Jan 11th, 2019 by onyxpathcast
In which Matthew, Dixie, and Eddy sit IN THE SAME ROOM and talk about Midwinter and product announcements with Rich Thomas. (Show notes are light, because we're putting this up as fast as possible.)
* Product announcements!
* They Came from Beneath the Sea Kickstarter!
* Some revelations from the Onyx Path Summit!
* People knocking on doors!
Jan 4th, 2019 by onyxpathcast
In which Eddy and Dixie (and Matthew, we guess?) finish up the holiday content with a PAX Unplugged interview with voiceover artist, Paizo and Onyx Path writer, and marketing mastermind Jacob Burgess.
Links:
Dec 28th, 2018 by onyxpathcast
It's the Onyx Pathcast Holiday Special! We talk about anything we want this time around. Also there's a bonus interview with Crystal Mazur at the end; don't miss it!
Dec 21st, 2018 by onyxpathcast
In which the trio talk to and about Vampire: The Masquerade developer Justin Achilli. And whiskey.
* White Wolf war stories
* Maybe we'll do some recording at Midwinter?
* A little discussion of the Rage CCG
* Clowns and art notes
* A little discussion of the historical lines
* Vampire: The Masquerade Revised
* Vampire 20th Anniversary Edition
* Nostalgia of broken mechanics
* There's no manual
* Vampire: The Requiem
* The World of Darkness MMO
* Fans as collaborators at the table
* The V20 design process
* Justin's Ubisoft career
* Werewolves Within and social spaces in VR
* Star Trek: Bridge Crew and adapting existing social dynamics
* Prince's Gambit
* Out-of-character mechanics blurring in-character (for example EVE Online)
* Working on something Justin completely owns
* The trio talk about whiskey
* The punishing production schedule of White Wolf back in the 90s
* Vampire: The Masquerade is JUST like Doctor Who (not really)
* Dixie has an excellent segue that would have been perfect
* They Came from Beneath the Sea Kickstarter!
Links
* Rage CCG: http://rageccg.weebly.com/about.html
* Vampire: The Masquerade -- 20th Anniversary Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/94815/Vampire-The-Masquerade-20th-Anniversary-Edition
* Vampire: The Requiem (First Edition): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/1122/Vampire-The-Requiem
* Werewolves Within: https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/werewolves-within/
* Star Trek Bridge Crew: https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/star-trek-bridge-crew/
* Prince's Gambit: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/223907/Princes-Gambit-Card-Game
* Game of Thrones whiskey: https://www.johnniewalker.com/en-us/our-whisky/limited-editions/white-walker/
* They Came from Beneath the Sea!: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/they-came-from-beneath-the-sea-a-tabletop-roleplay
Dec 14th, 2018 by onyxpathcast
In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew tell you about their characters.
* Eddy kicks off talking about the characters in Chill Third Edition
* What games have really striking and representational characters?
* Vampire the Masquerade had a very diverse (if occasionally problematic) base of characters
* Cyberpunk games like Shadowrun and Eclipse Phase
* The pros and cons of playing characters not like yourself
* The demographics of V5 Chicago by Night
* The design goals of iconic and signature characters
* What kinds of characters do we prefer to play?
* Dixie talks about her D&D halfling
* Matthew talks about his Shadowrun elf
* Eddy talks about his D&D half-elf
* Characters with families
* What characters were helpful to work something personal out?
* Matthew learned as a GM from an awkward Pathfinder game
* Characters as a metaphor for real-world concerns
* What character concepts would we love to play?
Links
Chill Third Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/148433/Chill-Third-Edition
Shadowrun: http://www.shadowruntabletop.com/
Eclipse Phase: http://eclipsephase.com/
Chicago by Night Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/chicago-by-night-for-vampire-the-masquerade-5th-ed
Dungeons & Dragons: http://dnd.wizards.com/
Werewolf the Apocalypse: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/112871/Werewolf-The-Apocalypse-20th-Anniversary-Edition
Werewolf the Forsaken: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/145541/Werewolf-the-Forsaken-2nd-Edition
They Came From Beneath The Sea!: http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/tcfbts/
Dec 7th, 2018 by onyxpathcast
In which Matthew and Eddy interview Rose Bailey about her work, as well as how she got started and very old industry gossip.
* Dixie messed up
* We all love Rose's work
* How did Rose get started?
* Vampire: The Requiem
* Carmilla
* Vampire: The Requiem Second Edition
* Antagonists
* Title Changes
* More Vampire: The Requiem!
* Shoutouts to creators!
* Requiem fiction
* Cavaliers of Mars and its inspirations
* A Cavaliers (and other games) adventure seed!
* Other inspiration
* Rose's Patreon and her personal games
* GM advice
* On Nobody's Side & an anecdote
* Matthew gets personal
* Who are Rose's personal inspirations?
* On having people's backs
* Pugmire/Cavaliers?
* Changeling: The Lost Second Edition
* Dangerous to Go Alone!
* Rose makes an announcement!
Links:
Rose's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fantasyheartbreaker
Rose's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rose_on_mars
Rose's DTRPG page: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?keywords=rose+bailey&x=0&y=0&author=&artist=&pfrom=&pto=
Cavaliers of Mars: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242299/Cavaliers-of-Mars-Core-Rulebook
On Nobody's Side: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/257270/On-Nobodys-Side?affiliate_id=453494&src=FBONSCM
Beautiful Anomalies: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/235746/Beautiful-Anomalies-Core-Rulebook
Vampire: The Requiem Second Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/123898/Vampire-The-Requiem-2nd-Edition
They Came from Beneath the Sea! trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxLydk4t76s
Nov 30th, 2018 by onyxpathcast
In which Dixie and Eddy make characters for Matthew's Scion: Origin chronicle.
* Dixie found some first edition Aberrant stuff
* Awkward silence song!
* But first, some banter (if you want to jump to character creation, it starts around 19:30)
* We talk about… clothing?
* Matthew is a Watchmen hipster
* How cosplay can make you feel powerful
* A brief history of Scion
* Matthew is the Storyguide, Dixie and Eddy are playing
* We'll be posting the first game session somewhere
* Setting: Miami, Florida
* Character concepts
* Deeds: short, long, and Band
* Storyguide advice: How to make sure characters work together
* Choosing divine parents and pantheons
* Oh, and character names
* Origin, Role, and Pantheon Paths
* Skills and what Skills actually mean
* How Storypath makes competant characters
* Attributes and Approaches
* Callings and Knacks
* Eddy missed a step
* Tweaks and Connections
* Future pantheons
Links:
* Work from Home Article: https://guacamoley.com/the-scoop/2018/11/25/wall-street-journal-article-about-what-to-wear-if-you-work-from-home-has-people-rolling-their-eyes/
* Scion Preorder: https://scion-2nd-edition-tabletop-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Nov 23rd, 2018 by onyxpathcast
In which Dixie interviews Jacqueline Bryk about her work, as well as safety rules and methods in RPGs and LARPs, via several rude interruptions by Dixie's roommate's cat.
* Matthew's weird voice
* We realize we've all worked on Kult
* Throwing Neall into the sea
* Meet Jax!
* Her early involvement with safety rules
* "Fun" versus "enjoyment"
* Bad cat interruption #1
* "My Jam"
* More on safety rules
* Ways of checking in
* "Session Zero"
* Jacob gets called out
* Bluebeard's Bride
* Bad cat interruption #2
* More Bluebeard's Bride
* "Making players cry"
* Changeling: The Lost
* A bit of Jax' history
* Bad cat interruption #3 + a peek behind the curtain
* More Jax history!
* A bit about Jenna Moran and Forest Witches in Exalted
* Jax' current projects
* "Sanity" in games and...CthulhuTech?
* On problematic language
* Personal experience and growth
* You're allowed to mess up
* You're allowed to leave the table
* Honobono games
* Bad cat interruption #4 as we wrap up
* Outro: We continue talking about Bebop
* Kult: Taroticum and Other Tales
* Freelancer day jobs
* More "Bluebeard's Bride"
* Chicago by Night Kickstarter is almost over!
* YouTube need an audio-only app
* Eddy touches on the "entertainment vs fun" thread
* Sidebar about Word documents vs layout
* Content coming on YouTube and Twitch!
* Fun technological problems after the outro
Links:
After the War Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2QDCM1Y
Jacqueline Bryk on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/13033/Jacqueline-Bryk
My Jam on Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2P7k5GX
The Panalysts: https://youtu.be/jz8JeFz7e5w
Bluebeard's Bride: http://www.magpiegames.com/bluebeards-bride/
Changeling: The Lost: https://changeling-the-lost-2nd-edition.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
KULT: Divinity Lost: https://www.modiphius.net/collections/kult
Taroticum and Other Tales: https://www.modiphius.net/products/scenario-collection-taroticum-book
Golden Sky Stories: http://starlinepublishing.com/our-games/golden-sky-stories/
Stardew Valley: https://stardewvalley.net/
Jax on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RuffleJax
Chicago by Night Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/chicago-by-night-for-vampire-the-masquerade-5th-ed
Chicago by Night Q&A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8YbbzEPuiI
VtM25 Podcast Interview: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-tfp5n-501f1b6
Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath/videos
Onyx Path Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theonyxpath/
Nov 16th, 2018 by onyxpathcast
In which Dixie, Eddy, and Matthew do a deep dive into the Storypath system that Onyx Path uses for Scion, Trinity, They Came from Beneath the Sea!, and Dytopia Rising: Evolution.
* Newscaster voices!
* Storypath system primer/basics of the mechanics
* Various systems Storypath does well
* Skill + Attribute
* Arena + Approach
* Storypath is structured like media!
* A bit about failures being interesting
* Dramatic editing and Trinity's structure
* Momentum and Scion
* Integrating mechanics into setting
* More about failing before you succeed
* Dixie makes a WoW connection!
* Wading deeper in the Momentum pool
* The "Paths" of Storypath
* On...Trademarks? Props? in TCfBtS!
* More on Momentum, Conditions. and Flaws
* Dice rolling in Storypath, Enhancements, and Complications
* System flexibility
* Scale in Storypath
* A tangent!
* You don't have to memorize the rules to run a game
* Power levels in Storypath
* Getting meta with TCfBtS!
* Trinity's...continuum
* Our personal favorite Storypath games
* Another stinger brought to you by us goofing off before recording!
Links:
Trinity Continuum: http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/trinitycontinuum/
Trinity Preorders: https://trinity-continuum-aeon-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Scion: http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/scion/
Scion Preorders: https://scion-2nd-edition-tabletop-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Dystopia Rising: Evolution: http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/dystopiarising/
Dystopia Rising: Evolution Preorders: https://dystopia-rising-evolution.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
They Came from Beneath the Sea!: http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/tcfbts/
Chicago by Night Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/chicago-by-night-for-vampire-the-masquerade-5th-ed?ref=577145&token=5538fbe5#
Nov 9th, 2018 by onyxpathcast
In which Dixie and Matthew interview Dave Brookshaw about all things Mage the Awakening.
* We can hear each other! Hooray!
* A little talk about the Chicago by Night Kickstarter
* Shout-out to "Mirthful" Mike Chaney
* Mage: The Awakening is Adamantine level on DriveThruRPG!
* Dave got into RPGs through choose-your-own-adventure books
* His relationship with Mage the Ascension
* Generations of freelancers
* Dave has worked on (just about) every Chronicles of Darkness game
* Taking over Mage the Awakening
* Why Mage?
* References, both real and fictional
* Talking Signs of Sorcery and Night Horrors
* #jerkassacanthus
* What gets left out of the books
* A bit about Tome of the Pentacle
* A bit about Fallen World
* A bit about Deviant: The Renegades
* Dave's nicknames
* Matthew had to drop out, so that's why he's a bit quiet
* Sticking to one line
* Accents
* Eddy takes a moment to talk about audio quality for convention episodes
* PAX Unplugged! Dragonmeet! Midwinter!
