Listen "An Interview with Josiah Mork of Hoodwink Games"
Episode Synopsis
- - Description - -
Sixty minutes of hot Sumerian action! Join me as I sit down with game designer Josiah Mork of Hoodwink Games and we talk about his current Kickstarter campaign: Early Empires - a modular supplement focused on bringing the Biblical Levant to life at your table. Open for pledges until May 25!
Interested in this content, or content like it? Or feel the need to tell me I suck? Tell me on Anchor! https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail !
Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/).
- - Show Notes - -
00:00:00 - Theme
00:00:30 - Introducing Josiah Mork!
00:01:28 - What is Early Empires?
00:04:24 - The Kickstarter
00:05:20 - Researching the Region: Why Canaan?
00:09:24 - How came you to gaming?
00:12:05 - The ethos of Hoodwink's Basic And Generic RPG System
00:15:32 - Scout's Honor
00:16:25 - Previous Successful Crowdfunding
00:18:58 - Fulfillment Plans
00:20:45 - Illustration, Design, and Artwork
00:22:20 - Stretch Goals: Unlocked and Aspiring
00:26:34 - Gods of the Fertile Crescent
00:30:54 - Burning your Children? (The Tone of a Bronze Age Levant)
00:35:15 - Related BaG Product: Suburbville - Undead City Crawl
00:38:50 - Mass Battles and Conquest in BaG and Early Empires
00:40:42 - BaG: Free Edition vs BaG: Core Rules
00:42:26 - On Usability in Other Game Systems for Early Empires
00:43:44 - (Taylor Hints Which Game He's Using)
00:44:30 - Reward Tiers for BaG: Early Empires
00:45:41 - The Global BaG Community
00:49:53 - Did, or How Did, Faith Influence the Project?
00:54:11 - On Implementing Real Religions in a Game
01:02:00 - Final Notes on Early Empires and Parting Words from Josiah
- - Links - -
Early Empires Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1133637349/bag-rpg-early-empires)
Hoodwink Games (https://www.hoodwinkgaming.com/)
Hoodwink Games Twitter (https://twitter.com/GamesHoodwink)
Christian Nerd's Unite - Interview with author Brian Godawa
Part 1: {{link}}
Part 2: {{link}}
Modern Explorer's Guild (https://www.meguild.com/)
Early Empires Kickstarter Again! (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1133637349/bag-rpg-early-empires)
Sixty minutes of hot Sumerian action! Join me as I sit down with game designer Josiah Mork of Hoodwink Games and we talk about his current Kickstarter campaign: Early Empires - a modular supplement focused on bringing the Biblical Levant to life at your table. Open for pledges until May 25!
Interested in this content, or content like it? Or feel the need to tell me I suck? Tell me on Anchor! https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail !
Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/).
- - Show Notes - -
00:00:00 - Theme
00:00:30 - Introducing Josiah Mork!
00:01:28 - What is Early Empires?
00:04:24 - The Kickstarter
00:05:20 - Researching the Region: Why Canaan?
00:09:24 - How came you to gaming?
00:12:05 - The ethos of Hoodwink's Basic And Generic RPG System
00:15:32 - Scout's Honor
00:16:25 - Previous Successful Crowdfunding
00:18:58 - Fulfillment Plans
00:20:45 - Illustration, Design, and Artwork
00:22:20 - Stretch Goals: Unlocked and Aspiring
00:26:34 - Gods of the Fertile Crescent
00:30:54 - Burning your Children? (The Tone of a Bronze Age Levant)
00:35:15 - Related BaG Product: Suburbville - Undead City Crawl
00:38:50 - Mass Battles and Conquest in BaG and Early Empires
00:40:42 - BaG: Free Edition vs BaG: Core Rules
00:42:26 - On Usability in Other Game Systems for Early Empires
00:43:44 - (Taylor Hints Which Game He's Using)
00:44:30 - Reward Tiers for BaG: Early Empires
00:45:41 - The Global BaG Community
00:49:53 - Did, or How Did, Faith Influence the Project?
00:54:11 - On Implementing Real Religions in a Game
01:02:00 - Final Notes on Early Empires and Parting Words from Josiah
- - Links - -
Early Empires Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1133637349/bag-rpg-early-empires)
Hoodwink Games (https://www.hoodwinkgaming.com/)
Hoodwink Games Twitter (https://twitter.com/GamesHoodwink)
Christian Nerd's Unite - Interview with author Brian Godawa
Part 1: {{link}}
Part 2: {{link}}
Modern Explorer's Guild (https://www.meguild.com/)
Early Empires Kickstarter Again! (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1133637349/bag-rpg-early-empires)
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