[Q&A] Leonard Pimentel and Sean Patrick Fannon (Prowlers & Paragons: Ultimate Edition)

<+SeanPatrickFannon> Sean Patrick Fannon, 30+years game design veteran, currently President and Chief Visionary Officer of Evil Beagle Games. Most recent triumphs include Savage Rifts (Lead Designer, the dude who got the deal….

<+SeanPatrickFannon> … and Freedom Squadron

<+SeanPatrickFannon> Co-designer of Prowlers & Paragons Ultimate Edition, creator of the first setting book, Modern Gods (a love letter to 4th Era Champions Universe, among other things).

<+SeanPatrickFannon> (Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Patrick_Fannon)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Patrick_Fannon (done)

<+TheKingZombie> It’s an elegant love letter to Champions, too

<+Leonard_A_Pimentel> Ok,

<+Leonard_A_Pimentel> Hi kids!

<+Leonard_A_Pimentel> Len Pimentel here. So I have written a few games, including the original Prowlers & Paragons, TNT (The Narrative Toolbox), Hughesville High (way before Stranger Things … that’s right, baby!)

<+Leonard_A_Pimentel> Magnum Fury, Six Gun Fury, and now P&P Ultimate Edition, plus some oter stuff I may get around to publishing one day

<+TheKingZombie> Looking forward to it

<+SeanPatrickFannon> (Also one of the most brilliant game designers I’ve ever known, and Vice-President of Evil Beagle Games)

<+Leonard_A_Pimentel> As to the game, we are here to talk about Prowlers & Paragons Ultimate Edition

<+Leonard_A_Pimentel> the … blushes, thanks Sean … the second edition of P&P, one which is much better than the original after 5 years of growing as a designer and loads of helpful advice and suggestions from Sean and a cadre of insane playtesters

[Q&A] Michael Bacon (Dangerous Times: Muckrakers and Magic in Old New York!)

<+mcbacon> Hi everyone, I’m Michael Bacon. I’ve been working on a roleplaying game called Dangerous Times, about reporters who risk their lives to expose corruption, crime and injustice, all in a version of 1920’s New York that’s just learned stage magic is real.

<+mcbacon> The project is currently on Kickstarter, way more than fully funded, and with about a day or so left to the campaign. I’ll just leave a link here: (Link: https://blankcodex.com/ks/campaign)https://blankcodex.com/ks/campaign

<+mcbacon> I want to talk about the setting, the mechanics, and other details in depth when y’all ask questions, but the overview of the game is thus:

<+mcbacon> Players will take the roll of reporters living in the city to collaboratively tell a story, first by building questions and rumors during the staff meeting, then by finding sources and validating facts during the investigation.

<+mcbacon> As they investigate, reporters will encounter increasingly dangerous situations, taking on risks and facing trouble— which they’ll have to find a way out of.

<+mcbacon> Unlike games that focus on mysteries or battles, the goal here isn’t really to defeat the big boss; it’s to publish the newspaper.

<+mcbacon> So once the reporters have collected facts and escaped trouble, the session ends with the publication phase, where players group facts into articles and determine the impact what they write has on the world.

<+mcbacon> So that’s it; Reporters getting in and out of trouble, investigating and interviewing folk, in a prohibition-era New York city filled with magic, gangsters, and strange goings-on.

[Q&A] Adrienne Giannone (Manifest)

<+Addie> Hi, I’m Addie, the lead writer for Waypoint Game Designs and Manifest the RPG (live on Kickstarter now!)

<+Addie> Manifest is a sci-fi western tabletop RPG, set on an alien planet that’s a little rough around the edges.

<+Addie> To fit the world of Manifest, we here at Waypoint Game Designs created a bespoke game engine called the Fistful of D20s system

<+Addie> It allows for robust narrative play, while still providing the crunch that so many classic RPG players love.

<+Addie> We’ve been working on Manifest (and playtesting it) for over 4 years, and we’re really excited and proud to be bringing it to the masses.

<+Addie> The kickstarter is 93% funded with just under 6 days to go.

<+Addie> I’ve been working as a writer for over a decade and have worked for many of the largest shops in the gaming space as well as traditional publishing, and my partner, the lead designer of Manifest, has been working in the gaming industry for just under a decade.

<+Addie> That’s the very short version of who we are and what we’ve created, happy to fill in any blanks and of course, answer any questions! (done)

[Q&A] Bogdan Constantinescu (Grey Cells)

<+Bogdan> Hi everyone! I’m Bogdan Constantinescu, and I’m making a detective fiction based tabletop roleplaying game called Grey Cells!

<+Bogdan> The focus of the game is on the actual investigation: I wanted to make the game’s systems support and encourage active seeking of information, and deduction

<+Bogdan> Characters come from various different backgrounds (on both sides of the law) and have abilities tailored to the skills they would have picked up from their past

<+Bogdan> The game itself recently finished its Kickstarter campaign (big success!) and I am now rolling it towards release, which should happen in June!

<+Bogdan> While the game focuses on several modern genres of crime fiction, there are also supplementary materials in the works which will cover Fantasy mysteries, Sci-fi mysteries and also Lovecraftian mysteries!

[Q&A] Kade Tanner (Touch of Power)

<+Kade> Hello everyone. I am Kade Tanner, Creator and author of Touch of Power

<+Kade> Touchpower has been in the making for 16 years has undergone several revisions and many different versions and it’s long development. It is a fantasy tabletop role playing game that takes place in a unique fantasy world known as Theza

[Q&A] Nicholas Robinson (Pilgrims of Rao)

<+NickRobinson> Hello everyone, I am Nick Robinson, creator of the Pilgrims of Rao tabletop roleplaying game.

<+NickRobinson> Pilgrims of Rao is designed to be played without a game master, with the game itself handling enemies, progression, and loot.

[Q&A] Justin Kahler (Beamswords & Bazookas)

<+JustinKahler> Well, my name is Justin Kahler and the Game I’ve designed is Beamswords and Bazookas

<+JustinKahler> It’s a table top role playing game about mechs and the people that pilot them

<+JustinKahler> It aims to be a satisfying tactical game with lots of character option during character creation, but I also like to encourage role playing as mouch as possible

<+JustinKahler> And, there’s a default setting in which World War 3 seems to be oncoming, all of this being after humans defeated an alien invasion

<+JustinKahler> It’s my first major release so a lot of the stuff I’ve been doing over the last month has been a learning experience, but all of the non-game design aspects have gone pretty smooth thus far

<+JustinKahler> Excited to field any question people may have

<+JustinKahler> Also, excuse my bad spelling and typos lol

[Q&A] Daniel Hanley (Ghastly Affair)

<+DanielJamesHanley> Hello everyone. I’m Daniel James Hanley, creator of Ghastly Affair.

<+DanielJamesHanley> Ghastly Affair is a game of Gothic Horror and Romance set in the late 18th to early 19th centuries – the late Georgian, French Revolutionary, Napoleonic, and Regency eras. It’s based directly on the original, early Gothic stories, such as “The Monk”, “Frankenstein”, and “The Mysteries of Udolpho”.

<+DanielJamesHanley> It also draws inspiration from somewhat later works like “Wuthering Heights”, “Carmilla”, and the stories of Poe. The Hammer Horror films were also a big influence.

<+DanielJamesHanley> Players can portray characters ranging from aristocratic Libertines to Grave Robbers. The game is not just focused on fighting monsters, but also on social interactions – especially in High Society.

<+DanielJamesHanley> Ghastly Affair uses the essential conventions of Old-School games, such as the classic 6 Abilities, Classes, Levels, Hit Points, Saving Throws, and Armor Class. It also uses a unified roll-under Agility mechanic, however, and free-form descriptive characteristics (“Assets” and “Afflictions”).

<+DanielJamesHanley> Additionally, characters have a seventh characteristic – Perversity. This measures the extent of their mental and moral Corruption. Characters with high Perversity are likely to do wrong for the sake of doing wrong, even if it brings harm to themselves.

[Q&A] Joshua Smith (Storybook RPG)

<+JoshuaSmith> Thank you, Dan.  Hello #randomworlds!  My name is Joshua Smith, and I am the developer of the Storybook Role-Playing Game.

<+JoshuaSmith> Storybook is an easy-to-learn, genre-hopping RPG that has a literary twist.

<+JoshuaSmith> Players take control of characters within books, based on any setting or world that you can imagine.

<+JoshuaSmith> Storybook is designed to be both easy for new players and fun for veterans looking for something different.

<+JoshuaSmith> Its biggest asset, though, is how easily one can mesh worlds.  In Storybook, there is no need for everyone to play from the same setting.

<+JoshuaSmith> Want a fantasy character in a Sci-Fi world, working alongside Sherlock Holmes in pursuit of It?  We can do that.

<+JoshuaSmith> The only limit is your imagination.

[Q&A] Diogo Nogueira (Dark Streets & Darker Secrets)

<+Diogo_OldSkull> Hey I am Diogo Nogueira. I am a Brazilian game designer and illustrator, author of Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells, Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells and now Dark Streets & Darker Secrets.

<+Diogo_OldSkull> I run the Old Skull Publishing and now I am partnering with Gallant Knight Games.

<+Diogo_OldSkull> To better represent my games in the US. Like conventions, stores and such.

<+Diogo_OldSkull> Dark Streets & Darker Secrets is my Street & Sorcery game. It’s inspired mainly by TV Series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, Grimm, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and X-Files.

<+Diogo_OldSkull> It has a bit of pulp adventures, action horror and fantasy. All set in our current time.

<+Diogo_OldSkull> It uses a similar system as my previous games. Focusing on fast character creation and rules resolution and easiness to improvise and create stuff on the spot.