Gnomecast

Join Ang and Wen for an interview with Jodi Black and Shane Hensley of Pinnacle Entertainment Group about the Savage Worlds Adventure Edition Kickstarter! Have they earned themselves enough Bennies for them to avoid the stew? Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page. Check out Gnome Stew Merch, and support Gnome Stew on Patreon! You can check out the Savage Worlds Adventure Edition Kickstarter campaign here, and it's open for backing until November 14th at 10 p.m. U.S. Eastern! You can find both Jodi and Shane at Pinnacle Entertainment Group at peginc.com on the Web, the Pinnacle Facebook page, or @PEG_Games on Twitter. Follow Ang at @orikes13 on Twitter or find her in the Misdirected Mark Google+ Community. Follow Wen at @WendelynReischl on Twitter or find him at his Facebook page.

Join Ang, Camdon, and Taylor for a discussion about Taylor's recent Gnome Stew article "Skipping Stones: RPGs Without Conflict." They may be exploring the idea of games that can solve problems without violence, but will they be able to non-violently avoid the stew? Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page. Check out Gnome Stew Merch, and support Gnome Stew on Patreon! Some people, places, and items of note referenced in this episode include: Meghan Dornbrock, host of the Modifier podcast Amy Weston, designer of Formative Avery Alder's The Quiet Year Thorny Games' Dialect Fanfic website Archive Of Our Own Follow Taylor at @LeviathanFiles on Twitter and check out his work at Riverhouse Games. If you're seeing this before October 19, 2018, there's still time to back Thirteen Demon Princes on Kickstarter! Follow Camdon at @camdon on Twitter and at camdon.com. Follow Ang at @orikes13 on Twitter or find her in the Misdirected Mark Google+ Community.

Join Ang and Chris on this special 50th episode of Gnomecast! Our hosts discuss their personal history with RPGs, the state of the hobby today, and what their futures might hold. Even with 50 episodes under their belts, will the gnomes be spared a trip to the stew pot? Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page. Check out Gnome Stew Merch, and support Gnome Stew on Patreon! Follow Ang at @orikes13 on Twitter or find her in the Misdirected Mark Google+ Community. Find Chris and the whole Misdirected Mark network at @MisdirectedMark on Twitter, the Misdirected Mark Facebook Group, and the Misdirected Mark Google+ Community.

Join Tracy and Wen in this episode of Gnomecast featuring two gnomes interviewing each other! Learn about Wrath & Glory—the new Warhammer 40,000 roleplaying game that Wen worked on—and Tracy's new game Iron Edda Accelerated! Will all this awesome game design keep them out of the stew? Iron Edda Accelerated has finished its Kickstarter campaign and will be published soon from Encoded Designs. You can get production updates at the campaign page. You can follow Tracy at @TheOtherTracy on Twitter, check out his website theothertracy.com, and listen to his actual play podcast TheOtherCast. Wrath & Glory is currently available in PDF from DriveThruRPG, and will be available soon in retail. Check out Ulisses North America for updates! You can find Wen at his Facebook page or at @WendelynReischl on Twitter. Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page. Check out Gnome Stew Merch, and support Gnome Stew on Patreon! Follow Ang at @orikes13 on Twitter or find her in the Misdirected Mark Google+ Community.

Join Ang and get to know the not-so-new Gnome Taylor in this "Meet a Gnome" episode of Gnomecast! Learn about Taylor's start in gaming, his game design work, and his future plans with Gnome Stew! Will Ang and Taylor finally having this interview keep them out of the stew? Check out Taylor's podcast Game Closet. Taylor's games mentioned in this episode include Creatures of Blood and Flesh, With Fire Thy Affections Hold a Wing, and Five Alarm Apromcalypse. Also be sure to check out the the Riverhouse Games shop to find the game too racy to talk about on this family-friendly podcast! You can check out Descent Into Midnight at http://descentintomidnight.com/ and follow the Twitter account @DiMRPG. You can find more information about Metatopia 2018 (November 1-4 in Morristown, NJ) at https://www.dexposure.com/m2018.html. You can find Jospehine Maria on Twitter at @JMYaLes, follow PanopLit on Twitter at @PanopLit, and find PanopLit on the web at http://panoplit.org/. You can find Aura Belle on Twitter at @auracait and their games at aura makes games. Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page. Check out Gnome Stew Merch, and support Gnome Stew on Patreon! Follow Taylor at @LeviathanFiles on Twitter and check out his work at Riverhouse Games. Follow Ang at @orikes13 on Twitter or find her in the Misdirected Mark Google+ Community.

Join Ang, Taylor, and Troy on Gnomecast for a follow-up discussion of Troy's Gnome Stew article "Troy's Crock Pot: Take It Outside, Kiddos" and reasons and techniques for gaming outdoors! Will these Gnomes' overland adventuring be enough to keep them out of the stew? Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page. Check out Gnome Stew Merch, and support Gnome Stew on Patreon! Check out Troy's blog The Dungeon Delver and find him in the Dungeon Masters Guild Fanclub and Dungeon Masters Guild Creator's Circle Facebook groups. You can also find him at @Troy_pjstar on Twitter. Follow Taylor at @LeviathanFiles on Twitter and check out his work at Riverhouse Games. Follow Ang at @orikes13 on Twitter or find her in the Misdirected Mark Google+ Community.

Join Head Gnome John for a series of short interviews with attendees at Gen Con 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Settle in for a bonus-sized episode! The interviews in this episode include: A quick chat with long-time Gen Con attendee Lorraine and also local bartender Jameson, both at the nearby Loughmiller's Pub. Another quick chat with game industry veteran Tony Law. Caleb Stokes of Hebanon Games talks about his ENnie-nominated game, Red Markets. Dave Chalker of Critical Hits discusses the upcoming Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game. As of the publication of this episode, the full game is not yet released, but the starter kit is available now! Brennan Taylor of Galileo Games talks about his game Bulldogs!, the recently released supplement for it, People of the Zone, and his upcoming historical samurai game Thousand Arrows. Rich Howard speaks with John about the upcoming Descent Into Midnight, the underwater adventure RPG that Rich is helping develop. Brian Engard and Anna Meade of Blue Gables Publishing & Consulting chat with John about the new edition of the game Becoming (coming soon!) as well as the recently released (to Kickstarter backers) dark future Uprising RPG from Evil Hat Productions. Uprising is set to be available to the public next month. Eloy Lasanta of Third Eye Games catches up with John about what it's like to be a convention GM for Third Eye and also about his upcoming release of Part-Time Gods Second Edition. Check out the preview available now! Craig Campbell of Nerdburger Games discusses his Prohibition-era superhero RPG CAPERS, available soon. James Introcaso of World Builder Blog and the Don't Split the Podcast Network talks about the new announcement about Burn Bryte, a game he's helping develop exclusively for Roll20. Chris Spivey of Darker Hue Studios talks about his multiple ENnie Awards wins for Harlem Unbound as well as the new sci-fi line he's developing for Chaosium. Derek Knutsen-Frey and Daniel Knutsen-Frey discuss Palegain Press' Universal Storytelling System and its upcoming module, Flower of Heaven: Shrine of the Fallen Heroes. There's still time to back the Flower of Heaven Kickstarter! Jacob McEntire of Flying Nightbear Games talks about his upcoming game Beyonder. Kickstarter coming soon; keep an eye on the Beyonder website for news! Nicole Liberty catches John up on the happenings at the Indie Game Developer Network booth at Gen Con. Wayne Johnson shows off his new product GRIDSCAPE fresh off Kickstarter and available to the public soon from Battleboard Games! Tristan Zimmerman talks about Molten Sulfer Blog, a source of gameable inspiration from real history! Jacqueline Bryk talks about the importance of safety tools and mechanics and her work on them in Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page. Check out Gnome Stew Merch, and support Gnome Stew on Patreon! Check out John at johnarcadian.com. Follow Ang at @orikes13 on Twitter or find her in the Misdirected Mark Google+ Community.

Join Ang, Jared, John, and Senda on Gnomecast for a follow-up discussion of Ang's Gnome Stew article "Actual Play, Character Death, and Fan Toxicity" and a discussion about RPG sessions as public, consumable media and how they affect the hobby. Can these gnomes rally enough fan support to keep out of the stew? Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page. Check out Gnome Stew Merch, and support Gnome Stew on Patreon! Follow Ang at @orikes13 on Twitter or find her in the Misdirected Mark Google+ Community. Follow Jared at @KnightErrant_JR and his blog What Do I Know?, and you can find his actual play videos on his YouTube channel. Check out John at johnarcadian.com and you can see his TED Talk "Tabletop Roleplaying Games as Social Practice." Follow Senda at @IdellaMithlynnd and follow her podcast She's a Super Geek at @sasgeekpodcast.

Join Ang, Camdon, and Phil on Gnomecast for a follow-up discussion of J.T.'s Gnome Stew article "Resisting the Shiny" and a discussion about ways to handle that constant urge to try new games. Will they be able to resist the shiny sufficiently to keep them out of the stew? Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page. Check out Gnome Stew Merch, and support Gnome Stew on Patreon! Check out Camdon at camdon.com and follow him at @camdon on Twitter. Follow Phil at @DNAPhil on Twitter and check him out on the Misdirected Mark Podcast and Panda's Talking Games. Follow Ang at @orikes13 on Twitter.

Join a whole stewpotful of gnomes for a collection of mini-interviews recorded during the Origins Game Fair 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. Ang interviews Camdon, Wendelyn, and John, then John interviews Ang, and then John goes on to talk to Chris, Phil, Senda, Bob, Tracy, Darcy, and Kira! You can catch a whole bunch of the gnomes at Queen City Conquest September 7-9 in Buffalo, New York. Other upcoming conventions mentioned in this episode are: Crit Hit! July 13-15 in Phoenix, Arizona. Gen Con August 2-5 in Indianapolis, Indiana. B-Con August 30-September 2 in Denver, Colorado. RinCon September 28-30 in Tucson, Arizona. BigBadCon October 11-14 in Walnut Creek, California. Metatopia November 1-4 in Morristown, New Jersey Con on the Cob November 8-11 in Richfield, Ohio. AcadeCon November 9-11 in Dayton, Ohio. U-Con November 9-11 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. PAX Unplugged November 30-December 2 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Some previous conventions mentioned in this episode are Breakout in Toronto, Ontario, New MexiCon in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and ChupacabraCon in Round Rock, Texas. Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page. Check out Gnome Stew Merch, and support Gnome Stew on Patreon!

Join Ang, Kira, Senda, and Wendelyn on Gnomecast for a follow-up discussion of their "Letters to Our Younger Selves" series of Gnome Stew articles. Will their accumulated wisdom and the benefit of hindsight be enough to keep them out of the stew? This episode references Ang's article "Dear Me, Don't Let Them Keep You Out," Kira's article "A Letter To Little Kira: You Don't Have To," Senda's article "An Open Letter To My Impostor Syndrome (maybe it will help you too)," and Wendelyn's article "An Open Letter About Making Gaming Work For You (and building your strengths through role play)." Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page. Check out Gnome Stew Merch, and support Gnome Stew on Patreon! Follow Wendelyn at @WendelynReischl on Twitter or visit Wendelyn's Facebook Page. Follow Kira at @Kiranansi on Twitter. Follow Senda at @IdellaMithlynnd on Twitter, and check out her other podcasts Panda's Talking Games (@PandasTalkGames) and She's a Super Geek (@sasgeekpodcast). Follow Ang at @orikes13 on Twitter.

Join Ang and get to know the newest Gnome, Camdon, in this new "Meet a New Gnome" episode of Gnomecast! Learn about Camdon's start in gaming and his plans for future games and Gnome Stew articles! Will Camdon's favorite blue dragon be able to keep him out of the stew? Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page. Check out Gnome Stew Merch, and support Gnome Stew on Patreon! Follow Ang at @orikes13 on Twitter, or find her in the Misdirected Mark Google+ Community. Check out Camdon at camdon.com, follow him at @camdon on Twitter, and visit Camdon's Facebook page.

Join Ang, Chris, and JT on this episode of Gnomecast as they build a setting together using randomly generated items from Matt's Gnome Stew article "100 Overland Descriptors Table." Will these gnomes' new world be enough to keep them out of the stew? Also referenced in this episode is Matt's article "Steal This Area: Rhymereach." Check out the article, and for more information about map commissions, send email to mapcom.gnomestew@ gmail.com and include the word "Details" in the subject line. Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page. Check out Gnome Stew Merch, and support Gnome Stew on Patreon! Follow Chris at @Thelight101 on Twitter, and check out the Misdirected Mark network at @MisdirectedMark on Twitter, the Misdirected Mark Google+ Community, or point your browser to misdirectedmark.com. You can also catch the Misdirected Mark Podcast recording streamed live weekly on Tuesdays at 8:45 PM Eastern on the Misdirected Mark Twitch channel. Check out JT at jtevans.net and follow the links there to JT's social media. Follow Ang at @orikes13 on Twitter and find her in the Misdirected Mark Google+ Community.

Join Ang, John, and Senda on this episode of Gnomecast as they discuss ways to build and use character relationships to enrich your game. This episode discusses Senda's Gnome Stew article "Why Relationships" and two of Ang's articles, "Making Connections" and "The Ties that Bind." Will these gnomes' relationships be enough to keep them out of the stew? Don't forget, there's only a few days left to back the Queen City Conquest 2018 Kickstarter campaign! Follow Ang at @orikes13 on Twitter and find her in the Misdirected Mark Google+ Community. Follow Senda at @IdellaMithlynnd on Twitter and find her on her other podcasts She's a Super Geek and Panda's Talking Games. Follow John at @johnarcadian on Twitter and check out his other work at his website johnarcadian.com. Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page, and check out Gnome Stew Merch!  

Join Ang and get to know the newest Gnome, Wendelyn, in this new "Meet a New Gnome" episode of Gnomecast! Learn about Wendelyn's origin stories as a player, GM, and RPG designer, and hear some previews of upcoming Gnome Stew articles! Will all of this be enough to keep Wendelyn out of the stew? Follow Ang at @orikes13 on Twitter, or find her in the Misdirected Mark Google+ Community. Follow Wendelyn at @WendelynReischl on Twitter or on her Facebook page. Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page, and check out Gnome Stew Merch!