Kevin sits down with Willow Palecek, writer of Escape from Tentacle City, Winner of the 2008 Game Chef Golden Katana that Shoots Smaller Katanas Award for Game That Looks Like it Was the Most Fun to Write. We talk about the core mechanics of the game, as well as what message, or lessons, could be learned from play.

Relevant Links

• Escape from Tentacle City
• Willow’s Blog
• FreeMarket
• Kagematsu
• Ron Edwards
• Fiasco
• Legendary Lives
• Other Worlds
• 3:16
• Gen Con
• S/lay W/ Me
• Shab-al-Hiri Roach
• Zombie Cinema
• Game Chef
• Jason Morningstar
• Mark Adams
• Hentai (NSFW)
• Shaun of the Dead
• George A. Romero
• Poison’d
• Grey Ranks

Crunchy Bits!

• Interview 12: Willow Palacek on Escape from Tentacle City: 30 Minutes
• Intro and Outro music provided by Oh Possum.

Kevin sits down with CJ to regale him with tales of his exploits at GenCon. There are several games explained, and a fuzzy recollection of Kevin’s booze-soaked Saturday adventures at the Podcasters Meet and Greet.

Relevant Links

• Bear Swarm
• Podgecast
• Trapcast
• Brilliant Gamologists
• Action Castle
• Do You Worship Cthulhu / Mafia/Are you a Werewolf
• Rob Bohl
• Kevin’s twitpic
• Siggraph
• Michael Stackpole / The Pulling Report
• Mechwarrior PC game / intro cinematic / Battletech Classic / Battletech Pods
• Storn A. Cook / Sons of Kryos
• Indie Press Revolution
• Paul Tevis: Voice of the Revolution / Have Games Will Travel
• All Games Considered Podcast
• Penny for My Thoughts
• Sean Nittner / Narrative Control Podcast
• Paul Czege / My Life with Master
• Tony Lower-Basch: Capes and Misery Bubblegum
• Games on Demand Games: Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies, In A Wicked Age, Houses of the Blooded, Spirit of the Century, Misspent Youth, Primetime Adventures, Escape from Tentacle City, Dogs in the Vineyard, Mouse Guard, Polaris, 3:16, Cold City, Hot War, Shock, Amber, Inspectres, Shab-Al-Hiri Roach, Carry, Shooting the Moon, Annalise, Penny for My Thoughts.
• Coma White (what Kevin actually meant was “Soma” from Brave New World. Oops)
• Burning Wheel / The Sword
• Christopher Moeller
• Games Workshop
• Heinlein’s Starship Troopers
• Forge Midwest
• Willow Palecek
• The Forge
• Ron Edwards / S/lay w/ Me / Spione
• Steve Long
• Theory from the Closet
• Ryan Macklin / Master Plan Podcast
• Pulp Gamer
• The Jank Cast
• Diagonally Through the Woods
• D&D “Moldvay Basic”
• Tony Dowler / How to Host a Dungeon
• Dungeon Keeper / Dwarf Fortress

Crunchy Bits!

• Discussion Episode 13: 1 Hour
• Intro and Outro music provided by Oh Possum.

Promos and Bumpers:

• This Modern Death
• Have Games, Will Travel
• Spooky Outhouse

Our final interview from the heady days of Forge Midwest 2009 is a brief interview with Willow Palecek, Forge Midwest organizer and designer of the FATE-based RPG Awesome Adventures. We talk with Willow about why she made Awesome Adventures, how she got into roleplaying, and how Forge Midwest came to be in Madison instead of Chicago. It was nice talking to Willow and I can’t wait for next year’s Forge Midwest!

Relevant Links

• Willow’s Blog
• FATE RPG
• Awesome Adventures
• Voight-Kampff test
• Spirit of the Century
• Lenny Balsera
• Starblazer Adventures
• John Woo
• Carolyn Burg
• Escape from Tentacle City
• Houses of the Blooded
• Legend of the Five Rings
• Hero Quest
• Dust Devils
• Champions
• The Forge
• Ron Edwards
• Dungeons and Dragons
• RPGA
• Blazing Rose
• Mouse Guard
• Storming the Wizard’s Castle
• The Mountain Witch

Crunchy Bits!

• Interview 8: Willow Palacek 25 minutes
• Intro and Outro music provided by Oh Possum.