Mad Dungeon

This week’s guest is Justin Nauman , president of Tabletop Gaymers . We talk about the GAYMER and ALLY Badge Ribbons that they pass out at conventions, Gayme Night  for LGBTQ+ Community Centers and The Gaming Safe Space Initiative - in association with GAMA . Follow Tabletop Gaymers: Website - Instagram - Facebook - Twitch - Discord MD 237 Sashays & Shields w/ Justin Nauman Two thin runways ar...

This week’s guest is game designer, writer, sensitivity reader, and editor Jacqueline Bryk . We talk about her background in diplomacy and how that fits into how she designs games, TTRPG safety tools as a language of communicating with each other, and her surrealist fiction zine The Pinesorrow Collection, Vol. 1 , a love letter to atmospheric storytelling. We discuss her LARP games like Send N00ds...

This week’s guest is Alex Roberts who won the Diana Jones Award for her game Star Crossed . We discuss Star Crossed, safety tools when playing TTRPGs, and her card-based storytelling game For the Queen . We also talk about the supplement Star Crossed: Love Letters which is crowdfunding now! BACK  STAR CROSSED: LOVE LETTERS  ON BACKERKIT Follow Alex: Website - Newsletter - Instagram - X/Twitter - I...

This week’s guest is Max Moon of Max Moon Games . We talk about his latest project Abyss of Hallucinations (Kickstarting via Exalted Funeral now), Book of Lies , The Demon Lord Expansion for Twelve Years RPG , Fairyland , and Cthulugans . Support the Abyss of Hallucinations Kickstarter here! Fully funded and all stretch goals are unlocked! Follow Max: Website - Instagram — This immaculate, gold-pl...

This week we talk about all the fun we had at Cabin in the Woods Con & Gamehole Con 2023. At Cabin in the Woods Con 2023 we played:  Pukeapocalypse - run by Andrew Bellury D&D 5E - “That Which Lurks Beneath” - run by Ryan Steffen  D666 (Tiny Dungeon meets Maze Rats) “Wizard Robbers” where we rob the wizard manses from DCC ’s Dying Earth Box Set - Jeremy Deram The Dept. of Kids Who Know The...

This week’s guest is Alex Kammer , director of Gamehole Con . We talk about what to expect at this year’s Gamehole Con, October 19th - 22nd, 2023 in Madison, WI. We also discuss his upcoming D&D campaign book, The End of Everything that he wrote with Alan Patrick (out via Frog God Games). Sign up for The End of Everything Kickstarter pre-launch HERE . Follow Alex: Website - XTwitter — The Fen...

This week’s guest is James D’Amato of the One Shot Podcast Network and we talk about  Campaign: Skyjacks and where the the crew of the Uhuru is headed next, his home game Campaign Starwhal: Odyssey and how this is helping him build the game mechanics that will be the Skyjacks roleplaying game system, and his The Ultimate RPG series including his upcoming Game Master's Guide: Advice and Tools...

This week’s guest is Tyler Crumrine of Possible World Games and we talk about his map-labeling game Beak, Feather, & Bone and its Ennie -winning (Best Cartography) expansion Claw Atlas . We talked about his one-shot games like Dating. Sim , what he’s learned from teaching game design at Carnegie Mellon University, and his upcoming RPG card project BAD BAD BAD .  Follow Tyler: Website - Discord...

This week’s guest is Andrew Clayton and we talk about his Foundry Virtual Tabletop and how it started with his own curiosity and playing online with his friends. We discuss Foundry’s place in the TTRPG community, its low barrier to entry for basic functions and how it’s great for technical folks who love to tinker. Andrew also answers several questions from friend of the show Jeremy Deram of Peopl...

This week’s guest is Luke Crane and we get into the philosophy behind TTRPG creation. We talk about making games as a teen, creating his games Burning Wheel , Mouse Guard and Torchbearer . We talk about his LARP Inheritance , and Luke and Steve playing it together at Gen Con 2023. Follow Luke Crane: Website -- Flaming blood drips from the ceiling onto narrow ledges over a pool of fire-blood that’l...

This week’s guest is Matthew Grau of WildFire Games and we talked about his upcoming CthulhuTech: The Shadow War Quick-Start Rules (V2), working with the scumdogs of the universe to create his deck-building game Gwar vs. Time , his stint at Riot Games building the world of League of Legends , and growing up in the Twin Cities with D&D’s Dave Arneson in his life. — Follow WildFire Games : Websi...

This week we recap our time at Dragon Con 2023 , including their group costume as characters from the Disney Wasteland, wrestling, RPG panels, and of course tons of gaming! Steve ran our Mad Dungeon rooms using both Mystic Punks RPG and OSE - Old School Essentials , and playtested his Cursed Cabin RPG . Andrew playtested his upcoming game Postcards from the Apocalypse , and finally got to play Bat...

This week’s guest is Chris O’Neill of 9th Level Games . We talk  Mazes Fantasy Roleplaying ,  Kobolds Ate My Baby and his latest Return to Dark Tower RPG . Follow 9th Level Games: Website - FB - IG - XTwitter - YouTube - TikTok - You step into the interior of a slot machine . The floor is an unstable pile of 10-foot diameter wooden nickels. In front of you are three massive wheels that spin vertic...

This week’s guest is Gavin Norman of Necrotic Gnome . We talk about OSE - Old School Essentials , and his incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign for Dolmenwood RPG with Exalted Funeral . The Kickstarter is live now though Sep. 8, 2023. Follow Necrotic Gnome: Website - FB - IG - XTwitter -- In the center of the room is the Cauldron of Sadness. It has arms to stir itself and quick legs that danc...

This week’s guest is Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard’s forever dungeon master Joshua Therrien . We talk about game mastering, preparing to run campaigns and deep diving into world building his campaign settings for The Scouring Campaign, The Wasteland Campaign and The Malagorn Campaign. -- Catwalks look down into the Idea Pool where aquatic creatures swim through liquid infinity. Elias Thugburger...

This week we recap Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard's time at Gen Con 2023. Steve ran season 2 Mad Dungeon rooms using OSE - Old School Essentials . He attended The Ennies ceremony, attended several panels and played Hackmaster , Rocket Age and was invited by Luke Crane to play in his LARP, Inheritance .  Andrew manned the booth selling Epic Levels wares alongside Justin Sirois ( Severed Books...

This week’s guest is New Zealand writer, artist, musician and game designer Darcy Perry . We talk about his Ennie nominated RPG DuckQuest , Star Hat Miniatures , Petty Gods , and Quack Keep . Follow Darcy: Website - FB - IG - Twitter -- Citrol the Orang-a-Tang : He was born a glowing star troll, but was cursed to be the tree of memory and thought in the center of this room. The moranges grow from...

This week’s guest is Gavriel Quiroga and we talk about his Worlds of Quiroga projects: Hell Night ,  Neurocity , and Warpland . Check out the Hell Night playlist . Follow Gavriel: at Website - FB - FB Group - IG - Twitter - Spotify — In the corner is a titanic skull-shaped wasp hive that has a steady stream of gooey acid pouring from its mouth. Consuming acid from the pool gives you a psychedelic...

This week’s guest is psychedelic indie-rock musician Levi Nunez of Loot the Body . We talk about Skate Wizards RPG , his #Dungeon23 project where he’s writing one song a month based on other creator’s #Dungeon23 projects, including “Ricksanthemum Garden” based on Mad Dungeon episode 206 w/ Brendan LaSalle ,   and his latest EP +5EP . Follow Levi: at Bandcamp - YouTube - IG - Twitter - Mastodon --...

This week’s guest is Jarrett Crader . We talk about his history of editing and proofreading RPGs and the launch of his new company Space Penguin Ink , and discuss the products he’s selling: Adrift , Beyond the Silver Scream , Distress Signals , Dread Nights , Garden of Corda . Follow Jarrett: at Website - IG - Twitter -- General Paste , an anthropomorphic tube of toothpaste, rides on a storm cloud...

This week we celebrate Andrew's birthday by renting a castle and playing a pile of games: Thunder Road: Vendetta • Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza • Billiards (Cut Throat) • Jenga • Wavelength • BattleCards • Magic the Hammering ( MtG Warhammer 40k commander meets Warhammer 40k Kill Team ) • Dragon Death Race • Postcards from the Apocalypse • Fishbowl (Celebrity) • MtG: Lord of the Rings Commander...

This week’s guest is Andre Novoa of Games Omnivourous . We talk about Hex Omnivourous , ( Undying Sands , Bottled Sea and The Hexcrawl Toolbox ), Mausritter by Isaac Williams, Manifestus Omnivorous , Frontier Scum , Death Robot Jungle LP , Putrescence Regnant ( MÖRK BORG LP) and playing music in general. Follow Andre: at Website - IG - Twitter — This sandy beach has a deep pool of water in the cen...

This week’s guest is Joey Royale of Get Haunted Industries . We talk about Weird Heroes of Public Access - Tales From Fairhaven Vol. 1 , Get Haunted Industries , Darkest Dice RPG and Chick Tracts in general, Ninja City (DCC) , One of Us #1 (DCC) , and Stay Sick! Follow Joey HERE and Etsy — Pizza Parlor : There are eight tables set with pizza accouterments. In the center of each table is a pizza sc...

This week’s guest is Ian McGarty of Silver Bulette . We talk about Jungle Incursion into the Lair of the Batmen for MCC , Fantastic Geographic  Issue 2 and upcoming issue 3 , A Night at the Lamb’s Bray , Fire In The MOHLE (MCC), and the Independent Publisher’s Union . Follow Ian at: Website - FB - DriveThruRPG — Eel Team Six , humanoid eels in full SWAT gear with assault rifles, are finishing thei...

This week’s guest is Banana Chan of Game and a Curry , and we talk about their latest project Forgery , a solo horror paint-by-numbers TTRPG about an art forger commissioned to recreate a cursed painting. Follow Banana Chan at: Website - IG - YouTube - Twitter - TikTok -- A blue graffgoyle sits on a stained couch holding the can of Blue Demon. He loves hip hop culture. Can of Blue Demon : Spray pa...