[Q&A] Ed Jowett (Era: Survival – Expansions into the Unknown 2)

<+Ed_Jowett> Hi everyone! Ed here from Shades of Vengeance, and I’m back once again. It’s actually been 5 months since I was in your wonderful presence and this time, I’m back with a really exciting project.

<+Ed_Jowett> Era: Survival was released 4 years ago, and I’m relatively certain that I was here then, talking about the world of Gaia, with its Infected Shamblers and Mutants, its huge number of factions which have different ideas on how to survive the Post-Apocalypse and its very distopian future.

<+Ed_Jowett> I believe I was also here a year later, when I ran an expansions Kickstarter for it and we funded 3 amazing expansions: The Swarm, the Infected Manual and Tales of the Outlands.

<+Ed_Jowett> Production of books on this game has been quiet since then, but we’re back with a bang, offering multiple expansions once again, and hoping to fund even more books than last time with our latest Kickstarter! (Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/era-survival-expansions-2?ref=3atnbn)https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/era-survival-expansions-2?ref=3atnbn

<+Ed_Jowett> We’re looking to bring this survival horror world to life in even more vivid detail, showing you what you can play, giving new options to players and focusing on GM tools to help the game run as easily as possible.

<+Ed_Jowett> I think there’s a message Era: Survival can give in this trying time – all of these factions have realised that they have to work together with like-minded people to survive, and they have come together in their society. I hope that it helps people see that unity in adversity is something that’s totally possible!

<+Ed_Jowett> So, if you want to enter a world of Infected Shamblers who roam the countryside, of Mutants with powers as extreme as their insanity, of good deeds and bad when no-one else is there to see them, and a world with more dangers than you can count, Era: Survival is the game for you!

[Q&A] Ken St. Andre (Monsters! Monsters!)

<+Ken> Hello, world, hello everyone.  I’m Ken St. Andre, known as Trollgodfather on Twitter and Instagram.

<&Silverlion> Hi Ken! (I follow you on facebook..)

<+berniesalti> Hi Ken, nice to read you!

<+DLB_CHUCK> Hi Ken! Big fan of your T&T work!

<+Cowbell> Welcome, Ken!

<+Ken> I’ve been lucky enough to either be the main designer on a few role playing games. You might have heard of them. Tunnels and Trolls, Monsters! Monsters!

<+Ken> Starfaring, Stormbringer, and Wasteland.

<+Ken> I’m glad to be here.

<+Ken> Thanks to everyone who came to talk to me.

[Q&A] Alan Bahr (From Hell’s Heart)

<+GKG_Alan> I’m Alan Bahr! I operate Gallant Knight Games alongside my wife and our awesome freelancers! I’m here to talk about FROM HELL’S HEART, our new GMless storygame about braving the cruel sea!

<+GKG_Alan> (Link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/303794/From-Hells-Heart?src=newest)https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/303794/From-Hells-Heart?src=newest

<+GKG_Alan> (Link: https://gallant-knight-games.myshopify.com/products/from-hells-heart)https://gallant-knight-games.myshopify.com/products/from-hells-heart

<+GKG_Alan> PDF at both DTRPG and the GKG Webstore, as well as print preorder at the GKG webstore!

<+GKG_Alan> I will answer nearly any question about From Hell’s Heart, GKG, or why I’m drinking whiskey like it’s water tonight!

<+GKG_Alan> Pitter patter, let’s get at ‘er.

[Q&A] Debra Hoenig Parizek (Everyverse RPG)

<+DebraHP> I’m Debra Hoenig Parizek, widow of the designer, Dennis J. Parizek. I am completing, publishing and promoting the game in honor of my late husband.

<+rangleme> ❤

<+DebraHP> EVERYVERSE RPG is a generic rules set, 4d10, skills cascades for general to specific character skills, and one method, The Attempt, to resolve all actions.

<+SambearPoet> ❤

<+kiltedfiend> cool

<+DebraHP> Dennis hooked me into gaming by using these rules to build a Star Wars scenario for me many years before the SW games were on the market.

<+ShawnHescock-GeeksCollab> Very cool!

<+SambearPoet> nifty

<+Pete> You had us at Star Wars

<+al> Even before West End Games Star Wars?

<+SambearPoet> you had us at “loves playing RPGS together”

<~Dan> (Please hold questions until we get a (done) from our guest. Thanks! 🙂 )

<+DebraHP> We have used these rules to play all types of scenarios from Star Wars to Highlander, spacers out to make a buck to Guardians of Good and Evil in the multi-verse.

<+Rev> Very cool!

<+DebraHP> Yes, we loved playing RPGs together with me as solo player and with our group — 3 other guys and me (lone female)

<+kiltedfiend> my wife can relate

<+DebraHP> Dennis designed the system because there never seemed to be a rules set that allowed him and our group to play the scenarios — sometimes books, TV, movies, or built from GM imagination — that we wanted.

<+DebraHP> We have used these rules to play all types of scenarios from Star Wars to Highlander, spacers out to make a buck to Guardians of Good and Evil in the multi-verse.
<+Rev> Very cool!
<+DebraHP> Yes, we loved playing RPGs together with me as solo player and with our group — 3 other guys and me (lone female)
<+kiltedfiend> my wife can relate
<+DebraHP> Dennis designed the system because there never seemed to be a rules set that allowed him and our group to play the scenarios — sometimes books, TV, movies, or built from GM imagination — that we wanted.

[Q&A] Christopher Robin Negelein (Eberron: Edge of The Mists)

I’m Christopher Robin Negelein and I started gaming as a fan a few decades ago.

And while I am new to the DMs Guild with my Eberron adventure and a new race (6-foot tall mice men);

(Link: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/305825/Eberron-Edge-of-The-Mists)https://www.dmsguild.com/product/305825/Eberron-Edge-of-The-Mists

(Link: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/304228/Race-option-Rodere)https://www.dmsguild.com/product/304228/Race-option-Rodere

I have been a writer for Esper Genesis, a sci-fi world that uses the 5e engine.

(Link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/286812/Esper-Genesis-Jumpstart-Bundle-BUNDLE)https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/286812/Esper-Genesis-Jumpstart-Bundle-BUNDLE

(Link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/240798/Esper-Genesis-5E-Scifi—Core-Manual)https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/240798/Esper-Genesis-5E-Scifi—Core-Manual

I have also been a Community Content creator for the Cypher System, cranking out about a quarter of their CC catalogue with everything from new worlds to adventures and to date reached four figure sales number doing it. It ain’t “quitting your day job” money, but it is “having a nice lunch every other month money,” partner.

(Link: https://tinyurl.com/yxfj29by)https://tinyurl.com/yxfj29by

I have also been a Community Content creator for the Cypher System, cranking out about a quarter of their CC catalogue with everything from new worlds to adventures and to date reached four figure sales number doing it. It ain’t “quitting your day job” money, but it is “having a nice lunch every other month money,” partner.

(Link: https://tinyurl.com/yxfj29by)https://tinyurl.com/yxfj29by

To finish out the URL scroll, I even have a patreon for where I talk about RPGs, work on my Solar Sails fantasy setting and put out free 5e and Cypher stuff once in a while.

(Link: https://www.patreon.com/ganzagaming)https://www.patreon.com/ganzagaming

(Ganza Gaming is my other RPG handle, long story how I got to that name.)

[Q&A] Lynne Hardy & Mike Mason (Call of Cthulhu)

<+LynneHardy> I’m Lynne Hardy, Associate Editor for Call of Cthulhu and Line Editor for the upcoming Rivers of London RPG. I’ve worked for a lot of different games companies over the years (Modiphius, Cubicle 7, Pelgrane Press, Green Ronin, etc.), as well as writing my own steampunk pulp adventure game, Cogs, Cakes & Swordsticks

<+LynneHardy> (done)

<+Mike> Hi, I;’m Mike Mason, creative director for Call of Cthulhu any

<+Mike> at Chaosium.

<+Mike> !

<+LynneHardy> This is where they learn we’re both lousy typists, Mike

* ~Dan chuckles

<~Dan> (Just give us a (done) when you’re ready for questions, Mike. 🙂 )

<+Mike> I’ve worked for Games Workshop and headed up Black Industries, co-writing the DARK HERESY RPG. Now I’m full time on Call of Cthulhu.

<+Mike> I Co-wrote the latest edition of Call of Cthulhu, Pulp Cthulhu, and many many more. Done!

[Q&A] Randy Angle (Kaboomkin)

<+rangleme> Howdy #TTRPG fans!

<+rangleme> I’m RangleMe – the Grand Poobah of Game Design

<+rangleme> I’ve been making games and toys of all kinds for over 40-years.

<+rangleme> I also teach game design and development online at Cañada College.

<+rangleme> You can learn more about me here – (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR_2bjr3f1c)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR_2bjr3f1c

<+rangleme> You can see my website at (Link: http://www.hoppsbusch.com)www.hoppsbusch.com

<+rangleme> I’m here tonight to discuss my newest Tabletop RPG…

<+rangleme> Kaboomkin™ is the Smaller, Faster, Funnier RPG of Cartoon Fairy Tale Post-Apocalypse Mayhem.

<+rangleme> It’s Time to Blow Schtuff Up!™

[Q&A] Mike Yow (Savage Kingdoms 3rd edition)

<+MikeY> Awesome, Dan, thanks! My name is Mike Yow, I’m a professional actor, acting coach, author, and game designer. The primary RPG I’ve created, Savage Kingdoms, is now entering its 3rd edition after being first published in 2014. Just Kickstarted the new project two days ago! (Done)

[Q&A] Richard Kreutz-Landry (Descent into Midnight)

<+rkreutzlandry> Hi everyone! I’m Richard Kreutz-Landry, a software developer, origami artist, and most recently, a game designer!

<+rkreutzlandry> Along with Rich Howard and Taylor LaBresh, I’ve written a new Powered by the Apocalypse game called Descent into Midnight.

<+rkreutzlandry> The elevator pitch is that you create psionic alien sea creatures, the city they inhabit, and the capital “C” Corruption they’re fighting to defend it from.

<+rkreutzlandry> We don’t have set species, so you won’t be looking at a list of whales, mollusks, sharks, etc

<+rkreutzlandry> You can play pretty much whatever the heck you want. We’ve had folks play a happy tuna, a single plankton, a hive-mind school of piranhas swimming around in a living jellyfish dive suit, or even the membrane between the physical world and The Echo.

<+rkreutzlandry> You play as creature who’s part of a team of Guardians who defend the city. They’re connected to each other psionically, through The Echo, so much so that they can share pretty much anything they’re experiencing with each other at will.

[Q&A] Raven Correll (What Remains)

<+RavenContraband> Good evening, I’m Raven and I’m one half of Contraband Games. My wife and I founded Contraband Games because we felt there was quite a lot of room for improvement in the TTRPG genre. We wanted to create games that are engaging, interesting, and fun while simplifying mechanics without sacrificing depth and suspense. We developed what we call the

<+RavenContraband> TIPICAL engine to power our games, and the first game in our lineup is What Remains, a post-apocalyptic RPG set in an alternate future of our Earth.