Onyx Pathcast

Episode 38: The Prolific John Snead!

In which Dixie and Eddy talk to John Snead about his long and varied career. Seriously, he's done so much.

• We are not the Green Ronin podcast!
• The intimacy of the RPG industry
• Dixie and Eddy fight for legend status
• Killing people with kindness
• Redlining and whether green is a rude color
• John's start with Lion Rampant
• Blue Rose first edition
• The freelance life vs a career in cultural anthropology
• Working on and developing Trinity Continuum: Aeon
• Adding and updating representation
• Excited about sci-fi
• Eclipse Phase
• Changeling the Lost
• Mage the Awakening
• Turning down work and doing small workloads
• Writing magic systems
• Awkward silence!
• Writing Exalted charms and rolling lots of dice
• Writing fiction and hiding your inspiration
• How the industry is changing
• Shout out to Danielle Lauzon!
• History of the Storypath system
• John wants to work on his own games
• We discuss putting Matthew in a box
• More John stuff we didn't even get to
• Toying with the idea of repeat guests
• We're close to our 50th episode!

LINKS

• There are just SO MANY projects, so here's a link to all of John Snead's work on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?keywords=&author=john+snead&artist=&pfrom=&pto=
• Trinity on Backerkit: https://trinity-continuum-aeon-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders 

Also, a list of all the magic systems John worked on:
1 Ars Magica 3e: Shamans - Shamanism
1 Nephilim: Liber Ka – Sorcery
2 Conspiracy-X 1e: Forsaken Rites – Sorcery & Alchemy
4 Ars Magica 4e: Hedge Magic – (Ascetics, Cunning Folk, Natural Magic, & Spirit Masters)
1 Star Trek (LUG): The Way of Kohlinar: Vulcan Psi
1 Dying Earth RPG – Magic system
2 Buffy: The Magic Box – Magic & Weird Science
1 Exalted 1e: Player’s Guide - Dragon Kings Magic
1 nWoD: Immortals – Purified powers
2 The Mistborn RPG - Allomancy & Ferruchemy
1 Laundry Files RPG - Mythos Sorcery
1 Eldritch Skies - Mythos Sorcery
2 BRP: Enlightened Magic - Enlightened Sorcery & Enlightened Alchemy
1 Mythras: After the Vampire Wars - Half-Fae Magic
1 Reign 2e: Clockwork Sails – Clockworkers (soon to be published)

Episode 37: A Harrowing Deep Dive into (Wraith: The) Oblivion!

In which the trio talks Harrowings, Shadows, and the Underworld at large. Also somehow Neall makes it on.

* Do we really have to tell you we go off the rails?
* The Wraith Curse! (Oh, no!)
* First-edition stories
* What is Wraith about?
* A bit about the setting
* Different ways to play
* Guilds and changes from older editions
* Passions and Fetters
* Matthew has a theory!
* Shadows and Shadowguiding
* Spectres
* More on Shadowguiding
* Wraith's market in 1994 versus today
* The Risen and the Skinlands
* A bit on second chances and Transcendence
* Why there's no Chronicles of Darkness Wraith equivalent
* Orpheus Appendix

Links:
Wraith: The Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/233842/Wraith-The-Oblivion-20th-Anniversary-Edition
Over the Edge: http://www.atlas-games.com/overtheedge/
Orpheus First Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/771/Orpheus?it=1

Episode 36: Oak Thorns on a Blue Rose - Interview with Joseph D. Carriker

In which Matthew and Dixie talk to Joseph Carriker. Not the MMA fighter.

• We talk about big floppy hats
• Banter about Pirates of Pugmire and They Came from Beneath the Sea
• Blue Rose and romantic fantasy
• Getting flack for putting out a queer-inclusive setting
• Mechanics should enhance play
• White Wolf history
• Working on Promethean first edition
• The Green Ronin summit's food
• Exalted
• We're all nerds and fans of each other
• Worldbuilding for queer content
• Historical perspectives on marginalization
• Matthew loses internet, but we move to Scion
• The personalities of creative professionals
• What Joseph's working on now
• Forgetting stuff we've worked on
• Scarred Lands
• Matthew tests the waters of audiobooks

LINKS

• Realms of Pugmire: https://www.realmsofpugmire.com/
• They Came from Beneath the Sea! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/they-came-from-beneath-the-sea-a-tabletop-roleplay
• Blue Rose: https://blueroserpg.com/
• Promethean First Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/1/White-Wolf/subcategory/1_678/Promethean-The-Created
• Exalted: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/4261/Onyx-Path-Publishing/subcategory/8329_24225/Exalted-3rd-Edition
• Scion: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/4261/Onyx-Path-Publishing/subcategory/8329_8569/Scion
• Scarred Lands: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/4261/Onyx-Path-Publishing/subcategory/8329_24824/Scarred-Lands-new
• Some of Joseph's work: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php/?author=Joseph%20D.%20Carriker 

Episode 35: New Year, New Plan

In which Dixie, Matthew, and Eddy talk about Midwinter and plans for the new year.

• Second try, because the Internet
• Missing Doctor Who episodes
• Pirates of Pugmire
• Legendlore
• Dixie played a game at a con!
• Deviant: The Renegades
• Contagion Chronicle
• Let The Streets Run Red
• Prince's Gambit
• T.I.M.E. Stories
• Outcomes from the Onyx Path Summit
• UK Games Expo
• Onyx Path in retail (and Matt McElroy's hard work in that area)
• We all talk about Eddy's wife, Michelle
• Dixie talks about her court brunch

LINKS

• Missing Doctor Who episodes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_missing_episodes 
• Legendlore: https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/41259/legendlore-fantasy-comic-book-series-adapted-rpg 
• Prince's Gambit: https://www.drivethrucards.com/product/223907/Princes-Gambit-Card-Game 
• T.I.M.E. Stories: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/146508/time-stories 
• UK Games Expo: https://ukgamesexpo.co.uk/ 

Episode 34: LIVE(ish) from Midwinter!

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!

Episode 33: Have the Gift of Jacob Burgess

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.

• Is Matthew feeling okay?
• Warning: This interview is more rambly than usual.
• PAX Unplugged vs video game conventions
• Running and playing demos
• Bridging the tabletop and video game industries
• We are the best at prime audio content
• Being a fan of one thing over another
• What Jacob owes to the World of Darkness
• Feeling betrayed by the release of Vampire: The Requiem
• V20 felt like coming home
• Contributing to the continuity
• Catharsis and hope in the World of Darkness
• Writing as service
• Wrestling reference!
• Knowing someone but meeting them for the first time
• We talk about profanity!
• They Came from Beneath the Sea!
• Midwinter!
• Thanks to all of you for supporting the Pathcast
• Matthew's secret revealed after the music

Links:

• PAX Unplugged: http://unplugged.paxsite.com/
• Masquerada: http://www.masquerada.com/
• V20: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/94815/Vampire-The-Masquerade-20th-Anniversary-Edition
• Book of Oblivion: http://theonyxpath.com/book-of-oblivion-wraith-the-oblivion-2/
• Jacob's Bloodlines stream on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tiltyhouse
• The Panalysts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV_qemO0oathnhjRaqWnmRdQXDoiAXTl_
• Arcade Spirits: http://arcadespirits.com/
• They Came from Beneath the Sea KS: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/they-came-from-beneath-the-sea-a-tabletop-roleplay
• Midwinter: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019 

Episode 32: They Came from Beneath the Tree!

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!

• We immediately go off the rails
• We talk about our traditions
• And then we talk about New Year's plans!
• Ruminations on the nature of needing to get out of the house/freelancing
• Christmas music talk!
• Matthew did a 180 on Muse
• They Came from beneath the Sea! is on Kickstarter
• Things we want from 2019

Links: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/they-came-from-beneath-the-sea-a-tabletop-roleplay?ref=636565&token=9032d9ef 

Episode 31: The Man, The Myth, The Legend - Justin Achilli

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 

Episode 30: Let's Talk About Characters!

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/ 

Episode 29: Rose on Mars!

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