On this episode of The Weekly Scroll Podcast, Ryan sits down with Ben Doran, aka ZONWARE, to talk about physical media, ashcans and playtest versions, the ttrpg grindset, and DEAD HALT—a game where your Maintenance crew uses random items from a Gashapon dispenser to go on adventures in a megalithic Hotel full of clunky computer consoles and modded humans going haywire.
Find Zonware here: https://zonware.net/
0:00 Start
2:15 Who/What the heck is Zonware?
6:30 Crowdfunding and game vs product
15:55 What is Dead Halt?
22:00 Physical media adventures
33:40 The new stuff
39:15 Grumhalll
44:00 Iterating and playtest versions
51:30 Grindset in the ttrpg space
1:24:50 Call to action and wrap up
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