Weird Games and Weirder People
by Diogo Nogueira
A podcast about role playing games and the weird wonderful people behind them!Here we talk to the people who helped create theses marvelous games we enjoy so much and get to know the weird wonderful being they are.Weird is the new wonderful!
Episodes
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132 Laureen Blank is always trying to push boundaries
Lauren Bilanko Owner of Twenty Sided in Brooklyn, NYC with her partner Luis Chato. Twenty Sided is a community space that hosts events and carries a wide selection of curated games, bringing people together for over a decade. Founder of Studio Bilanko and Mystic Aether, Lauren release her first...
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131 John Baltisberger wants to make more games about hope
John Baltisberger is a multi-award winning author and game designer of speculative and genre fiction and gonzo games. Known for his brutal splatterpunk, occult musings, and innovative prose, John has written sci-fi, fantasy, horror, poetry, nonfiction, and romance. When not writing fiction, John...
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Hodag III - The Reckoning
Hodag returns for the 4th time for his 3rd interview! Hodag is a game designer, illustrator and community fomenter! He is also a good friend and a wise guy! We talked about our journey in the TTRPG space, our passion for comedy, games, and a lot more! Including the very important concept of...
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129 Alexei Vella has always been obsessed with monsters
Alexei Vella is an artist, illustrator and game designer located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the creator of They Feed on Fear, Liminal Space and many other games, including TTRPGs, Skirmish games and a lot more! Check out his work on the links below! https://alexei-vella.itch.io...
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128 James Pozenel has always been the nerdy outsider
James A. Pozenel, Jr. is an independent TTRPG author and the creator of Netcrawl RPG, a game where players step into the roles of powerful computer-simulated avatars. He also publishes under Horse Shark Games, with titles including The House of the Red Doors, Enchiridion of the Computarchs, and…
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127 Jon Davis believes weirdness is the opposite of conformity
Jon Davis is a games writer most well known for In the Light of a Setting Sun, HAMMERS, and CRIME WAVE. Jon lives in Tennessee with his wife, two cats, and a dog, and spends most of his days thinking about cowboys. https://sivadssanctum.carrd.co/ Get the new In the Light of a Setting Sun -...
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126 John Kordosh is wisely zen about creative output.
John Kordosh is a writer, illustrator, and game designer. He's also an amateur tarot reader. He thinks storytelling can save the world. He is the creator ARKOS and The Forest Primordia, and has a cool pattern you can support! https://heavycrown.itch.io/ https://www.instagram.com/johnkordosh/...
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125 Bob Brinkman devours books like they are Tic Tacs
Who is Bob Brinkman? An author, fire-breather, swordsman, singing pirate, and retired Las Vegas performer… Bob is the living embodiment of fossilized change. Bob is a friend and a scholar, who has many things to teach us! Get weird with us! https://sanctum.media/blog/ Thank you for listening to...
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124 Daria Rose believes we liver in a simulation
Daria Rose LeFevre, a trans tabletop RPG author from the Midwest. Co-author of Beetle Knight and creator of the Troika City Career Catalog and Creature Capture Cards. Creature Capture Cards: https://huskinbee37.itch.io/creature-capture-cards My Blusky…
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123 Daniel Harila has an obssessive need to create
Daniel Harila is a freelance artist and writer from Norway. He started drawing monsters when he was 3 years old and couldn't stop creating even if he wanted to. He had a long break from roleplaying games during his late teenage and early adult years, pursuing punk music and various endavours in...
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122 Evey Lockhart readily became obsessed with RPGs
Evey is a tired trans mom, trapped in the thrashing remains of terrible empire. She writes poetry, stories, and ttrpg books. Check out Evey's work! https://violentmedia.itch.io/victorys-planet & ALSO https://violentmedia.itch.io/pony-noir-molasses-burn social:...
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121 Tiger Wizard leveled up becoming a dad
Andrew Bellury, Tiger Wizard, is back on the show! He is an artist, game designer, podcaster, musician, and a great dude! We have a great chat about how has his life changed since he became a father, how was it to be nominated for an Ennie Award, what's going on with his work, and a lot more!…
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120 Miska Freeman can't do small talk
Miska Freeman is a full-time TTRPG cartographer and game designer from Finland. He founded the indie publishing label Ironspine Press in 2006 and started publishing TTRPGs mostly in Finnish. In 2015 he started creating maps and Miska's Maps was born. He is running Pathfinder 2E, Coriolis, and…
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119 Levi Kornelsen enjoys the freedom of not charging for stuff
Levi makes games, useful accessories for use with games, tools for designing games, and talks a lot of theory. Almost all of his work is non-commercial, free or pay what you like, and almost all is open license or public domain. Levi's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/levikornelsen.itch.io…
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118 Astrolich got Mork Borg as a wedding gift
Astrolich is a Mork Borg dude, game designer, and artist! Co-founder of Rivethead Games, and co-author of Farewell to Arms REDUX! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rivethead-games/chymous https://rivetheadgames.com/ Thank you for listening to Weird Games and Weirder People! Please subscribe to...
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117 Christopher Helton was influenced by nerdy parents
Nonbinary game designer and former critic, social commentator and reviewer of things. Former Editor/Writer of things for Bleeding Cool and EN World, and the founder of the Dorkland! blog! )Please note that they rarely update my blog anymore). Check out Chris' work below!...
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116 Ben and James play RPG with the same group since the 4th grade
Ben and James, creators of the Land of Eem TTRPG (Exalted Funeral), graphic novel series Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous (Random House) Goo, and the Dungeoneer Adventures Series (Simon and Schuster). All set in the Land of Eem. Check out Ben and James links!...
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115 John "Hambone" McGuire has grown older but he is not sure he has grown up
John "Hambone" McGuire, from somewhere in the swamps of Jersey, is a RPG Writer, and Publisher at Ham & Egg Publishing. He is the co-creator of 321RPG, and Zombie Braineaters, as well as co-host of The Vintage RPG Podcast. He is currently funding Days of Future Fairhaven a 3PP for Weird Heroes of...
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114 Francesco Nepitello always wanted to create something
Francesco Nepitello is a veteran in the creation of board and roleplaying games, and is known especially for his creations based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Together with Marco Maggi, his long-time partner in game design, they are specialised in the creation of gaming media with strong...
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113 Dyer Rose doesn't feel a lot of full range emotions
Dyer Rose (@BasiliskOnline on most online places) is a professional GM, Map Maker, and Game Designer! I first started noticing his work when we were having similar ideas for games, and then I started following him for the great work he does. He has found his space as a professional GM and talks...
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112 Jay Dragon lives with different center in life and in the world
Jay Dragon is lead game designer at Steve Jackson Games and editorial director at Possum Creek. She's best kmiwn for her work on Wanderhome, Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast, and Sleepaway. Support Jay's work at: patreon.com/possumcreek Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please...
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111 Josh D is cursed with encyclopedic knowledge about the expanded universe
Josh Domanski is a writer, designer, occasional actual play host, best know for his work with the Liminal Horror system. Check out his work at: https://unenthuser.itch.io/ https://liminalhorrorrpg.com/ Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep…
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110 Mark Diaz Truman grew on the weird and wonderful New Mexico
Mark Diaz Truman is the ENnie award-winning co-founder of Magpie Games, a co-founder of the Indie Game Development Network, the designer of Cartel and Our Last Best Hope, and the co-designer of Urban Shadows, Zombie World, Root: The Roleplaying Game, Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game, and…
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109 Kyle Jameson expresses himself out of obligation
Kyle is a human being experiencing this life in Northern Minnesota. He has a lot more creativity than artistic talent, but he is doing the best he can with what he has. Kyle says he is more interested in the experience of doing something creative than the results. He is currently focusing on...
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108 Jim Pinto has never shown his true identity
jim pinto is a nearly 30-year veteran of the gaming industry, having written roleplaying games, board games, card games, a novel, comic books, and even screenplays. He's even won awards for writing, graphic design, art direction, and one dog show. His career includes roles in art, design,...
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107 Philip Reed has worked on EVERYTHING (almost)
Philip Reed loves to create stuff and things, from roleplaying game supplements to music to whatever sounds fun at that exact moment in time. He can often be found working when he should be sleeping. He has been doing this for more than 30 years, and chances are you have played something he had…
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106 The Daniel Kwan you see online is who he really is
Daniel is a multi-ENnie Award winning Canadian podcaster, game designer, and cultural consultant. You might know him as the co-host and showrunner of the Asians Represent! podcast. As a freelance narrative designer, some of his notable works include Candlekeep Mysteries, the Ultimate Micro-RPG...
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105 Penny Melgarejo draws in the dark!
Creative force of the dark pits of hell, Penny Melgarejo is an illustrator, tattooist and sometimes a writer of RPGs from Madrid, Spain, and his works in the RPG scene includes covers and several illustrations for Gallant Knight games, Necrotic gnome, Old skull publishing, exalted funeral,...
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104 Chris Airiau always wears different weird socks!
Chris Airiau is a game writer in France who publishes modules for Mothership RPG, The Lost Bay, and Cloud Empress as 5 Million Worlds Press, and is soon to release their own transhuman space adventure game, 5 Million Worlds RPG: An Avatar's Primer. We talked about his work, his process,...
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103 Alkis "Fern" is really into supernatural stuff!
Alkis "Fern" is writer and game designer from Athens, Greece, with a particular interest in all things weird, occult, and paranormal. He is currently funding Hellborn - Descended, an action horror RPG set in a modern city in hell, where you play as demons seeking their own objectives! Check out...
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102 Kalum (RPG Roliste) is contextually weird!
Kalum is a London-based TTRPG designer (Magic of Inventorying, Rosewood Abbey) and podcaster (The Rolistes Podcast, RPG Academy Film Studies). We talked about his experiences in building TTRPG communities, and the creative process of his games! Check out Kalum's work! https://rolistespod.com/...
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101 Pelle Nilsson is Very Into True Crime Documentaries
Pelle Nilsson is the Swedish game designer behind Mörk Borg, focusing on streamlining the old game systems from the 70s. He has published a couple of other rpgs, among them Barkhäxan and Ut mot skären. Check out Mörk Borg: https://morkborg.com Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder...
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100 Diogo Nogueira (Old Skull Publishing)
Diogo Nogueira is an artist, graphic designer, and game developer. Creator of Old Skull Publishing, he creates games for you to play more with less. Among his games are Primal Quest, Kosmosaurs, Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells, Screams Amongst the Stars, and others. He is also an award-winning...
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99 Luiz Eduardo Ricon (Hexplore Publishing)
Luiz Eduardo Ricon is an author, educator, screen writer, game designer, content creator and media education specialist. Creator of the first fantasy ttrpg based on Brazilian History and folklore, published in 1992. He his publishing a lot of stuff through Hexplore Publishing, his indie label…
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98 Nate Treme (Highland Paranormal Society)
Nate Treme is an artist, graphic designer, game designer, and educator based in Louisiana. He is also the creator of Highland Paranormal Society, and the author of so many RPGs, adventures, settings, and so much more. Nate mostly produces content through his Patreon, where you can support his…
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98 Christopher Drellow (Glumdark)
Christopher Drellow is a writer, artist, designer, musician and programmer living in Brooklyn, New York and San Francisco, California. He is kickstarting the book version of Glumdark right now. This is an amazing resource for Dark Fantasy gaming, and each page is bursting with ideas! Check it…
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97 Eduardo Carabaño - Settlers of a Dead God
Eduardo Carabaño is a game designer from Spain, creator of Settlers of a Dead God, and a super creative and inspiring creator. We talked about creative process, his passions, his influences and a lot more. Settlers of a Dead God is an incredible setting and supplement for OSE and other OSRish…
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96 Huffa - Between The Skies
Huffa is a game write and art historian. Her most recent book, the Between the Skies, Collected Hardcover Edition, is available from Exalted Funeral. This is both a game and an incredible and extensive toolkit for weird fantasy TTRPGs, helping you create not only NPCs, Locations, adventures, but...
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95 Humberto Tramujas - Oldmoon
Humberto Tramujas is a Brazilian Game Designer, and author of the upcoming Oldmoon, a weird fantasy RPG which asks the question "how would the Middle Ages look like in an extraterrestrial world?" Pre-order Oldmoon here: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/oldmoon Thank you for listening to...
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94 Joshua McCrowell - His Majesty the Worm
Josh McCrowell is an up-jumped RPG blogger and editor-in-chief of the Knock! gaming magazine. He haunts Virginia, USA where he rattles chains and wears ragged sheets. His partner, two cats, and a dog are frequent victims of his ghoulish antics. He has written small games for his (kind and...
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93 Zachary Cox - Soul Muppet Publishing
Zachary Cox is the JellyMuppet (they/them) and serves as the Director of SoulMuppet Publishing. They are the moon-obssessed creator of Paint The Town Red, Inevitable and Best Left Buried, and one of the co-creators of Orbital Blues. Zach is a seasoned RPG creator and producer, who makes ideas…
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92 Andre Novoa - Games Omnivorous
Andre Novoa is the driving force behind Games Omnivorous. He has worked on ENNIE-winning games like Mausritter, Frontier Scum, Putrescence Regnant or the Hexcrawl Toolbox. He is also my friend and one of the most creative people I know! In this episode we talked a lot about creativity,...
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91 Marcelo Saravá and Guilherme Vicino - Insania
Marcelo Saravá and Guilherme Vicino, both from Brazil, have united their forces to create a really weird board game, and in this episode we talk a lot about how they did that, what were their inspirations, and how they managed to accomplish what they set out to do. Check Insania out:...
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90 Brendan LaSalle
Brendan J. LaSalle is a staff writer for Goodman Games who has been writing and publishing in the game industry since 2002. He has written for Goodman Games, Fat Dragon Games, Troll Lord’s Games, Legendsmiths, Savage Mojo, Pandahead Publishing, and Hand Made Games, among others. He has written…
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89 Trevor Stamper
Trevor Stamper—Trevor has had aspirations of being a Not-Quite-So-Dark Master for numerous years, tormenting players in home campaigns on at least two continents. At the age of 10, Trevor was launched into an AD&D game with his friends on Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. But once he moved…
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88 Reynaldo Madrinan - Break!! RPG
Reynaldo Madrinan is the co-author of Break!! RPG, a blogger and a really passionate game designer. Break!! is inspired by anime, manga, classic role playing games and NES era video games. The game’s skeleton will be familiar to anyone who's slung a d20 before, but the game's eclectic mix of...
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87 Mike Shea - Sly Flourish
Mike is the writer for the website Sly Flourish and the author of Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master, the Lazy DM's Workbook, The Lazy DM's Companion, Fantastic Adventures, Fantastic Adventures: Ruins of the Grendleroot, and a number of other books. Mike is a co-author of Forge of Foes and…
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86 Camilla Zamboni
Camilla Zamboni (she/her) teaches Educational Game Design as well as Italian language and culture at Wesleyan University (Connecticut, USA). She focuses on innovative, reflective, and radical pedagogy, particularly at the nexus of language learning, open educational resources (OERs), analog...
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85 Erica Lowe
Owner-Erica Lowe Broken Brain Games LLC and Co-founder of Dice and Dish Podcast. Writer on Edrenas Tower (DCC Zine), RagnaBorg (Mork Borg Zine), Temple of Grimbog (5e), and Chambers of Agony (Shadowdark/Mork Borg Zine). 200 RYT-E Yoga Instructor. Listen up and get weird with Erica Lowe...
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84 Banana Chan
Banana Chan is a Cantonese Canadian game designer, writer and publisher living in the US. Her latest work has been on Forgery, Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall, Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft and Betrayal at House on the Hill: 3rd Edition. They won Dicebreaker Awards' Game Designer of the…
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About this show
A podcast about role playing games and the weird wonderful people behind them!Here we talk to the people who helped create theses marvelous games we enjoy so much and get to know the weird wonderful being they are.Weird is the new wonderful!
Hosted by
Diogo Nogueira