Onsite at OrcaCon [S4T9]

This week, we're on location at OrcaCon 2026! We hear about taste mechanics, Canadian orthography, and products for the sloppy player. Thanks to everyone who took the time to chat with us:

• [2:01] GameStorm is a very cool convention in Portland - and they offered listeners a promo code for discounted registration in this episode! You'll have to listen to find out what it is.
• [4:57] Aspiring Youth, which offers some very cool TTRPG programming for neurodivergent youth.
• [12:06] Brush Wielders Union, whose founder Simon has come on the podcast to talk about miniatures in combat. (Some very cool pictures of painted minis at that link.)
• [13:06] Found Family Adventurecrafts, whom we first met at Dragonflight GameCon a few months ago. (Go listen to our Dragonflight episode! And then come back to finish this one.)
• [15:36] RipCrypt, who've made a video directly addressing the game's whole raison d'être, which feels like something all indie TTRPG developers should think about.
• [22:08] Legends of Gadia, whom we first encountered at OrcaCon last year and who've released a full-fledged card game in the year since then! Here's an example of how the gameplay works.
• [32:47] The Game Shelf, an old-school local game store in Kent.
• [33:45] Studio Hexe, who set Jake straight on some questions about dice balance.
• [38:55] Inclusive Imagination, who make some very thoughtfully designed games.
• [41:01] Nailon Realm, whom we also first met back at Dragonflight a few months ago.
• [43:25] Mice of Legend (by Alchemical Press), whom we also first met back at Dragonflight, and who currently have Kickstarters going for a new OSR adventure and a Shadowdark version of Mice of Legend. We talk quite a bit about the Shadowdark system in this conversation. We also talk about OSR, which we previously talked about with Max - and then again with Max, focusing on exploration in OSR games in particular. 

At the beginning of the episode, we talk about our experience at OrcaCon 2025. Here's the first part and here's the second part of our time at OrcaCon last year! Last year's OrcaCon is also where we met Dante of Chance Encounter Games - and then later we interviewed Dante and attended the grand opening of the Chance Encounter Games storefront (part 1 and part 2).

Go check out our website for some pictures from OrcaCon! We're trying to figure out some opportunities to get out to more cons in 2026. We're definitely getting to NorWesCon 2026 in April - but let us know if there's anywhere else in the PNW we should check out.

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