[Independent Insurgency] 005: Epidiah Ravachol on Dread

[RobNJ]

In this episode, I speak with Epidiah Ravachol of The Impossible Dream about Dread.

This episode is 57.5 MB big and 1:02:52 long.

Notes:

02:02: About the game
02:05: Jenga
10:36: Jenga and horror
12:10: Nervousness about running the game
13:08: When your character's out
17:04: Jenga skill
17:29: Multiple sessions
19:15: "I won a freakin' Ennie!"
20:48: Piratecat
22: Sitting with the bigwigs at the Ennies (Robin D. Laws, Brennan Taylor of Indie Press Revolution)
22:52: Goodman Games
23:18: Atomic Sock Monkey Press
24:12: Playstorming at the Imagination Sweatshop
25:15: Kate's Joint in the Lower East Side
29:21: Emily Care Boss on the Fair Game Blog talking about playstorming Sign In Stranger
31:33: Time & Temp at the Imagination Sweatshop
34:02: Voyagers! TV show
37:04: Spirit of the Century has great advice on running a mystery
38:06: Deprotagonizing and horror
41:23: Most useful feedback from playtesters
44:09: What printer to use?
46:28: shock:
47:02: Marketing
47:49: Vegan implications of game publication
52 Actual play post from the Adventures in the Land of 1000 Kings session mentioned
57:35: War Eternal, Eppy's story-gamey Warhammer-like game
58:20: Wasabi tamari popcorn recipe

Closing music is Tocatta and Droog by The Hub City Stompers.

Logo courtesy of Daniel Solis: http://danielsolis.com/

 

[Piratecat]

Hey! Someone is talking about me!

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Apparently for *exactly* one second. You've still got 00:14:59 left!

Don't suppose there's a transcript?

I had a bit of inspiration for an neat use of Dread the other morning whilst showering. I'll have to polish it up a bit and maybe debut it at GenCon for the EN/CM crowd.

 

[RobNJ]

Sorry, no transcript. And he does talk about Piratecat for more than a moment.

 

[Piratecat]

Gah, only 13 minutes left!

Actually, that's a very interesting podcast -- the first half hour in particular. Eppy has a great speaking voice, and it's fun to hear stuff about Dread that I hadn't realized.

Now I'm going to go back and listen to one or two of the former podcasts. Any game where you play as slaves is something I have to hear the author's perspective on...

 

[RobNJ]

Thanks, Pirate. I'm glad you're enjoying it.