Dave Semark

Dave is co-host and writer on the podcast, and part of the writing team at Free League - he created the Xenos for Alien RPG and as been editor and writer on a number of further Alien and Vaesen books, as well as writing the majority the upcoming Better Worlds book. He has also been the Year Zero Engine consultant on War Stories and wrote the War Stories campaign, Rendezvous with Destiny.

Appears in 266 Episodes

Out of the Box

Our old friend Magnus joins us to talk about his new book.00.00.40: Introductions00.04.27: World of Gaming: Windheim hitting doormats; My Father's Sword hitting KS; Co...

A Moment of Reflection

After the kickstarter, a pause. Dave and Matthew discuss the world of gaming, catch us up on that's happening with Tales of the Old West since the kickstarter ended an...

The home straight!

00.00.40: Introductions00.03.08: World of Gaming: Terminal State funded; Paragons, a YearZeroEngine-ish Superhero RPG kickstarting now; The QuickStart for Discworld is...

Rollin,' Rollin,' Rollin'

00.00.40: Introductions00.03.26 : Welcome to our new patron, Nils L00.07.13: World of Gaming: Space: 1999 on pre-order; one for our Swedish fans, Anders Blixt’s Expert...

The Final Countdown!

00.00.40: Introductions00.02.28: Welcome to our new patron, Jed McCLure00.03.59: World of Gaming: Mongoose buys Traveller outright; Luke Crane buys Dungeon World; LotR...

Saddle up!

00.00.40: Introductions00.01.51: Welcome to our new patron, Oliver Nøglebæk00.05.07: World of Gaming: The KS page is ready to follow!00.22.16: Interview - Jonathan Hic...

All about Symba ... Bloody hell! Alien!

Hear the reaction of the team that wrote Hope's Last Day to the Alien 2nd Edition announcement. Then settle down with Neil Kingham for a chat about editing RPGs, the s...

Adventure of a lifetime

00.00.40: Introductions00.03.02: World of Gaming: Vaezine's VaesenCon GM submissions are open; Space: 1999 TTRPG announced00.17.48: Old West News00.26.16: Essay - Life...

Automata for the People

00.00.40: Introductions00.02.23: Thank you to our new patron: Ewan Dougall00.06.33: World of Gaming: Building Better Worlds nominated for two Ennies; Black Madonna and...

You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!

00.00.40: Introductions00.02.08: Thank you to our new patrons: Uhtred43; Sol Franklin and Andy B00.06.07: World of Gaming: Uk Games Expo report (Frank's vid of the tou...

The All About Free League Pub Quiz

00.00.40: Introduction00.02.45: Round 1 -  Mutant Year Zero00.07.10: Round 2 -  Coriolis00.10.55: Round 3 -  Vaesen00.14.42: Round 4  -  Alien   00.20.02: Round 5  -  ...

Welcome to the Old West

It's the big one! The announcement of our free QuickDraw. In this episode Dave and I talk about some of the Westerns, TV, Film and novels that have inspired or influen...

A Games Expo Minisode

Its a weird one-00.00.40: Introduction00.03.40: Old West News00.09.45: World of Gaming -  Path of Glory, a campaign for Dragonbane; Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland...

You really want Dragonbane?

Its a Dragonbane (Drakar Och Demoner) Special!-00.00.40: Introductions00.02.58: Thank you to our new patrons: Pontus Sjögren; Jimmy Skoglund; and Josh Leape00.04.11: O...

Critical Thinking

Which is the deadliest Year Zero game? The answer will amaze you!  -00.00.40: Introductions00.03.28: Old West News00.13.40: World of Gaming: Planet of the Apes; The La...

Lost in the Dark

00.00.40: Introductions00.01.58: News for Stationary patrons00.06.15: Old West News00.18.18: World of Gaming: Agent Provocateur, YZE spy game ; Rapscallion; Knights of...

The Pantheon of the Icons

00.00.40: Introductions00.01.18: Old West News00.11.40: World of Gaming: New Coriolis kickstarts Tuesday; Household (5e and reprint) kickstarts; Reign hard copies arri...

Into The Great dark

In a change to our planned programming we released the interview with Nils and Kosta in a bonus episode last week. This week, we discuss the news and the interview wit...

We interview Nils and Kosta about Coriolis: The Great Dark

We interviewed Nils and Kosta on our YouTube Channel last week. We were going to include the recording in our episode next week, but so many people have already seen i...

Cyberpulp

00.00.40: Introductions00.02.36: World of Gaming: Enworld has the lowdown on Evil Genius; CMOM exclusive deal with Gamefound; Between Clouds landing on doormat; Clare'...

Per Ardua Ad Astra

00.00.40: Introductions00.03.28: World of Gaming: Finally! Ad Astra for MYZ; Dragonbane Bestiary; Eldritch Automata KS failed, will restart; We have a busy UKGE planne...

Still Walking

00.00.40: Introductions00.01.57: Thank you to our new patron: Calle Nyberg00.02.52: World of Gaming - Electric State beaten into second most anticipated game by Shadow...

Review of the Year

00.00.40: Introductions00.01.48: Thank you to our new patrons: brockenwitch and Kevin Campion00.06.00: World of Gaming - Evil Genius lays off staff, folding; Nightfall...

Bonus show: Designing Tales of the Old West - part 2

Happy Christmas! There is no normal episode this week, because it's Christmas Eve today and we are with our families, rather than arguing over our mics. To make up for...

How Deep Can We Go?

00.00.40: Introductions00.03.00: Thank you to our new patron: Jeppe Mulich00.05.12: World of Gaming - Electric State on Kickstarter; Matt Colville's Monster Fighting g...

We should have brought some fire

Sorry, chapter markers wrong in this episode, use these timing instead00.00.40: Introductions00.02.13: Thank you to our new patron: Andrew Rackley00.05.12: World of Ga...

Building Worlds

Not only are some people building worlds with the hardcopy of the latest Alien supplement that has arrived on at least a few doorstep, but we speak to a woman who had ...

Bonus show: The early days of game design - Tales of the Old West

We are sorry we missed our usual episode last week. Our intention had been to record an episode during MCM Comic Con London, but we ended up working too hard to make t...

Patriarchy schmatriarchy!

00.00.40: Introductions - You're Dead to Me00.09.36: World of Gaming - Building Better Worlds PDFs are here; new Dragonbane announcements; The Lost Mountain saga comin...

Paying the Piper

00.00.40: Introductions - Put it on a plate00.03.55: World of Gaming - Evil Genius sue Netflix over Rebel Moon RPG; Mutant Ad Astra finally makes an appearance; NeoCla...

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