This week, Geek Native had the privilege of chatting with Dusk Wave Arts game designer Patrick Padla about all things Barheim, the process (and pitfalls) of game designing, beer, and other fun things!
RPG Publisher Spotlight: Steve Hatherley
Our patreons voted for Steve based on his TTRPG, as he was among a shortlist of publishers drawn that month from DriveThruRPG names. So it’s with roleplaying games that we start.
Exclusive look: Torchbearer RPG gets comic book anthology
The Rimholm comic book anthology is the next Chalk Horse collab by D. Koch of Mordite Press and Thor Olavsrud of Burning Wheel Headquarters. You’ll find an interview with them here.
RPG Publisher Spotlight: Tin Star Games
Five Years After is a deeply personal, extremely special game to me. It came together very quickly when I was thinking about grief and loss and also the one thing I’d never seen any RPG do successfully before, which is run in reverse, like you see in films like Memento and Tenet.
Kids in the Attic: Life after selling Fat Goblin Games, an interview with Rick S Hershey
Rick S Hershey used to own Fat Goblin Games but recently sold the RPG publishing company. That explains why the website currently asks, “Pardon our dust” as the new owners settle in.
RPG Publisher Spotlight: Schwalb Entertainment
Geek Native’s patrons voted Schwalb Entertainment into the spotlight for August, and we’ve been lucky enough to have time with Rob himself for an email Q&A.
RPG Publisher Spotlight: The OG GM Adventures
The winner of the July RPG Publisher Spotlight is OG GM Adventures.
Interview with Vortex Verlag: Serenissima Obscura, Shanarel and life after The Straight Way Lost
Vortex Verlag sent 5e characters to Hell and from a fantasy version of Renaissance Italy.
Where do you go from there?
The old way is dying: Lin, Rowan and Chase of Rascal on the future of publishing, TTRPGs and AP
Motivated by Rascal News’ breakdown of how much work the team of Lin Codega, Rowan Zeoli, and Chase Carter do, I got in touch and wondered if they wanted to talk about it.
You have to be quick to catch a Cocaine Owlbear: An interview with Mike Lafferty
Until someone approaches us for a video game version, this is the last roar of the Cocaine Owlbear. Fainting Goat will continue to focus on indie and Savage Worlds games supplements.
