Ever since I heard an interview with RA Salvatore I had imagined everyone in the Forgotten Realms /Baldur’s Gate talking in a Boston accent and was a little disappointed when they weren’t.

There wasn't much I didn't recognise this year, which took me by surprise because I'm feeling very out of the RPG loop ATM. Lots and lots (and lots and lots and lots) of horror, and some interesting near future sci fi, and it was nice to see Shadowdark and Break with a big presence.

I was so surprised and happy to see such a big presence for the game at the con 🥰

Now that I've had a chance to listen, I'm also really excited for you to read Karl Edward Wagner. Night Winds and Dark Crusade are real favourites of mine - those books are really formulaic, but they're really formulaic to their own unique, great formula that no-one else does (if that makes sense)

Oh, neat, I read that last year. And spent a lot of time wondering where all the aristocratic satanists find their interior designers. Is there just one guy who specialises in phallic mantlepieces or a cottage industry?

Listening to you talk about the Elusive Shift is really interesting! What order would you recommend reading Jon Peterson's RPG history books?

If I'm honest I prefer the brightly coloured hippy thing to washed out brown of a lot of historical epics and S&S on film! I like fantasy to have colour in it!

“Knight of the Thimble” sounds like a euphemism for a type of alcoholism I can’t even begin to imagine.

I love that blue!

If there are two games that most require and reward you for spending hours alone before the game planning a build on a sheet of paper, it’s Pathfinder 1e and 40k…

I’m not surprised that Chaos supporters are NAFO when the Ukrainian army literally has a “Khorne Group” on the frontlines.

Yeah! As soon as I saw the artwork I thought Morrowind! and I Have to Have That! 😅

I love the name!

I’d honestly be most excited to see your take on Tzaangors. They’d benefit from a vibrant explosion of glorious technicolour.