17 Hodag

Hodag is a game designer, artists and zine maker of the Indie RPG space! His work is primarily line based and black and white, full of details, references and hidden eggs! I've been following Hodag's work for a while now and we've talked a bit. But not like we did in this episode. Hodag does amazing linework art (and he even talks about his main styles of art, influences and preferences in the episode), and he is quite fond of putting the resemblance of friends and peers in character's illustrations (there is even one with my likeness in Beyond! The Hypertrench!, a Space Fantasy RPG he created). His work with the team of Barkeep on the Borderlands won an Gold Ennie-Award for Best Supplement, and this zine is a great addition for those that want to experience a barcrawl/urbancrawl with many possibilities of play in a gorgeous illustrated setting. In this chat we discussed a wide range of topics and the time flew by. It's a bit over two hours but the conversation is well worth it. We go deep into art, Hodag's influences, our grid and concerns with generative AI applications, humanity in art, how he embodies chaos in his creative process, how he hasn't experienced a dry spell or burnout. We also talked about his vision of artists as kind of the jocks of the #TTRPG space (and that kinda makes sense), how usually in the USA the individual rights are always put above the collective rights, our amazing peers in the Indie RPG space, how he lived in a bunch of different places and how that shaped a bit of his vision, how RPGs are not weird at all to him, and a lot more. You gotta listen to it. We had a great chat and I hope you enjoy it too. Let's get weird with Hodag! Check out Hodag's works! https://hodagrpg.itch.io/ https://www.instagram.com/hodagrpg/ Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes!  If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help!  ⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp⁠⁠ You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!   Get your copy right here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/kosmosaurs⁠ ⁠⁠ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Barkeep on the Borderlands - https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/shop/p/barkeep-on-the-borderlands Traverse Fantasy Blog - https://traversefantasy.blogspot.com/ Prismatic Wasteland Site - https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/ The Wind (Movie) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8426594/ Macteg (Instagram) - https://instagram.com/mactegart Perplexing Ruins - https://www.perplexingruins.com/