Kelsey Dion

Yeah, I think at the end of the day, I made a game that I wanted to play, and I think that it was a very... Maybe just by fortune or by the read that I have on the community and the industry, it just lined up with what a lot of people wanted out of a sort of workhorse system that was...

Yeah, I think at the end of the day, I made a game that I wanted to play, and I think that it was a very... Maybe just by fortune or by the read that I have on the community and the industry, it just lined up with what a lot of people wanted out of a sort of workhorse system that was...

that was an OSR game, because I think it filled a specific little niche that hadn't really been successfully filled yet about making an OSR game, but that's just so much more approachable than the OSR kind of has a reputation for. whether or not that's deserved. And so that, you know, that's, that's ultimately, I think I just kind of made the game that people in that moment wanted.

that was an OSR game, because I think it filled a specific little niche that hadn't really been successfully filled yet about making an OSR game, but that's just so much more approachable than the OSR kind of has a reputation for. whether or not that's deserved. And so that, you know, that's, that's ultimately, I think I just kind of made the game that people in that moment wanted.

And yeah, that's maybe why it did well.

And yeah, that's maybe why it did well.

They're just emboldened after that. Yeah. To do it again. I had to work that. It's too classic, like sort of sword and sorcery. Like every adventure story starts with the characters down on their luck after having spent their fortunes. And so that was a thing that I really wanted to emphasize because it's a good encouragement to go back out and adventure when you're poor.

They're just emboldened after that. Yeah. To do it again. I had to work that. It's too classic, like sort of sword and sorcery. Like every adventure story starts with the characters down on their luck after having spent their fortunes. And so that was a thing that I really wanted to emphasize because it's a good encouragement to go back out and adventure when you're poor.

Exactly. We spent it all. We need more.

Exactly. We spent it all. We need more.

In Wales, we talked about this.

In Wales, we talked about this.

I don't trust myself in there. Yep, I would fall down a crevasse and be like, that's it, you know?

I don't trust myself in there. Yep, I would fall down a crevasse and be like, that's it, you know?

Oh, a little bit. It's, there's a lot of pulp movies and Indiana Jones stuff that works its way into my subconscious. So sometimes I don't know, but the, the Kytherian mechanism, there's a, there's a old mechanism they found.

Oh, a little bit. It's, there's a lot of pulp movies and Indiana Jones stuff that works its way into my subconscious. So sometimes I don't know, but the, the Kytherian mechanism, there's a, there's a old mechanism they found.

Which was like an old computer and old, you know, and so the, the first calculating device at that scale. So I, I thought that was so cool and I wanted to make reference to that too. So, yeah.

Which was like an old computer and old, you know, and so the, the first calculating device at that scale. So I, I thought that was so cool and I wanted to make reference to that too. So, yeah.

Yeah, yes. Oh, absolutely. It's funny because the book Shadow Dark is built on my game world, but I try to make the setting very implied so that it's loose for people to use however they want, really. You know, you could import it into other settings pretty easily, but it's all built up out of my own game world. So those are the deities from my home game and those are...

Yeah, yes. Oh, absolutely. It's funny because the book Shadow Dark is built on my game world, but I try to make the setting very implied so that it's loose for people to use however they want, really. You know, you could import it into other settings pretty easily, but it's all built up out of my own game world. So those are the deities from my home game and those are...