Yes Indie'd Pod

As per annual tradition, I'm once again joined by Quinns from QQuest to talk about the year and forge our bond in the fire of podcasting.Show Notes:Fastaval, the larp festival in DenmarkLast year's 2024 year in reviewGames MentionedThe TribunalThe Straights Are Not OkayTackleboxMythic BastionlandGradient DescentGod’s Teeth / Delta GreenD&DDraw SteelDaggerheartMagnus ArchivesOld Gods of AppalachiaThe Silt VersesOld School Essentials / DolmenwoodCainPirate BorgFabula UltimaThe BetweenMasks of NyarlathotepEternal LiesPirates of DrinaxA NocturneApocalypse World: Burned OverYou can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!If you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I talk to Aaron Lim, a game designer from Malaysia. His work includes sad village-building game An Altogether Different River, very sad journey game Itchaca on the Cards, and tragic mecha game Spectres of Brocken. He's also the organizer of Playtest Zero, a fortnightly RPG playtesting community that's been going on since 2021. Aaron Lim on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ehronlime.bsky.social Aaron’s itch page: https://ehronlime.itch.io/Show Notes:Playtest Zero FAQMy article about visiting Malaysia for the Asian Board Games FestivalOnly Yesterday (1991)Games MentionedIthaca on the Cards: Second ExpeditionMicroscopeBig Grave Fashion FantasyDesperationZhenya’s Wonder TalesIf you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I talk to Asa Donald is one-half of Backwards Tabletop, the publisher of the Backwards Universe of American horror games and Rust Never Sleeps, a solo mecha game. Their current project is Spine, a dark solo RPG about losing yourself in a book. Asa Donald on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/backwardsttrpg.bsky.social Spine (Digital): https://backwards-tabletop.itch.io/spineSpine (Physical): https://mixam.com/print-on-demand/68ec499e9e0b692d084d6b6c Show Notes:Asa’s series on Bookplay and interviews with other designers: www.backwardstabletop.com Pale Fire by NabokovGames MentionedYou Will Die In This PlaceNormalityWisher Theurgist FatalistHarvestWreck This Deck (and Wreck This Book)Seven Part PactThe Sun’s RansomYazeba’s Bed and BreakfastIf you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!Today, I’m talking to Allen Varney, who runs the Bundle of Holding currently, which I think everyone listening to this had heard of. Before that, he worked as a freelance writer, editor, game designer for TSR, Steve Jackson Games, West End Games, FASA, and more. He was the lead designer for Paranoia XP, the 2004 edition of the game from Mongoose, and wrote a ton of articles for house magazines like Dragon. Bundle of Holding: https://bundleofholding.com  Show Notes:Space Gamer magazineWarren SpectorGames Mentioned Steve Jackson's Man-to-Man Fantasy Combat (also Car Wars, Ogre, and more)ToonParanoiaGareth Ryder-Hanrahan (Dracula Dossier, Darkening of Mirkwood, Eyes of the Stone Thief)Primal OrderIf you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!Today, I’m talking to Josh Fox who was last on the podcast to talk about the second edition of his award-winning game, Lovecraftesque. We talked about Black Armada Games, the company he's been running for ten years with his partner, the game designer Becky Annison. This time, we’re talking about Ex Tenebris, a scifi gothic investigation game.Crowdfunding link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackarmada/ex-tenebrisShow Notes:Alien⁠Black Armada Tales (AP of Ex Tenebris)⁠Games MentionedLast FleetFlotsamDark HeresyBrindlewood BayThe BetweenBump in the DarkExternal Containment BureauStealing the ThroneIf you liked this podcast, check out the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter