Wolf Podcast

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz ! Today we’re talking to Molly Tanzer about her new book Blue Fire being crowdfunded right now! She is the author of the And Side by Side They Wander , the Diabolist’s Library trilogy , the weird western Vermilion , an io9 and NPR “Best Book” of 2015 , and the British Fantasy Award-nominated collection, A Pre...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today I’m talking to Sam of The Lone Legend about his new game Gloam , which is available right now as a PDF and physical zine ! We talk about the accidents of game design, how and why he developed Gloam, and what to expect from the game. Check out Gloam right now! Check out Beetle Battle over on Backerkit ! Please check out Songs of my Mother being...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz ! We’re talking to Aaron Burch about his new book Tacoma . We talk about voice, style, our literary history, and so much more! Check out Tacoma and then check out Short Story, Long where Aaron is the editor! Please check out Songs of my Mother being serialized on Royal Road! If you’d like to recommend a story...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today I’m talking to Logan Timmins about I’M A TRANS AN AND I’M READY TO F**K , which is live now on Backerkit. We talk about mechanics, different kinds of stories, making a game whose mechanics and gameplay interact and support theme. Go back I’M A TRANS AN AND I’M READY TO F**K ! Check out Beetle Battle over on Backerkit ! Please check out Songs of...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today I’m talking to Justin Everett of Free for All Media about My Very Own Forest Spirit ! We talk about experiments in game design, small games, the importance of playing in person and in the real world, and so much more! Back My Very Own Forest Spirit right now! Check out Beetle Battle over on Backerkit ! Please check out Songs of my Mother being...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today I’m talking to Jeremy Rozenhart about One Card Wonders , a library of games on 18 cards! Since recording this episode, he shifted from Backerkit to Kickstarter, but the crowdfunding campaign has launched and has already met its funding goal! We talked about getting weird and experimental with small games, game design, and so much more! Back One...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today I’m talking to Laurence O’Brien of Wotan Games about Pipes ! We talk about small games, card games, and all kinds of things games! A wide ranging conversation and quite a lot of fun. Back Pipes now on Backerkit! Check out Beetle Battle over on Backerkit ! Please check out Songs of my Mother being serialized on Royal Road! Check out Briar Bay, a...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today I’m talking to Côme Martin about his game A Week with Frog & Rabbit! We talk about game design, the joy of simplicity, different types of TTRPGs, diceless mechanics, all ages games, and so much more. Check out A Week with Frog & Rabbit live right now! Check out Côme’s itch page too! Check out Beetle Battle over on Backerkit ! Please check out S...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today I’m talking to Anya and Irina Kagan of Gifts Galore Games about their Pocketopia project Gelt Galore ! We talk about game design, playtesting, sharing and creating for family, and so much more. GO back Gelt Galore now! Check out Beetle Battle over on Backerkit ! Please check out Songs of my Mother being serialized on Royal Road! Check out Briar...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today I’m talking to Andre Novoa of Games Omnivorous about his new game FLAIL live right now on Backerkit ! We talk about his work with Mausritter, Mork Borg, and his Hexcrawl Toolbox, as well as the importance of making a game that’s easy and quick to get to the table, the importance of tactile experience, and so much more. Check out FLAIL right now...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today I’m talking to Zach Cox, one of the co-creators of Orbital Blues from SoulMuppet Publishing ! We talk about Orbital Blues Month , their new expansion Outlaws and Corporations for Orbital Blues, Cowboy Bebop, community building, and so much more. Check out Orbital Blues Month and Outlaws and Corporations which are live right now on Backerkit for...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today I’m talking to Dylan Coyle of Charming Games about his upcoming game Red Panda Surprise! We talk about game design, running a company, the joy of simplicity, and so much more. Go back Red Panda Surprise now! Sign up at the Dragon Mail preview page as well! Check out Beetle Battle over on Backerkit ! Please check out Songs of my Mother being ser...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today I’m talking to Matthijs Holter and Chiara Locatelli to discuss The Roots of Soledad ! We discuss magical realism, GM-less RPGs, their contrast with traditional TTRPGs like D&D, and so much more. Was a great conversation and do sign up for their Backerkit page to get notified when the campaign goes live! Every signup helps. Sign up at The Roots...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today I’m talking to Jori Kamp and Ernst de Brujin about their upcoming card game Hare to the Throne ! We talk about competitive game design, big games v quick games, card games, collectible card games like Magic: The Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh. Was a great conversation and do sign up for their Backerkit page to get notified when the campaign goes live!...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz and Joe Owens, the host of the other podcast I’m part of The Fantasy Pod of the Nine ! We’re doing a crossover episode to discuss a story from Joe Abercrombie’s Two’s Company from his short story collection Sharp Ends. From there we range far afield to grimdark as a genre, Abercrombie more broadly, George RR...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz ! We’re discussing several pieces of microfiction by Franz Kafka! This leads us to Kafka’s career as a whole, the nature of a story and the power of a name, and the strength of mundanity. * Give It Up * Resolutions * On the Tram * The Sudden Walk * Reflections for Gentlemen-Jockey Please check out Songs of my...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz ! Today we’re discussing Pierre Menard by Jorge Luis Borges! This leads us to a broad discussion of literature, people’s attitudes and beliefs about literature, and the playfulness of Borges. Here’s my story Renaissance , which was my attempt at a Borgesian story. Please check out Songs of my Mother being ser...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. It’s been a while since I’ve talked to a game designer, but that all changes today! I’m talking with Andrew Fischer , the designer of Earthborne Rangers , The Cosmere RPG , and others. We spend most of the time discussing his game Earthborne Rangers, especially system, narrative, and mechanical design. Please check out Songs of my Mother being serial...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz ! Today we’re discussing three poems by Edgar Allan Poe! You can read The Bells , The Haunted Palace , and The City in the Sea . We’re discussing music! We’re discussing meter! We’re discussing rhyme scheme and enjambment and caesura! All good poetics. Please check out Songs of my Mother being serialized on R...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz ! Today we’re discussing the most famous and controversial books of all time, Ulysses by James Joyce! Our discussion today doesn’t cover the whole book or even the whole chapter but instead just examines various passages from the first chapter. I’ve previously written about Joyce a number of times: * A Portra...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz ! Today we’re discussing the most interesting novel by Haruki Murakami, The Wind Up Bird Chronicle! We use this as an opportunity to discuss Murakami’s career and our history with him as readers. You can read my previous thoughts here: If you’d like to recommend a story for us to discuss, get in touch. Music...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz ! Today we’re discussing one of the most famous stories of the 20th Century. Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway ! Often taught, often discussed, but never by us! We also suspect that it, like Hemingway, is quite out of fashion. So let us take this hour to explain to you why it is great, and possib...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz ! Today we’re talking about Anti-capitalism vs. The Man of Flowers by Naomi Kanakia . She’s the author of four novels, including The Default World , and the upcoming What’s So Great About the Great Books? She’s also the author of the newsletter Woman of Letters where she discusses Great Books, among other thi...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, Kyle Muntz is doing the episode solo! He’s discussing In Bludd with the great Jeffrey Ford ! Jeffrey Ford is the author of numerous novels and short story collections, including The Physiognomy, Memoranda, The Beyond, The Girl in the Glass, The Shadow Year, Ahab’s Return, Out of Body, The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant, The Empire of Ice Cream, Th...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m talking with writer and game designer Matthew John! He has worked on a number of games, including one of my favorite board games, Conan from Monolith . He’s also the lead designer for the Conan: The Hyborean Age RPG also published by Monolith. Check out his Maxus Cycle series of Sword & Sorcery stories as well! If you’d like to recommend a...