Dave Semark
Dave is co-host and writer on the podcast, and part of the writing team at Free League - he created the Xenos for Alien RPG and as been editor and writer on a number of further Alien and Vaesen books, as well as writing the majority the upcoming Better Worlds book. He has also been the Year Zero Engine consultant on War Stories and wrote the War Stories campaign, Rendezvous with Destiny.
Appears in 254 Episodes
Stick to your principles
A new talent for Coriolis, and a different point of view on Community Content
Community Content Masterclass
Dragonmeet! Salvage Union! Vaesen! and a Masterclass, with the Masters, Nick Brooke and Diana Probst
Matthew's problem with prep
How GM prep is different for Forbidden Lands, plus new Free League Workshop products for Coriolis and Twilight 2000, and Dragonmeet!
Feeling Fulfilled
the kickstarter was funded, the art and writing have been completed, you've seen the proof PDFs and (we're talking fantasy now) the publishers have found a shipping co...
Not Live from Essen Spiel '21
Essen 2021! Plus unionising RPGs, Free RPG Day, Twighlight 2000 fulfilment, Kalymba and Dicebreaker
The Wise Words of Chairman Dave
Fearsome Wilderness! Aegean kickstarter! Black Rose Manor! The One Ring! Plus, designing games.
You know what a turtle is? Same thing
We probe Tomas Harenstam for secrets about the recently announced Blade Runner RPG. Plus news, SLA Industries and further thoughts on Alien's Three World Empire
The Music of the Spheres
Sweden Rolls GM and composer Andreas Lundström. Plus Dee Sanction Adventures, Drakar Och Demoner, and Into the Odd. Oh and Andy.
Power-gaming is Good for the Soul
Why power-gamers are an asset to any table, and what to do when they are not. Plus Steve Perrin and SLA Industries
Blood and Beasts
We interview Swedish fantasy author Erik Granstrom about the current Forbidden Lands Kickstarter Bloodreach and the Book of Beasts. Plus Carbon Grey and, wow, Avatar!
Live (kinda) from UK Games Expo!
Join Dave and Matthew (and son Tom) on a road trip to Birmingham. It also feels as though you are there (and some of you were)
Cold War Goes Hot
We interview Twilight 2000 YouTuber James Langham, and get excited about UKGE
Animal Magic
Genlab Alpha, the TSR dumpster fire (with special guests "the WOTC deep state"), and more
Are you experienced? Take 2
We discuss awarding XP in Alien RPG campaigns, and offer some alternative questions. In the world of gaming: Twilight 2000 on pre-order; Wyrd Science 2 on Kickstarter;...
Back to the Workshop
We delve into the barrel of goodness that is the Free League Workshop once more, and come up with Wolf and Raven, Playing with Goblins and the Hyenas of Odacon, plus t...
Back To Where It All Began
Because you (yes, you David Taylor) demanded it - a Mutant Year Zero episode! (Though ... not as much MYZ as we promised)
Per Ardua Ad Astra
Changed Stars - optimistic sci-fi, not a million miles from YZE, plus War Stories - gritty YZE World War 2
The New Seekers
Is the skill set in Alien enough for campaigns? And, after the end credits, who are the Circle of Seekers? (Hmmmmm, maybe we should not have titled the episode after t...
The Ruin of Symbaroum?
We chat with the marvellous Mattias Johnson Haake about "ruining" Symbaroum with the The Haunted Waste and the forthcoming 5e Kickstarter. Plus The Community Atlas and...
Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it
Vaesen in Mythic Japan! Ancient Rome! The Old West! Stalingrad! The Wars of Roses! The Crusader States!
Kicking off the OGL explosion
Project: Cassandra and Temples and Tombs, plus ZineQuest 3 and more
Avast there landlubbers! Pirates on the port bow!
The hero's journey: Alex Aguila, from humble beginnings as co-founder of Alienware (!) to the heady heights of writing a competition winning Alien adventure!
A light from the shadows shall spring
The One Ring! A major interview with designer Francesco Nepitello, and Martin Takaichi of Free League. Plus acid splash criticals and electric shocks in Alien.
I am fortune’s fool
What things from 2020 did give one of our prestigious prestigious awards to? Which is the world's fifth favourite TTRPG talk podcast? How do they push their rolls on V...
Secrets of the Void be with You, My Friend
How long is this show? You decide! W.I.L.D, Opera House, Dune, Twilight 2000, Nomads and two, count'em TWO interviews with Rickard Antroia. Stop at the end credits fro...
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here
Normal service is resumed? The Dee Sanction, WILD, Dragonmeet, Frozen Inferno and military rank within player groups.
A Fireside Chat
Live (kind of) from our weekend gaming retreat. VTTs, new/old Coriolis, Forbidden Lands battles, and Tales of the Old West
A Gaggle of GMs
Running games at conventions with guests Niclas and Thomas, UPP Battleship Potemkin, plus new Stålenhåg, Conekt, new Feng Shui stuff, Essen and Summer in December
Kantai Kessen
Dave "polishes his sphere" and leaves it in the edit! (Borg Sphere, you dirty minded people.)
Good luck, you're on your own
Whoo this is a long one, but with added Marc Miller for extra crunchiness! Plus UKGE Virtually Expo; Servants of Memory and T2000 kickstarter success; Gorham's Folly i...