His Majesty the Worm with Josh McCrowell

About this episode

Award-winning game designer JOSH MCCROWELL discusses OSR gaming and game crowdfunding with host Colin.

Award-winning game designer JOSH MCCROWELL joins Colin to talk about OSR gaming, the benefits of pre-ordering vs crowdfunding your games, and how megadungeons are really just five dungeons in a trenchcoat. His Majesty the Worm Find Josh on the internet! On bluesky , writing cool stuff , and check out the Goblin Laws of Gaming . Support The Roll Report on ⁠ ⁠Patreon⁠⁠ for EXTENDED AND AD-FREE INTERVIEWS! Follow us on ⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠ ⁠Tiktok⁠⁠ for news & exclusive content! The Roll Report is: ⁠⁠ ⁠Colin⁠⁠⁠ (Creative Director), ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Uriah Findley⁠⁠⁠ (Audio Producer), and ⁠⁠ ⁠Hannah Bradshaw Lozier⁠⁠⁠ (Producer). Cover art by ⁠⁠ ⁠Annaleise Gray Theme song: "Adventures in Adventureland" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

People in this episode

Host: Colin

Guest: JOSH MCCROWELL

Topics covered

• OSR gaming
• pre-ordering
• crowdfunding
• megadungeons
• game design

Keywords

• OSR gaming
• crowdfunding
• pre-ordering
• megadungeons
• game design

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Roll Report, Goblin Laws of Gaming

Books & works: Adventures in Adventureland

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