Michael Pucci's guest appearances

Michael Pucci

Onyx Pathcast

Couch Grouches

Richard Dansky

David Lynch

Chris Allen

Ron Perlman

John Burke

Josh Heath

Jacob Burgess

Bob Reboot

Matt McElroy

Chris Spivey

Monica Speca

Justin Achilli

Rich Thomas

Jon Bristol

Jason Carl

OwlTail

Jim's old friend, Eschaton Media's Michael Pucci, (co-creator of Dystopia Rising) joins the Grouches to talk gaming, writing, and the future of the hobby, not to mention Game of Thrones and those who have opinions about it. 

Jim's old friend, Eschaton Media's Michael Pucci, (co-creator of Dystopia Rising) joins the Grouches to talk gaming, writing, and the future of the hobby, not to mention Game of Thrones and those who have opinions about it.

Couch Grouches 05/16/2019 - Guest Star, Michael Pucci

Ashley Zdeb

In which Eddy talks with the core of Eschaton Media about Dystopia Rising: Evolution * Matthew is out this week. Probably self-reflecting. * Ashley Zdeb and Michael Pucci of Eschaton Media * Eddy admits to an error in the Kickstarter * The history of Dystopia Rising * Trying to do creative work while holding another job * The merging of tabletop and LARP canon * The shifting focus of rules over the past decade * How Eddy and Onyx Path came into the picture * Faithful licensing vs "throw it all away if you want" * Disability as post-apocalypse trope * The struggles of introducing inclusivity over the past decade * The push and pull of abstracted social tension vs community building * Games that work on two levels at the same time * Passionate LARP fanbases * New LARP system and the three year jump * The switch from 20+ Strains to 8 Lineages * Changes to resurrection * It's (emotionally) hard to change things * Sometimes we'll make mistakes * Dixie talks about her experience about Dragon Con * Eddy works in a wrestling AND Sailor Moon reference (but it's Xavier Woods, so that's pretty easy) LINKS * George Romero: https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/george-a-romero-pioneering-horror-director-dead-at-77-198502/ * Dystopia Rising Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/dystopia-rising-evolution-tabletop-rpg 

In which Eddy talks with the core of Eschaton Media about Dystopia Rising: Evolution * Matthew is out this week. Probably self-reflecting. * Ashley Zdeb and Michael Pucci of Eschaton Media * Eddy admits to an error in the Kickstarter * The history of Dystopia Rising * Trying to do creative work while holding another job * The merging of tabletop and LARP canon * The shifting focus of rules over the past decade * How Eddy and Onyx Path came into the picture * Faithful licensing vs "throw it all away if you want" * Disability as post-apocalypse trope * The struggles of introducing inclusivity over the past decade * The push and pull of abstracted social tension vs community building * Games that work on two levels at the same time * Passionate LARP fanbases * New LARP system and the three year jump * The switch from 20+ Strains to 8 Lineages * Changes to resurrection * It's (emotionally) hard to change things * Sometimes we'll make mistakes * Dixie talks about her experience about Dragon Con * Eddy works in a wrestling AND Sailor Moon reference (but it's Xavier Woods, so that's pretty easy) LINKS * George Romero: <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/george-a-romero-pioneering-horror-director-dead-at-77-198502/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/george-a-romero-pioneering-horror-director-dead-at-77-198502/</a> * Dystopia Rising Kickstarter: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/dystopia-rising-evolution-tabletop-rpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/dystopia-rising-evolution-tabletop-rpg</a>

Episode 17: Shambling with Ashley Zdeb and Michael Pucci of Dystopia Rising