We’re back with the conclusion of our interview with Jason Cordova, the mastermind behind The Gauntlet and creator of such RPGs as Brindlewood Bay, The Between and Public Access.

Our winding discussion takes in game design and publishing, analogue horror, and Victorian pornography, among other topics.

Since recording this episode, Jason has announced a crowdfunding campaign for a three-volume print edition of The Between, packed with alternative settings and other bonus material. The campaign begins on the 24th of September 2024. You can find full details on the project’s Backerkit page.

If you want to hear The Between in action, you can hear Scott playing a campaign on Ain’t Slayed Nobody, alongside Nic Rosenberg, Josephine McAdam, and cuppycup, with Jason Cordova as Keeper.

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Things we mention in this episode include:

• The Between
• Penny Dreadful
• Spring-heeled Jack
• “Hell in Texas” from The Things We Leave Behind
• Victorian Spiritualism
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew
• Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens
• People of the Abyss by Jack London
• Indian cone pattern
• Memento mori photography
• Victorian London: The Life of a City by Liza Picard
• Holywell Street
• Victorian guidebook to sex workers

• Demimonde
• Public Access
• Brindlewood Bay
• The Silt Verses
• Sorcerer
• The Gauntlet
• The Forge
• The Darkened Threshold podcast
• Jason Cordova on YouTube
• Mothership
• MÖRK BORG
• The Gauntlet Discord server
• The Between PWYW on DriveThruRPG

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