12. Starting a TTRPG Cafe with Sasa from Pause Menu

TTRPGs tend to be a social endeavour, so having spaces to be social and play games is incredibly important. Whether those spaces are online or in person, it can be difficult to curate a welcoming and successful space that not only survives but thrives. In this episode, we catch up with one of the founders of Pause Menu, a board game and TTRPG cafe in Melbourne. We talk about the process of opening the cafe, surviving COVID, Sasa’s love of the horror genre, and big plans for Pause Menu including an upcoming tourney-style game of The King’s Poisoner. We also play a Vox pop from 2024 with Lee Cope from the TTRPG Indies event and share news from Storybrewers Roleplaying. Enjoy! Links: Pause Menu Website Pause Menu Insta The King’s Poisoner News: My Late Father’s Correspondence - Storybrewers Roleplaying ARC Discord News Submission: If you have something you want mentioned during our news segment, please submit it here. This podcast is produced in affiliation with the ⁠Australian Roleplay Community (ARC)⁠. If you’d like to join the ARC Community, head to arcrpg.org where you’ll find a link to our vibrant and inclusive Discord server. Your hosts have been ⁠Kate O’Sullivan⁠, ⁠Dan Machuca⁠, and ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠. Cover art by Helen Graham of ⁠Juimon Studios⁠, Title music is Sweet Sunday Groove by Slaleky. Interstitial music is Newer Wave by Kevin MacLeod, used under a Creative Commons 4.0 Licence. Production by ⁠Stevie Schafer⁠. Credit: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ If you would like to be interviewed on the podcast, please submit this form. (NOTE, we get lots of requests to be guests, so if you have anything time sensitive, submit it as news).