In this weeks episode of the podcast I sit down to play a little bit of D&D with author, artist, game designer, and YouTuber Hankerin Ferinale. Ferinale is perhaps best known in the roleplaying game community for his game Index Card RPG (ICRPG) and his YouTube channel Runehammer. He is also the author of the The Legacy of Mud series and Retune which he publishes under the moniker of Brandish Gilhelm. This was an exciting episode for me, because Hank's channel was one of the first D&D-related YouTube channels I started watching and following. His book ICRPG has also been an indispensable resource for me, and was one of the first roleplaying book that I bought that wasn't published by Wizard's of The Coast.

The Sidekick is a unique actual play campaign, each month the podcast guest assumes the role of the sidekick. The campaign is inspired by the childhood game of Telephone. Any actions taken, lore or character details established, or injuries sustained to the character in an episode carries over next month for the new guest to deal with.

Tune back in later this month for episode 8 where Hank and I discuss comic books, game mastering, and the perils of social media.

In this episode:

Introduction (00:00:00)

Opening Credits (00:00.09)

Conversation begins (00:00:54)

Actual Play (00:11:20)

Things mentioned:

Index Card RPG

5e Hardcore Mode

CultMoo YouTube

Burning Wheel RPG

Dungeon World

Blades in The Dark

Fate RPG

Owl Bear Rodeo

Sidekick Rules

Thoughts from the host

Going into this episode I was really nervous to be interviewing Hank. However, whatever fears I might have had going into our game and later our interview were allayed by his easy going nature and friendliness. Off mic the two of us nerded out over the doom metal band Sleep; which was perhaps the last in-person concert I attended prior to the pandemic.

Music

Music by Karl Casey @White Bat Audio