Dieku Podcast

Jesse Schell is the author of the critically acclaimed book "The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses," published in 2008. The book captured Game Developer Magazine's coveted "Front Line Award" in 2008. In 2014, he released the second edition of this book. In 2019 the tenth anniversary and third edition of the book was released.   Jesse is also the founder and CEO of Schell Games. Since starting Schell Games in 2002, Jesse has grown it into the largest and most successful game development company in Pennsylvania. Under his leadership, Schell Games has produced an amazing array of innovative, transformational and award-winning entertainment experiences, including the Disney Fairies MMO, Pixie Hollow, Toy Story Mania TV Game and some of the most popular interactive theme park attractions in the world.    Jesse also holds a faculty position as Distinguished Professor at the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) of Carnegie Mellon University. Since 2006, Professor Schell has taught the Building Virtual Worlds class, created by ETC Co-Founder and "The Last Lecture" author, Randy Pausch.   Prior to starting Schell Games, Jesse was the Creative Director of the Disney Imagineering Virtual Reality Studio, where he worked and played for seven years as a designer, programmer, and manager on numerous projects for Disney theme parks and DisneyQuest.   He is perhaps most celebrated for his design of Disney's Toontown Online, the first massively multiplayer game for kids. Toontown Online won several awards, including the following: Computer Gaming World - "2003 MMORPG Game of the Year"   Webby Awards - "2003 People's Voice Award, Kids Category"   Parents' Choice Foundation - "2003 Silver Honor"   Children's Software Review - "2003 All Star Software Award"   WiredKids - "2005 Safe Gaming Award"   2005 Webby Awards - "Webby Worthy Selection Award"    Learn more about Schell Games:  https://www.amazon.ca/Art-Game-Design-Lenses-Third https://schellgames.com https://schellgames.com/blog/among-us-vr-launches-on-november-10-2022 https://twitter.com/jesseschell https://twitter.com/AmongUsVR https://www.etc.cmu.edu Learn more about Dieku Games: https://diekugames.com https://diekugames.itch.io https://www.instagram.com/diekugames https://www.twitter.com/diekugames https://www.tiktok.com/@diekugames https://www.patreon.com/diekugames https://discord.gg/M3jmUvcKt5

In the summer of 1973, as Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax worked to complete the manuscript for D&D, Greg Svenson was given a play-test copy of that novel new game. He used those rules to create his own adventure dungeon. Tonisborg is the second oldest Mega Dungeon to come out of the Twin Cities group. Svenson and Arneson placed the dungeon in the world of Blackmoor, where Vestfold  is located today.  Sadly, several years later all copies of the maps were thought lost or destroyed. The maps came to be known as "The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg," or "Tonisborg" for short.  Decades later, during production of the documentary, Secrets of Blackmoor, a mysterious set of ten old dungeon maps was uncovered - these turned out to be photocopies of Svenson's originals.    Now published with extensive background information, The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg is not like any RPG book you've ever encountered.  Step back into time with one of the oldest dungeon adventures ever created!   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/secretsofblackmoor/the-lost-dungeons-of-tonisborg  https://www.secretsofblackmoor.com/ https://vimeo.com/ondemand/sobfinal  https://twitter.com/Blackmoor_Film

What better way to celebrate October than by exploring the amazing creativity of indie zines! We will be doing daily zine reviews throughout the month, ending with a grand prize draw for $200 store credit from Exalted Funeral, where you can purchase many of the zines being reviewed!  To enter the draw, sign-up for our newsletter on our web site: https://diekugames.com  On Halloween day, we will be hosting a livestream event on our YouTube Channel at 1pm EST: https://youtu.be/N0XVFK_oqgE Be sure to subscribe, and follow us on social media for updates!  Learn more about Dieku Games: https://diekugames.com https://diekugames.itch.io https://www.instagram.com/diekugames https://www.twitter.com/diekugames https://www.tiktok.com/@diekugames https://www.patreon.com/diekugames https://discord.gg/M3jmUvcKt5 #HallowZine #ttrpg #osr

I was joined by Steve Jackson who has had a distinguished career, designing iconic games such as GURPS, Car Wars, The Fantasy Trip, and last, but not least - Munchkin!  Steve shared his journey from his first entry into the hobby, to lessons learned along the way, and the sharing of new games such as the re-releases of Car Wars and The Fantasy Trip.  To learn more about Steve Jackson Games:   http://www.warehouse23.com https://thefantasytrip.game

I had the pleasure of being joined by Lee Gold, the creator of the Lands of Adventure RPG, Land of the Rising Sun supplement for Chivalry & Sorcery, Vikings for Iron Crown, GURPS Japan and the Valhalla Trilogy novels.  Lee is also the editor of Alarums and Excursions one of the longest running APAs (Amateur Press Association) featuring content from fan zines since 1975!   Alarums and Excursions back issues are available here: https://www.conchord.org/xeno/aande.html  To purchase Lee's work:  Valhalla, Into the Darkness: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0B1916RYX Valhalla, Absent Without Leave: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B091FZTKFB http://www.amazon.com/Lands-Adventure-Fantasy-Role-Playing/dp/B000C19XW8 http://www.amazon.com/Land-Rising-Sun-Box-Set/dp/B000BIXTSQ http://www.amazon.com/Vikings-Rolemaster-Campaign-Classics-1030/dp/1558060472 http://www.amazon.com/GURPS-Japan-Lee-Gold/dp/B000KBGKPS

I was joined by Cezar Capacle, the designer of minimalist games such as Starlight Riders, What Lies Beneath the Darkness, Kismet and Cows vs Zombies.  Cezar also shared the fundamentals of the Push SRD which is Creative Commons and able to be used as a basis for your own game.   Learn more at: https://www.patreon.com/capacle https://capacle.itch.io https://twitter.com/capacle https://ko-fi.com/capacle/shop https://www.pnparcade.com/collections/vendors?q=Cezar%20Capacle https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/11268/Not-A-Giraffe-Studio

We were joined by Andrew Kolb, who shared his design process for the new Oz TTRPG setting.  This is Andrew's follow up to the the Ennie Award nominated Neverland TTRPG. Using inspiration from Frank Baum's novels, Andrew combined his mid-century styled illustrations with solid layout and typography to create a cohesive setting book that is compatible with almost all flavors of Dungeons and Dragons.  To pre-order Oz: https://www.amazon.com/OZ-Fantasy-Role-Playing-Andrew-Kolb/dp/1524873772?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=dieku08-20   To order Neverland: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/331102/Neverland-A-Fantasy-RolePlaying-Setting?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=dieku08-20 To learn more about Andrew:  https://www.kolbisneat.com https://www.instagram.com/kolbisneat https://twitter.com/kolbisneat https://www.reddit.com/user/kolbisneat Learn more about Dieku Games: https://diekugames.com https://diekugames.itch.io https://www.instagram.com/diekugames https://www.twitter.com/diekugames https://www.tiktok.com/@diekugames https://www.patreon.com/diekugames https://discord.gg/M3jmUvcKt5

I was joined by Doctor Emily Zarka the writer and host of Monstrum - an award-winning series featured on PBS's Storied YouTube channel.  Monstrum examines the complex histories and motivations behind some of the world's most famous monsters, and has featured many that would be familiar to D&D players such as the Basilisk and Trolls.   For more information on Monstrum: https://www.youtube.com/pbsstoried https://twitter.com/ZarkaEmily https://www.pbs.org/show/monstrum   Learn more about Dieku Games: https://diekugames.com https://diekugames.itch.io https://www.instagram.com/diekugames https://www.twitter.com/diekugames https://www.tiktok.com/@diekugames https://www.patreon.com/diekugames https://discord.gg/M3jmUvcKt5

I had the pleasure of having Logar the Barbarian as my guest, who is the host of Wobblies and Wizards, the daily (yes, DAILY!) podcast that features Indie Game Designers who have that scrappy DYI attitude.   We discuss Logar's history and process of making his podcast, from one podcaster to another!   You can learn more about Logar and Wobblies and Wizards at:  https://anchor.fm/wobbliesandwizards https://www.facebook.com/wobbliesandwizards https://twitter.com/LogarHailCrom  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGCTMmdN-k17RHg2cTlXx2w   http://www.wobbliesandwizards.com Learn more about Dieku Games:   https://diekugames.com https://diekugames.itch.io https://www.instagram.com/diekugames https://www.twitter.com/diekugames https://www.tiktok.com/@diekugames https://www.patreon.com/diekugames https://discord.gg/M3jmUvcKt5

I was honored to be joined by Marc Miller, the creator of Traveller - the best selling sci-fi RPG of all time! I discuss the many innovations that Traveller brought to the TTRPG design world including, life paths during character creation, skills, patrons, UPP code, and the game-within-a-game ship and world building.   Far Future Enterprises: https://www.farfuture.net Agent of the Imperium https://www.amazon.ca/Agent-Imperium-Marc-Miller/dp/1982125071  Traveller 5 https://traveller5.net https://twitter.com/TravellerNews Learn more about Dieku Games:  https://diekugames.com https://diekugames.itch.io https://www.instagram.com/diekugames https://www.twitter.com/diekugames https://www.tiktok.com/@diekugames https://www.patreon.com/diekugames https://discord.gg/M3jmUvcKt5