[Q&A] Randy Knapp (Zafir: Tactical Roleplaying Game)

<+randy-zafir> Hi everyone! I’m Randy Knapp, the lead designer on Zafir: Tactical Roleplaying Game. Our Kickstarter campaign is live right now, you can find it here: (Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zafirgames/zafir-tactical-roleplaying-game?ref=cpvj91)https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zafirgames/zafir-tactical-roleplaying-game?ref=cpvj91

<+randy-zafir> Zafir is a TTRPG with a focus on tactical, cover-shooter combat and inclusivity in character creation. Alright, let’s dive into some questions!

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[Q&A] Mickey Barfield (Pirates of a Shattered World)

<+Polyhedralknight> Hi, I’m Mickey Barfield, game designer for The Polyhedral Knights. Our game we are talking about today is Pirates of a Shattered World

[Q&A] Mike Lafferty (The After)

<+Mike_Lafferty> I’m Mike Lafferty – head of Fainting Goat Games

<+Mike_Lafferty> I’m here to promote The After

<+Mike_Lafferty> obligatory KS link:

<+Mike_Lafferty> (Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/823004289/the-after-post-apocalyptic-action-for-savage-worlds)https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/823004289/the-after-post-apocalyptic-action-for-savage-worlds

<+Mike_Lafferty> The After is for Savage Worlds Adventure Edition

<+Mike_Lafferty> and – it’s a Post-Apocalyptic setting – but with a twist

<~Dan> (Howdy, Woo77!)

<+Mike_Lafferty> while SW does have other PA settings (Savage Rifts, Hell on Earth, a few others) the niche we are filling is specifically frontier-western&Post-apocalyptic mashup

<+Mike_Lafferty> howdy Woo77!

<+Woo77> (hi)

<+Mike_Lafferty> my tag line for it has been: “It’s like Mad Max and The Revenant had a baby – and maybe Alien Nation was the nanny”

<+Mike_Lafferty> here’s a bit of flavor text from the KS campaign page

<+Mike_Lafferty> THE AFTER is set in the northwestern reaches of the broken North American continent. You play survivors of the shattered human race trying to rebuild their world after nearly a century of alien predation and war. The utterly destructive invasion of Earth, followed by a terrifying war between rival Alien species far more advanced than mankind, has left the Ear

<+Mike_Lafferty> a broken version of its former self. Major cities and areas of industrial and military strength have been completely obliterated. Only in the worlds most sparsely populated areas have people survived: areas that were ignored or undervalued by the the rampaging alien forces.

[Q&A] Ken Spencer (Rocket Age 5e)

<+KenSpencer> I am Ken Spencer, rector of Rocket Age and owner of Why Not Games. We are currently running a kickstarter camping to fund our adaptation of the classic Rocket Age system to 5e with…Rocket Age (5e)!!

<+KenSpencer> Rocket Age (5e) brings the 1938 that never was and the Solar System that should have been to the 5th iteration of a popular tabletop RPG whose name we can’t actually say.

[Q&A] James Millward (Stormforged)

<+JamesMillward> Hi, so I’m James Millward, I am a writer and a tabletop game designer and founder and lead writer for Adrian Vox Games.

<+JamesMillward> The game I am trying to sell you today is called Stormforged, which is available on kickstarter right now

<+JamesMillward> The game itself is largely written and we are in the process of playtesting it

<+JamesMillward> and are looking to hold a public playtest soon, information on that is going on the kickstarter page and on the twitter page @AdrianVox1

<+JamesMillward> so go follow us, we get lonely talking to ourselves

<+JamesMillward> Stormforged itself is a high fantasy setting, set over 3 continents each with their own history and stuff going on there.

<+JamesMillward> Player characters usually take on the form of adventurers, making their way in the world in various ways.

<+JamesMillward> Character creation is based around a Stormforged Artifact that you wield, and is the source of the character’s power. As a player you get to build up your character’s Artifact by choosing cores and attaching them together.

[Q&A] Robin McEntire, Jacob McEntire, & Jordan Campbell (Beyonder)

<+beyonder_robin> I’m Robin McEntire.  I started the whole thing many years ago, back in college

<+beyonder_robin> I’m head of the company right now with my sons

<+beyonder_robin> and my virtual son, Jordan

<+Beyonder_Jordan> I’m Jordan.  Beyonder is the first RPG I ever played.  I’ve been playing since I was about 10 years old and I’ve been working as director of game mechanics for about 15 years

<+Beyonder_Jacob> I’m Jacob. I’m Robin’s youngest son, and I’m technically head of product development, although we all do a little bit of everything

<+Beyonder_Jacob> Mostly I run games for people

<+beyonder_robin> and does that quite well!

<+beyonder_robin> (okay, that’s my proud father moment)

[Q&A] Rone Barton & Lou Agresta (Grimmerspace)

<+RoneBarton> Hey there, everyone. I’m Rone Barton of Iron GM Games. Longtime gamer, game designer, game podcaster, and a cannibal once found my leg “Gamy”

<+LouAgresta> I am not a cannibal.

<+LouAgresta> And it _was_ gamey.

<+RoneBarton> And the chat officially starts with Lou announcing his on again off again man eating.

<+LouAgresta> Lou Agresta here, of Iron GM Games. Been designing for the industry, often in collaboration with Rone, for well over a decade and a million+ words edited, developed, and written. We’ve both won awards for adventure design.

<+LouAgresta> And recently branched out as publishers of Grimmerspace.

<+RoneBarton> Which is a Starfinder compatible sci-fi horror setting and adventures book.

<+RoneBarton> It’s live on Kickstarter now at grimmerspace.com

<+LouAgresta> Grimmerspace is a Sci-Fi horror RPG setting developed by beloved actor/director Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings, Stranger Things) and award-winning game designers Lou Agresta and Rone Barton (that’s us).

<+LouAgresta> it includes five game books and a free Quickstart so you can get right into the action, whether you’re new to roleplaying games or haven’t played one in years.

<+LouAgresta> It’s bullets versus fireballs against a backdrop of alien terrors!