Novels with Games (w/ Aaron Voigt)
Episode description
Aaron Voigt is a writer, game designer, podcaster and critic. You can find his video essays about tabletop games like They Took Our War, Heart, & Spire on his YouTube channel AA Voigt. He has two podcasts: one discussing Christian media called Bible Boys and one discussing sometimes-bad media called Mortified: The Friendship Quest. He's a first reader for Khoreo Magazine, an ignyte winning and Hugo nominated magazine for speculative fiction from immigrant and disapora authors. Today we'll be talking about his game Detente for the Ravenous which is based on a to-be self-published fantasy novel of the same name.
You can check out the game and the novel here
Show Notes:
02:27 - All about the novel
12:27 - Adapting the novel into a game
16:29 - Digression into history of Christianity in India
20:00 - Religious and monstrous themes in the novel
28:34 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Subway Runners
29:56 - Tyranny of Numbers
31:44 - RePlay
33:02 - All advice is advice for myself