Sabre Rattlings

Sabre Rattling Ep 14 -- Interview with Josh McCrowell

Todd interviews Josh, author of His Majesty the Worm, about projects past and present.

Sabre Rattling Ep 13 -- Guess Who's Back

DM Teddy returns to talk to Todd about including players in world-building and how that increases player buy-in as well as helps with the load of running games.

Sabre Rattling Ep 12 -- Interview with Lola Johnson

Todd interviews Lola about their project The Wanderer's Bookshop, ending soon on Backerkit.
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/johnson-ofair/the-wanderers-bookshop
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Sabre Rattling Ep 11 -- Interview with Frank "Mottokrosh" Reding

Todd interviews Frank about his current ZineMonth project, Knightcore, and they talk about zine culture and Frank's previous works.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mottokrosh/knightcore-the-rpg
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Sabre Rattling Ep 10 -- The Return of DM Teddy

Todd and Teddy talk about how what the GM allows in play shapes the tone and direction of an rpg campaign.
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Sabre Rattling Ep 8 -- Interview with David Barrentine

Something seemed to have happened with the original file, so I've re-uploaded the episode, and interview with David Barrentine about his project The Necromancer of Exetus.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/world-of-oranth/the-necromancer-of-exetus
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Sabre Rattling Ep 9 -- Interview with Edward Rathke

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erathke/briar-bay-a-mork-borg-zine
https://erathke.com/
https://radicaledward.substack.com/
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Sabre Rattling Ep 6 -- Interview with Matthew Nevers

Todd and Matthew talk about his project the Stephen King-inspired The Black Tower Hack, itself a hack of the Black Sword Hack, itself a hack of The Black Hack. We talk about Backerkit as a community and not just a crowdfunding platform, AI slop and the importance of real art, and inevitable doom.
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/coffee-all-night-games/the-black-tower-hack
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Sabre Rattling Ep 5 -- Interview with Chiara

Todd interviews Chiara, a member of the Italian publishing co-op NessunDove, to talk about their ZiMo26 project Barbabianca and talk about fascism, GM-less games, and the dangers of nostalgia.
 
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/nessundove/barbabianca-gossip-and-silence-in-a-town-that-is-no-more
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Sabre Rattling Ep 1 -- Featuring Todd and DM Teddy

First Episode of The Sabre Rattlings. Hosts Todd and DM Teddy discuss the new rpg Vagabond, teaching librarians to DM, and ZineMonth 2026. To comment or make suggestions, reach us at thirdkingdomgames@gmail.com
Vagabond RPG: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/landoftheblind/vagabond-pulp-fantasy-rpg
Demidirge: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lazylitch/demidirge?ref=discovery&term=demidirge
Familiar Tower: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/directsun-games/a-familiar-tower
A Thunder Perfect Mind: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/floaker/the-thunder-perfect-mind
Myriad Inverse: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/chris-longhurst/myriad-inverse-a-lancer-campaign