On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown:
* We welcome our first guest to the show, Chris Bissette, creator of Loot the Room, writer of The Wretched and Co-Writer/Publisher of The Unquiet Dark on Kickstarter right now. How quickly will this episode go off the rails? You probably know the answer.
* Dark Souls has a tabletop game now, as does Devil May Cry and Darkest Dungeon apparently. Not really sure if this was a good idea, but Chris wanted to discuss it, possibly because he actually cannot get it shipped to his home country. Moreover, Chris happens to be working on a tabletop souls-like project called Dice Souls, with dice pools and everything. Do souls-likes lend themselves to tabletop RPGs, board games or anything else in the analog space?
To prove we didn’t make tabletop Dark Souls up… The Dark Souls tabletop RPG will be based on 5th edition D&D - Polygon
* The Unquiet Dark is a jazz age prequel campaign supplement for Brindlewood Bay. What is Brindlewood Bay? Imagine Murder She Wrote but with Lovecraftian horror elements. Yes, this is all new to us, but Chris explains it better in this segment. Created by Alicia Furness, the Unquiet Dark is set in 1922 and makes you think about bootlegging, speakeasys and blues clubs. Also, we come up with terrible puns because of course we did.
You can find it on Kickstarter right now, but only for a few more days! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/afurness/the-unquiet-dark
* Chris has finally left his job and is now working on games full-time. How was that transition. What were the benefit? How is time-management going now that he never has to set an alarm? We discuss creative process, time for decompression and the very prolific career of Michael Crichton.
* Since we have a guest on the show, we get to try out a new question. Can Chris give us a personal Total Pebble Knockdown moment? Was it likely a moment from Delve? Was it fatal? We shall find out.
You can find Loot the Room here https://loottheroom.uk/ and Chris's linktree here Loot The Room | Linktree and on Twitter at Chris B 🐻 🏳️🌈 (@pangalactic) / Twitter
