What Am I Rolling?
213 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings'What Am I Rolling?' is a twice monthly RPG one-shot podcast, hosted by gamesmaster, Fiona.
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Episode #133: 30 Days of Worldbuilding Pt. 6
July 21, 2024 17:30 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona tries her hand at building her very own setting prompt by prompt, using Angeline Trevena’s ‘30 Days of Worldbuilding: An Author’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds’. Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds? Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next? 30 Days of Worldbuilding breaks the task into manageable chunks. By following 30 creative prompts, this book will guide you from idea, to full world. You can find out more information and grab your o...
Episode #132: 30 Days of Worldbuilding Pt. 5
July 07, 2024 17:30 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona tries her hand at building her very own setting prompt by prompt, using Angeline Trevena’s ‘30 Days of Worldbuilding: An Author’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds’. Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds? Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next? 30 Days of Worldbuilding breaks the task into manageable chunks. By following 30 creative prompts, this book will guide you from idea, to full world. You can find out more information and grab your o...
Episode #131: 30 Days of Worldbuilding Pt. 4
June 23, 2024 17:30 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona tries her hand at building her very own setting prompt by prompt, using Angeline Trevena’s ‘30 Days of Worldbuilding: An Author’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds’. Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds? Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next? 30 Days of Worldbuilding breaks the task into manageable chunks. By following 30 creative prompts, this book will guide you from idea, to full world. You can find out more information and grab your o...
Episode #130: 30 Days of Worldbuilding Pt. 3
June 09, 2024 17:30 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona tries her hand at building her very own setting prompt by prompt, using Angeline Trevena’s ‘30 Days of Worldbuilding: An Author’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds’. Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds? Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next? 30 Days of Worldbuilding breaks the task into manageable chunks. By following 30 creative prompts, this book will guide you from idea, to full world. You can find out more information and grab your o...
Episode #129: 30 Days of Worldbuilding Pt. 2
May 26, 2024 17:30 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona tries her hand at building her very own setting prompt by prompt, using Angeline Trevena’s ‘30 Days of Worldbuilding: An Author’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds’. Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds? Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next? 30 Days of Worldbuilding breaks the task into manageable chunks. By following 30 creative prompts, this book will guide you from idea, to full world. You can find out more information and grab your o...
Episode #128: 30 Days of Worldbuilding Pt. 2
May 26, 2024 17:30 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona tries her hand at building her very own setting prompt by prompt, using Angeline Trevena’s ‘30 Days of Worldbuilding: An Author’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds’. Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds? Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next? 30 Days of Worldbuilding breaks the task into manageable chunks. By following 30 creative prompts, this book will guide you from idea, to full world. You can find out more information and grab your o...
Bonus: Q&A with Sam Leigh and Death of The Author!
May 12, 2024 17:30 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBShow Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews Sam Leigh, award-winning game designer of Anamnesis and the upcoming solo rpg: Death of The Author. Sam (She/They) is an award-winning tabletop game designer from Virginia and the owner of Blinking Birch Games. As well as designing their own games, Sam also writes and edits for other TTRPGs, records voice-overs, and creates videos on indie TTRPGs. Her upcoming game, Death of The...
Episode #128: 30 Days of Worldbuilding Pt. 1
April 28, 2024 17:30 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona tries her hand at building her very own setting prompt by prompt, using Angeline Trevena’s ‘30 Days of Worldbuilding: An Author’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds’. Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds? Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next? 30 Days of Worldbuilding breaks the task into manageable chunks. By following 30 creative prompts, this book will guide you from idea, to full world. You can find out more information and grab your o...
Trailer: The DM's Travel Bookclub: A Guide to The Inner Planes!
April 14, 2024 17:30 - 50 seconds - 1.18 MBThe hosts of The DM's Book Club proudly bring you a new limited series, The DM's Travel Bookclub: A Guide to The Inner Planes! In each episode, we'll explore the Inner Planes of Existence as outlined in the Great Wheel cosmology in the roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons. Join us, Fiona and Hamilton on this adventure of discovery! Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild! #SupportyourFLGS Credits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Ho...
Bonus: Q&A with Chris Bissette and The Wretched & A Dungeon Game
March 31, 2024 17:30 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBShow Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews Chris Bissette, award winning game designer, writer and musican. Chris has written for games like Pathfinder 2, Fallout, Hunter: The Reckoning, and cy_borg. They are best known for their indie breakout solo journalling The Wretched, which was selected as one of Tabletop Gaming Magazine's 'Best Games of 2020' and has spawned hundreds of new games based on its Wretched & Alone engi...
Bonus: Q&A with Taylor Navarro and Not Yet!
March 17, 2024 17:30 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBShow Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews Taylor Navarro, the TTRPG game designer, writer, editor and project manager. Taylor's latest TTRPG project, 'Not Yet: A Romantic TTRPG Duet', has players take on the roles of two characters fated to meet but just missing one another—or not if the dice say otherwise. Support 'Not Yet: A Romantic TTRPG Duet' on Kickstarter! Timestamps Intro: 00:00:10 Q&A start: 00:01:39 Outro:...
Bonus: Q&A with Nick Munro Turner with Rogue Octopus Escapes!
March 03, 2024 17:30 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBShow Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews Nick Munro Turner, a Freelance Outdoor Activity Instructor, journalist, and the game designer behind the upcoming TTRPGs games Lost in the Jungle and Rogue Octopus Escapes! Check out Nick running his game, Rogue Octopus Escapes, on the Science and Sorcery Twitch Channel on Friday 8th March at 7 pm GMT! Timestamps Intro: 00:00:10 Q&A start: 00:01:28 Outro: 00:29:19 Nick's wor...
Bonus: Q&A with Laurie O'Connel and Death Game!
February 18, 2024 17:30 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBShow Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews game designer Laurie O'Connel, the creator behind Lichcraft, Hieronymus, and the upcoming Death Game! Laurie’s TTRPG work covers a wide, wide range subjects, from the ‘weird’ to the ‘unsettling’. His latest project, Death Game is a narrative-driven tabletop roleplaying game when characters compete in a high-stakes battle for survival. Inspired by the battle royale genre, whose ...
Bonus: Q&A with Dr Gary Coleman and Game Therapy UK!
February 04, 2024 17:30 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBShow Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews Dr Gary Colman, one of the Trustees of Game Therapy UK, an innovative charity set up to promote Therapeutic Gaming in the UK for the public benefit. Game Therapy UK provides innovative, evidence-based therapeutic games to groups at risk of social isolation. This includes a wide range of groups such as people experiencing homelessness, people in recovery from drug and alcohol add...
Bonus: Q&A with Daniel Hand - The RPG Therapist!
January 21, 2024 17:30 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBShow Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews Daniel Hand aka The RPG Therapist. Daniel is an experienced counselor who offers integrative counselling and ‘Quest’ (RPG/story-based) therapy. RPG Therapy uses storytelling (and dice!) to help predominately younger clients explore their inner worlds. His book, Role-Playing Games in Psychotherapy: A Practitioner’s Guide, is an accessible and comprehensive resource for practitio...
Episode #127: Solemn Vale Pt. 2 (Actual Play UK Livestream)
January 07, 2024 17:30 - 2 hours - 158 MBContent Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Folkhorror themes, violence, disappearances, child endangerment, supernatural horror, 1970s attitudes. Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Pip, James, Adam and Rhys for ‘Solemn Vale’, a narrative-driven storytelling game where players tell abhorrent tales of horror and the supernatural. Published by Dirty Vortex, ‘Solemn Vale’ is set against the backdrop of 1970s England, exploring a repugnant world of Folk Horror and the paranormal. Each game is a ...
Episode #126: Solemn Vale Pt. 1 (Actual Play UK Livestream)
December 24, 2023 17:30 - 2 hours - 160 MBContent Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Folkhorror themes, violence, disappearances, child endangerment, supernatural horror, 1970s attitudes. Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Pip, James, Adam and Rhys for ‘Solemn Vale’, a narrative-driven storytelling game where players tell abhorrent tales of horror and the supernatural. Published by Dirty Vortex, ‘Solemn Vale’ is set against the backdrop of 1970s England, exploring a repugnant world of Folk Horror and the paranormal. Each game is a ...
Episode #125: Going Rogue 2e with Jess Levine Pt. 3!
December 10, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 65 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Duste and Catrina and extra special guest GM Jess Levine for 'Going Rogue 2e', a GM-Less Anti-Fascist RPG about war, rebellion, and making the ultimate sacrifice. Some dedicate their life to the cause… One day, you will dedicate everything. Those who dream of a better world know one simple, terrible fact: not everyone who helps build it will be blessed with the opportunity to live in it. Those who put their lives on the line to transmute dreams of r...
Episode #124: Going Rogue 2e with Jess Levine Pt. 2!
November 26, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Duste and Catrina and extra special guest GM Jess Levine for 'Going Rogue 2e', a GM-Less Anti-Fascist RPG about war, rebellion, and making the ultimate sacrifice. Some dedicate their life to the cause… One day, you will dedicate everything. Those who dream of a better world know one simple, terrible fact: not everyone who helps build it will be blessed with the opportunity to live in it. Those who put their lives on the line to transmute dreams of r...
Episode #123: Going Rogue 2e with Jess Levine Pt. 1!
November 12, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Duste and Catrina and extra special guest GM Jess Levine for 'Going Rogue 2e', a GM-Less Anti-Fascist RPG about war, rebellion, and making the ultimate sacrifice. Some dedicate their life to the cause… One day, you will dedicate everything. Those who dream of a better world know one simple, terrible fact: not everyone who helps build it will be blessed with the opportunity to live in it. Those who put their lives on the line to transmute dreams of r...
Bonus: CAUTION! Character Development ahead: Setting up a TTRPG Character (MCM Comic Con London 2023)
October 29, 2023 17:30 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBShow Notes Due to MCM Comic Con scheduling and a bunch of different life factors getting in the way, we have had to push the release of the next one-shot. To tide us over til then, here's a special bonus episode - a live recording of the panel - CAUTION! Character Development ahead: Setting up a TTRPG Character! Join TTRPG podcasters from all over Europe to hear about the different ways that people build and grow their characters. Learn about the ways that play style can affect character...
Episode #122: Flabbergasted with Realms of Peril & Glory Pt. 4!
October 15, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona is joined by James, Jane, Liz, and extra special guest GM Zack from Realms of Peril and Glory podcast for Flabbergasted, a comedic tabletop roleplaying game set in the Roaring ‘20s! Published by Wanderer’s Tome, Flabbergasted is a rules-lite and narrative-driven RPG, drawing inspiration from the likes of Jeeves and Wooster and Fawlty Towers. Set in the turn of the 20th century, you'll take on the role of either an affable Aristocrat, an entrepreneurial Well-To-...
Bonus: Q&A with Charlie Menzies and Don't Play This Game!
October 03, 2023 17:30 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBShow Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews Charlie Menzies, the writer and game designer behind the upcoming solo RPG ‘Don’t Play This Game’: A Cursed RPG of Handcrafted Found Footage Horror. This game isn’t normal, it’s cursed. Once you know about it the Entity will come for you. Then you’ll have to play. ‘Don’t Play This Game’ is A Legacy Solo Tabletop Roleplaying Game about someone (YOU) who has been cursed to play a...
Episode #121: Flabbergasted with Realms of Peril & Glory Pt. 3!
October 01, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 75.7 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona is joined by James, Jane, Liz, and extra special guest GM Zack from Realms of Peril and Glory podcast for Flabbergasted, a comedic tabletop roleplaying game set in the Roaring ‘20s! Published by Wanderer’s Tome, Flabbergasted is a rules-lite and narrative-driven RPG, drawing inspiration from the likes of Jeeves and Wooster and Fawlty Towers. Set in the turn of the 20th century, you'll take on the role of either an affable Aristocrat, an entrepreneurial Well-To-...
Episode #120: Flabbergasted with Realms of Peril & Glory Pt. 2!
September 17, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona is joined by James, Jane, Liz, and extra special guest GM Zack from Realms of Peril and Glory podcast for Flabbergasted, a comedic tabletop roleplaying game set in the Roaring ‘20s! Published by Wanderer’s Tome, Flabbergasted is a rules-lite and narrative-driven RPG, drawing inspiration from the likes of Jeeves and Wooster and Fawlty Towers. Set in the turn of the 20th century, you'll take on the role of either an affable Aristocrat, an entrepreneurial Well-To-...
Episode #119: Flabbergasted with Realms of Peril & Glory Pt. 1!
September 03, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 80.4 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona is joined by James, Jane, Liz, and extra special guest GM Zack from Realms of Peril and Glory podcast for Flabbergasted, a comedic tabletop roleplaying game set in the Roaring ‘20s! Published by Wanderer’s Tome, Flabbergasted is a rules-lite and narrative-driven RPG, drawing inspiration from the likes of Jeeves and Wooster and Fawlty Towers. Set in the turn of the 20th century, you'll take on the role of either an affable Aristocrat, an entrepreneurial Well-To-...
Episode #118: DIE the Roleplaying Game Pt. 4
August 20, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBContent Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Murder, Torture, Teenage drama, Violence, Alcohol and Substance abuse, Emotional manipulation, and terrible GM practices. Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Evelyn, Celena, James, Matthew and Matt for DIE: The Roleplaying Game, created by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, and published by Rowan Rook and Decard. Based on the comic of the same name, DIE is about fantasy versus reality, and poses the question of why we play games at all. In DIE, pla...
Episode #117: DIE the Roleplaying Game Pt. 3
August 06, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBContent Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Murder, Torture, Teenage drama, Violence, Alcohol and Substance abuse, Emotional manipulation, and terrible GM practices. Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Evelyn, Celena, James, Matthew and Matt for DIE: The Roleplaying Game, created by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, and published by Rowan Rook and Decard. Based on the comic of the same name, DIE is about fantasy versus reality, and poses the question of why we play games at all. In DIE, pla...
Episode #116: DIE the Roleplaying Game Pt. 2
July 23, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBContent Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Murder, Torture, Teenage drama, Violence, Alcohol and Substance abuse, Emotional manipulation, and terrible GM practices. Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Evelyn, Celena, James, Matthew and Matt for DIE: The Roleplaying Game, created by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, and published by Rowan Rook and Decard. Based on the comic of the same name, DIE is about fantasy versus reality, and poses the question of why we play games at all. In DIE, pla...
Episode #115: DIE the Roleplaying Game Pt. 1
July 09, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBContent Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Murder, Torture, Teenage drama, Violence, Alcohol and Substance abuse, Emotional manipulation, and terrible GM practices. Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Evelyn, Celena, James, Matthew and Matt for DIE: The Roleplaying Game, created by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, and published by Rowan Rook and Decard. Based on the comic of the same name, DIE is about fantasy versus reality, and poses the question of why we play games at all. In DIE, pla...
Bonus: Q&A with Kieron Gillen with DIE The Roleplaying Game!
June 25, 2023 17:30 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBShow Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews comic book writer and game designer Kieron Gillen about DIE the RPG, a bleak fantasy TTRPG based on the comic series of the same name (also made by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans) In DIE, you play a group of authentically flawed and desperate real-world people (Personas) who are sucked into a cursed roleplaying game and take on the form of heroes, villains and power players (Pa...
Bonus: Be Our Guest LIVE at UKGE (with Girls Run These Worlds!)
June 11, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBShow Notes This week, a special live recording from UK Games Expo of Be Our Guest - a live actual show in collaboration with Girls Run These Worlds! Girls Run These Worlds is a women-owned, women-run production studio. Their mission is to uplift the voices, profiles, and status of women and femme-presenting people in TTRPG and to create a place where all can come to find themselves represented and celebrated. Got an idea for a show? Pitch it to Girls Run These Worlds on their creator app!...
Episode #114: Under The Neighbourhood with Backwater Bastards and Guest GM Kyle Decker from Quest Friends
May 28, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 88 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Taylor, Dan and Dick from the Backwater Bastards and special guest GM Kyle from Quest Friends for Under The Neighbourhood, a TTRPG where players live out adventures from their favourite Saturday morning cartoons. Under the Neighborhood is a roleplaying system designed to help you and your friends tell stories about the magic found in going to the grocery store or attending an awkward dinner party, but there’s also ghosts. Or gnomes. Or frog people. ...
Episode #113: The Between Pt. 4 with Jason Cordova and Merely Roleplayers
May 14, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 140 MBContent Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Dark themes, Murder, Spiders, Mild gore. Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by the cast of the Merely Roleplayers podcast (Nat, Strat and Helen) and extra special guest GM Jason Cordova for The Between, a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of mysterious monster hunters in Victorian-era London. Note: The audio for this episode comes from the 2 part livestream which was broadcasted on the WAIR Twitch Channel in January 2023 and it has been edited s...
Episode #112: The Between Pt. 3 with Jason Cordova and Merely Roleplayers
April 30, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 118 MBContent Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Dark themes, Murder, Spiders, Mild gore. Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by the cast of the Merely Roleplayers podcast (Nat, Strat and Helen) and extra special guest GM Jason Cordova for The Between, a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of mysterious monster hunters in Victorian-era London. Note: The audio for this episode comes from the 2 part livestream which was broadcasted on the WAIR Twitch Channel in January 2023 and it has been edited s...
Episode #111: The Between Pt. 2 with Jason Cordova and Merely Roleplayers
April 16, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 97.9 MBContent Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Dark themes, Murder, Spiders, Mild gore. Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by the cast of the Merely Roleplayers podcast (Nat, Strat and Helen) and extra special guest GM Jason Cordova for The Between, a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of mysterious monster hunters in Victorian-era London. Note: The audio for this episode comes from the 2 part livestream which was broadcasted on the WAIR Twitch Channel in January 2023 and it has been edited s...
Episode #110: The Between Pt. 1 with Jason Cordova and Merely Roleplayers
April 02, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 135 MBContent Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Dark themes, Murder, Spiders, Mild gore. Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by the cast of the Merely Roleplayers podcast (Nat, Strat and Helen) and extra special guest GM Jason Cordova for The Between, a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of mysterious monster hunters in Victorian-era London. Note: The audio for this episode comes from the 2 part livestream which was broadcasted on the WAIR Twitch Channel in January 2023 and it has been edited s...
Bonus: Q&A with Jason Cordova with Brindlewood Bay, The Between and Public Access!
March 19, 2023 17:30 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBShow Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews game designer Jason Cordova, the creator behind Brindlewood Bay, The Between, and most recently, Public Access. Along with his game writing and being an ENnie award-winning podcaster, Jason is the founder of The Gauntlet - a community that celebrates and discusses tabletop roleplaying games. Check out VODs of The Between oneshot stream Jason ran for us here. Timestamps Intro: ...
Episode #109: Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast Pt. 2 with Merely Roleplayers
March 05, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona is joined by the cast of the Merely Roleplayers podcast (Matt, Strat, Nat, and Alex) for Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast, a slice-of-life tabletop RPG about a heartless witch, a peaceful house and all the folks who have made their home inside. Created by Jay Dragon and M Veselak, Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast uses pre-set characters, quick-play chapters, and an adaptable rule set, unlike any other TTRPG. You can find out more information about Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast and ...
Episode #108: Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast Pt. 1 with Merely Roleplayers
February 19, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 89.7 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona is joined by the cast of the Merely Roleplayers podcast (Matt, Strat, Nat, and Alex) for Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast, a slice-of-life tabletop RPG about a heartless witch, a peaceful house and all the folks who have made their home inside. Created by Jay Dragon and M Veselak, Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast uses pre-set characters, quick-play chapters, and an adaptable rule set, unlike any other TTRPG. You can find out more information about Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast and ...
Episode #107: Itras By with guest GM Rob - The Hunt for Edgar!
February 05, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 80.2 MBSpoilers for 'Edgar' introductory scenario by Oliver Vulliamy and 2dSF in Itras By: Menagerie Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Doro, Frank, Jon, Kat, and special GM Rob for Itras By: A surreal roleplaying game set in a city full of strange occurrences, unusual places, and bizarre characters. Published by Vagrant Workshop, Itras By is a setting that lies somewhere between European city life in the 1920s and the dream worlds of depth psychology. At first glance, the city looks lik...
Bonus: Q&A with Fede Sohns with Zephyr: An Anarchist Roleplaying Game Of Fleeting Identities!
January 22, 2023 17:30 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBShow Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews game designer and illustrator Fede Sohns about their upcoming RPG, 'Zephyr: An Anarchist Fantasy Game of Fleeting Identities'. The Zephyr are the feelings of a living sentient landmass called Ophio that wanders across endless salt flats. The alien feelings come in the colours of cyan, magenta, yellow and black but can merge into hatred, love, longing - all the emotions known to u...
Bonus: Q&A with Ferruccio Argento with Blood and Doom!
January 08, 2023 17:30 - 48 minutes - 44 MBShow Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews Ferruccio Argento, the lead designer of the upcoming dark fantasy tabletop RPG - Blood and Doom (to be published by Dicetale Games). In Blood and Doom, players take on the role of adventurers in a doomed world where the influence of malevolent cults is slowly corrupting the land and its people. Doomsayers aka the GMs act as the player characters’ senses, describing events and p...
Bonus: MCM Comic Con's A Behind the Screens Look: Game Master's Roundtable panel
January 01, 2023 17:30 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBShow Notes To round off this year (or welcome in the new year - depending on your view), check out the audio from MCM Comic Con's A Behind the Screens Look: Game Master's Roundtable panel, featuring our own host and main GM Fiona! Panel bio: 'If you fancy yourself a DM, don’t miss this one! Game Masters Travis Vengroff (Fool & Scholar/Dark Dice), Richard Kimber-Bell (Backwater Bastards), Fiona K.T. Howat (What Am I Rolling?/The DM’s Book Club), and Nate Peterson (Dice & Desire) are at MCM...
Bonus: Q&A with Andrew E.C. Gaska and ALIEN RPG, Terminator RPG & Carbon Grey RPG!
December 25, 2022 17:30 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBShow Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews award-winning game writer & author Andrew E.C. Gaska! With over 2 decades of experience in the comics and video games industries, it is safe to say that Drew has a long list of credits to his name! His freelance franchise consulting work for 20th Century Fox has seen him write numerous series reference bibles, streamline in-universe canon and create detailed timelines for legacy...
Episode #106: User Is Typing // Message Sent
December 11, 2022 17:30 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBContent Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Themes of loneliness, sadness, depression, and social anxiety Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing 'User is typing // Message Sent’: A solo RPG of instant messaging and anxiety by Nevyn Holmes. Using a deck of playing cards and 3d6, 'User is typing // Message Sent’ is a game about dealing with the social anxiety around interacting with the same people day in, day out, over the course of who knows how long. You can find out more information about 'User...
Episode #105: Paranoia Red Clearance Edition Pt. 2 with Dunking on the DM!
November 27, 2022 17:30 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBContent Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Death, Violence, Alpha Complex Spoilers for '[Your Security Clearance Is Not High Enough For The Title Of This Adventure]' mission! Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Tim, Alastair, Ben, Josh and Kylie from Dunking on the DM for ‘Paranoia’, a dystopian science-fiction tabletop role-playing game, published by Mongoose Publishing. First published in 1984, ‘Paranoia’ is set in the dystopian future city of Alpha Complex controlled by Friend Computer ...
Episode #104: Paranoia Red Clearance Edition Pt. 1 with Dunking on the DM!
November 13, 2022 17:30 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBContent Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Death, Violence, Alpha Complex Spoilers for '[Your Security Clearance Is Not High Enough For The Title Of This Adventure]' mission! Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Tim, Alastair, Ben, Josh and Kylie from Dunking on the DM for ‘Paranoia’, a dystopian science-fiction tabletop role-playing game, published by Mongoose Publishing. First published in 1984, ‘Paranoia’ is set in the dystopian future city of Alpha Complex controlled by Friend Computer ...
Bonus: BarPig x WAIR Livestream - The Great Festival!
October 30, 2022 17:30 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBShow Notes This week, Fiona was joined by Raymond (from Boardgame Heaven) and Sarah for WAIR's very first collaboration Livestream with friend of the podcast, Johno at BARPIG: The Adventure Party Game, showcasing several challenges for its latest expansion - The Great Festival. This bonus episode audio is taken from the livestream video. Check out the unedited VOD on our YouTube channel. BARPIG is the hilarious competitive card-based party game with social group activities and take-that...
Bonus: Q&A with Tomas Härenstam and Drakar och Demoner/Dragonbane
October 16, 2022 17:30 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBShow Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews interviewing the co-founder and CEO of Free League Publishing, Tomas Härenstam, about the upcoming ‘Dragonbane’ RPG, a reimagining of the influential ‘Drakar och Demoner’. ‘Drakar och Demoner’ is Scandinavia's first and biggest tabletop RPG, originally launched in 1982. Now, 40 years later, Free League Publishing has announced a brand new and reimagined edition, with one foot fir...