This episode’s conversation is one of my favorites so far, it’s definitely full of surprises for me and has some pretty in-depth conversation about role playing games from a gentleman I had no idea was so into rpgs! Our guest today is none other than the creator of the YouTube series Hobby Cheating, the worldwide … Continue reading "Episode 28 – Watch Out For The Devil: Interview with Vince Venturella!"

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Episode 28 – Watch Out For The Devil: Interview with Vince Venturella!

Today we chat with Wyatt Turk, otherwise known as Jack Of Clubs Painting on Twitch, Facebook and YouTube. He provides quick tutorials on his YouTube channel and lessons for hire via Patreon. He’s badass with an airbrush – and in fact he drops one of the best quotes ever describing his relationship with his airbrush, … Continue reading "Episode 27 – Hobby Renaissance? Interview with Wyatt Turk, JackOfClubsPainting!"

Episode 27 – Hobby Renaissance? Interview with Wyatt Turk, JackOfClubsPainting!

Today we chat with Ryan Smith a.k.a. DungeonMapster. On Instagram and Patreon he’s @ dungeonmapster and I’m sure you can infer from his screen name what type of content you might find on his websites. But in addition to illustrating maps for D&D and Pathfinder and other fantasy-based role-playing games, we talk about audio books, … Continue reading "Episode 26 – Everyone’s Got Something To Offer: Interview with Ryan Smith @DungeonMapster!"

Episode 26 – Everyone’s Got Something To Offer: Interview with Ryan Smith @DungeonMapster!

Today we’re traveling to Berlin! And we’re gonna talk with the King of the Vampires – my words, not his – Bartek Stachurski from Borgnine’s Painting blog. He was great fun to talk with and I’m telling you, Halloween is one of the very best times … to wait until midnight … then head over … Continue reading "Episode 25 – King of the Vampires: Interview with Bartek from Borgnine’s Painting blog!"

Episode 25 – King of the Vampires: Interview with Bartek from Borgnine’s Painting blog!

This episode we dial up Croatia to talk with Ana Polanscak from the Gardens of Hecate blog. Ana is a true artist, something of a Renaissance woman maybe – she sculpts and converts miniatures, she paints miniatures and creates stand-alone works of art, she writes stories and her main endeavor currently is using skirmish games … Continue reading "Episode 24 – Grimdark Worldbuilding: Interview with Ana from Gardens of Hecate!"

Episode 24 – Grimdark Worldbuilding: Interview with Ana from Gardens of Hecate!

This episode I talk to a dude named Tim and who’s instagram handle is @bonus_action. Tim is an artist and designer and he produces for Instagram and his Patreon materials for use in Dungeons & Dragons, specifically custom magic items, traps and flavor tables. We have a fun conversation about both running and playing D&D, … Continue reading "Episode 23 – Be Really Up Front About Your Weird Hobby: an Interview with Tim @bonus_action!"

Episode 23 – Be Really Up Front About Your Weird Hobby: an Interview with Tim @bonus_action!

This episode I have a conversation with your friendly neighborhood party nerd! That’s right, Twitch streamer, miniature painter, Dutch daddy insomniac Reiner72! Steve is a fantastic miniature painter, you can check his stuff out on Instagram of course, but to get the biggest bang for your buck, you can catch him a few times a … Continue reading "Episode 22 – Never An Evangelist: Interview with Reiner72!"

Episode 22 – Never An Evangelist: Interview with Reiner72!

This week I have a conversation with a guy who is a bona fide adventurer (he might dispute that) and a bona fide artist. He goes by the Instagram handle TheRealBrokenFingers and yeah, that name ain’t facetious. His work on Instagram is Warhammer 40k oriented and he creates massive dioramas, you gotta see ‘em to … Continue reading "Episode 21 – Rewards For Looking: Interview with TheRealBrokenFingers"

Episode 21 – Rewards For Looking: Interview with TheRealBrokenFingers

This week I just ramble about four fantasy authors and my favorite of their books. I chat about Frances Hardinge, Nancy Springer, Jeff Smith and Joe Abercrombie and what I like about my favorite books of theirs and not only just how good they are for reading but also how they might be inspirational for … Continue reading "Episode 20 – Some Fantasy Books I Recommend!"

Episode 20 – Some Fantasy Books I Recommend!

This week I interview the wonderful Shoshie of ShoshiesMinis; she is a miniature painter with a mission and a classical art background. She’s also a highly respected commission painter. She’s super fun to talk with and she’s also great fun to hang out with on Twitch where she chats with viewers and works on whatever … Continue reading "Episode 19 – Art Is Medicine: an Interview with ShoshiesMinis!"

Episode 19 – Art Is Medicine: an Interview with ShoshiesMinis!

This week I interview the awesome Kelsey Dionne of the Arcane Library. The Arcane Library is a publisher for best-selling Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition third-party content and printable card-based gaming aids. Kelsey is the writer of the Arcane Library’s D&D 5e adventures and it’s her writing chops and layout skills as pertaining specifically to … Continue reading "Episode 18 – Endorse Your Make-Believe: an Interview with Kelsey Dionne of the Arcane Library!"

Episode 18 – Endorse Your Make-Believe: an Interview with Kelsey Dionne of the Arcane Library!

This week’s episode is a pretty interesting conversation that did not go at all like I thought it was going to. The conversation I have with miniature painter and music producer MalevDaShinobi flows, kinda like music, from one topic to another and back and intertwines different threads and all in all I was totally surprised … Continue reading "Episode 17 – DaShinobi Flow: Interview with MalevMinis!"

Episode 17 – DaShinobi Flow: Interview with MalevMinis!

This week I’ve gone all the way down under to chat with a gentleman about a table. Not just any table and not just any gentleman. He goes by BenSquig on Instagram and his gaming group is rad_heim – also on Instagram. And rad_heim is how I first discovered these guys and their crazy gaming … Continue reading "Episode 16: Hobby Love – an Interview with BenSquig from Rad_heim!"

Episode 16: Hobby Love – an Interview with BenSquig from Rad_heim!

In this episode, I have a very special guest, he’s an artist of extraordinary talent. I met him briefly at San Diego Comic Con a few years ago where he had a pile of his sketch books at his table and I was able to just sort of stand there and flip through actual cracked … Continue reading "Episode 15: Mileage – An Interview with Artist Daniel Landerman"

Episode 15: Mileage – An Interview with Artist Daniel Landerman

In this episode, I am super stoked to bring you a wonderful interview with a wonderful tabletop artist, this gentleman has perfect Rally English, he dreams in grim darkness and he hails from IronSleet … dot com. Also, he hails from Finland. Kari is his first name, I shall not butcher his last name out … Continue reading "Episode 14: Interview with Kari – @Koltti – from Ironsleet.com"

Episode 14: Interview with Kari – @Koltti – from Ironsleet.com

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