This week’s guest is CJ Somavia. We talk about Hothead Collective (which is pretty much CJ and whoever he’s working with), Grand Rituals (a system agnostic toolset to introduce big magical rituals into your fantasy TTRPG), and GLAIVE (a quarterly glossy magazine dedicated to gaming and its subcultures). We discuss the difference between a magazine and a zine.

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MD 406 - GART: Goblin Art Collective w/ CJ Somavia

GART is a collective of murderous, vapid, goblin hipsters snobs, always fighting amongst themselves about what the full name of their crew should be.

1.  Bushwick Billy - Has a streetwear brand, magazine and physical store called BILE.
2.  Greenpoint Gary - This performance art skateboarder douche does pop shove-its into your ankle or ollies onto your toes… although, he’s incapable of doing a kickflip. He’ll challenge you to a game of S-K-A-T-E.
3.  Van GoBlin - This impressionist painter chops off other people’s ears.
4.  Williamsburg Wendy - This fashion influencer skins and mutilates a victim to prepare their skin as clothing.
5.  Red Hook Reggie - This hipster pirate taxidermies frankenstein fish.
6.  Brooklyn Banksy - This political artist makes sculpture houseboat… and murder, his true art.

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