Onyx Pathcast

Sorry, all, no new episode this week! We'll be back next week, and until then, check out the links below: They Came from the RPG Anthology: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/they-came-from-the-rpg-anthology-tabletop-roleplaying-game Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which we talk about the next They Came From! game, They Came from the RPG Anthology! * Media recommendations that work in TCF! * Quick-play rules * Adding new genres * Noir in TCF! * Voting for new genres * They Came from the Theatre * Western TCF! * On costume dramas and romance novels * They Came from the Interstellar Starship! Links: They Came from the RPG Anthology: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/they-came-from-the-rpg-anthology-tabletop-roleplaying-game Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which we talk about our forthcoming game, The World Below! * Elevator pitch! * Bugs and other creatures * Setting overview * On community * Theme and mood * Society and adventuring * A guild preview! * The well Links: The World Below Blogs: https://theonyxpath.com/the-world-below-kaos/ Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which we talk about personal introductions to games in general, Onyx Path games, and want to hear about what your first game was! * Getting into gaming with Matthew and Danielle * Matthew broke his brain * Topic switch! * Danielle's VtM story * Mechanics and setting * More stories and first books Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which we talk to Devon Chulick, COO and co-founder of StartPlaying.Games, and also talk about the service itself! * Welcome, Devon! * What is StartPlaying and how did it begin? * On features and monetization * Onyx Path Game Night * Where can you run games? * StartPlaying facilitating physical games? * We nerd out about StartPlaying's features Links: StartPlaying OPP Game Night: https://startplaying.games/event/game-night-onyx-path/search Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which we officially welcome Danielle Lauzon to the team! * Coming in hot! * Unpicking Danielle * Time Zones * Types of reading * Artisanal books * Work habits * Pupdates * Current and upcoming projects Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which we play a short adventure using the characters we built using the Trinity Continuum Player's Guide! * Halberd Buckley and Dr. Daria Dana Dinkley are on the case! * We're in Idaho! * Flux-building shenanigans * Dinosaur chat * Exploration * Through a portal! * Broom broom * We lost Matthew in real life Links: Trinity Player's Guide Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/onyx-path/trinity-continuum-player-s-guide Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which we continue make characters for Trinity Continuum using options from the Trinity Continuum Player's Guide! * We are not playing Assassins * Edges and Gifts * We are still not playing Assassins * Finishing touches! * Connections * Heckling is our love language * Summarizing our characters * Equipment * A short tangent about horse names Links: Trinity Player's Guide Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/onyx-path/trinity-continuum-player-s-guide Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which we make characters for Trinity Continuum using options from the Trinity Continuum Player's Guide! * What are we making and why? * Polyphemus and NOER * A rodeo protection athlete * Basically Dana Scully * Aspirations! * Paths and accent work * Skills and their Specialties! * Attributes * Moments of Inspiration * Facets Links: Trinity Player's Guide Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/onyx-path/trinity-continuum-player-s-guide Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which we talk about the upcoming Trinity Player's Guide! * Bottled messages and garbage * Sneak Attack! * Interdimensional travel * What else can Talents do? * Heists! * Gifts and Edges, etc. * Vehicles, gear, etc. * Draculas Links: Trinity Player's Guide signup link: https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/95ca375d-7d44-4b47-9cc6-df11bd469a90/landing Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which the trio answers questions submitted by you, the listeners. We talk about Neil Breen for far too long. * Breencourse * Parasocial relationships * How's your day going? * Beverage Goblin TikTok: Link * After-school stuff * Cavaliers of Mars and Rose Bailey's work * Fantasy heartbreakers * Yes, Dixie meant 90s anime version of Sailor Moon, not American version. Don't @ her. * Easy and difficult projects * Scion! * Pugmire! * Food archaeology * Darby gets a fish Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which the trio answers questions submitted by you, the listeners. We talk about the Riddler longer than intended. * Dixie forgets the name of Special Mission Lady Chaplin * Movies and TV * How do we introduce players to lore-rich settings? * What color is the letter J? * Runaway freight trains * How does Matthew run so many games? * Creatively rewarding and white whales * Dixie gets pedantic at the Riddler * Saw! * Darby pupdate * Perfect days and favorite books to work on * Recasting the Pathcast Movie Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which the trio answers questions submitted by you, the listeners, and talks more about both swans and podcast crimes than anyone anticipated. * Barreling toward episode 250 * Conspiracy theories * Matthew is pedantic about people's questions * Matthew also has opinions * Our feelings on streamers! * Who do we think it is?? * Exalted: Essence *is* streamlined! * Onyx20 and Storypath * New editions * Streaming services and actors * A tortured metaphor Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which Danielle is joined by Dixie and Matthew to talk about writer's block, where to get ideas, and things evolving and changing. * We're changing it up! * Motivational tactics * Neurodiversity impacts on productivity * Methods of organization and motivation * Accountability * Running games and improv Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which Eddy is joined by Danielle Lauzon for a discussion about worldbuilding. * The DanielleCast * Accent work * Puppy Chat * Starting out on worldbuilding * Vague insinuations * Dialing in on setting * Lore density * Puppy cameo! * Choosing what to play * Mechanics and setting are intertwined Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which Matthew and Dixie are joined by Danielle Lauzon for a discussion about finding horror in non-horror games.  * A treatise on coffee * Realms of Pugmire * They Came from Beneath the Sea! * The Trinity Continuum * Fantasy horror * Inadvertent horror * Ethical horror * The unknown! Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which Matthew and Dixie are joined by Danielle Lauzon for even more Five-Minute Pitches! * Eddy is missing * A one-minute urban-legend superhero beat-em-up game! * A cyberpunk physics-based game with unconventional movement and spies * A lovely farming game with magic gone wrong during a world war * A Lovecraftian conspiracy game set in an arcade * A horror game where everything is connected * A casual game in the future where you're a patriot * A post-mortem * A pun-based British bakery TV show Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which the trio talks 90s nostalgia and a lot about the OGL, SRD, and Realms of Pugmire, which is currently on Kickstarter! * Note: Eddy is in the middle of a move, so sound quality may not be what you're used to * The world's on fire (how 'bout yours?) * Nostalgia! * D20 and the OGL * OGL vs. SRD and Pugmire 2e * A bit on The World Below * Realms of Pugmire Kickstarter Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which the trio talks about all sorts of things, from professional GMing to video games to...Neil Breen. * Note: Eddy is in the middle of a move, so sound quality may not be what you're used to * Breenmas recap * Matthew's Patreon games * On paid GMing * Card and video games * Immersive and niche games  Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk

In which the trio talks to Rich Thomas about what's in the future for Onyx Path! * A treatise on tea * 2022 in review * On Pugmire 2e & the OGL * The World Below * Worldbuilding and gamemaking * Stewardship of licenses * Crowdfunding * 2022 Highlights Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk