April 29, 2024

Bardic Inspirations: The Magic Behind Music and Gaming with Jocelyn

Bardic Inspirations: The Magic Behind Music and Gaming with Jocelyn

Prepare your spellbooks and tune your instruments, as today's episode is a magical symphony of gaming and music intertwined. We're joined by the extraordinarily talented Jocelyn, Berklee alum and the auditory architect of our Legends, Loot, and Lore podcast soundtrack. With her, we delve into the meticulous art of composing music and sound effects for video games, particularly for the enchanting world of Wizard Cats and an electrifying new project. Her passion for the craft shines as she unveils the secrets behind creating the perfect spell sound, layering elements to bring digital sorcery to life.

As dice roll across the table, our conversation glides into the nostalgia of past tabletop RPGs and the exhilaration of modern board games that have us spellbound. We reminisce about roles played and laugh over long-lost campaign antics. With Jocelyn's compositions as our backdrop, we explore the bespoke rhythms that accompany our podcast's storytelling, highlighting the importance of music in enhancing the role-playing atmosphere. The rise of gaming cafes and their role in fostering vibrant gaming communities is also spotlighted, proving that the love for communal storytelling is alive and thriving.

Finally, we lift the curtain on an upcoming interactive D&D theatrical experience that promises to steal the show for fans and players alike. Jocelyn offers a glimpse into the world of Spotify and music distribution, essential knowledge for any contemporary musician. Then, we discuss the latest from Dice Dungeons and fresh campaign ideas that will revolutionize your next D&D session. Don't miss out on this journey through the rich tapestry of gaming infused with the melody of life, where each roll of the dice and note played resonates with the heart of adventure.

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Chapters

01:12 - Music Composition and Game Sound Effects

09:27 - Tabletop Gaming and Music Creation

19:33 - Musical Connections and Game Development

33:42 - Interactive D&D Immersive Experience

41:06 - New Dice and D&D Campaign Ideas

57:45 - New D&D Anthology

Transcript
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welcome back everybody to another fantastic episode of legends, loot and lore, the, the best dnd podcast this side of the hackensack river.

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No, I don't know at least make it the hudson people actually know what that is.

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Yeah, what's funny.

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I don't know the saddle river.

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No, I don't know.

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Uh, at least make it the hudson, the hudson people actually know what that is.

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Yeah, what's funny?

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I don't know, the saddle river maybe, I don't know, like what, what we'd be there's a saddle river.

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Is that why the town is named saddle river?

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yeah, yeah, there is the saddle river.

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As a matter of fact, who?

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Knew, learn something new every day that's your geography lesson for your body of water.

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I don't know.

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Whatever this.

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Hopefully that's a Jeopardy question anyway, wow, it comes up in trivia.

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Anita and I are ready that's right, absolutely now you know.

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So, anyway, joining us in in studio.

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That's the air quotes of the studio, aka the dining room, aka the dining room, aka our dnd playroom studio, whatever you, whatever you want to call it.

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We have a very special guest joining us today jocelyn hi, jocelyn, hello, how are you good?

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So you none of you probably know who jocelyn is, but you have definitely heard of jocelyn, because all of the music composed for the legends, loot and Lore podcast was done by Jocelyn, our niece, by the way.

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Yeah, the incredibly talented artist, musician.

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What else?

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I think that's it.

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That's it.

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Artist artist and musician Fantastic, all-around cool person.

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Yes, absolutely so.

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Thank you for joining us.

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Yeah, this is very exciting.

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I'm excited.

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So tell us so what actually brings you to the fine state of new jersey I'm here to go to a music festival yeah they actually have a dnd panel at the festival.

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Oh, see what I would have see.

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We would have enjoyed that we would have stood out like sore thumbs I know right, it is today.

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if you still want to go, oh, excellent.

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Fantastic, find everything you own that's black.

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Yeah, I have to work on that.

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Yeah, I have to work on that, but anyway, so we're so happy to have you here, so tell us a little bit about your background, your education and some of the things that you've've worked on beyond just the the fantastic music for our podcast so I've studied video game and movie composition at berkeley in boston awesome and movie composition at Berkeley in Boston Awesome.

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And since then I've worked on a game called Wizard Cats, doing sound effects for that, which is super fun.

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It is partially D&D inspired in the classes in the game and so I'm doing a lot of spell sound effects in that, which is really cool to do.

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And right now I can't tell you the name of the game that I'm working on because it's not out yet, but I'm doing music for this one oh awesome, oh very exciting, yeah, so so how does one because I this is, I'm just fascinated by this so how does one create a, a spell casting sound effect like what, how, what, what does that actually entail?

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well, thinking about what element the spell will be and what it will be looking like in game, whether it will have particles or if it's a cone or ray shape and then usually the sounds will have three levels to it, like the high frequencies, middle frequencies and low frequencies and think about how you would make each one.

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There'll be a low boom and then the body of the spell and then maybe some little sparks or particles on top.

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Fascinating.

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This is things you never think about, things you never think about when you play games, and when you play video games and things like that, you never think about how much actually goes into creating each one of those effects.

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That's fascinating, so what inspired you to study this and get into it?

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I just have always loved video game soundtracks.

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One of my first memories of playing video games was the Trine game series, and that was the first album that I bought the soundtrack for that game, because I loved it so much.

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Oh, very cool, Awesome, wow, so.

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So I'm trying to think about what, where I want to go with this.

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Do you have any questions, dear?

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Okay, I do.

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Actually, that was a very blank look and then all of a sudden, I realized I do have a question.

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I'm curious about how you went from.

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You've always been super artistic.

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We still have a picture of Lando on our refrigerator that you did years and years ago.

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How did you go from that to wanting to do music composition?

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Well, my mom has taught me piano since I was young and, like dad, does sound mixing, that type of thing.

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So there's a lot of music in our house and so I took a lot of piano lessons.

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And then one of the last out-of-our-house teachers that I had mentioned that he went to Berkeley and that they had a course for video game composition.

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So that got me interested and I had always for a while been doing writing out the scores from video game soundtracks, just like piano versions of them for myself to play.

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And from there it went from transcribing scores to trying to write my own.

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And then I'm like, oh, this is a lot of fun.

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I like this, that's awesome, that's really cool.

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so where do you, where do you source like, how do you so, how do you come up with like the sound effect?

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So I know, so there's, like you said, high, mid, low, but like, where do you source, like, like, how do you like create that, that sound?

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well, you can't think of it literally unless you have like a magic wand, but um.

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So for like thinking, there's a lot of whoosh sound effects that you use.

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So for that, for example, I'll like swing around a sock or a ruler so it makes that noise, and for like the low if you think of the earth spell with the rumbling rocks and earth moving we'll fill up a box with either like walnuts or acorns or small rocks from outside and like move that around to record that sound.

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That's super cool.

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I love how like actually physical it still is Right, you know like as high tech as everything is like you're still literally like filling a box with stuff.

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Oh yeah, that's really cool.

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The latest thing I just did.

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I had to record footsteps in the woodland environment, so I went outside and I had a shovel and I filled up a cardboard box with dirt and leaves and then I was marching around like in my office, walking through the box.

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It looked really funny, that's amazing, that's great box, it looked really funny.

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That's amazing, that's great it reminds me a lot of like, like foley artists.

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Yeah, definitely doing doing all that work, because that that's been that's always probably my most like.

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The thing that I'm most interested when it comes to movies are the foley artists and and creating all that effect.

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So it's interesting to see that it's.

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It's very, very similar in creating sound effects for video games and things like that.

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That is super cool.

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So this is a D&D podcast.

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So what has been your experience either playing D&D or similar games, Because I know you and your family play a million different games.

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So what are some of your favorite?

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So let's see.

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How have you played D&D first of all.

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I have played just a few sessions, so I am a beginner.

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I'm the target audience for the podcast.

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Perfect, yes, me too.

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So what is your character or characters, what have they been usually?

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Well, the first time, I think, I was a cleric.

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And then I really want to do a bard character, because you know music.

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Yes, of course.

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Well, that makes perfect sense If I play again.

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I will do that.

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Clerics are always fascinating.

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Like, what about?

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Like a druid?

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Like I could see you as a druid like type character.

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So they're.

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It's just like clerics are fantastic as as healers and things like that um, very, very in touch with nature and and things.

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So so I could, I could totally see that yeah what's your so what type of adventure did you play?

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Was it?

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Was it a standard dnd adventure?

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was like a homebrew it was one of the standard ones from the books.

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Yeah, oh cool.

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Do you remember which one it was?

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I don't anymore uh okay, it's been a while, yeah, yeah nice, we've been playing a lot of um mage night, and then I recently got into frosthaven, which is also like super involved really yeah, cool are these?

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are these mainly like card games or what?

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What are the?

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What are the games like?

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Um, Frosthaven is more role play based.

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It is a tabletop and with lots of little pieces that I spent like all Christmas day punching out and organizing and bags and all that type of.

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Thing.

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But it does have um a storyline that it's meant to span for, I think I heard someone say that they've played it for a year.

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Wow, so it is very long and you can it's kind of choose your own adventure, so you can shape your story as you go along it is based on.

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It's like a second version of gloomhaven, if you've heard of that.

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so, yeah, okay, oh, very cool, yeah, excellent, yeah, I mean, there's it was.

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It was so interesting when, when we went, when katherine and I went, pax Unplugged and saw there was just so many tabletop games and card games and just all sorts of different things, like Varia I'm thinking about that one that we picked up, which I still need to play James, if you're listening which he's probably not which he will be in about three weeks, after we shame him into listening exactly.

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He bought it as well.

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So we need to, we need to play, and that's a card game with again similar like classes, like like dnd and things like that.

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So we've got to play that one.

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And then the pirate game.

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Oh yeah, I've got, I gotta, I gotta break that one out.

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It's tough because we don't have that many people to play with.

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So, like you've got kind of like a built-in like game table game of four or so.

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And there is a board game cafe near my house too.

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Oh, that's cool.

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We went there in February, I think it was.

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They did a demonstration of Wormspan, which is like Wingspan, but it's dragon themed instead, and that was so, oh, very cool yeah yeah, there's.

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The one thing that I find interesting around here is there's a group they started down in the philadelphia area and it's called dungeons and drafts and what they do is they?

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they play at local, uh, like micro breweries and they they come in like like dms come in and they have like kind of their pre-made, like a lot of its homebrew games and and they come in and people come into the um the breweries and play, play that which is a lot of fun, which I think is really cool.

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Try to get them into gear.

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Block, I know well.

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Well, they're just moving into northern New Jersey.

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They've been in the Philly south central kind of area of New Jersey but they were just starting to expand up into northern New Jersey.

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So, yeah, it would be great to have them up local in Waldwick.

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Absolutely, that would be a lot of fun, because I know they were now we're getting off on a tangent, but they had advertised that they were looking for dms up in northern New Jersey.

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I actually sent it to James because I thought that might be something he would be interested in yeah but yeah, so so let's talk about since, since it is our podcast, let's talk about our podcast and let's talk about the music specific to that you created for for our podcast.

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So we have our, our intro music.

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So so talk a little bit about what was your, what was your inspiration for for creating the music for this podcast.

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I know I gave you some general ideas, but kind of what was, what was your thought process going into it and creating the music for this show?

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Yeah, so I remember you said that you liked the piece that I did called Tales of Adventure, and that one's slightly more pirate themed but, I, took the general idea from it.

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It's kind of folky, folk instruments in there.

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And then for the podcast I wanted to have it be a little more, um, high energy, because it's it's shorter, it needs to say more quicker yes so I went with a more video game feel to that more orchestral in there yes, it's fantastic.

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So I want to see if we've got wait, love it, we got.

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We got all these like the little, the little inter interstitial pieces for in between, yeah, segments of the podcast, and there's also I dig this one.

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Oh, yeah, love it that one's a little bit longer, so that one that one's always a good one.

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That's like.

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That's usually the one that I use when we, when we start from our intro and go into like the, the heart of the, the episode, and things like that.

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And we've got the outro as well that I always use.

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And then you did the voiceover yes for the, for the intro with the intro music Catherine yeah.

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Yeah, For a long time I was just the voice of this podcast and then, Joe had to get married.

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He was not married yet.

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He got engaged, I know, but he had to get married.

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So he has to spend time planning a wedding.

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That's right and that's how I came to.

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He's dead to me.

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Kidding Joe Love you.

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Noding Joe Love you, no, but yeah, so now you've become the new co-host of.

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Yeah, I'm the new Joe.

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Yeah, joe 2.0?

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Yes, interesting, better looking.

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Thank you, you're welcome.

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Oh, my goodness.

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So let's talk about this, jocelyn.

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What about your, your music that you, you create?

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So, beyond all the all the the work that you're doing on the video games, talk about, talk about your music, because I, I love listening to your music and you, you've been on curated spotify playlists, so so, so, tell us, tell us about your music.

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And you've been on curated Spotify playlists, so tell us about your music and all that.

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Yeah, thank you.

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So I most recently released an album I think it was in February of the music I had worked on all of last year.

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I do like to write my own, just ideas that I have, fantasy scenes.

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It'll usually start with a idea for a scene because, you know, I like to do art, like visual art as well so I'll have that in my mind while I'm writing and then try to fit both together and see where it goes interesting.

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So what's so?

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What are some of your inspirations?

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For?

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I mean beyond the art itself.

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So where do you draw inspiration from?

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A lot from nature because there's the woods behind our house, so that always makes me feel like I'm in a fantasy story.

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And then books that I read too, and other games, definitely Nice yeah.

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So what are you reading lately?

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anything good I recently reread the whole um dragon slipper series.

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It's a um middle grade fantasy, but I just it's very nostalgic for me because that was one that I really loved and I found it again.

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Yeah, oh, very cool.

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What about you, dear?

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What about?

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me what you reading A book called how to Kill Men and Get Away With it.

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Okay, this is not a true crime podcast.

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It's not a true crime book, either it's just a novel.

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That'd be good.

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If you're like a murder hobo in a D&D campaign, maybe you're a rogue sneaking around trying to to kill.

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Kill men who have wronged you maybe.

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Well then I you know.

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Then it goes to, to my buffy, the vampire slayer love, and I become a vengeance demon, like on yonka yeah, oh my, so tell me about this.

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So the vengeance demon yeah, oh yeah.

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That's what anya's whole story arc was.

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She came in as a vengeance demon.

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Um Cordelia made a wish and Anya was the one who fulfilled it, but then I forget exactly how.

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She ended up being kind of like banished to be a teenage girl, but she eventually becomes a Scooby gang member.

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Right, interesting, all right.

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So so how much, jocelyn, have you studied the, the bard class?

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What do you, what do you know about the bard class like other than it being a musician?

00:17:35.592 --> 00:17:36.012
Like what?

00:17:36.012 --> 00:17:43.351
They're kind of chaotic okay cool, I don't know totally, yeah, so they have a lot of personality.

00:17:43.651 --> 00:18:05.608
They really do Like I'm, I I dig a bard, like it's so funny, like I like cause they've got like vicious mockery and some really good kind of good spells in there, that that that they can cast, and like they're, they're high on charisma, and I just like I remember I did.

00:18:05.608 --> 00:18:07.492
Well, we remember I did what was that?

00:18:07.492 --> 00:18:18.509
We did that one shot and I did Sir Edward Van Halen yes, the Bard, it was just quoting music lyrics.

00:18:18.608 --> 00:18:19.131
I love that.

00:18:20.241 --> 00:18:22.710
Yeah, it was just I was like why not?

00:18:22.710 --> 00:18:25.926
And then what was the?

00:18:25.926 --> 00:18:27.351
Oh, we were playing.

00:18:27.351 --> 00:18:32.872
I was DMing Strixhaven for a little while and we had a battle of the bands.

00:18:32.872 --> 00:18:34.640
Oh, that's right.

00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:45.570
I think Michael's character was the bard, if I recall correctly, and he led the band in the the battle of the bands.

00:18:45.570 --> 00:18:46.353
That was interesting.

00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:48.184
Has Joe ever played a bard?

00:18:49.869 --> 00:18:52.207
I don't, I don't believe Joe has played a bard.

00:18:52.207 --> 00:19:02.048
He's always singing, he's always quoting music lyrics and I think he's always talking about creating a bard, but has never actually played.

00:19:02.048 --> 00:19:04.729
Played the bard Now.

00:19:04.729 --> 00:19:05.503
Did you, jocelynelyn?

00:19:05.503 --> 00:19:06.991
Did you watch the dnd movie?

00:19:07.535 --> 00:19:24.451
oh yeah okay, so so obviously chris pine's character, a fantastic bard character like I, I think he's got the, he's got kind of the good swagger for for like playing a charismatic bard, like I don't think I can.

00:19:24.451 --> 00:19:30.132
I couldn't pull off being a bard in regular life.

00:19:30.132 --> 00:19:34.287
So I'm just not that, I don't know, I'm not musically inclined.

00:19:34.287 --> 00:19:40.972
My mother used to bribe me to practice.

00:19:40.972 --> 00:19:43.509
She used to have to pay me to practice the piano.

00:19:44.663 --> 00:19:52.080
It got that bad, like I just did not want to do it and so she would actually pay me money to to sit down and practice.

00:19:52.080 --> 00:19:52.823
So she was.

00:19:52.823 --> 00:19:59.505
She was not only paying for the piano lessons, but then having to pay me to also practice for the piano lessons.

00:19:59.825 --> 00:20:08.826
Yeah, I mean, I haven't thought about it, but I guess your musical for like multiple generations, right Cause your grandmother is, and your mom and your dad.

00:20:08.905 --> 00:20:10.229
So yeah, and my brother.

00:20:10.368 --> 00:20:14.507
Yeah, yeah, that's right, cause your brother played violin.

00:20:14.567 --> 00:20:15.461
Yeah, he's still he's.

00:20:15.461 --> 00:20:17.789
He got into choir right now.

00:20:17.789 --> 00:20:19.965
He's all into singing at the moment.

00:20:19.965 --> 00:20:20.848
Yeah, that's awesome.

00:20:21.068 --> 00:20:22.661
That's fantastic, see, it's awesome.

00:20:22.661 --> 00:20:23.521
That's fantastic.

00:20:23.521 --> 00:20:25.525
See, it's just what happened to you.

00:20:25.525 --> 00:20:26.066
I don't know.

00:20:26.066 --> 00:20:27.166
I like to listen to music.

00:20:27.166 --> 00:20:31.232
Yeah, I have a great appreciation for music.

00:20:31.333 --> 00:20:32.193
That's important too.

00:20:32.815 --> 00:20:37.685
Right, like I could Drop things.

00:20:37.685 --> 00:20:46.306
I can drop things Like I know I don't know, like I like going to concerts and things like that, oh yeah, so so that part, that part's always good.

00:20:46.306 --> 00:20:48.412
Like I there there's always.

00:20:48.412 --> 00:20:54.490
I can always relate a piece of music to like, whatever's going on in my, in my life.

00:20:54.490 --> 00:20:59.301
So so there, there's that, and we love musical theater.

00:21:00.144 --> 00:21:01.125
We, we certainly do.

00:21:01.125 --> 00:21:05.932
Oh yeah, and while Jocelyn's been here, you all went to see Hamilton.

00:21:06.031 --> 00:21:07.473
We did go see Hamilton.

00:21:07.673 --> 00:21:08.454
That was so fun.

00:21:10.481 --> 00:21:10.943
So what did you?

00:21:10.943 --> 00:21:12.548
Well, you've watched it before on.

00:21:12.568 --> 00:21:12.789
Disney+.

00:21:12.789 --> 00:21:16.329
But it is different seeing it live and just hearing it all around you.

00:21:16.329 --> 00:21:17.683
You know it's incredible, isn't it?

00:21:18.224 --> 00:21:19.008
And the audience.

00:21:19.169 --> 00:21:19.410
Yeah.

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:21.046
Like that was a wild audience.

00:21:21.046 --> 00:21:21.508
It was.

00:21:21.508 --> 00:21:28.924
They were really into every song yeah, surprising for a weekday I know you should have katherine.

00:21:28.924 --> 00:21:29.567
You should have seen it.

00:21:29.567 --> 00:21:35.184
It was, I mean, literally like applause and screams wow after every song.

00:21:35.665 --> 00:21:43.887
It was I'll just say I uh, I injured my leg, so I could not join but, fable got to take my place, so it worked out in the end.

00:21:44.008 --> 00:21:46.800
Yes, indeed and we could always watch it on.

00:21:46.800 --> 00:21:50.692
I mean, like you said, it's not the same watching on disney plus, but I mean we could always.

00:21:51.060 --> 00:21:58.240
I also have seen it twice, so I really can't complain yeah, this was and this was a really good cast.

00:21:58.300 --> 00:22:07.801
I thought I was saying probably my only criticism and I mentioned this was eliza, not that, not that she couldn't sing, she was.

00:22:07.801 --> 00:22:14.375
She had a beautiful voice, but like I don't feel like she could like belt out some of those parts like in burn, like it was just like I was.

00:22:14.375 --> 00:22:19.183
I was waiting for like some really more like oomph behind, behind the voice.

00:22:19.183 --> 00:22:21.406
But she had, she had a beautiful voice.

00:22:21.406 --> 00:22:24.451
I love how she played the character.

00:22:24.451 --> 00:22:34.320
She was a little more I'm trying to think what's the word she played it like a little more, I'm going to say over the top.

00:22:34.320 --> 00:22:45.071
But she was very like I'm trying to think of the right word for it, I can't quite put my finger on it but she was just very like.

00:22:45.071 --> 00:22:57.767
When she met Alexander Hamilton for the first time, she was just kind of like this silly kind of schoolgirl, kind of like acting about meeting him and everything.

00:22:57.767 --> 00:22:58.608
It was interesting.

00:22:58.608 --> 00:23:04.943
I never picked that up on any of the other times that I've seen the musical.

00:23:04.943 --> 00:23:06.326
So it's interesting.

00:23:06.807 --> 00:23:08.833
Eliza Hamilton is an interesting character.

00:23:08.833 --> 00:23:12.823
I read a lot about her after we saw the show.

00:23:12.823 --> 00:23:19.134
She really was the one who kept Alexander Hamilton's legacy alive, what she lived for another 50 years.

00:23:19.134 --> 00:23:31.836
Yeah, I mean she was almost destitute, but she stayed in that house and she entertained people for her whole life and she never stopped talking about him and the things that he accomplished.

00:23:31.836 --> 00:23:34.188
I mean, she was really his strongest proponent.

00:23:35.221 --> 00:23:36.547
The $10 founding father.

00:23:39.762 --> 00:23:42.869
I mean founder of the Bank of New York, where my father worked for years and years.

00:23:42.869 --> 00:23:48.935
Very true, and we live mere feet from where Aaron Burr and theodosia got married.

00:23:48.935 --> 00:23:52.684
So yes, the hermitage hamilton uh in hocus, new jersey.

00:23:52.724 --> 00:24:09.096
Yeah yes indeed a lot of hamilton connections yes, and we hawk, and obviously well yeah everything's legal in jersey, yeah where we take the ferry from so, so, jocelyn, so how?

00:24:09.096 --> 00:24:11.640
So let me ask this question.

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:15.931
So so, talk to me about your, your audience on spotify, because that's that's like.

00:24:15.931 --> 00:24:20.204
Is that your primary outlet for, for publishing your, your music?

00:24:20.525 --> 00:24:23.288
yeah, spotify and youtube the most Nice.

00:24:23.808 --> 00:24:29.496
So how do you get on one of their curated playlists?

00:24:29.496 --> 00:24:31.888
How does that happen?

00:24:31.888 --> 00:24:34.807
That, I think, is just the absolute coolest, yeah.

00:24:36.261 --> 00:24:48.267
So when you tell them that you're going to release an album or EP or anything, you have the option to write a petition to them saying this is my song, this is how I wrote it, this is why you should choose it.

00:24:48.267 --> 00:25:01.202
This is the type of playlist that I think it would work well on who you could promote it to, and then there's a small chance that they could pick it wow so it's exciting, it happened twice I was gonna say yeah, because I was gonna say this was, this was the second time.

00:25:01.262 --> 00:25:04.449
That's, that's so exciting and what's the playlist that it's on?

00:25:05.130 --> 00:25:08.987
The first one was Renaissance Fair and the second one was Celtic Fantasyland.

00:25:08.987 --> 00:25:10.009
I think Interesting.

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:11.085
That is so cool.

00:25:11.085 --> 00:25:13.247
Now, what is your music under?

00:25:13.247 --> 00:25:18.730
So if people are looking for your music, how do they find you on Spotify or YouTube?

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:21.107
It's under the name June Westfield.

00:25:22.661 --> 00:25:24.347
And how did you come up with June Westfield?

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:32.868
Because my real name was harder for people to look up and I don't have to spell this one out.

00:25:32.868 --> 00:25:33.609
That's right.

00:25:33.671 --> 00:25:35.173
Yes, that's fantastic.

00:25:35.173 --> 00:25:40.349
So, yes, june Westfield, yes, how many albums do you have on there now?

00:25:40.349 --> 00:25:58.053
I think I might be wrong because I've changed it recently, but I think there's three Awesome that's fantastic and you're on two playlists, which is super cool Renaissance Fair, which we are big Renaissance Fair fans, so that's that fits in beautifully.

00:25:58.720 --> 00:26:02.628
Well, and I love Celtic music, so yes, absolutely.

00:26:02.990 --> 00:26:03.810
That's fantastic.

00:26:03.810 --> 00:26:04.772
It's so exciting.

00:26:04.772 --> 00:26:09.285
Let me think of what I'm trying to think, of what other questions I've got.

00:26:09.285 --> 00:26:10.487
Do you have any questions, dear?

00:26:10.768 --> 00:26:11.549
I don't think I do.

00:26:12.411 --> 00:26:12.872
Interesting.

00:26:13.413 --> 00:26:15.305
Interesting that I don't have no question.

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:17.326
You have nothing on your mind.

00:26:17.326 --> 00:26:20.566
I hear cats upstairs.

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.727
There's always cats somewhere.

00:26:23.881 --> 00:26:25.486
They were doing that while you were gone too.

00:26:25.486 --> 00:26:26.529
Oh my goodness.

00:26:27.681 --> 00:26:29.949
Here are the little footsteps running back and forth.

00:26:29.949 --> 00:26:32.711
They just chase each other back and forth upstairs.

00:26:33.576 --> 00:26:35.623
They're great here's a question yes.

00:26:35.623 --> 00:26:38.702
So I know you've got another video game in the works.

00:26:38.702 --> 00:26:39.665
What's next?

00:26:39.665 --> 00:26:41.640
What are you hoping to do next?

00:26:42.622 --> 00:26:44.105
More of the same Awesome.

00:26:44.125 --> 00:26:44.287
Yeah.

00:26:45.336 --> 00:26:47.383
I think this one is a long haul right now.

00:26:47.845 --> 00:26:48.086
Yeah.

00:26:48.655 --> 00:26:51.305
I'm up to doing sound effects for this one as well.

00:26:51.305 --> 00:26:53.195
I completed the music part of it.

00:26:53.415 --> 00:26:54.017
Oh cool.

00:26:54.076 --> 00:26:57.259
And this is a bit of a larger scale game than the last one I did.

00:26:57.259 --> 00:27:02.502
So it will definitely be for a while now and then we'll see, after that, hopefully more.

00:27:03.163 --> 00:27:04.304
That's really cool.

00:27:04.763 --> 00:27:06.184
So the last one.

00:27:06.184 --> 00:27:07.046
What was the?

00:27:07.046 --> 00:27:09.027
Tell us the name of the previous game.

00:27:09.288 --> 00:27:10.848
Wizard Cats Tank Battle.

00:27:11.048 --> 00:27:12.529
Wizard Cats Tank Battle.

00:27:12.529 --> 00:27:23.997
Now, that was a Kickstarter, yeah, and they weren't able to fund it that way so what are they doing with it?

00:27:24.017 --> 00:27:24.096
now?

00:27:24.096 --> 00:27:24.878
It's still happening.

00:27:24.878 --> 00:27:35.641
It's just at a slightly slower pace, sure, but hopefully sometime this year awesome yeah oh, very cool, yeah, and this other game so we mystery game mystery the mystery game that's.

00:27:35.781 --> 00:27:37.564
That's very exciting, though.

00:27:37.564 --> 00:27:42.570
So how did they find you or how did you find them?

00:27:42.570 --> 00:27:44.963
How did that work?

00:27:45.595 --> 00:27:49.403
The dev from Wizard Cat's Tank Battle Brett.

00:27:49.403 --> 00:27:56.685
He said hey, my friend is working on this game, can I send him your resume and your audio reel?

00:27:56.685 --> 00:27:59.579
And so we went from there and I had a zoom meeting with them.

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:02.945
Oh cool, Excellent, oh very exciting.

00:28:03.067 --> 00:28:03.426
Yeah.

00:28:03.426 --> 00:28:07.961
This is like it's nice when people like your stuff enough to start referring you to other people.

00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:09.564
Yeah, it was really nice yeah.

00:28:10.224 --> 00:28:17.060
Oh, that's fantastic, Wonderful, well, well, thank you so much for joining us today.

00:28:17.060 --> 00:28:19.787
This has been a nice surprise.

00:28:19.787 --> 00:28:27.006
Yeah, absolutely so you won the tickets on an Instagram contest.

00:28:27.006 --> 00:28:31.423
Yes, awesome, so you won the tickets to the Dark Force Fest.

00:28:31.423 --> 00:28:32.960
I said that correct, right?

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.803
Yes, Dark Force Fest.

00:28:33.803 --> 00:28:39.240
Yes and yeah, can I mention your name, maddie?

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.223
Hi, maddie.

00:28:40.223 --> 00:28:45.747
Maddie is in the studio as well, but sitting there silently.

00:28:45.747 --> 00:28:52.964
We're so glad to have you both here, and I'm trying to think of is there anything else?

00:28:53.174 --> 00:28:55.863
Well, I think we should let Jocelyn plug her stuff.

00:28:56.022 --> 00:28:57.105
Oh, yes, please plug away.

00:28:57.954 --> 00:28:59.119
Oh, I mean, I sort of have.

00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:00.023
Yeah, exactly.

00:29:00.023 --> 00:29:09.487
Again, my website is junewestfieldcom and on all streaming services and YouTube it's June Westfield to find my music.

00:29:09.727 --> 00:29:14.924
Awesome, and we will put the links in the show notes, of course, so everybody can find that.

00:29:14.924 --> 00:29:16.749
Thank you, thank you again.

00:29:16.749 --> 00:29:17.915
This has been fantastic.

00:29:17.915 --> 00:29:19.357
It's so nice to see you in person.

00:29:19.357 --> 00:29:30.809
Yeah, thanks for having us Of course, thank you, and we will get back to the podcast, because Catherine and I are going to add some A little news roundup, a little news roundup after this.

00:29:31.330 --> 00:29:41.824
So stay tuned and All right, the look on his face every time he hits that button.

00:29:42.105 --> 00:29:46.605
he's so pleased well, well, there's also my other, the other button that I haven't hit yet.

00:29:46.605 --> 00:29:51.846
Yeah, leroy jenkins.

00:29:51.846 --> 00:29:54.537
So that's, that's my other leroy.

00:29:54.537 --> 00:29:57.040
And then there was always the first one.

00:29:57.040 --> 00:30:08.271
That's always the entrance music into the podcast, which I love because I feel like you're walking.

00:30:08.271 --> 00:30:13.421
I don't know, I envision walking into the forest with that music.

00:30:13.621 --> 00:30:18.265
It's like you're entering this magical land, so I absolutely love it.

00:30:18.265 --> 00:30:20.319
But again, josh, thank you so much.

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.122
Appreciate it.

00:30:21.122 --> 00:30:22.405
Catherine, thank you for being here.

00:30:22.405 --> 00:30:25.384
Maddie, thank you for being here as well.

00:30:25.384 --> 00:30:30.359
Have a great day, everybody, and we're recording.

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:36.625
Welcome back from our short break of whatever.

00:30:36.645 --> 00:30:43.076
That was Much longer break than it appears to be short for you.

00:30:43.576 --> 00:30:52.289
Many hours for us yes, but we are back to talk about some fun dnd related news.

00:30:52.289 --> 00:31:00.759
So we're going to we've pulled up a couple articles that we're going to discuss and trying to figure out where we're going to start first.

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.420
There we go.

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:12.987
So one thing that I am super excited about and I think Catherine is too yes, yes, was that a yes question?

00:31:12.987 --> 00:31:14.448
Like yes, what am I about to talk about?

00:31:14.448 --> 00:31:15.868
No or yes, you are excited.

00:31:15.909 --> 00:31:16.808
Yes, I am excited.

00:31:16.848 --> 00:31:18.509
Yes, you are excited, fantastic.

00:31:18.710 --> 00:31:20.211
I know what you I about to talk about.

00:31:20.211 --> 00:31:20.651
No or yes?

00:31:20.651 --> 00:31:21.791
You are excited?

00:31:21.791 --> 00:31:23.893
Yes, I am excited, yes you are excited, fantastic.

00:31:23.893 --> 00:31:27.095
I know what you're about to talk about because you know, we planned it, we pre-planned.

00:31:31.855 --> 00:31:32.276
No, we just planned.

00:31:32.276 --> 00:31:32.876
Okay, that wasn't pre-planning.

00:31:32.876 --> 00:31:33.999
No, I hate the term pre-planning, I know so.

00:31:33.999 --> 00:31:35.221
That's why I was saying it mockingly, I know.

00:31:35.221 --> 00:31:54.659
So the first thing we want to talk about is coming to new york city new york city is what's known as the 20-sided tavern, an interactive stage experience of dungeons and dragons play.

00:31:55.559 --> 00:32:04.138
this is this is really such a great way to celebrate the 50th anniversary this year of of D and D.

00:32:04.138 --> 00:32:17.808
Super exciting, um, kind of really an an immersive theater event, which is which is really cool, and it's we were.

00:32:17.808 --> 00:32:18.851
We were reading an article.

00:32:18.851 --> 00:32:21.617
Nerdist has a whole article about them building the set.

00:32:21.617 --> 00:32:26.959
The set is super cool, you know, like again you, you get the feeling like you're in this tavern.

00:32:26.959 --> 00:32:36.185
They've got this huge video wall on the back that's going to display all sorts of stuff Backgrounds, I think they talk about.

00:32:36.306 --> 00:32:36.686
Let's see.

00:32:36.686 --> 00:32:42.356
Backgrounds, I think they talk about, let's see.

00:32:42.356 --> 00:33:01.025
There are 34 backgrounds, five additional variations, 21 background specific additional effects that overlay on top of them, 28 combat effects, over 40 custom character illustrations, 40 item cards and well over 300 individual pieces of content that you might see on any given night.

00:33:01.025 --> 00:33:13.142
I think this is one of the coolest things that really you're never going to see the same show twice because there are a lot of dice rolls that take place.

00:33:13.142 --> 00:33:40.070
So again, it really randomizes the, the adventure for those who are, who are watching and they use um, a browser-based software called gamiotics or gamiotics, something to that effect I would guess gamiotics gamiotics, um, that you can, as an audience, tell the performers what to do, where to go and what kind of dangers they're going to face.

00:33:40.455 --> 00:33:43.265
So it's a very interactive event.

00:33:43.265 --> 00:33:45.542
So I think it's a lot of fun.

00:33:45.542 --> 00:33:53.829
It's something I think we're going to take our adventuring party to and experience, since we're right across the river in New Jersey.

00:33:53.829 --> 00:33:55.240
I think that one's really exciting.

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:59.636
What do you think about this, dear I'm excited for it.

00:34:00.018 --> 00:34:03.443
Um I, I love an interactive show.

00:34:03.443 --> 00:34:12.195
Uh I, I think my earliest experience with that was right after college when, um, my friend Michelle and I went to see Tony and Tina's wedding.

00:34:12.195 --> 00:34:26.617
Oh yes, that one was super fun because you literally, like, moved locations right Right was super fun because you literally, like, moved locations right, right, right, saw the wedding happen and then you literally all just walked down the street to a banquet hall where you got to sit at tables with the characters.

00:34:26.617 --> 00:34:28.021
I love that kind of stuff.

00:34:28.081 --> 00:34:34.000
It was very stupid and fun probably some of my earliest experiences goes earlier than that.

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:42.641
I mean, it's not really necessarily interactive but immersive, and that would be my favorite medieval times.

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:55.221
Oh my God, yeah, I hadn't even thought about that Right, I mean because you're cheering each section of the restaurant, theater, whatever you want to call it.

00:34:55.221 --> 00:34:58.721
You've got your own knight that you're rooting for who's competing in all these challenges.

00:34:58.721 --> 00:34:59.833
So it you know, you've got your own knight that you're rooting for who's competing in all these challenges.

00:34:59.833 --> 00:35:03.905
So it's again another really immersive experience.

00:35:03.905 --> 00:35:15.186
And we've got some weirdly, I don't know if it's just a New Jersey thing, but we've got all these little I don't know, I don't know what to call them amusement parks.

00:35:15.186 --> 00:35:24.862
We've got the Land of Make Believe, fairytale Forest, fairytale Forest Another one of my favorites Wild West City.

00:35:24.963 --> 00:35:27.202
Oh my gosh, wild West City was so much fun.

00:35:27.202 --> 00:35:28.579
Do you remember the train robbery?

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:38.324
Yeah, yeah, oh, my God, I am all for the immersive kind of thing and that's why I think I love the Ren Faire so much.

00:35:38.324 --> 00:35:41.621
I love going up to the Ren Faire and just getting kind of.

00:35:41.621 --> 00:35:50.519
Again, I keep saying the word immersed, immersed in that kind of era of time, and it's just so much fun.

00:35:50.519 --> 00:36:10.990
Immersed in immersion yeah, I'm immersing myself in immersion, yes, but it's just so much fun and I think that's what's cool about this is that this is a way to to really get deep into dnd, where you don't have to play your, but you're still involved in the, in the, the action that is.

00:36:10.990 --> 00:36:12.855
That is happening, so that's really cool.

00:36:12.855 --> 00:36:14.777
I'm really, I'm really excited for that.

00:36:14.777 --> 00:36:21.362
It literally just started previews yesterday, so it's just kicked off in New York City.

00:36:21.362 --> 00:36:30.192
So if you're in the area or you're going to make a trip to this area, that would be a perfect thing to check out.

00:36:31.295 --> 00:36:32.838
Absolutely.

00:36:32.838 --> 00:36:39.088
I am hoping my injured leg will heal very quickly so that we can get back in.

00:36:39.088 --> 00:36:42.335
Yes, your poor injured leg.

00:36:42.335 --> 00:36:49.081
Catherine's week started with a strained muscle in my leg that has me hobbling around on a crutch.

00:36:49.081 --> 00:36:57.750
And ended today with a scratched cornea from our friend Jordy upstairs, who decided he wanted to smack me in the eye.

00:36:58.590 --> 00:37:02.940
Oh, jordy, yeah, he just gets a little overenthusiastic.

00:37:03.201 --> 00:37:04.284
It wasn't enthusiasm.

00:37:04.284 --> 00:37:05.346
He wanted to get down.

00:37:05.346 --> 00:37:06.088
I said no.

00:37:06.088 --> 00:37:11.043
I picked him up to move him and he decided one way down was to smack me in the eye.

00:37:11.164 --> 00:37:13.702
Well, okay, then he's just an angry little elf.

00:37:13.702 --> 00:37:16.757
He is an angry little elf, oh, poor guy.

00:37:16.757 --> 00:37:24.199
I mean, I I understand how much it hurt, believe me, but I don't.

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:28.847
I don't think he intended anything by it he intended murder.

00:37:29.407 --> 00:37:32.239
I could see murder in his heart when he did it murder in his heart.

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:33.864
Murder in his furry little heart.

00:37:33.864 --> 00:37:36.097
Jordy murder, murder in his heart.

00:37:36.097 --> 00:37:38.905
Poor Jordy.

00:37:38.905 --> 00:37:43.686
Right before you came upstairs after he hit me, he pulled out a little knife.

00:37:43.686 --> 00:37:44.817
He put it away.

00:37:44.817 --> 00:37:47.023
When you got upstairs, was he going to shiv you?

00:37:47.023 --> 00:37:48.996
He was Wow, actually.

00:37:48.996 --> 00:37:50.563
I believe he shanks right.

00:37:50.563 --> 00:37:53.059
You shank with a shiv, you shank with a shiv.

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:54.242
Is that what it is?

00:37:54.242 --> 00:37:54.885
I think so.

00:37:55.335 --> 00:38:00.188
I have to look up the proper grammar on that I haven't been to prison in a while so I'm not 100% sure.

00:38:00.188 --> 00:38:03.081
Thank God, because those are dementors.

00:38:04.255 --> 00:38:06.398
The worst thing about prison was dementors.

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:07.400
Yeah, seriously.

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:10.123
You know what we ate Gruel Gruel sandwiches.

00:38:11.166 --> 00:38:18.298
Gruel, all gruel, all the time, but anyway.

00:38:18.298 --> 00:38:19.842
So what do you like about?

00:38:19.842 --> 00:38:22.286
Because this is again.

00:38:22.286 --> 00:38:24.469
This is kind of really your first D&D adventure.

00:38:24.469 --> 00:38:25.679
So what are you looking forward to?

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:29.643
At the 20-sided tavern, someone else looking foolish?

00:38:29.643 --> 00:38:32.141
Someone else looking foolish?

00:38:32.141 --> 00:38:35.079
Yeah, do you think you look foolish?

00:38:35.782 --> 00:38:36.585
I don't know do you.

00:38:37.635 --> 00:38:39.219
I don't think that's foolish, I think that's fun.

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:40.141
I think it's silly.

00:38:40.141 --> 00:38:45.543
Well, okay, maybe I enjoy doing it, exactly you enjoy doing it, but that's all that matters.

00:38:45.643 --> 00:38:48.882
I don't know, it's just a matter of enjoying what you do I guess so.

00:38:48.882 --> 00:38:51.047
Yeah, all right.

00:38:51.047 --> 00:39:00.936
So yes, 20-sided tavern it is.

00:39:00.936 --> 00:39:03.739
I want to see where the I'm going to look it up for you while we're while we're here.

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:04.521
It is at stage 42.

00:39:04.521 --> 00:39:04.862
What is it?

00:39:04.882 --> 00:39:13.501
422, west 42nd good to know I I had a feeling it was going to be on 42nd street when it was called stage 42.

00:39:13.501 --> 00:39:17.951
Right, would be very funny if it was stage 42 and it was on like 85th street, brooklyn.

00:39:22.690 --> 00:39:24.534
Staten Island Staten Island.

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:27.695
Stage 42 here in beautiful Staten Island.

00:39:27.695 --> 00:39:32.742
You could take a free ferry ride to get here, that's right, so definitely check it out.

00:39:33.735 --> 00:39:35.342
It looks like they have a discord server.

00:39:35.342 --> 00:39:40.811
Oh boy, hello.

00:39:40.811 --> 00:39:43.561
Apparently the 20 sided tavern has a discord server as well.

00:39:43.561 --> 00:39:44.405
That's fantastic.

00:39:44.405 --> 00:39:47.114
There's only 1132 members at the moment.

00:39:47.114 --> 00:39:50.161
That's fantastic.

00:39:50.161 --> 00:39:51.125
I'm gonna have to check that out.

00:39:51.344 --> 00:39:56.161
Excellent, cool, cool, cool all right all right on to our next fantastic.

00:39:56.161 --> 00:39:59.128
What else are we going to talk about now?

00:39:59.128 --> 00:40:08.389
We've talked about several crowdfunded campaigns for different things.

00:40:08.389 --> 00:40:10.818
We talked about the.

00:40:10.818 --> 00:40:12.422
What was it called?

00:40:12.422 --> 00:40:14.224
Gummy Quest?

00:40:14.224 --> 00:40:16.128
Gummy Quest I knew it was Gummy something.

00:40:16.128 --> 00:40:16.809
Gummy Quest.

00:40:16.809 --> 00:40:18.400
We've talked about that one.

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:23.567
I'm a big fan of Dice Dungeons, who is a dice vendor.

00:40:23.567 --> 00:40:34.105
They just started a Kickstarter campaign for microfiber battle mats, which is really cool, which we could talk about that as well later.

00:40:34.485 --> 00:40:35.228
Yeah, I'm curious.

00:40:36.396 --> 00:40:37.480
But those are super cool.

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:38.523
They just, they just started.

00:40:38.523 --> 00:40:43.704
They got funded like within this, within the first day, uh, for for that project.

00:40:43.704 --> 00:40:54.237
But dice dungeons has made some of my favorite sets of dice my copper dice, my cubic zirconia dice, the sea glass dice, which I think are just absolutely beautiful.

00:40:54.237 --> 00:40:57.340
Um, they've, they've done some really nice sets.

00:40:57.340 --> 00:41:05.431
They just most recently wrapped up the one for the speakeasy dice is what they're calling them.

00:41:05.431 --> 00:41:12.768
So a bunch of different sets of dice themed on different cocktails.

00:41:12.768 --> 00:41:15.641
So that is one that is.

00:41:15.641 --> 00:41:17.485
I think those are coming out sometime this fall.

00:41:17.485 --> 00:41:19.179
They're shipping those.

00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:23.947
But this is their newest one are, yeah, the microfiber battle maps.

00:41:23.947 --> 00:41:26.322
So we can talk about that as well, maybe right after this.

00:41:27.675 --> 00:41:31.525
But this one is an article from Polygon.

00:41:31.525 --> 00:41:42.577
It says one author thinks your D&D party should get out more and socialize in character, thinks your D&D party should get out more and socialize in character.

00:41:42.577 --> 00:41:59.469
And they have created a book called you Don't Meet in a Tavern, which is a great source of beginning ideas for how parties kind of get together and it sounds absolutely fascinating.

00:41:59.469 --> 00:42:16.282
There's like well over, I want to say it's close to 100, I think, different scenarios that you can play with, because she was talking about getting up to like 50 prompts and realizing that she's got to make a book out of this, but it's called you Don't Meet in a Tavern.

00:42:16.282 --> 00:42:46.527
One of the ones that sounded really cool to me that they mentioned in the article is basically you're on a long sailing voyage and the the ship runs aground and crashes and you the party basically ends up on the on the sandy beach the rocky, rocky, sandy beach of some place, and they've got to kind of pick up their belongings and kind of assemble and that's one way to join the party.

00:42:46.635 --> 00:42:47.884
The other one is the.

00:42:47.884 --> 00:42:49.474
Oh, where is it in here?

00:42:49.474 --> 00:42:51.101
I'm trying to look for it in the article.

00:42:51.101 --> 00:42:54.293
It's like a paint and sip event.

00:42:54.675 --> 00:42:56.601
Yeah, they called it sculpt and sip, Sculpt and sip.

00:42:56.641 --> 00:42:58.166
Thank you they called it sculpt and sip, Sculpt and sip.

00:42:58.166 --> 00:42:58.686
Thank you.

00:42:58.686 --> 00:42:59.898
Which is the?

00:42:59.898 --> 00:43:01.262
Was it a gnome?

00:43:01.262 --> 00:43:04.704
Is that who was running the sculpt and sip?

00:43:04.704 --> 00:43:06.259
I don't remember.

00:43:06.259 --> 00:43:07.965
Let's take a look.

00:43:10.456 --> 00:43:12.735
Yes, a gnome-led sculpt and sip.

00:43:12.815 --> 00:43:15.063
A gnome-led sculpt and sip.

00:43:15.356 --> 00:43:22.257
The one I liked was when they talked about, yes, lead, sculpt and sip.

00:43:22.257 --> 00:43:26.836
The one I liked was when they talked about, um, yes, she says what if you started because a thief robbed everyone and you're all chasing him together through a marketplace like it?

00:43:26.836 --> 00:43:34.295
Makes the bonding piece of it seem much more realistic, much more natural than like oh hey, we're all in a tavern.

00:43:34.295 --> 00:43:34.737
We're all in a tavern.

00:43:34.757 --> 00:43:36.559
We're all in a tavern and here we are again.

00:43:36.559 --> 00:44:11.715
Well, because I was thinking about this for the group of because I'm looking at the keys from the Golden Vault and I was trying to think of how to assemble that group and one of the things, because they're all kind of heists, because they're all kind of they're heists, so I was thinking of maybe they're all independent operators on the first heist after the same item and they realize that it's better to team up.

00:44:11.715 --> 00:44:14.802
They have a better chance of being successful if they team up.

00:44:14.802 --> 00:44:16.246
Team up.

00:44:16.695 --> 00:44:17.318
A team up.

00:44:17.318 --> 00:44:18.739
Yes, I know you love they team up.

00:44:18.739 --> 00:44:19.208
Team up, A team up.

00:44:19.208 --> 00:44:19.601
Yes, I know you love a team up.

00:44:19.601 --> 00:44:30.094
So it would be better if they teamed up and tried to take the item that they were looking for instead of trying to do it all solo.

00:44:30.094 --> 00:44:36.474
So that was one of the thoughts that I had, but I think they were going to go in a different route.

00:44:36.474 --> 00:44:44.027
I think they were going to go in a different route, but I am just I'm a big fan of all sorts of D&D creators like this.

00:44:44.027 --> 00:44:51.382
It is on what is the game found?

00:44:51.382 --> 00:44:53.514
I think I think there's only like as of today.

00:44:53.514 --> 00:44:55.219
I think there's only two days left to fund it.

00:44:55.521 --> 00:44:55.882
There are.

00:44:55.882 --> 00:44:56.824
It's fully funded.

00:44:57.394 --> 00:45:02.447
It is 125% funded as of right now, but you can still.

00:45:02.447 --> 00:45:06.554
You can still become a backer of the the campaign.

00:45:06.554 --> 00:45:10.820
I guess when this goes live on Monday, Monday might be the last day of it.

00:45:10.820 --> 00:45:14.240
There's two days left, or they include today.

00:45:15.364 --> 00:45:15.925
I don't know.

00:45:16.146 --> 00:45:16.547
I don't know.

00:45:17.255 --> 00:45:18.621
Maybe you can still fund it.

00:45:18.994 --> 00:45:23.954
If not, you'll probably look for it after it's published Probably look for it after it's published.

00:45:23.954 --> 00:45:33.164
They said October of 2024, the digital versions will be released so you can get it in digital format.

00:45:33.164 --> 00:45:49.590
There is the main book and then they've got like a series of special guests that are making like a supplemental to the supplemental called Guest Scenarios and Art, so there's a secondary book to it.

00:45:49.590 --> 00:45:54.179
It was like $15 to back it to get the digital versions.

00:45:54.179 --> 00:45:58.324
The print versions are coming out.

00:45:58.324 --> 00:46:00.987
I think they said February of 2025.

00:46:00.987 --> 00:46:10.728
Okay, If I recall correctly, so not that much further after, but it's just going to take them some time to actually print the material.

00:46:10.728 --> 00:46:11.695
So digital versions fall this year.

00:46:11.695 --> 00:46:14.219
So I'm really excited I decided to back it.

00:46:14.219 --> 00:46:16.005
Fall of this year.

00:46:16.005 --> 00:46:18.195
So I'm really excited I decided to back it.

00:46:18.715 --> 00:46:25.289
I'm always looking for new ideas for ways to kind of mix things up other than the standard you meet in a tavern.

00:46:25.289 --> 00:46:33.068
So I thought this was a great resource and I'm always up for supporting independent creators of content.

00:46:33.068 --> 00:46:37.217
They really make the D know the D and D community what it is.

00:46:37.217 --> 00:46:47.182
So so thank you to to anyone out there who has created content for for D and D, because it's it's just awesome.

00:46:47.182 --> 00:46:54.242
I love we've interviewed some really great people on the podcast before um that make content.

00:46:54.242 --> 00:46:57.768
Um, I'm thinking of h who makes.

00:46:57.768 --> 00:47:01.623
Who makes all the npc content on on patreon.

00:47:01.623 --> 00:47:03.208
Yep, that that's a really cool one.

00:47:03.208 --> 00:47:03.769
They do some.

00:47:03.769 --> 00:47:05.536
They do some amazing stuff there.

00:47:05.536 --> 00:47:08.780
Um, all sorts of people.

00:47:08.780 --> 00:47:12.605
Tall tavern is another one really cool stuff.

00:47:12.605 --> 00:47:20.362
Pocket bard you know the, what we use for the sound effects, for for the, the actual play there.

00:47:20.362 --> 00:47:23.697
There's just so many tremendous creators out there and just that.

00:47:23.697 --> 00:47:28.835
That's just a few of the ones that I've I've interacted with, but there's there's a ton out there.

00:47:28.835 --> 00:47:31.681
Now, do you want to talk about dice dungeons?

00:47:32.923 --> 00:47:33.125
Dungeons.

00:47:33.144 --> 00:47:34.748
Yeah, okay, let me bring it up.

00:47:34.748 --> 00:47:46.170
I want to say Dice Dungeons, battlecloth is what they call it Battlecloth, battlecloth.

00:47:46.612 --> 00:47:47.715
Battlecloth.

00:47:48.617 --> 00:47:49.862
So let's see.

00:47:49.862 --> 00:47:52.324
I'm going to try to read the where's the description here.

00:47:52.324 --> 00:47:56.257
Enhance your adventures with battle cloth maps.

00:47:56.257 --> 00:48:04.038
Our exclusive line of cloth, microfiber battle maps is ideal for encounters in any rpg.

00:48:04.038 --> 00:48:11.217
These high quality, full color battle maps make a fantastic setting for different scenes during your game.

00:48:11.217 --> 00:48:17.106
They make planning easier for DMs and the experience more immersive for players.

00:48:17.106 --> 00:48:23.719
So the maps themselves are printed on soft, high quality fabric so you can.

00:48:23.719 --> 00:48:26.719
There's no wrinkling or anything like that, creases or anything.

00:48:26.719 --> 00:48:28.860
Nice, smooth surfaces.

00:48:28.860 --> 00:48:33.684
So for all of your minis and terrain and everything like that fit really nicely on these.

00:48:34.389 --> 00:48:38.762
Each one of the battle map areas is 21 and a half by 21 and a half inches.

00:48:38.762 --> 00:48:43.440
It's already got the grid on it, you know, for tracking movement and things like that.

00:48:43.440 --> 00:48:45.786
So it's it's really nicely built.

00:48:45.786 --> 00:48:46.427
They've got some.

00:48:46.427 --> 00:48:52.105
They've got open fields, caves, oceans, and you can tile those if you want to.

00:48:52.105 --> 00:49:00.780
They've got all sorts of aquatic ones a beach harbor, an actual sailing ship, a sunken ship.

00:49:00.780 --> 00:49:04.786
Then they've got all the actual land.

00:49:04.786 --> 00:49:07.275
So and these all kind of tie in together.

00:49:07.275 --> 00:49:11.903
So there's forest, cliffside path, ruined temple, and can.

00:49:11.903 --> 00:49:18.719
You can line all these up together the roadside camp, twin bridges, cliffside cave, so many more.

00:49:18.719 --> 00:49:25.257
They've got other ones a tavern, a castle floor, that gets unlocked at 15,000.

00:49:25.257 --> 00:49:28.043
And I think, what are they?

00:49:28.043 --> 00:49:28.724
What do they add?

00:49:28.724 --> 00:49:32.842
At the moment they're already at 18, 18,471.

00:49:32.842 --> 00:49:35.730
So they've already, they've already broken those stretch goals.

00:49:35.730 --> 00:49:43.867
I think that the next one is, oh, the snow cap summit, which unlocks at 20 000 did you say you already backed this?

00:49:44.996 --> 00:49:48.239
I have not backed this one yet, but I am.

00:49:48.239 --> 00:49:49.722
I backed other dice.

00:49:49.722 --> 00:49:53.606
I backed the um speakeasy dice.

00:49:53.606 --> 00:49:56.530
Right, I backed when they did the Seaglass dice.

00:49:56.530 --> 00:50:00.804
I backed that Kickstarter campaign, but I have not backed this campaign yet.

00:50:00.804 --> 00:50:05.000
Pretty reasonably priced, let's talk about that.

00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:08.405
So two Battlecloth maps 23.

00:50:08.996 --> 00:50:09.840
One for 12.

00:50:10.335 --> 00:50:11.501
Three for 33.

00:50:11.501 --> 00:50:13.128
I want the whole set, though.

00:50:13.128 --> 00:50:13.795
That's the problem.

00:50:13.875 --> 00:50:21.088
So if you go to the whole set, 18 Battlecloth maps, yes, $180.

00:50:21.088 --> 00:50:21.608
Yes.

00:50:26.958 --> 00:50:28.934
An estimated delivery is April of 2025.

00:50:28.934 --> 00:50:31.315
So spring of 2025.

00:50:31.315 --> 00:50:39.896
We're about a year out from there, oh, interesting.

00:50:39.896 --> 00:50:42.079
Spring of 2025, or about a about a year out from from there, oh, interesting.

00:50:42.079 --> 00:50:42.601
So two items are included.

00:50:42.601 --> 00:50:49.635
There is the the battle cloth maps themselves and a digital map pack, which is very interesting.

00:50:49.635 --> 00:51:01.201
So you can, you can, you can go both ways, um, which would be pretty cool because I, I like doing stuff, I like stuff, I like doing stuff digitally as well.

00:51:01.201 --> 00:51:11.958
I mean, we play here in person, so we have, you know, kind of a map laid out for for certain areas, but something like this would be great just to just to have.

00:51:11.958 --> 00:51:17.047
So you can, you can lay something down and put your minis on it and everything, build out some terrain.

00:51:17.047 --> 00:51:22.465
I need to start getting like some terrain and other things to to really flesh out these, these maps.

00:51:22.465 --> 00:51:30.722
Yeah, so I thought you were going to say something no, no no, no, no, okay, all right.

00:51:31.943 --> 00:51:41.362
But like I, I'm glad they're and they also, I was trying to think because I was going to say I'm glad they're not making more dice, because I just have to buy more dice.

00:51:44.376 --> 00:51:46.844
But I also like their quest decks.

00:51:46.844 --> 00:51:51.586
I'm a big fan of their quest decks from Dice Dungeons.

00:51:51.586 --> 00:51:53.983
Those are really cool from Dice Dungeons.

00:51:53.983 --> 00:51:55.530
Those are really cool.

00:51:55.530 --> 00:52:02.302
So if you're looking for side quests and things to give to your party, that's a great way to come up with some things kind of randomly.

00:52:02.302 --> 00:52:04.641
You can use them as job boards.

00:52:04.641 --> 00:52:10.626
So if there's a job board in town you can throw up some side quests that way.

00:52:10.626 --> 00:52:20.179
If you want to kind of extend the game that way, you know, just depending on what you want to do.

00:52:20.179 --> 00:52:23.875
Sometimes you know, sometimes you know you can't get the whole party together.

00:52:23.875 --> 00:52:25.099
So maybe we've got a couple people.

00:52:25.099 --> 00:52:32.221
So instead of doing the main storyline and leaving somebody out, maybe you do a side quest.

00:52:32.221 --> 00:52:36.614
You know, one night, when, when, not when the whole party can't, can't be together.

00:52:36.614 --> 00:52:41.067
So there's a lot of great things you can do with the side quest decks as well.

00:52:41.067 --> 00:52:45.304
Just make, just makes a DM's job that much easier.

00:52:45.304 --> 00:52:51.045
But yeah, I'm, I'm really digging these battle cloth maps.

00:52:51.375 --> 00:52:52.139
Yeah, they look awesome.

00:52:52.139 --> 00:52:53.347
I've never seen them before.

00:52:53.347 --> 00:52:55.336
I don't think we've talked about them, have we?

00:52:55.336 --> 00:52:58.704
No, we haven't yeah, they're really cool looking.

00:52:58.704 --> 00:53:07.793
I like the ones that you can actually like put together to create one larger map yes those are fun yeah.

00:53:07.813 --> 00:53:22.864
So, for example, for example, like the stall, there's stalwart forest, stalwart forest, trying to say that, stalwart forest, stalwart forest, thank you, thank you.

00:53:22.864 --> 00:53:28.583
Stalwart forest, red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather, unique new york.

00:53:28.583 --> 00:53:29.887
Unique new york.

00:53:29.887 --> 00:53:32.516
There's the cliffside path and the ruined temple.

00:53:32.516 --> 00:53:50.230
So those are three individual 21 and a half by 21 and a half maps, but you can actually line them up side by side for one big long, I guess about 63, 65 by 21 and a half long map, so you can really span these things out.

00:53:50.230 --> 00:53:56.757
I think that one even bumps into the ones below it, which are roadside camp, twin bridges and cliffside cave.

00:53:56.757 --> 00:54:01.856
So you can, you can really extend this thing pretty far, which is which is really cool.

00:54:01.856 --> 00:54:06.144
So so that that's a pretty exciting thing.

00:54:06.144 --> 00:54:07.648
I I really dig these, they.

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They did a nice job designing them, whoever.

00:54:10.679 --> 00:54:15.009
Whoever designed them at Dice Dungeons really great job.

00:54:15.009 --> 00:54:17.440
Maybe I will have to back it.

00:54:18.335 --> 00:54:28.148
I just love that Dice Dungeons is out of Baltimore, which you know has a place in my heart Balmore, balmore, maryland.

00:54:28.409 --> 00:54:35.086
Yep, yep, indeed, and they've got terrain overlays.

00:54:35.086 --> 00:54:41.284
Oh boy, there's so many cool, cool, cool things.

00:54:41.284 --> 00:54:48.606
Oh, my goodness, a travel tube, yeah, travel tube for this, of course they do.

00:54:48.606 --> 00:54:54.284
Oh my god, so exciting.

00:54:54.284 --> 00:54:55.786
Yes, oh, there's the team.

00:54:55.786 --> 00:54:57.590
So they got dice.

00:54:57.590 --> 00:54:57.969
Dungeons.

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Is what happens when the creative force of jarrett came into contact with john's design and product savvy.

00:55:03.550 --> 00:55:12.360
A professionally trained designer, jarrett started his path designing, crafting and selling garb for cosplayers, larpers and renfares.

00:55:12.360 --> 00:55:19.664
John has a a PhD in biochemistry and a passion for analyzing problems and designing elegant solutions that help others.

00:55:19.664 --> 00:55:20.427
There you have it.

00:55:20.427 --> 00:55:24.240
So check out Dice Dungeons on.

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You can go to dicedungeonscom.

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You can go to Kickstarter.

00:55:27.652 --> 00:55:28.514
Look up Dice Dungeons.

00:55:28.514 --> 00:55:30.878
You can see their latest campaign.

00:55:30.878 --> 00:55:36.188
This one has 25 days to to go, so there's still some time to to back this one.

00:55:36.188 --> 00:55:50.516
If you're looking for kind of some, some battle maps and things like that, really nice quality um, definitely, definitely check them out what is what is next on our list of topics to discuss uh.

00:55:50.615 --> 00:56:02.757
Quests from the infinite staircase west oh, so another, another book that they are putting out for dungeons and dragons.

00:56:02.757 --> 00:56:07.987
It's another anthology of a lot of older adventures.

00:56:07.987 --> 00:56:12.342
So this one is called quests from the infinite staircase.

00:56:12.342 --> 00:56:26.244
So if you're familiar with these anthologies, there's Journey Through the Radiant Citadel, candlekeep Mysteries, which I think we played a few of those when Joe was DMing.

00:56:26.244 --> 00:56:33.021
I think he used some of the Candlekeep Mysteries I'm looking to do Keys to the Golden Vault with Fable and their group of friends.

00:56:33.021 --> 00:56:36.074
Oh, neat, so that's the one that I'm looking to do Keys to the Golden Vault with Fable and their group of friends, oh neat.

00:56:37.197 --> 00:56:38.623
So that's the one that I'm using there.

00:56:38.623 --> 00:56:49.726
So this is a new anthology coming out later this year, in 2024, quests from the Infinite Staircase, which was announced at PAX Unplugged back in December.

00:56:49.726 --> 00:57:02.164
So they say the book will be similar to tales from the yawning portal and that it features six updated versions of classic dnd adventures from past editions.

00:57:02.164 --> 00:57:11.762
I think they say the book will officially be released on july 16th, 2024 and is available for pre-order.

00:57:11.762 --> 00:57:18.471
You can do the digital or the physical versions of that.

00:57:20.775 --> 00:57:27.126
Now big question what is Quests from the Infinite Staircase about?

00:57:27.126 --> 00:57:29.362
So, like I said, it's an anthology.

00:57:29.362 --> 00:57:38.384
It's six classic D&D adventures they're updated for 5th edition Designed for characters from levels 1 to 13.

00:57:38.384 --> 00:57:45.427
Again, you can do them separately or as part of an overall campaign.

00:57:45.427 --> 00:57:54.164
Some of the ones in here are there's an adventure called the Lost City, which was originally published in 82 as module B4.

00:57:54.164 --> 00:58:01.146
And this adventure is designed for first to third-level characters.

00:58:01.146 --> 00:58:12.463
Again, this one is focused for new dungeon masters, with players exploring the upper floors of an ancient ziggurat located in the depths of a mysterious desert.

00:58:13.045 --> 00:58:14.387
Mysterious.

00:58:18.434 --> 00:58:19.757
Mysterious Yep, okay, michael Scott.

00:58:19.757 --> 00:58:19.856
Yes.

00:58:19.856 --> 00:58:21.860
In the depths of a mysterious desert, mysterious, mysterious yep, okay, michael scott.

00:58:21.860 --> 00:58:22.420
Yes, what do you?

00:58:22.420 --> 00:58:24.565
What are your opinions on that dear?

00:58:24.565 --> 00:58:27.048
Any on the lost city?

00:58:27.228 --> 00:58:28.010
on the lost city.

00:58:28.010 --> 00:58:31.380
It sounds interesting, right?

00:58:31.380 --> 00:58:36.047
Yeah, I mean the one that I thought sounded most interesting is.

00:58:36.047 --> 00:58:37.309
Beyond the Crystal Cave.

00:58:37.610 --> 00:58:40.240
Ooh Well, let's talk about it.

00:58:40.240 --> 00:58:40.902
What is it about?

00:58:41.255 --> 00:58:52.023
Inspired by Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, it's designed for sixth level characters and you have to venture into the forbidden cave of echoes to find two star-crossed lovers.

00:58:52.666 --> 00:58:54.998
Ooh, beyond the Crystal Cave.

00:58:54.998 --> 00:58:55.882
That sounds interesting.

00:58:56.001 --> 00:58:56.764
Just sounded fun.

00:58:56.764 --> 00:59:02.030
There's a couple of modules that clearly were intended for the UK.

00:59:02.030 --> 00:59:02.833
That's one of them.

00:59:02.994 --> 00:59:03.135
Right.

00:59:03.456 --> 00:59:05.842
Since that was originally module UK1.

00:59:05.842 --> 00:59:10.543
Yes, the other one are there more than I think.

00:59:10.543 --> 00:59:14.742
Just the other one that was meant for the UK was when a Star Falls.

00:59:14.742 --> 00:59:29.023
Yes, that's designed for fourth to fifth level characters, and players must recover a fallen star before rival factions are able to get their hands on it, while also dealing with an ancient tower and a dark prophecy.

00:59:29.023 --> 00:59:30.226
Ooh.

00:59:31.677 --> 00:59:39.949
Yes, the one that sounds really interesting to me that I would love to run is Expedition to the Barrier Peaks.

00:59:39.949 --> 00:59:41.581
Ooh a Gary Gygax one.

00:59:41.581 --> 00:59:42.063
Exactly.

00:59:42.063 --> 00:59:52.130
This is an adventure written by the legendary, the one and only the wickedly.

00:59:53.516 --> 00:59:58.632
Adele Dazeem, the wickedly Adele Dazeem, the wickedly talented.

00:59:59.255 --> 01:00:00.842
Exactly Adele Dazeem.

01:00:01.295 --> 01:00:02.280
Gary Gygax.

01:00:04.815 --> 01:00:10.648
This article refers to it as one of the most iconic old-school D&D adventures of all time.

01:00:10.648 --> 01:00:21.643
Designed for level 11 to 13 characters, it combines classic fantasy elements with some out-of-the-world science fiction technology.

01:00:21.643 --> 01:00:24.367
Oh, what is that?

01:00:24.367 --> 01:00:30.101
It also marks the first appearance appearance of the frogamoth what's a?

01:00:30.101 --> 01:00:32.063
Frogamoth i'moth.

01:00:32.063 --> 01:00:33.846
I'm clicking on the link to figure this out.

01:00:33.865 --> 01:00:38.199
Oh, it's like a froghemoth, like a behemoth, exactly A froghemoth.

01:00:38.715 --> 01:00:43.407
I like the picture on D&D Beyond Interesting.

01:00:43.407 --> 01:00:46.394
It's a huge monstrosity.

01:00:46.394 --> 01:00:51.907
It is an amphibious predator as big as an elephant.

01:00:51.907 --> 01:00:59.936
It's layers and swamps and has four tentacles, a thick rubbery hide what is going on with that?

01:00:59.936 --> 01:01:17.851
Tongue a fang filled maw with a prehensile tongue yuck yeah I don't like his feet yes, and an extendable stalk sporting three bulbous eyes that face in different directions.

01:01:18.034 --> 01:01:18.376
I mean what?

01:01:18.376 --> 01:01:21.144
Could the eyes be non-bulbous, come on.

01:01:22.356 --> 01:01:23.521
I think they have to be bulbous.

01:01:25.257 --> 01:01:28.146
He's clearly got a thyroid issue.

01:01:29.597 --> 01:01:30.340
Maybe that's his issue.

01:01:30.340 --> 01:01:33.606
Maybe he just needs thyroid medication.

01:01:33.755 --> 01:01:35.362
Yeah, he goes on thyroid medication.

01:01:35.362 --> 01:01:37.181
He's a totally normal guy, right.

01:01:37.181 --> 01:01:37.943
Who knows?

01:01:37.943 --> 01:01:39.318
He's just a frog.

01:01:40.282 --> 01:01:40.985
That's all he is.

01:01:40.985 --> 01:01:42.860
He's just a frog with a thyroid problem.

01:01:42.860 --> 01:01:45.586
Exactly oh poor guy, so misunderstood.

01:01:45.586 --> 01:01:49.722
So hang on.

01:01:49.722 --> 01:02:02.257
I got to figure out how this is actually pronounced, thanks to D&D Beyond for pronunciation here Frog-hemoth, frog-hemoth, frog-hemoth, behemoth, frog, frog-hemoth.

01:02:02.257 --> 01:02:03.481
There we go.

01:02:04.422 --> 01:02:04.623
Yep.

01:02:05.585 --> 01:02:10.242
Excellent Love the I love D&D Beyond has the pronunciation.

01:02:10.242 --> 01:02:11.985
D&d Beyond has the pronunciation.

01:02:11.985 --> 01:02:31.161
Well, this is why Joe and I were constantly battling, because I called it rightfully so a tabaxi Right, and Joe wanted to call it a tabahi and I'm like, no, don't ask me why.

01:02:31.456 --> 01:02:35.411
Does Joe have a mysterious Hispanic heritage that we don't know?

01:02:35.431 --> 01:02:41.481
about, maybe, perhaps, but but no, it's tabaxi.

01:02:41.481 --> 01:02:45.766
So anyway, so that is.

01:02:45.766 --> 01:02:53.385
That is some of what is going on in the the wonderful world of dnd oh wait, can we talk?

01:02:53.385 --> 01:02:53.666
About.

01:02:53.666 --> 01:02:54.891
What else do you want to talk about?

01:02:55.070 --> 01:03:19.251
well, in quest from the infinite staircase yes, there were not done yet no, we're not okay, um because there was one really cool part that I have to find yes about a new character yes I'm looking I'm waiting okay, here we go.

01:03:19.652 --> 01:03:20.753
Yes, question.

01:03:20.753 --> 01:03:31.778
The infinite staircase also introduces a new powerful cosmic character, the noble genie nathas, who hears wishes made throughout the multiverse and recruits heroes to fulfill them.

01:03:31.778 --> 01:03:37.690
Uh, he's featured on the concept art Wizards of the Coast unveiled at PAX Unplugged.

01:03:37.690 --> 01:03:44.465
This new character has never appeared before in the D&D canon and will provide the thematic link between the book's adventures.

01:03:44.465 --> 01:03:46.039
I just thought that was really cool.

01:03:46.039 --> 01:03:52.824
It has over 30 new monsters and NPCs, all of which will be given new stat blocks that are fully compatible with 5e.

01:03:52.824 --> 01:04:01.864
I mean, it just sounds really like there's a lot of old material, obviously because it's an anthology, but there's also a bunch of new stuff in there, which I think is really cool.

01:04:02.755 --> 01:04:03.639
That is really cool.

01:04:03.639 --> 01:04:05.699
Deedee, are you coming to say hello?

01:04:05.900 --> 01:04:09.081
Hello DeeDee DeeDee, she's such a peanut.

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DeeDee has joined the podcast.

01:04:10.797 --> 01:04:11.659
Hello.

01:04:12.661 --> 01:04:13.202
Here she comes.

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She's going to knock over the screen, she's going to walk across the laptop.

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I don't know what she's going to do.

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Hold on, please.

01:04:19.818 --> 01:04:21.960
Are you coming for me, deedee?

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I got you, there we go.

01:04:26.547 --> 01:04:27.047
I got you.

01:04:27.047 --> 01:04:29.771
Yeah, come sit.

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Deedee is our blind cat, daredevil.

01:04:34.063 --> 01:04:35.610
She is the cat without fear.

01:04:35.630 --> 01:04:36.574
There's my girl.

01:04:36.574 --> 01:04:40.757
Okay, yeah, so I mean, that's why I thought it was really cool.

01:04:40.936 --> 01:04:52.184
That is really cool, because I mean I guess there is, I mean it wouldn't be, I mean that's a good way to tie everything together, these seemingly unrelated adventures.

01:04:52.344 --> 01:05:00.427
Right, you've got the genie who can be granting wishes in between, and they all end up in these different adventures.

01:05:00.668 --> 01:05:06.831
Right, right, right, very cool, she's just rubbing on my headphones Aw.

01:05:06.831 --> 01:05:09.052
Hi, she is very happy to see you.

01:05:09.052 --> 01:05:12.175
Yeah, excellent.

01:05:12.175 --> 01:05:16.608
So that is some of what is going on in the in the world of dnd.

01:05:16.608 --> 01:05:25.306
So, 20-sided tavern playing it at um stage, stage 42, thank you.

01:05:25.306 --> 01:05:29.998
In new york city I keep wanting to say studio 54, but that's different that is very different.

01:05:31.061 --> 01:05:49.619
Um so, stage 42 in new York city, 20 sided tavern, we've got the campaign, the, the crowd funding campaigns for you don't meet in a tavern which basically, by the time this podcast goes live, will be will be completed.

01:05:49.619 --> 01:05:56.449
It's already funded, but their fundraising window is closing very shortly.

01:05:56.449 --> 01:06:07.427
But you can still get behind Dice Dungeons and their Battlecloth maps if you're looking for some really nice high-quality maps.

01:06:07.427 --> 01:06:09.039
That one is coming out.

01:06:09.039 --> 01:06:12.623
And what else dear?

01:06:12.623 --> 01:06:17.914
Well, the new book that's coming out, quests from the Infinite Staircase.

01:06:17.914 --> 01:06:20.255
That's going to be very exciting, all right.

01:06:20.255 --> 01:06:25.668
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Some great things going on out there.

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I think you mean X.

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No, I don't.

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Don't buy a cyber truck, oh my goodness it's stuck in floor.

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Oh my God, it's like the gas pedal gets stuck.

01:07:29.242 --> 01:07:31.099
Yeah, and did you see the fingers?

01:07:31.280 --> 01:07:31.561
Oh yeah.

01:07:31.695 --> 01:07:32.797
The fingers getting crushed.

01:07:32.938 --> 01:07:37.788
Yeah, oh, my God, yeah, I watched the guy put all sorts of vegetables in it and they just kept getting hacked.

01:07:38.414 --> 01:07:40.637
Oh yeah, yikes.

01:07:40.637 --> 01:07:46.927
Yeah, it was a cyber truck is frightening, but anyway again, thank you once again everybody.

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We look forward to talking to you next week.

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Have a great day Bye.