Matthew Tyler-Jones
Matthew is co host of the podcast, as well as writer, producer, senior editor, designer and all round top dog. He was also been involved a couple of project for Free League - writing credits include Alien RPG, Vaesen: Mythic Britain and Ireland, and Vaesen: Seasons of Mystery as well as a number of Free League Workshop products.
Appears in 261 Episodes
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...
The Swedish Style
Is there a "Swedish Style" in RPGs? Eminence gris Anders Blixt, Bitter Reach writer Magnus Seter, and RPG historian Shannon Appelcline get chatting (a LOT - hang on fo...
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.)
Navigating Game Lore (our UKGE 2020 seminar)
Glorantha, the World of Darkness, Rokugan, the Third Horizon. Are you intrigued by long-established RPGs with well developed settings? Have you been excited by fans sh...
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...
We won, we won, we bloody won!
The Ennies, Millie the GM, Tales of the Old West and Alien's Three World Empire
Trust your enemy to be your enemy, but never trust your neighbour to be your friend
The Union of Progressive Peoples and the Coriolis Calendar, plus Vaesen, Klingons, Albacon and the Mercy of the Icons
Together, We Are One
We look at just some of the creativity inspired by Free League's games, shining a spotlight on the Free League Workshop, plus an interview with, and an exclusive annou...