Category Archives: Interview Episodes

Our not so regular interview episodes of The Jank Cast. Mostly when we talk to cool people.

Interview with Meg Baker of Night Sky Games

In this episode, Todd and Timo have a nice little chat with Meg Baker of Night Sky Games about all sorts of stuff including her gaming history, her games Psi*Run and 1001 Nights, how her understanding of education and having kids affects her understanding of games, and designing with certain experiences in mind. Meg has [...]

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Interview: Geek Girls Burlesque from Gorilla Tango Theatre!

We were at Forge Midwest this last weekend (more on that next week) so we didn’t record a regular episode, but we’ve got something even better for you: Megan does an interview with the ladies of Geek Girls Burlesque from Gorilla Tango Theatre, including Ms. Pixy, Stella Cheeks, Sadie Hotkins, Marie Curiosity, and Hot Tawdry! [...]

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Bonus Interview: Josh Mannon

This is a bonus interview Todd conducted with Josh Mannon: Father, Husband, and Game Designer! Josh runs At the Table Games and has been playing, designing, and hacking games for a long time. Todd and Josh discuss discovering new and different games, how to hack games successfully, what makes fictional worlds worth gaming in, Josh’s [...]

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Interview Episode 9: Bully Pulpit

Hosted by Timo Steve Segedy and Jason Morningstar are the twin uber-brains behind Bully Pulpit Games, the makers of Fiasco, The Shab-Al-Hiri Roach and Grey Ranks. We talk about these games in particular as well as what it’s like to publish your own games and the trials and tribulations of getting it done. About Bully [...]

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Interview 8: Robert Bohl and Joshua AC Newman

Hosted by Todd Through space and time, we bring you an interview about The Distant Future! Todd Speaks with Robert Bohl and Joshua AC Newman about their futuristic games Misspent Youth and Shock: Social Science Fiction. The conversation ranges around the what, why and how of the games, and finally turns to a comparison between [...]

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Interview Episode 7: Julia Ellingboe

Hosted by Timo Through the vagaries of the interwebs, Julia Ellingboe found our episode about Race and our mention of her game, Steal Away Jordan.  We invited her to share her intention and opinion about the game in that context, which allowed me to also pick her brain on other topics related to her games [...]

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Interview 5: Ryan Macklin on The Dresden Files RPG

Interview 5: Ryan Macklin on The Dresden Files RPG Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Lexx, Todd Ryan Macklin is from Evil Hat Productions and is the Main Production Manager for the upcoming Dresden Files RPG (to be fully released on June , 2010). The interview was recorded in early January. However Ryan’s introduction was lost after JOHNKELLY got [...]

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Interview & Review: Little Fears

Interview & Review: Little Fears Interview with Jason Blair, designer of Little Fears and Little Fears: Nightmare Edition Interview: JOHNKELLY and Lexx (36:30) Review of Little Fears: Nightmare Edition Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Timo, Rob, Lexx You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2009 under the creative commons license. You can find out more about us [...]

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Interview with Steve Townshend

An interview with Steve Townshend RPG Meetup Chicago set up this event, special thanks to Nate Here is a list of questions that Steve was asked: 1. Tell us about your history in playing D&D. 2. Tell us about your writing background. 3. How do you bring your writing style into your campaign? 4. What [...]

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Intervew Two: Corek Konieczka

Corey Konieczka from Fantasy Flight Games at the @Spot Cafe Special thanks to Nate and the Chicago Boardgames Meetup Group for setting this whole shindig up! Massive Apologies for the poor sound quality and the sound of people making delicious drinks and food. Part One: Fantasy Flight & Corey Konieczka General The Questions How did [...]

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