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Ep.7: Zhenya’s wonder tales, interview and actual play

Ep.7: Zhenya’s wonder tales, interview and actual play

Update: 2025-03-31
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This is an auxiliary episode highlighting an exciting new story game from Bully Pulpit Games, Zhenya's Wonder Tales, a GMless rpg driven by cards to tell grim slavic-inspired fairy tales. We do our first interview with the game designer, Jason Morningstar - prolific designer of Fiasco, Shab-al-hiri Roach, and Gray Ranks, among others.

Check out Zhenya's Wonder Tales on Backerkit - Campaign ends April 4th.

Topics Discussed:

00:00:45 Intro

00:07:30 Green and Narrow Bed

00:12:12 Zhenya's Wonder Tales

00:24:00 Art by Momatoes

00:32:20 Safer spaces in rpgs

00:37:25 Explicit stakes in *moves*

00:48:30 No dice?

00:54:00 Interview Wrap-Up

@jmstar on social media

Actual Play

00:56:20 Rules Read Aloud

We ran Zhenya's Wonder Tales in Roll20

01:04:00 Choose characters

01:10:10 Enjoy as we play Zhenya's Wonder Tales

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Ep.7: Zhenya’s wonder tales, interview and actual play

Ep.7: Zhenya’s wonder tales, interview and actual play

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