Tonight - 7 PM Eastern - Matt Finch LIVE with Jason Hardy, MeWe's Product Director

Looks like MeWe wants to accommodate gamers on its platform.

I'll (Matt Finch) have Jason Hardy, MeWe's Product Director talking with me on my youtube channel tonight at 6PM Central time (7 PM Eastern). In last night's panel-discussion show I assembled a set of questions and comments from the live chat, but if there is a topic you would like me to address with Jason on tonight's show, feel free to post it. The live chat will also be enabled during the show tonight. This is our chance to give MeWe an organized presentation of what the G+ gaming community wants and needs from MeWe if they are going to become the go-to location for tabletop gaming communities. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzf_mcgjo_0

Matt Finch - Live on Youtube with ENnies OSR Nominees - Noon Eastern thru 7pm

Matt Finch is doing a marathon Youtube session / interviews / hang out with many of the ENnies nominees from the OSR.

James Raggi and possibly Glynn Seal at noon.

Zak S at 1 pm

Jason Hobbs at 5 pm

Probably other guests too.

Here's the link

Some further info that is relevant from this morning's post is repeated below:

Yep, ENnies voting is live. Just a note on the ENnies voting from the ENnies site itself:

In the end, we at the ENnies subscribe to the democratic principle of "one person, one vote." We ask that you not vote more than once (this includes voting on different devices (computers, smartphones, etc.)) and that you not ask others to do the same in order to "stuff the ballot box." As such, you will not be able to change your vote once you've submitted your selection.

So, don't stuff the ballot box and here's how to do it if you were going to ;)

Another bit of info:

If you don't like a product, don't vote for it. You cannot hurt a product's chances of winning by ranking it poorly. To the contrary, you'll help it out if the race goes down to the wire. This system is called an Instant Runoff Election.

I'm not telling anyone what to do, I'm just pointing out how not to do it...

Episode #56 Synopsis:

We all have gaming moments that are burned into our memories. I recount some of my earlier memories. Also, ENnies voting is now live!

Link to Episode #56 - https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/episodes/Episode-56---Gaming-Memories--ENnies-Voting-is-Live-e1pies

Ennies Voting Link - http://ennie-awards.com/vote/2018/

Matt Finch has Interviewed ALL of the OSR Creators Nominated for the 2018 ENnies - and WE Have the Links

The following was sent to me by Matt Finch himself:

Erik - here is a list of interviews I've done with OSR candidates for ENNIES this year, so people can see them face to face, as it were. :)

Get to know some OSR ENNIE award nominees!
These are the ENNIE Nominees I have interviewed on Uncle Matt’s D&D Studio (use this link to follow Matt's Youtube Channel - Erik)

Jason Hobbs:
Best Podcast (Hobbs & Friends of the OSR)

This is a really fun interview, and it’s on the very day Jason learned he’d been nominated.

Zak Smith:
Best Interior Art (Frostbitten & Mutilated)
Best Monster/Adversary (Frostbitten & Mutilated)
Best Setting (Frostbitten & Mutilated)
Best Writing (Frostbitten & Mutilated)
Product of the Year (Frostbitten & Mutilated)

Interview 2 (which is about terrain) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb661ACZsg4
Interview 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hhc_D76ODs

Jacob Hurst:
Best Adventure (The Dark of Hot Springs Island)
Product of the Year (The Dark of Hot Springs Island)

James Raggi:
Best Free Product (Vaginas are Magic!)

Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uDnPAOJHWs
Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJwnUei8Yb4
Part 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXWYSPXvQt4&t=3s
Part 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXjRr90mmLQ

Glynn Seal:
Best Cartography (The Midderlands)

Kiel Chenier:
Best e-book (Scenario from Ontario)

Uncle Matt's D&D Studio and Jordoba Livestream Patreons are Looking for Backers - Join the Cool Kids

+Matt Finch has two Patreons - one for Uncle Matt's D&D Studio and another for his Jordoba livestreams. If you like interviews with creatives in the Old School Gaming community and beyond in addition to game theory, Uncle Matt's D&D Studio is an easy choice to back. Interested in livestreamed RPG sessions with a unique camera perspective? You probably want to back Jordoba. I've got them both covered with a $35 monthly pledge ;)

Below is an explanation by Matt as to the current plans for both Patreons:

I'm trying to round up a few more patrons for the patreons at patreon.com/Jordoba (the games) and patreon.com/unclematt (the channel and website) because I'm going to do another patrons-only livestream on Friday. As an example of communication with the patrons, here is the most recent post made to the channel's patreon forum: 

For the first post on the Uncle Matt's D&D Studio patreon, first of all, thank you for your help in keeping the channel on the air! 

This is my to-do list for this week on the channel's behalf, and it's kind of an aspirational set of goals, but probably workable. 

Today (Wed): I am editing three of the game videos for sound quality and to remove long pauses from the livestream versions. Then uploading them, which is a long process. One of the things all of you have helped to fund is a faster bandwidth for the studio's modem, which is pretty important not only for uploading these videos (an hours-long process) but also for reducing sound and video glitches when recording interviews in a Google hangout. This is a monthly cost that I couldn't have incurred without your help. 

I also plan on running a Patron-only livestream on Friday for all of you to advise me and give me feedback on the channel's quality, which means that I'm going to start a bit of a drive for new patrons today so I can have as many people as possible joined up by the time of the livestream. 

Thursday: I'm recording an interview with Bill Silvey for the next Thursday conversation on Uncle Matt's D&D Neighborhood, I'm releasing the conversation with Skeeter, and I'll be organizing the publication side of the project so I can begin to put pdfs in your hands and also to start up the project's publishing page. I'll also be updating the Episode Guides on the website, which I can't finish until I've uploaded the edited videos (Wednesday's job). 

Friday: I'll run the patron-only livestream and hopefully I'll be able to post up some pdf resources if I'm caught up with Thursday's goal.
Saturday is usually terrain day, since I try to have at least one "signal" piece of terrain made for each game, whether that's a statue or a distinct wall, or a scary door. These are great because they GET Skeeter every single time, and I love the reactions.  

Sunday: Same as Saturday because usually I spend time with Ian Finch on one day or the other. 

Monday and Tuesday: final prep for the games and run the games. 

So that's the plan! In order to get as many people onto the Friday patron-only livestream, it would be great if all of you could share around your opinions about the Patreon so far. People may not realize how much I depend on patrons for advice, and how much it costs - in addition to the monthly bandwidth increase I've just bought a 3D printer to make more stable snap-together terrain for the games, I bought a piece of art to use in videos, and we've always got the cost of the server for the website.

Matt Finch interviews Wolfgang Baur - Midgard Setting for S&W Officially Announced

I've been following Kobold Press since before the now defunct Kobold Quarterly. They were an early innovator of crowdfunding and its exciting to see their Midgard setting getting a Swords & Wizardry Guidebook (PDF is $5 for the PDF and $15 for the softcover - use this link and go to the bottom of the page if you are interested in placing an order - https://midgard-campaign-setting-dark-roads-and-deep-magic.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders )

Release is set for March 2017 2018 (damn year change)

Oh, the interview with Wolfgang is pretty good too ;)

If you missed it, Matt and my conversation is linked to the left... hint... hint

Matt Finch interview Jason Paul McCartan about Through Dungeons Deeper (Currently #1 Bestseller on RPGNow)

Last night +Matt Finch interviewed +Jason Paul McCartan about Jason's new release: Through Dungeons Deeper: A Survival Guide For Dungeoneers As Written By A Survivor - currently the #1 Bestseller at RPGNow.

Its a great interview and doesn't take up much of the viewers time (approximately 10 minutes).

Through Dungeons Deeper is $12.99 in PDF. But wait! There is a Tavern specific link that puts Through Dungeons Deeper into your cart at $9.99. Purchases of the PDF will be credited for the PDF price if one wants the print version later.

Yep, that's an affiliate link. Thanks to The Tavern's community, The Tavern has achieved its goal of $300 in affiliate earnings for the month of September. At least half the monies earned over $300 will go towards art expenses for the promised October adventure - stock art and / or commissioned, depending on the funds available. Thank you all.

Announcement - Uncle Matt's D&D Studio Launches Tonight 830 Eastern / 730 Central (Matt Finch Livestream)

Yep, tonight Uncle +Matt Finch is launching his new Youtube channel, Uncle Matt's D&D Studio. The opening piece is above.

Its been a heavy week in the OSR and Matt plans to lift some spirits. Additionally, there will be the announcement of a new project from Matt which I am excitedly looking forward to. The project that is, cause I know what it is and I'm trilled to be able to do what I can for it and the OSR at large. How's that for stirring some interest?

In any case, here the link to Matt's new channel - click it and subscribe!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwQ6cSVDLklOoQ8VSMsxp5Q

edit - Matt will be fielding questions over at The Tavern's Discord server on the uncle-matts-dnd-studio text channel

here's the link: https://discord.gg/Cm4mBS