ÜBER DIESE EPISODE
In this trailblazing episode, we have our first ever guest and our first ever two-parter! We’re joined by Roz Leahy, game designer and editor, to talk all about maps. Who makes the map, and when? How is the act of mapmaking at the table reflected within the fiction? And when can a “bad” map be better than a “good” one?
Freya invents Bawdy&D. Roz lays her cartography on the table. Violet joins the little leagues. Freya is inclined to descend. Roz delivers a north-winded explanation. Violet goes dotty. And most importantly, everyone enthuses about local history. There’s no pun there, we just think it’s neat.
Check out our various things!
The kickstarter prelaunch page for Journeymon, the monster-training RPG written mostly by Freya’s award-winning fiancée but also partially by her, is waiting for you at https://journeymonrpg.com/ . There’s also a free quickstart adventure. Check it out!
Roz’s portfolio can be found here - https://rozleahy.carrd.co/ . Her Philip K Dick podcast, Chicks with Dick, can be found in your preferred podcasting place.
Timestamps
What’s new - 3:05
Mailbag - 11:46
Intro to topic - 15:05
Design Qs - 22:00
History - 58:50
Wrapup - 1:18:55
TTRPGs (and a lot of specific modules this time!)
Border Riding
Keep on the Borderlands
Journeymon
Going for Broke
Masks
Dungeons & Dragons: Men & Magic booklet
Cosmere RPG
Stars Without Number
Mothership
Mausritter
Mörk Borg
Planescape
Dawn of Worlds
Hyperborea
Hyboria (not to be confused!)
Descent into the Depths of the Earth
West Marches
Dungeon Geomorphs
Traveller
Microscope
The Quiet Year
Dark Forest
I’m Sorry Did You Say Street Magic
Songs for the Dusk
Other media things discussed
The Carry On film series, for some reason
Kill James Bond
Original Podcast Do Not Steal
Escape This Podcast
City of Six Moons
Chicks with Dick
Pathologic
A prospective map of unified Germany from 1848
Shadow & Bone (season 2)
Game of Thrones
Babylon 5
Sword of the Stars
Stellaris
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Captain Sonar
Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space
Outdoor Survival
Chainmail
Guild Wars 2
Elden Ring
Big Walk
Ratatouille
Fallout 3
Assassin’s Creed
Notes and links
The virtual escape room “Break this Game” praised in Freya’s intro can be found here - https://mattj375.itch.io/vr-game-escape-room
“On Exactitude in Science”, by Jorge Luis Borges, happens to only be one paragraph long, and you can read the text in translation here - https://neilgreenberg.com/ao-quote-borges-on-exactitude-in-science/
The National Library of Scotland’s archive of maps is available here - https://maps.nls.uk/
Mystic Arts’ Video on 3-mile hexes is on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEIg1DlRkLg
More information about the singular phenomenon that is Hyboria can be found here - https://snv-ttm.blogspot.com/p/tony-baths-hyboria.html
Contact us!
At systemshoppodcast@gmail.com
Additional credits
Our intro music is
"Magic Escape Room" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
