[Q&A] Jason Henderson (HardBoot)

<+OMHenderson> Howdy.. I’m Mr.J. Henderson..

<+OMHenderson> I’m the author of ‘HardBoot’ the D20 RPG..

<+OMHenderson> A 5E Compatible TTRPG that allows you the player to be a program in a computer as per the series ReBoot the classic CGI Cartoon..

[Q&A] Sam Billington (Steel and Sorcery)

<+Sam> So hi, name’s Sam Billington.  I’m a 1.5-year indie-ish developer for Pathfinder 1e and D&D 5e.  I have a DriveThruRPG space called Tipsy Tabby Publishing.

<+Sam> My game is called Steel and Sorcery, and it’s basically a blend of various ideas between the multiple editions of Dungeons and Dragons.  It’s in pre-alpha stage at the moment, and I could use people to bounce ideas off of and possibly help keep me on task.

<+Sam> AMA!

[Q&A] Jim Pinto (Thorn: City of Kings)

<+jim> hey. i’m jim. i’m making a game/setting named thorn. it’s a fantasy bronze-age setting… a massive city, like Ur or Babylon.

<~Dan> (Welcome to #randomworlds, Guest92!)

<+jim> it mixes cults, bureaucracy, undead, and typical fantasy elements together into one big stew.

<+jim> everything is meant to take place in the city, though.

<+jim> is this where i post a link?

<~Dan> Sure!

<+jim> (Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/218255739/thorn-city-of-kings)https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/218255739/thorn-city-of-kings

[Q&A] Jacob Householder & Teddy Humpert (Vigor: Into Dust)

<+jake-householder> Hi! I’m jake (they/them) – game designer, multimedia artist, and musician. I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with Teddy since we were wee sprites in college making indie rock hits together

<+jake-householder> Now we’re making indie rpgs

<+jake-householder> I’ll let Teddy intro before we talk about the game, yeah

<+jake-householder> ?

<+Teddy-VigorRPG> Can do

<+Teddy-VigorRPG> So – I’m Teddy. I live in Cincinnati, OH currently. Jake and I go way, way back. Like 2004? That’s roundabout the same time I started realizing what kind of magic ttrpg’s could be. But only recently have we started dipping into design stuff here and there. Vigor: Into Dust is our first “fully realized” project.

<+Teddy-VigorRPG> [i have spoken]

<+Garebear68> Well then, welcome Jake and Teddy.

<+jake-householder> Vigor: Into Dust is, to quote the Kickstarter, “Character-forward roleplaying in a world on the brink”.

<+jake-householder> To break that down – character-forward in our case means that what the characters are good at in the game and the direction the story takes is born out of who the characters are: what drives them, what grounds them, their instincts, desires, etc

<+jake-householder> The “world on the brink” is a withered land called Vest – where the odds are stacked against you, where you’re hunted by an impossible evil, held under the boot of an imposing machine, just longing for a taste of a world lost to memory.

[Q&A] Will Uhl (Mystic Lilies)

<~Dan> Please introduce yourself and your game!

<+Will_Uhl> Sure thing. My name’s Will Uhl. I’m a tabletop RPG developer from New Jersey. I’ve technically been writing games since middle school, but I started writing games good enough to show other people in the past couple years. After about a year and a half developing Mystic Lilies, I’ve brought it to Kickstarter to help turn it into a reality.

<+Will_Uhl> Mystic Lilies is a roleplaying game about vengeful witches and dark manipulation. It’s inspired in part by Monsterhearts, Touhou Project, Bayonetta, and Madoka Magica, as well as many other tales of magical drama.

<+Will_Uhl> Mystic Lilies uses a deck of standard playing cards for resolving conflicts and casting spells. Each suit is linked to a different stat: ♣Instinct, ♠Logic, ♥Will,and ♦Special – a stat that changes for each character.

<+Will_Uhl> The game is focused on social conflict. The stories it tells are not about characters working together – they are stories about flawed, emotional, and impulsive characters and the drama they create between each other. Unlike their characters, players are encouraged to work together. It doesn’t matter who wins and who loses so long as everyone’s

<+Will_Uhl> happy with the story in the end.

<+Will_Uhl> My hope is that anyone can pick up Mystic Lilies, get some friends, and have a blast telling tales of terrible witches.

[Q&A] Bob Whitely (Toonaria & Cosmoverse: Custom Dice, Art & Fiction)

<+BobW> Hi again! My name’s Bob Whitely, I’m an author, game designer and artist.

<+BobW> I spent some time volunteering for WotC back in the day, helping organize online events, assisting people coming to the forums, blogging with them, etc.. I also helped form a short-lived Roleplaying Game Designer’s Alliance (RPGDA) and was very prolific blogging and running a slew of Play-by-Post games online and regular gaming groups for several

<+BobW> decades in my universe: The Cosmoverse. I’ve also spent that same period of time developing a second universe: Toonaria, for my board games.

[Q&A] Michael Addison & Brian Binh (The Curse of the House of Rookwood)

<+michael_addison> Hi, I am Michael Addison, designer and owner of Nerdy Pup Games.  The Curse of the House of Rookwood is a gothic horror tabletop rpg about a cursed family with supernatural powers.  You play as members of the family whose relationships are haunted by the skeletons in their closets — dark secrets, past mistakes, bitter rivalries, and the like.

<+michael_addison> Rookwood is our first published roleplaying game, and I am pleased to say it has just hit its funding goal on Kickstarter! (done)