Feb 14th, 2020 by onyxpathcast
In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew (with inadvertant guest host Danielle Lauzon) talk with some loyal Pathcast listeners!
- Eddy continues to breath
- Our audio quality is different from usual
- Danielle's water pressure
- People getting kicked during the recording (Update: Turns out it's a bug in the iOS version of the app, which we've brought up to Podbean.)
- Night Horrors: Spilled Blood is out!
- Navar is happy for Geist and Exalted Essence, and Dixie talks about Essence
- Adam is a long-time listener, first-time caller talking about the PAX Trinity pre-generated characters
- Hunter: The Vigil 2e on Kickstarter
- Occultists Anonymous asked about (non-existent) Mage book drama
- The realities of scheduling issues
- Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook reception
- TC: Aberrant status update
- The new Fire Emblem: Three Houses DLC!
- We need to play Mario Kart
- Altered Carbon Kickstarter
- 6 Underground, John Wick, Hobbs & Shaw, and Saint's Row
- Lisa Thomas is amazing
- V5 Chicago Folios out to backers soon
- Contagion Chronicle update
- Lyshote called in to tell us they appreciate the podcast
- Post-episode stinger of banter from our pre-show
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Feb 7th, 2020 by onyxpathcast
In which Eddy tries once again to talk with Dixie and Matthew about RPG setting crossovers, mash-ups, and the like.
- Breathing is important!
- Update on Clan Grumbleduke!
- Eddy has no idea what's going on
- Eddy's first phone call at White Wolf
- Translation Guides
- Actually-published system crossovers
- Maxwell, Prince of Chicago(s)
- Kushiel's Dart
- Pugmire and Cavaliers of Mars as the same setting
- Other Pugmire mash-ups
- Character mash-ups
- Dystopia Rising and They Came from Beneath the Sea!
- Zombie games
- Street Fighter and World of Darkness
- We have to wrap up early
- Call in show next week!
LINKS
World of Future Darkness was in White Wolf Magazine #36-38
Deadlands Dime Novels feat. Werewolf the Wild West
Jan 31st, 2020 by onyxpathcast
Episode 89: Interview with "Lupine" Leath Sheales
In which Matthew interviews frequent ÆON and Werewolf writer, Leath Sheales, and Eddy and Dixie join in for an intro and outro filled with all sorts of fun!
* Matthew's convention trips
* Pokemon, Digimon, and Tamagotchi
* A Reboot-related trauma
* Leath and Matthew discuss the Australian accent and soap operas
* Leath talks about his work on SLA Industries
* Leath delivers one of the best pitches Matthew has ever heard for Trinity Continuum: ÆON and talks about his work on upcoming and previous books in the line
* Leath and Matthew discuss the gaming culture of Australia
* Matthew speaks a little on the books of ours available in stores
* Matthew played D&D for the first time in years
* Leath's abiding love for werewolves
* Leath and Matthew tear into Night Horrors: Shunned by the Moon for Werewolf: The Forsaken
* Eddy and Dixie pretend to have listened to the interview
* Eddy's been playing Ring Fit Adventure
* Dixie's been having fun with Fallout 4
* Matthew's experience at the ConTingency games convention
Links:
Trinity Continuum ÆON: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/260833/Trinity-Continuum-Aeon?affiliate_id=13&src=OnyxPathWeds
Night Horrors: Shunned by the Moon: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/282275/Night-Horrors-Shunned-by-the-Moon?affiliate_id=13&src=OnyxPathWeds
W20 Changing Breeds: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/121087/W20-Changing-Breeds?affiliate_id=13&src=OnyxPathWeds
Scarred Lands Player's Guide: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/197803/Scarred-Lands-Players-Guide-OGL-5e?affiliate_id=13&src=OnyxPathWeds
Mummy: The Curse 2nd Edition: https://mummy-the-curse.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Chronicles of Darkness Dark Eras 2: https://chronicles-of-darkness-dark-eras-2.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Scarred Lands Creature Collection: https://scarred-lands-creature-collection-for-5th-edition-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
They Came from Beneath the Sea!: https://they-came-from-beneath-the-sea.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
SLA Industries 2nd Edition: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nightfall/sla-industries-2nd-edition
KULT: Divinity Lost: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/259252/Kult-Divinity-Lost--4th-Edition-of-Kult-Core-Rules?affiliate_id=13&src=OnyxPathWeds
The best place to check out the Forgotten Realms: https://forum.candlekeep.com
ConTingency Games Convention: http://www.con-tingency.uk/
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Jan 24th, 2020 by onyxpathcast
In which we do a deep dive (get it?) into They Came from Beneath the Sea! (TCfBtS!) with developer Matthew Dawkins.
* A Dickensian derailment!
* About the meta-elements in TCfBtS!
* Connecting it to MST3K
* Cinematics
* How Matthew came to make this game
* How the tone of the game shifted over its development
* Larry Blamire and meta horror movies
* A bit about the fiction in TCfBtS! (Dixie helped!)
* Some thoughts on the humor and inclusivity of TCfBtS!
* A bit on cult movies
* A Twilight digression
* Putting TCfBtS! into Storypath
* Mechanics discussion
* Various ways to run TCfBtS!
* A bit on They Came from Beyond the Grave!
* Matthew talks about the Midwinter TCfBtS! session (Hi, Gehenna Gaming crew!)
* Types of characters you can play/crossover possibilities
Links:
They Came from Beneath the Sea!: https://they-came-from-beneath-the-sea.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (CW: all sorts of weird shit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C_HReR_McQ)
All Flesh Must Be Eaten: https://www.edenstudios.net/allflesh.html
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Marenghi%27s_Darkplace
X-COM: Terror from the Deep: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM:_Terror_from_the_Deep
Phoenix Dawn Command: https://www.phoenixdawncommand.com/
Men in Black: The Roleplaying Game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_Black:_The_Roleplaying_Game
Trail of the Screaming Forehead: https://www.shudder.com/movies/watch/trail-of-the-screaming-forehead/2228147
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Skeleton_of_Cadavra
Twilight Article Dixie mentioned: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/twilight-isnt-the-worst-film-ever-made-youre-just-sexist
Scream: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_(1996_film)
Red Moon Roleplaying: https://www.redmoonroleplaying.com/
The Room: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Room_(film)
Gehenna Gaming: https://www.gehennagaming.com/
TCfBtS! Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/kxLydk4t76s
TCfBtS! Actual Play: https://youtu.be/DlcvFpWKH6Y
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Jan 17th, 2020 by onyxpathcast
In which Eddy interviews Danielle Lauzon and Ian A. A. Watson about Trinity at Midwinter!
- We discuss our Mario Kart experiences at Midwinter
- Poop jokes
- History of the new edition of the Trinity Continuum
- The evolution of Storypath into the Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook
- Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook's setting
- Juggling between Scion, Trinity Core, and Trinity: Aeon
- Working on Trinity Continuum: Aberrant
- Early thoughts on Trinity Continuum: Adventure!
- Specific rules for a game, but keeping them evocative of other games
- Changes to the new edition
- Trinity Continuum: Assassins (working title)
- Coming support books
- Ian is a shitposter
- They Came From The Passive-Aggression Wavelength!
- V5 Cults of the Blood Gods Kickstarter
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Jan 10th, 2020 by onyxpathcast
In which Eddy, Matthew, and Dixie are up very late the night before the Onyx Path Summit to talk to Rich Thomas about what's coming up with Onyx Path. And lots of martian noises.
- The Onyx Path summit
- The Onyx Path Q&A
- Announcing They Came from Beyond the Grave!
- Trinity Continuum: Assassins
- Lukewarm takes about movies
- Trinity Continuum: Adventure!
- Diversity in pulp
- Midwinter
- V5 Cults of the Blood Gods is still on Kickstarter!
- Clan Grumbleduke
- Note: Eddy was wrong; Rich's Twitter is actually @rich_thomas_ww
- There's more nonsense after the end theme
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Jan 3rd, 2020 by onyxpathcast
Episode 85: V5 Cults of the Blood Gods Design Diary
In which Eddy and Dixie politely allow Matthew to expose you all to his design diary for V5 Cults of the Blood Gods, recorded during the creation of this book currently on Kickstarter.
* Put nothing larger than your elbow in your ear
* What we got up to over our holidays
* This War of Mine
* V5 CotBG Outline
* V5 CotBG Writer Assignments
* V5 CotBG First Drafts
* V5 CotBG Redlines
* V5 CotBG Final Drafts
* V5 CotBG Development
* V5 CotBG Approvals
* V5 CotBG Kickstarter
* See you at Midwinter!
Links:
Typing of the Dead: https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/246580/
How Did This Get Played Podcast: https://www.earwolf.com/show/how-did-this-get-played/
This War of Mine Board Game: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188920/war-mine-board-game
V5 Cults of the Blood Gods Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/cults-of-the-blood-gods-for-vampire-the-masquerade-5th-ed
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Dec 27th, 2019 by onyxpathcast
In which we...play Mario Kart while attempting to talk about books. We are very distracted in this; there are occasionally pauses and also more cursing than usual.
* Our history with Mario Kart
* We talk about what we're working on while cursing at each other
* What we're doing for the holidays
* Combining birthdays and other holidays: Don't do it.
* What we're looking forward to in the new year!
* Let the Streets Run Red
* Ludwig von Koopa wins a tournament
* Dixie gets indignant about The Music Man
Links:
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/mario-kart-8-deluxe-switch/
They Came from Beneath the Sea!: https://they-came-from-beneath-the-sea.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Aberrant: https://trinity-continuum-aberrant.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Pugmire: https://www.realmsofpugmire.com/
Scion: https://studio2publishing.com/search?q=scion
Fetch Quest: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/262120/Fetch-Quest
The Music Man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Music_Man
Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Dec 20th, 2019 by onyxpathcast
Episode 83: Testing the Livecast (and other nonsense)
In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew present a kind of Christmas special that's not very special at all!
* Welcome to the Onyx Waynecast
* Building up excitement for a non-episode
* The Onyx Pathcast: Sponsored by Blue Shells
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trivia
* Fumbling experts in the podcast medium experiment with sound effects
* The audience starts to file in
* Joshua: The First Caller!
* Danielle Lauzon calls in and we ask about her plumbing
* Grammar, pronunciation, and accents
* Onyx Real Estate Advice
* We debate what "the south" is in America
* We're joined by the Cretins Guild
* If there was a point, by this point we sailed past it
* What we're watching right now (Watchmen, Expanse, Irishman)
* Dixie and Matthew do the show tunes!
* We discuss Les Miserables
Links:
The Cretins Guild Podcast: https://player.fm/podcasts/Cretins%20Guild
Watchmen TV Series: https://www.hbo.com/watchmen
Expanse TV Series: https://www.amazon.com/The-Expanse-Season-1/dp/B018BZ3SCM
The Irishman: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80175798
Joe Pesci Still Singing: https://open.spotify.com/album/5tWIcBDUgPgzbCwTZYKHea
Les Miserables Movie Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/album/0I6Bl1dVB1hQsSoQF6KuTg
Onyx Path Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/CFJytTf
Dec 13th, 2019 by onyxpathcast
In which Matthew interrogates Dixie and Eddy about the details of PAX Unplugged, including at least one exciting new announcement!
- We will never talk about art and music in RPGs
- We talk about music in RPGs (and in wrestling and in the Victorian era)
- PAX Unplugged!
- Demoing
- Trinity Core and Trinity Continuum: Aeon are live!
- Note: Eddy mentions the Trinity screens are sold out, but that's because they've been bought by retailers. So ask your friendly local gaming store to see if they have any in stock!
- Cults of the Blood Gods
- Exalted: Essence Edition
- Why people working on one book doesn't mean another book gets slowed down
- Sherlock Holmes games
- The joy of meeting people in person
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