#47 [INTERVIEW] - Chris McDowall

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Chris McDowall, the creator of Into the Odd and Mythic Bastionland.

Hello Dear SoloRolePlayers, Today on the show I am mythstruck to bring you my interview with Into the Odd and Mythic Bastionland creator Chris McDowell. For those playing at home with razor sharp awareness you will not that this recorded before I actually got the game my hands on the last episode so you might need to do some mental time wizardry with tenses if you listened to that first. You can find Chris McDowell and his work at https://www.bastionland.com/ Mac Attack You can get in touch with me on: soloroleplayerspodcast@gmail.com, PJSack on Reddit/Bluesky or better yet join the SoloRolePlayers Patreon where a free membership will get you access to the community chat and my public newsletters At the SoloRolePlayers Tier you get at least 1 (usually its 2) bonus episodes a month where I continue playing through the games introduced on the show, a regular bookclub/gameclub meet-up, access to the discord, and connect with celebrity guests. You can leave me a voice mail with questions, ideas, experiences or just to say g’day at https://www.speakpipe.com/SoloRolePlayers Links & Recs If you like this show you might like to check out the podcast that started it all, my Fallout…

People in this episode

Host: PJSack

Guest: Chris McDowall

Topics covered

• interview
• tabletop games
• game design
• solo roleplaying
• Mythic Bastionland

Keywords

• Chris McDowall
• Into the Odd
• Mythic Bastionland
• solo roleplaying
• tabletop games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Into the Odd, Mythic Bastionland, Bastionland, Patreon, Discord, Man Alone Boardgames, The Dungeon Dive, Lords of the Dungeon, Girls Who Don’t DnD, Me Myself & Die

Books & works: A Wasteland Story

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