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EDIT 5 August 2021

TLB Podcast #10 - Perplexing Ruins - Darkness Moves

Here is The Lost Bay Podcast episode 10 with illustrator and writer Perplexing Ruins a lot of you might know. This episode might be a little different from the previous ones, maybe a little longer, and a little more intimate. Because Perplexing is a friend. He is one of the first members of our little indie RPG scene that I’ve met.

In this heartfelt episode, we talk about ancient German castles, gouache paintings, witches, the Midwest, bigfoot and so much more.

You can listen to the podcast here

Or on Youtube with English subtitles

Hi all! Yochai Gal is the first guest of The Lost Bay Podcast, a show with, and about the, OSR creators and artists. We talk about the forest and the influence it had on the creation of Cairn.
You can get the podcast here:
https://thelostbayrpg.blogspot.com/2021/03/tlb-podcast-1-yochai-gal-cairn.html

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Lost Bay Podcast #2 - Vaults of Vaarn
Electric Bastionland - Chris McDowall guest on The Lost Bay Blog #4
Ben Milton guest of The Lost Bay Podcast #3
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Hi All! The Lost Bay Podcast #2 is live!!! guest Leo Hunt creator of Vaults of Vaarn - We talk about his inspirational sources, game design, the American anthropologist David Graeber and, above all, about the colorful world of Vaarn.

https://thelostbayrpg.blogspot.com/2021/03/tlb-podcast-2-leo-hunt-vaults-of-vaarn.html

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Great episode! I like the Vaarn zines very much.

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In this episode, we talk about mathematician Edward Tufte, teaching Game Mastering to kids, an angry cloud giant, Ben’s obsession with rules and how a childhood book can influence game design choices.

You can listen to the podcast on youtube:

https://youtu.be/5UWDT-d9qRI

Or as an audio podcast here:

https://thelostbayrpg.blogspot.com/2021/04/ben-milton-waking-of-willowby-h.html

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Woohoo! Awesome podcast, I can’t wait to listen to this!

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I discovered this podcast yesterday and basically binged it. Now I need more.

I think this is an extremely interesting idea for a podcast in general, but this episode was particularly interesting for me (in fact, I’m planning to set aside one evening to re-listen it and take notes).

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#7

Thanks so much! That’s the best compliment. I was lucky I had great guests!

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I had a lot of fun recording this conversation with Chris. It was super interesting to discover where does Electric Bastionland comes from, to learn about the thought process behind it.

In this episode we talk about Fear, a strange fascination with the London Underground Railway, a rural English county nobody knows about, one hundred failed careers, miniature wargames, and Intergalactic Bastionland, the art of Alec Sorensen.

If you’d rather listen to the podcast on a podcast app (Anchor, Apple, Spotify), here are all the links

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Another of my favorite authors on a podcast I’m really starting to love. I hope you know I’m listening to all of those episode with a notebook in my hands, frantically jotting down notes on game design ideas.

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I love the notebook. That’s what these episodes are made for!!! I’d love to see pictures of your notebook with the notes. I mean, if you’d like to. Hope that’s not too forward to ask. I’m not sure why I’m asking this, your message just puts me in a good mood.

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The Lost Bay Podcast Episode #5 is live - Guest Vi Huntsman Collabs without permission

Vi Huntsman runs a Crazy youtube channel called Collabs without permission. They do great video reviews of TTRPG zines. In March they shared a review of the game Mothership filmed at Bonneville Salt Flats. It’s a super brilliant review of the game, and it looks amazing, like a short Sci-Fi film.

Vi has been collecting zines for years. We did the interview via a conferencing app. And as we were recording I could see behind Vi shelves literally filled with zines.

In this episode, we talk about Vi’s collection of Zines, a romanesque encounter with Malaysian designer Zedeck Siew, a Dada clown army, Kickstarter, Mixam, risograph printing, and a possible future of RPG zines.

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And on Youtube with English Subtitles

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New Episode live: Anna Blackwell - the designer behind the solo RPGS Delve/Rise/Umbra is the guest of The Lost Bay Podcast. In this episode we talk about the fear of the dark, caving, drawing, solo RPGs, emergent narrative and game design. You can get the podcast here:

PODCAST TIME :fire: Anna Blackwell - designer behind the solo RPGS Delve/Rise/Umbra is the guest of The Lost Bay Podcast. In this episode we talk about the fear of the dark, caving, drawing, solo RPGs, emergent narrative and game design. You can get the podcast here:

https://thelostbayrpg.blogspot.com/2021/06/tlb-podcast-6-anna-blackwell.html

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TLB Podcast #7 Guest Ian Yusem - The drain - Picket line tango - Moonbase blues

In this episode we talk about community, finding solace through RPGs, Dissident Whispers a charity collective RPG book in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, making a living out of TTRPG design, Kickstarter, a utopic future for the indie RPG scene and much more.

You can listen to the podcast here

https://anchor.fm/thelostbay/episodes/Ian-Yusem—The-Drain–Picket-line-tango–Moonbase-blues-e12s42g

Or on your usual podcasting apps.

Or on youtube with English Subtitles

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TLB Podcast #8 Guest Batts - My body is a cage

In this episode, we talk about the inescapable duality of life, D6 dice pools, mecha games, movies, screenwriting, game design, and dreams.

You can listen to the podcast here

Or on your usual podcasting apps.

Or on youtube with English Subtitles

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TLB Podcast #9 - Sam Leigh - Anamnesis

Anamnesis is a journaling RPG for one player designed by Sam Leigh. In the game, you wake up with no memory whatsoever of who and where you are, and through a series of beautifully designed questions, and with the help of a deck of tarot cards you recover bit by bit your memory.

In this episode, we talk about the Rider Waite Colman tarot deck, memory loss, solo gaming, walking downtown on a sunny day, and much more.

You can listen to the episode here:

Or on your usual podcasting apps.

Or on youtube with English Subtitles

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Here is The Lost Bay Podcast episode 10 with illustrator and writer Perplexing Ruins a lot of you might know. This episode might be a little different from the previous ones, maybe a little longer, and a little more intimate. Because Perplexing is a friend. He is one of the first members of our little indie RPG scene that I’ve met.

In this heartfelt episode, we talk about ancient German castles, gouache paintings, witches, the Midwest, bigfoot and so much more.

You can listen to the podcast here

Or on Youtube with English subtitles

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Episode 11!

Ava Islam is the designer of Errant a med fan rpg she has successfully kickstarted during Zinequest 3 - The system totally rethinks and rebuilds the D&D game engine in a fascinating and innovative way.

In this episode, we talk about power, race, game design, bets and wagers, Neapolitan pizza and much more.

You can listen to the episode here

https://thelostbayrpg.blogspot.com/2021/08/tlb-podcast-11-ava-islam-errant.html

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This was a great episode. I finally caught up with this series and I have to say it is so good all around. I love how diverse and multifaceted the interviewees are. Iko, you are so good at holding these conversations and putting it all together into a compelling episode. I can’t wait for the next one!

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Hello! Thank you very much for your feedback! Glad you enjoyed the podcast. I’ve published one more episode, which is pretty good, with Ava Islam the designer of the rgp Errant, I haven’t had time to put it on YT yet (because of 9-5 job) but you can listen to it here https://thelostbayrpg.blogspot.com/2021/08/tlb-podcast-11-ava-islam-errant.html
Have a good day
Iko

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