Jeff Jones

RPG Ramblings

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Discussions about the various aspects of making both physical and electronic Table Top RPG products. We talk with artists, writers, editors and game designers about their process, what they do, and how to hire them. We also look at the details of making your products available to your audience, including a look at printing your own products, how to publish on DriveThru RPG, as well as running a KickStarter. Along the way we will ramble about other things of interest or hot topics.

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Jeff Jones

Episodes

E86. “Axes, Manticores and Scourges” with Jacob Fleming 03.09.2022 1:29:23

2.33 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Today, Jacob Fleming of Gelatinous Cubism Press joins me. Jacob just finished his third Kickstarter, Scourge of the Northland and we talk about his journey and a fair number of other things. In the show notes is a link to my Patreon. Fo...

E85. “Freelance Writing” with Andrew Tryon 27.08.2022 1:39:24

2.32 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Today, Andrew Tryon the Astral Wanderer joins me. Andrew is a freelance writer who is part of the crew writing for Gary’s Appendix. We discuss freelance writing, games and a variety of other topics. In the show notes is a link to my Pat...

E84. “Interview With a Grumpy Wizard…” with Travis Miller 20.08.2022 1:52:38

2.31 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Today, Travis Miller of the Grumpy Wizard blog joins me and we discuss all sorts of groovy things. He wrote an excellent article for the Gary’s Appendix Kickstarter that is live during the month of August. I In the show notes is a link...

E83. “Beyond Deep…” with Chris Koger and Wes Ascolese 13.08.2022 1:24:23

2.30 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Today, Chris Koger and Wes Ascolese of Spooky Bell Games joins me to talk about the Mork Borg Kickstarter project - BEYOND DEEP. Filled with ghoulish panache, this monstrous goulash will help satiate your desire for a game that is seaso...

E82. “Running a Heist…” with Mark Finn 06.08.2022 1:27:14

2.29 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Today, Mark Finn joins me. If you need the direction, inspiration and motivation for adding heists into your game, Mark has you covered with two products. First in the, “hot of the virtual press” category is Tools of the Trade. Next, ju...

E80. “It Started With A Fun Diaspora…” with Brad Murray 30.07.2022 1:38:27

2.27 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Today, Brad Murray of VSCA joins me. Brad hails back to the Google Plus days. We discuss his process for creating his love letter to Traveller using the Fate engine. On the table is VSCA’s approach to design and a number of games that V...

E81. “Need Help With Your Kickstarter and Fulfillment…?” with Zac Goins and Troy Sandlin 23.07.2022 1:20:27

2.28 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Today, Troy Sandlin and Zac Goins of Geek’s Cant podcast joins me. They are part of World of Game Design. I was going to call them about what assistance that they could provide me for my upcoming Kickstarter, “Gary’s Appendix. ”I though...

E79. “How Does One Publish Twelve Zines a Year” with Russell Alert 16.07.2022 1:52:40

2.26 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Today, Russell Allert joins me. We discuss what it takes to produce a zine on a monthly schedule. We also talked about the Australian geo-political landscape and then he nearly convinces me to give 3rd edition DnD a fair shake. In the s...

E78. “Shooting the Shite” with Levi Combs 09.07.2022 1:17:12

2.25 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Today, Levi Combs of Planet X games joins me. We had nothing in particular to talk about and so we ramble about a lot of things pertaining to projects, writing, and Exalted Funeral. In the show notes is a link to my Patreon. For the pri...

E77. “Designing Adventures” with Tim Stattley 02.07.2022 1:49:24

2.24 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Today, Tim Sattley joins me and discusses his upcoming MCC adventure, Get Me The Juice, coming soon to a Kickstarter near you. We discuss adventure writing other cool things. I know I can’t wait to listen to it. In the show notes is a l...

E76. “Printing Zines With an Antique Press” with Trevor Stamper 25.06.2022 1:21:55

2.23 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Hiya - I am back from my wee exile to Northern Ireland. No worries, after seven weeks I am ready to get back to business. Aye… monkey business, that is. Today Trevor Stamper joins me to discuss the use of antique printing equipment to c...

RPG Ramblings - Low-Berth Lottery for Fantasy Games 05.06.2022 6:40

A short blurb about an amusing musing.

Ep. 75 …Lets try this again! “Lost in Ireland” 21.05.2022 39:19

No guests…me winging it.

E74. “How to Create a Press Release of for Your Next Apocalypse.” with Stefan Surratt 14.05.2022 56:19

2.21 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week, Stefan joins me to take about creating press releases for RPG projects. This is something I never considered before, but I am now won over. Stefan also talks out this upcoming Kickstarter, The Mysteries of the Multiverse. Thi...

E73. “Google+, Word Analysis in Genre Fiction, and Other General Nonsense ” with Jacob Hurst 07.05.2022 1:50:42

2.20 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week, Jacob Hurst of Hot Spring Island fame joins me. We get misty-eyed talking about the former days of Google+ and lament how other forms of social media fail to achieve its bar of excellence. From there we delve deep into unexpl...

E72. “Ten Foot Pole” with Bryce Lynch 30.04.2022 1:59:20

2.19 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week, Bryce Lynch of the Ten Foot Pole blog joins me. Bryce reviews adventures with a critical eye and pulls no punches. About half-way through the podcast, I thought maybe Bryce was winding down…but he was just getting warmed up....

E71. “Old School Essentials” with Jon Gilmore 23.04.2022 1:53:36

2.18 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week, Jon Gilmore joins me to discuss Old School Essentials. Jon is an admin for the Old School Essential Facebook group. His is also an occasional co-host on Wobblies and Wizards Podcast. If you love the show, join the Patreon for...

E70. “Mutants, Adventure and Hard work” with Luau Lou 16.04.2022 1:45:29

2.17 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week, Luau Lou of Dandyline Games joins me. Lou has a MCC adventure up on Kickstarter titled The Time–Lost Citadel. If you love high-octane radioactive games, this adventure is for you. We talk a fair amount regarding projects and...

E69. “Gaming, Comics and Advanced D&D” with Timothy Connolly 09.04.2022 2:10:19

2.16 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Timothy Connolly of the Benchleydale Academy joins me. Benchleydale is a Facebook group that seeks to keep Advanced Dungeons and Dragons alive by running games. A lot of games. If you are not getting your 1e itch scratched, he...

E68. “Writing a Traveller Novella” with Adam Kovac 02.04.2022 1:10:38

2.14 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Adam Kovac joins me. Adam is a published author whose reintroduction to Traveller inspired him to write a novella set in that universe. He talks about his journey of hope that got him to this point. Get on board the Free Trade...

E67. “DnD, Whale Poop, and Searching for Coins in Sewers” with Trevor Stamper 26.03.2022 1:40:07

2.13 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Trevor Stamper of the Tales of the Smoking Wyrm fame joins me. In this episode we have something for everybody. The title of the podcast only covers the surface of the nonsense we delve into. Check to his Kickstarter, The Hang...

E66. “Podcasting, Traveller and Other Things” with Bob Loftin 19.03.2022 2:13:35

2.12 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Bob Loftin of the Safco podcast joins me. We start out discussing the behind-the-scenes of podcasting. We dovetail into Traveller. And ….. we manage to ramble a bit. The free merchant ship is departing soon. I have enough cred...

E65. “Round Table: Stretch Goal Strategies for Your Kickstarter Campaign” with Doug Cole, Zac Goins 12.03.2022 1:21:45

2.11 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Doug Cole of Gaming Ballistic and Zack Goins of World of Game Design join me. While we do our share of rambling, the focus of this episode is the subject of stretch goal strategies for Kickstarter. s Done correctly, stretch go...

E64. “Turning a Comic Book IP into an RPG” with Peter Petrusha 05.03.2022 1:48:43

2.10 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Pete Petrusha of Imagining Games joins to discuss his game Chew, among other things. Pete does’t take small steps and swings for the fences for his projects. I do have Patreon and for the price of 1 dollar a month you not only...

E63. “Art!” with Vasili Kaliman 26.02.2022 2:13:20

2.9 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Vasili Kaliman joins to discuss art and a variety of other topics, including his newest Kickstarter DNGN which is spelled DNGN. Vasili creates zines with a great visual approach to match with the often surreal subject matter. I...