Episode 36: Malcolm Sheppard

This week we chat with Malcolm Sheppard, developer at large with Green Ronin, who joins us to talk about his writer, editing, and all around creativity working with the AGE dice mechanic and the many cool games that utilize it.  Indeed, the interview ran long because of Malcolm's willingness to get into the weeds.  Enjoy!

Please check out these wonderful Modern AGE publications:

Modern AGE Quickstart
Modern AGE Basic Rulebook
Modern AGE Threefold

Green Ronin developer at large Malcolm Sheppard has over 20 years of experience in the RPG industry as a writer, designer, and developer, starting with work on the Mage: The Ascension line for White Wolf.  His other credits include work on Exalted, Shadowrun, Scion, Vampire: The Masquerade, numerous Chronicles of Darkness titles, Blue Rose, and Fantasy AGE.  Now at Green Ronin, his work focuses on the Modern AGE RPG, along with other AGE system works, though he's also developed Ork! The Roleplaying Game, and performed writing and editing duties for the Sword Chronicle RPG.  Malcolm lives in Ontario, Canada, and coaches historical fencing (rapiers and longswords and such) on the side.
 

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