and-mouse romp inspired by Killing Eve and Hannibal. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Adira Slattery on Twitter Adira Slattery on Itchio Tension on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sat, February 13, 2021
Marx interviews Direct Sun about Puzzle Dungeon: The Seers Sanctum, an OSM-mood, eyeball-themed, system-neutral dungeon inspired by The Legend of Zelda. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Direct Sun on Twitter Direct Sun on Itchio Puzzle Dungeon: The Seers Sanctum on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Fri, February 12, 2021
Here's a little bonus episode about my own Kickstarter campaign, A Loud Noise in a Quiet Place, a quiet duet game which explores my experiences with temporary hearing loss. Mostly I just read from the Kickstarter campaign page. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Marx Shepherd on Twitter Marx of High Water on Itchio A Loud Noise in a Quiet Place on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Fri, February 12, 2021
Marx interviews Eli Seitz about Thursday, a dark comedy game exploring time loops like Russian Doll, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Groundhog Day. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Eli Seitz on Twitter Eli Seitz on Itchio Thursday on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Thu, February 11, 2021
Marx interviews Al of Trinity Knot Studios about Docks of Caswarren, a new and innovative way to publish system-agnostic locations that are unique to your game table. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Trinity Knot Studios on Twitter Trinity Knot Studios official website Docks of Caswarren on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, February 10, 2021
Marx interviews Chris Bissette about the d36 Zine, a strange, collaborative zine series from all across the indie scene. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Chris Bissette on Twitter Loot the Room official website Loot the Room on Itchio d36 Zine on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Tue, February 09, 2021
Marx interviews Nick Bate about Stealing The Throne, a game where you seize ultimate power in the form of a giant mecha. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Nick Bate on Twitter Nick Bate on Itchio Stealing The Throne on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, February 08, 2021
Marx interviews Duamn Figueroa Rassol about Noctis Labyrinth, a location and a duo of adventures compatible with John Harper's World of Dungeons Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Duamn Figueroa Rassol on Twitter MRDRHOBO on Itchio Noctis Labyrinth on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sat, February 06, 2021
Marx interviews Alexi Sargent about Back Again from the Broken Land, an emotional game following small characters as they journey back from a war with their hopes and burdens. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Cloven Pine Games on Twitter Cloven Pine Games on Itchio Back Again from the Broken Land on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Fri, February 05, 2021
Marx interviews Laurie about Lichcraft, a Forged in the Dark game about trans people turning to necromancy to beat impossibly long queues for gender clinics. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Laurie on Twitter Laurie on Itchio Lichcraft on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Thu, February 04, 2021
Marx interviews Exquisite Polycule, a game about messy entangled relationships inspired by comedies, both romantic and Shakespearean. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Georgie Bats on Twitter Georgie Bats on Itchio Exquisite Polycule on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, February 03, 2021
Marx interviews CM Ruebsaat, a slice-of-life game about a slightly-magical gang of street urchins in a post-magic industrial fantasy city. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi CM Ruebsaat on Twitter Anxious Mimic RPGs on Itchio This Night On The Rooftops on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Tue, February 02, 2021
Marx interviews Côme Martin about Two Summers, a diceless game about people's adventure-filled summers, three decades apart. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Côme Martin on Twitter Côme Martin on Itchio Two Summers on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, February 01, 2021
Marx interviews Jason Price of Always Checkers about A Complicated Profession, a sci-fi game about ex-bounty hunters running a cruise ship business. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Jason Price on Twitter Always Checkers on Itchio A Complicated Profession on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, January 31, 2021
Marx interviews Jon Garrad about Bloodspell, a game about vampires and working out how best to spend forever. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Jon Garrad on Twitter Jon Garrad on Itchio Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, January 27, 2021
Marx interviews Natalie Ash & Madeleine Ember about Corpsewake Cove, a location for Mörk Borg, and The Savage Garden, a scenario for Troika! Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Ember & Ash Publications on Twitter Natalie Ash and Madeleine Ember on Twitter Corpsewake Cove on Kickstarter Intro/Outro music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) • Interstitials: Bit Quest by Kevin MacLeod ( License ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, January 17, 2021
Marx interviews Adam and Max about Saga Experience, a virtual tabletop roleplaying game system which facilitates storytelling and reduces visible crunch. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Saga Experience on Twitter Saga Experience official website Jon Garrad on Twitter Jon Garrad on Itchio Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music and interstitials from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Sun, January 03, 2021
Marx interviews Mitchell Salmon about A Modern Prometheus, a two-player Firebrands gothic horror hack about Frankensteins and their monsters. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Mitchell Salmon on Twitter Mitchell Salmon on Itchio Saga Experience on Twitter Saga Experience official website in*die zine on Twitter in*die zine carrd Intro music by Jemma Hooper • Outro music from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, November 18, 2020
Marx interviews Monroe about Candied Violets, a cozy game where woodland animals take on The Great British Bake Off. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Monroe on Twitter Monroe on Ko-Fi Mitchell Salmon on Twitter Mitchell Salmon on Itchio Knucklebone Magazine on Itchio Get in touch with Knucklebone Magazine John Harness on Twitter Music from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, November 04, 2020
Marx interviews Sahoni about Exceptionals, a superhero game based on X-Men and focusing on community, activism and the ties that bind marginalised folx together. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Sahoni on Twitter Sahoni on Itchio Monroe on Twitter Monroe on Ko-Fi Knucklebone Magazine on Itchio Get in touch with Knucklebone Magazine John Harness on Twitter Music from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, October 21, 2020
Marx interviews Francita, Hector and Brent of the Creator’s Catalyst Project, a community-funded accelerator fund providing professional editing, illustration, art direction, graphic design and book layout to indie games by marginalised creators. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Creator’s Catalyst Project on Twitter Creator’s Catalyst Project official website Francita , Hector and Brent on Twitter Sahoni on Twitter Sahoni on Itchio Knucklebone Magazine on Itchio Get in touch with Knucklebone Magazine John Harness on Twitter The Indie RPG Newsletter chaibypost on Twitter Music from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Tue, October 13, 2020
Marx interviews Paul Czege about My Life With Master, The Clay That Woke, and his new game Traverser about women ex-soldiers in a solarpunk future. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Paul Czege on Twitter Paul Czege’s games on Itchio Half Meme Press Creator’s Catalyst Project on Twitter Creator’s Catalyst Project official website in*die zine on Twitter in*die zine on Itchio or DriveThruRPG Music from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, September 30, 2020
Marx interviews Logan Jenkins about Very Random Encounters, an anthology actual play podcast where as much as possible is randomised. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Very Random Encounters on Twitter Logan Jenkins on Twitter Very Random Encounters official website Game Mechanics Cast Very Random Encounters Patreon in*die zine on Twitter in*die zine on Itchio or DriveThruRPG Music from filmmusic.io • As I Figure by Kevin MacLeod • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3383-as-i-figure • License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, September 23, 2020
Marx interviews Kevin and Matthew of Meromorph Games about Atma, a one-shot and beginner focused game that fits neatly in your pocket. Yes Indie'd Pod on Twitter Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate via Ko-Fi Meromorph Games on Twitter Meromorph Games official website Try Atma online! Atma on Kickstarter Paul Czege on Twitter Paul Czege on Itchio Half-Meme Press official website in*die zine on Twitter in*die zine on Itchio or DriveThruRPG Music from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, September 16, 2020
Marx interviews Rhi about The Magpies Podcast, a Blades in the Dark actual play podcast with an all-woman cast with a strong moral compass and a heavy social justice agenda. Marx Shepherd on Twitter Marx’s games on Itchio Yes Indie’d Pod Donate via Patreon or via Ko-Fi Rhi on Twitter The Magpies Podcast on Twitter The Magpies Podcast official website RPG Skill Check official website Logan Jenkins on Twitter Very Random Encounters on Twitter Very Random Encounters official website Music from filmmusic.io • As I Figure by Kevin MacLeod • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3383-as-i-figure • License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, September 09, 2020
Marx interviews Dee Pennyway about the Mnemonic setting, the world behind A Weaver’s Almanac as well as several other of their games. Marx Shepherd on Twitter Marx’s games on Itchio Yes Indie’d Pod Donate via Patreon or via Ko-Fi Dee Pennyway on Twitter Mnemonic RPG on Twitter A Weaver’s Almanac on Kickstarter Mnemonic RPG on Itchio Meromorph Games on Twitter Atma Roleplaying Game on Kickstarter The Magpies podcast on Twitter Music from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, September 02, 2020
As part of International Podcast Month 2020, Marx interviews Arp, showrunner for Stories of a Broken Sun, an actual play anthology podcast set in an original science-fantasy universe. Marx on Twitter Marx’s games on Itchio Yes Indie’d Pod website Donate to the show through Patreon or Ko-Fi Stories of a Broken Sun on Twitter Arp on Twitter Stories of a Broken Sun website Donate to Stories of a Broken Sun through Patreon Music from filmmusic.io • As I Figure by Kevin MacLeod • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3383-as-i-figure • License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, August 26, 2020
Marx interviews Andrew C of Halfling Caravan Games about Beta Maxx: Theft, his latest cassette for the Beta Maxx system which is a love letter to pulpy heist action films of all kinds. Marx Shepherd on Twitter: twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: marx-of-high-water.itch.io Yes Indie’d Pod: www.yesindiedpod.com Donate: patreon.com/yesindiedpod or ko-fi.com/yesindiedpod Andrew C on Twitter: twitter.com/HalflingCaravan Andrew's games: halfling-caravan-games.itch.io Attack and Dethrone God Jam: itch.io/jam/attack-and-dethrone-god-jam Dee Pennyway on Twitter: twitter.com/DeePennyway Stories of a Broken Sun on Twitter: twitter.com/BrokenSunRPG Music from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, August 12, 2020
Marx interviews Taylor Daigneault about This Vineyard Will Be Our Salvation, a Descended From The Queen story game about ducks and geese working in a vineyard and hoping for a sweet retirement. Marx Shepherd on Twitter: twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: blue-golem-games.itch.io Yes Indie’d Pod: www.yesindiedpod.com Donate: patreon.com/yesindiedpod or ko-fi.com/yesindiedpod Taylor Daigneault on Twitter: twitter.com/Taylordnd Taylor’s games: tinkertaylorpublications.itch.io Taylor’s teaching website: teacher-taylor.com Maytaway Quarterly Magazine: patreon.com/mqmag Andrew C on Twitter: twitter.com/HalflingCaravan Music from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, July 29, 2020
Marx interviews Michael Franche and Ryan Hazel from The Brothers Pimm podcast about their upcoming Forged in the Dark game, Otro Mundo. Marx Shepherd on Twitter: twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: blue-golem-games.itch.io Yes Indie’d Pod: www.yesindiedpod.com Donate: patreon.com/yesindiedpod or ko-fi.com/yesindiedpod Otro Mundo on Twitter: twitter.com/BrothersPimm Patreon: patreon.com/brotherspimmsociety Colludium 4: itch.io/b/547/colludium-four-small-press-games-bundle Music from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, July 15, 2020
Marx interviews Georgie Bats about Exquisite Polycule, Far From The Tree, and what a lyric game might be. Marx Shepherd on Twitter: twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: blue-golem-games.itch.io Yes Indie’d Pod: www.yesindiedpod.com Donate: patreon.com/yesindiedpod or ko-fi.com/yesindiedpod Georgie Bats on Twitter: twitter.com/odddaysgeorge Georgie’s games: georgiebats.itch.io Adira Slattery on Twitter: twitter.com/adiraslattery Fen Slattery on Twitter: twitter.com/sublimemarch Short Games Digest vol.5: tinyurl.com/SJCDigest5 Colludium 4: itch.io/b/547/colludium-four-small-press-games-bundle Music from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, July 01, 2020
Marx interviews Steve Dee about Relics: A Game of Angels, an RPG about angels, miracles, dogma and memory. Marx Shepherd on Twitter: twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: blue-golem-games.itch.io Yes Indie’d Pod: www.yesindiedpod.com Donate: patreon.com/yesindiedpod or ko-fi.com/yesindiedpod Steve Dee on Twitter: twitter.com/tinstargames Relics: A Game of Angels: drivethrurpg.com/.../Relics-A-Game-of-Angels or tinstargames.itch.io/relics-a-game-of-angels Lancing With Myself: thatsnotcanon.com/lancingwithmyselfpodcast Georgie Bats on Twitter: twitter.com/odddaysgeorge Short Games Digest vol.5: tinyurl.com/SJCDigest5 Colludium 4: itch.io/b/547/colludium-four-small-press-games-bundle Music from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Mon, June 15, 2020
Marx interviews Olivia Hill about #iHunt, a game about fighting monsters in the gig economy, and about the San Jenaro CoOp, a radical, queer game design collective. Marx Shepherd on Twitter: twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: blue-golem-games.itch.io Yes Indie’d Pod: www.yesindiedpod.com Donate: patreon.com/yesindiedpod or ko-fi.com/yesindiedpod Olivia Hill on Twitter: twitter.com/machineiv Machine Age Productions: twitter.com/MachineAgeInc Machine Age Patreon: patreon.com/machineage #iHunt: ihunt.fun San Jenaro CoOp: twitter.com/sanjenarocoop or www.tinyurl.com/SJCDigest5 Steve Dee on Twitter: twitter.com/tinstargames Music from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, June 03, 2020
Marx interviews Logan Bright-Crown about Strike Out, and about the positive side of the indie TTRPG scene on Twitter. Marx Shepherd on Twitter: twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: blue-golem-games.itch.io Yes Indie’d Pod: www.yesindiedpod.com Donate: patreon.com/yesindiedpod or ko-fi.com/yesindiedpod Logan Bright-Crown on Twitter: twitter.com/ink_and_stories Logan’s games: breathingstories.itch.io Strike Out on Twitter: twitter.com/StrikeOut_TTRPG Olivia Hill on Twitter: twitter.com/machineiv Music from filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, May 20, 2020
Marx interviews Liam Ginty of Sandy Pug Games about the community zine Open Mic Aid, their next game Monster Care Squad, and about cycles of discourse in the TTRPG space. Marx Shepherd on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: https://blue-golem-games.itch.io Yes Indie’d Pod: https://www.yesindiedpod.com/ Donate: https://www.patreon.com/yesindiedpod or https://www.ko-fi.com/yesindiedpod Sandy Pug Games on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/SandyPugGames Open Mic Aid: https://sandypuggames.itch.io/open-mic-aid-zine Monster Care Squad team: https://www.twitter.com/commollusk https://www.twitter.com/Leafiedraws https://www.twitter.com/CDGuanzon https://www.twitter.com/hellotenbear https://www.twitter.com/Hierodule Logan Bright-Crown on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Ink_And_Stories Music from https://filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( https://incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, May 06, 2020
Marx interviews Christopher W. Reynolds of NinjaHELL! Productions about his games Scratch’s Sc0re , A Demon Unnamed and ERAUGH! A Game of Political Mudslinging . Content Warning: degenerative disease in family members, mostly from 21:46 to 24:27 and implied until 34:58. Marx Shepherd on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: https://blue-golem-games.itch.io Yes Indie’d Pod: https://www.yesindiedpod.com/ Donate: https://www.patreon.com/yesindiedpod or https://www.ko-fi.com/yesindiedpod Christopher W. Reynolds on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/TheSoundNinja NinjaHELL! Productions: https://www.ninjahell.com/ Christopher’s podcasts: https://www.ninjahell.com/pnp NinjaHELL! Games: https://www.ninjahell.com/games or https://ninjahell.itch.io Scratch’s Score: https://ninjahell.itch.io/scratchs-sc0re A Demon Unnamed: https://ninjahell.itch.io/demon-unnamed ERAUGH!: https://ninjahell.itch.io/ERAUGH Sandy Pug Games on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/SandyPugGames Sandy Pug Games: http://www.sandypuggames.com/ Colludium Three bundle on Itchio: http://www.bit.ly/ColludiumThree Music from https://filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( https://incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, April 22, 2020
Marx interviews Laser Malena-Webber of the Doubleclicks and Gosh Darn Fiasco, and Richard Malena-Webber of Atomic Game Theory and writer of Empyrean Investigations, a DnD 5e supplement. Marx Shepherd on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: https://blue-golem-games.itch.io Yes Indie’d Pod: https://www.yesindiedpod.com/ Donate: https://www.patreon.com/yesindiedpod or https://www.ko-fi.com/yesindiedpod Laser Malena-Webber on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/lasermwebber The Doubleclicks: https://www.thedoubleclicks.com/ Laser Campaigns: https://www.lasercampaigns.com/ Richard Malena-Webber on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/rmalena Atomic Game Theory: http://www.atomicgametheory.com/ Christopher Reynolds on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/TheSoundNinja NinjaHELL: https://www.twitter.com/NinjaHELL or https://www.NinjaHELL.com/ San Jenaro Co-Op on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/SanJenaroCoop Short Games Digest Spring 2020: https://www.tinyurl.com/SJCDigest4 Colludium Three bundle on Itchio: http://www.bit.ly/ColludiumThree Music from https://filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( https://incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, April 08, 2020
Marx interviews Senda Linaugh, co-host of She’s A Super Geek and Pandas Talking Games, about Turning Point, a game from Encoded Designs which focuses on a single momentous event from somebody’s life. It’s coming soon to Kickstarter but you can get the quick start guide now from DriveThruRPG. Marx Shepherd on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: http://blue-golem-games.itch.io Yes Indie’d Pod: https://www.yesindiedpod.com/ Donate: https://www.patreon.com/yesindiedpod or https://www.ko-fi.com/yesindiedpod Senda Linaugh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IdellaMithlynnd She’s A Super Geek podcast: https://www.sasgeek.com/ Turning Point RPG Quickstart: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/282177/Turning-Point-Quickstart-Rules Gnome Stew blog: https://www.gnomestew.com/ Misdirected Mark Productions: https://www.misdirectedmark.com/ Panda’s Talking Games podcast: https://bit.ly/MMPanda Encoded Designs: http://www.encodeddesigns.com/ Mids Meinberg on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/meinberg13 Goat Song Publishing: https://goatsongrpg.wordpress.com/ San Jenaro Co-Op on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/SanJenaroCoop Short Games Digest Spring 2020: https://www.tinyurl.com/SJCDigest4 Colludium Three bundle on Itchio: http://www.bit.ly/ColludiumThree Music from https://filmmusic.io • "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( https://incompetech.com ) • License: CC BY ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, March 25, 2020
Marx interviews Austin Ramsay, the maker of Beam Saber, a Forged in the Dark roleplaying game about mecha and vehicles and their complicated, conflicted pilots. It’s successfully Kickstarted already, and it’s the system being used by actual play podcast Friends at the Table for their latest season Partizan. Marx on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: http://blue-golem-games.itch.io Yes Indie’d Pod: https://www.yesindiedpod.com/ Donate: https://www.patreon.com/yesindiedpod or https://www.ko-fi.com/yesindiedpod Austin Ramsay on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Notaninn Austin Ramsay’s games: https://austin-ramsay.itch.io/ Beam Saber on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/austinramsaygames/beam-saber/ Beam Saber: The Cenotaph podcast: https://beamsaber.libsyn.com/ Beam Saber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeamSaberRPG Beam Saber on Discord: https://www.tinyurl.com/BeamSaberChat You Don’t Meet In An Inn podcast: https://youdontmeetinaninn.libsyn.com/ You Don’t Meet In An Inn Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/you_dont_meet_in_an_inn You Don’t Meet In An Inn YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJfI8T7dPQeRaoSiW1QJaHA You Don’t Meet In An Inn Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YouDontMeetInAnInn You Don’t Meet In An Inn Reddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/YouDontMeetInAnInn/ Senda Linaugh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IdellaMithlynnd She’s A Super Geek podcast: https://www.sasgeek.com/ Turning Point RPG Quickstart: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/282177/Turning-Point-Quickstart-Rules San Jenaro Co-Op on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/SanJenaroCoop Short Games Digest Spring 2020: <a href
Wed, March 11, 2020
Marx interviews Hannah Shaffer and Evan Rowland, two-thirds of the game design cooperative Make Big Things. They discuss their next game, Starship Ultralux, a game in the key of Douglas Adams-esque techno-absurdism and the mood of Red Dwarf’s wacky antics. We also sing the praises of cooperative movements. Marx on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: http://blue-golem-games.itch.io Hannah on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/hanbandit Evan on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/adrawnnovel Make Big Things: http://www.makebigthings.com/ Starship Ultralux: https://makebigthings.itch.io/starship-ultralux Design Doc Pod: https://www.twitter.com/designdocpod Beam Saber on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Notaninn Beam Saber on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/austinramsaygames/beam-saber/ Yes Indie’d Pod: https://www.yesindiedpod.com/ Donate: https://www.patreon.com/yesindiedpod or https://www.ko-fi.com/yesindiedpod Music from https://filmmusic.io "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( https://incompetech.com ) License: CC BY ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, February 26, 2020
Marx interviews Kate Jeanne, a new independent designer behind Winter Harvest, currently on Kickstarter for ZineQuest 2. Their background is in editing, translating, and writing on indie TTRPGs, plus lots of activism and social justice work. Marx on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: http://blue-golem-games.itch.io Kate Jeanne on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/PeriKat6 Winter Harvest on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/parrycat/winter-harvest Kate Jeanne’s games on Itchio: https://parrycat.itch.io/ Abigail Lalonde: http://www.twitter.com/alien_sunset and https://www.artstation.com/alien_sunset Eli Seitz’s The Last Place on Earth on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eliseitz/the-last-place-on-earth Descent into Midnight on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rkreutzlandry/descent-into-midnight Anime RPG design contest: https://okashicon.com/ or https://www.ninjahell.com/contest Music from https://filmmusic.io "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( https://incompetech.com ) License: CC BY ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, February 19, 2020
Today, Marx interviews Duamn Figueroa Rassol, an Argentinian illustrator and game designer deeply in love with indie RPGs. Over the last thirteen years he has been involved with the local game scene, organizing events like Rosario Juega Rol, Rosario Juega Indie and Back to the Dungeon, coordinating and hosting open tables in TTRPG clubs, writing for Runas Explosivas and broadcasting over a hundred episodes of the Podcast Explosivo. He's also been an active playtester and contributor of the indie scene back in the Google Plus era, participating in projects like One Page Dungeon and the Gongfarmer's Almanac. He recently started illustrating RPG products for Mordite Press and Axo Stories, and is now making the jump to publish his first game, Deep Nightly Fathoms, which is on Kickstarter until February 24th. Marx on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: http://blue-golem-games.itch.io Duamn Figeroa Rassol on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/duamnNFR Deep Nightly Fathoms on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tks/zinequest2-deep-nightly-fathoms Trinity Knot Studios: https://trinityknotstudio.com/ or https://twitter.com/trinitykstudio Kate Jeanne on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/PeriKat6 Winter Harvest on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/parrycat/winter-harvest Kate Jeanne’s games: https://parrycat.itch.io/ Eli Seitz’s The Last Place on Earth on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eliseitz/the-last-place-on-earth Anime RPG design contest: https://okashicon.com/ or https://www.ninjahell.com/contest Music from https://filmmusic.io "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( https://incompetech.com ) License: CC BY ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, February 12, 2020
Today I interview Eli Seitz, a game designer exploring tabletop, larp, and the experimental space in between. His work can be found on Itchio and in the upcoming Doikayt Jewish TTRPG Anthology. Eli is running two ZineQuest two campaigns this month: Last Place on Earth, about the heroic age of exploration, and Fruit of Law, a freeform game about writing the rule of society by using and eating a pomegranate. Marx on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: http://blue-golem-games.itch.io Eli Seitz on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/seitz_eli Last Place on Earth on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eliseitz/the-last-place-on-earth Fruit of Law on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eliseitz/fruit-of-law Fall of Magic: https://heartofthedeernicorn.com/product/fall-of-magic-scroll-edition/?v=7516fd43adaa The Quiet Year: https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year Eli Kurtz: https://twitter.com/ZapDynamic or https://mythicgazetteer.com . Duamn Figeroa Rassol on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/duamnNFR Deep Nightly Fathoms on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tks/zinequest2-deep-nightly-fathoms Campfire Memories on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1469878195/campfire-memories Anime RPG design contest: https://okashicon.com/ or https://www.ninjahell.com/contest Music from https://filmmusic.io "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( https://incompetech.com ) License: CC BY ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, February 05, 2020
Today we interview Matt Bohnhoff, a game designer and artist in the American Southwest. His work is mostly found through Wasteland of Enchantment Games. He also helps to organize New MexiCon, a small indie RPG convention in New Mexico. His most recent game, Campfire Memories, is currently Kickstarter from February 4th to February 16th as part of ZineQuest 2. This GM-less one-shot game tells stories of terrible family camping trips and why the characters still cherish the memories of those unpleasant experiences. Marx on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: http://blue-golem-games.itch.io Matt Bohnhoff on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/matt_bohnhoff Wasteland of Enchantment: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WastelandOfEnchantment Campfire Memories on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1469878195/campfire-memories Eli Seitz on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/seitz_eli The Last Place on Earth on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eliseitz/the-last-place-on-earth Fruit of Law on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eliseitz/fruit-of-law Anime RPG design contest: https://okashicon.com/ or https://www.ninjahell.com/contest Music from https://filmmusic.io "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( https://incompetech.com ) License: CC BY ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Wed, January 29, 2020
Today we interview Federico Sohns. Fed is an Argentinean games designer living in London. He owns Araukana Media as well as being a member of the San Jenaro Coop. He also works fulltime at Modiphius Entertainment. His latest game, Nibiru, delves into themes of memory and identity, nature and artificiality, in new and exciting ways. Nibiru is available right now via DriveThruRPG and from the Modiphius webstore. Marx on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/IAmPhophos Marx’s games: http://blue-golem-games.itch.io Federico Sohns on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/FSohns Araukana Media: https://www.araukana.com/ Nibiru at Itch.io: https://araukana-media.itch.io/nibiru-corebook Nibiru at DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/297543/Nibiru-Corebook?affiliate_id=239963 Nibiru at Modiphius: https://www.modiphius.net/collections/nibiru/products/nibiru-corebook-pdf Matt Bohnhoff on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/matt_bohnhoff Wasteland of Enchantment: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WastelandOfEnchantment Campfire Memories on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1469878195/campfire-memories Music from https://filmmusic.io "Bit Quest" by Kevin MacLeod ( https://incompetech.com ) License: CC BY ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
Tue, January 21, 2020
A short introduction to Yes, Indie'd Pod , where I talk about why I want to make this podcast. I also introduce my guest for next week, the game designer Federico Sohns. You can find Marx on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/IAmPhophos You can find their games on Itchio at: blue-golem-games.itch.io You can find more about Federico Sohn's game Nibiru at: www.araukana.com All music from filmmusic.io " Bit Quest " by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) License: CC BY ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Support the show The Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter
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