In episode 20 of Carnagecast, Interview with the Gamer travels west across Lake Champlain to talk with Chuck Henry of the Nonchalant Gnome Gaming Society in Plattsburgh, New York. Chuck tells us about founding the Nonchalant Gnome gaming society, some of the methods and techniques to making a public gaming group welcoming to newcomers, growing the gaming scene in upstate New York and their participation in the Play in Public campaign to make tabletop gaming more visible to the public eye through teaching moments.
In Autopsy of a Game, Alex and Dan discuss Android, the science fiction noir detective game from Fantasy Flight Games. Players take on characters investigating a crime in the city of San Angeles, as well as wrestle with their personal demons. Alex’s enjoyment of the game has led him to GM it at Carnage two years running with no plan to slow down. Dan is a fan of the game as well, citing in particular the deep world-building found in the rulebook and flavor text of the game’s components.
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Interview with the Gamer
- Nonchalant Gnome Gaming Society
- Plattsburgh, New York
- Pocket Kung Fu
- SUNY Plattsburgh
- Northeast Wars
- Council of 5 Nations
- SIMCON
- Play in Public
- Fantastic Planet
Autopsy of a Game
- Fantasy Flight Games
- Universal Head’s player aids
- RoboCop
- Asimov’s Laws of Robotics
- Blade Runner
- Vassal
- “Get your ass to Mars.”
- Puerto Rico
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