Welcome to D&D Outloud with Ben Riggs, I am Ben Riggs, apparently controversial D&D historian and author of Slaying the Dragon A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons, and over the past 13 years of writing and podcasting, I have met hundreds of creative geniuses in and around the world of TTRPGs. Here on this show, I ask two of these flaming torches of the human imagination to come on and have a fascinating discussion which I then record and send out into the world. Today we're stepping into new territory with a new name and a special kind of episode as one of our guests is most notable for his work on Comedy Central.

And that guest is comedian, writer, and voice actor Jeremy Bent. You may know Jeremy from his time on Tooning Out the News which was on after the Daily Show on Comedy Central, or as the voice of C-53 on the beloved sci-fi comedy podcast Mission to Zyxx. He's also brought his wit to improv stages across the country and created shows like Eurovangelists, which tries to explain the Eurovision contest to people outside of Europe. He is also a huge TTRPG nerd. And today, he's here to have a conversation with one of the hottest names in roleplaying games.

Our second guest is a trans-Atlantic sensation, a man whose work has reshaped indie role-playing. He is a demon of creativity striding the world in human form, a shape that answers to the name Chris McDowall. Chris is the creator of Into the Odd, a lean, haunting, and deeply influential RPG, and more recently Mythic Bastionland, a spiritual successor that expands his vision of evocative, rules-light play. Chris is known for distilling mechanics down to their essence and crafting games that feel both poetic and dangerous. Chris killed it at the ENNIEs this year, with MYTHIC BASTIONLAND winning Gold for best art, Gold for best layout, and Silver in the coveted Product of the Year category. I suppose I should add that I backed his recent crowdfunding campaign for MAC ATTACK, which is his sci-fi mecha minis wargame.

If you are in the US and you want to purchase one of Chris's Bastionland games, click here!

https://plusoneexp.com/collections/bastionland-press

To support his sci-fi minis game, click here!

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/bastionland-press/mac-attack-sci-fi-mecha-miniature-wargame

If you want to learn how to make a podcast from a consummate professional like Jeremy Bent, click here!

https://jeremybent.com/podcasting-classes/

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