{"podcast":{"title":"Narrative Damage","slug":"narrative-damage-7723590","podcast_index_feed_id":7723590,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/699d64413a5156c5d2e5de37","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/narrative-damage","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1771921842909-39ce76cf-ad26-40f4-a02a-82d610a90b0b.jpeg","author":"Narrative Damage","episode_count":20,"summary":"An actual play TTRPG podcast where your favourite authors swap their pens for dice and gather together to tell tales. Join them as they explore games including Call of Cthulhu, Delta Green, Alien, The One Ring and many more through immersive world-building and high-stakes storytelling (with fun and drama in equal measure!) Between scenarios, we sit down with TTRPG legends for deep-dive interviews. Craft worlds. Roll dice. Tell stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T06:19:21.551427+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/narrative-damage-7723590"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 3 - Writing Mystery and Madness with Mike Mason of Chaosium","slug":"ep-3-writing-mystery-and-madness-with-mike-mason-of-chaosium","published_at":"2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/narrative-damage-7723590/ep-3-writing-mystery-and-madness-with-mike-mason-of-chaosium","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/narrative-damage-7723590","url":"https://shows.acast.com/narrative-damage/episodes/ep-3-writing-mystery-and-madness-with-mike-mason-of-chaosium","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/699d64413a5156c5d2e5de37/e/69b3080a91324664df81d442/media.mp3","summary":"Watch as a full video interview on our YouTube channel In the final of our cross-over interview episodes with Page One, we chat with the brilliant Mike Mason! Mike Mason is an award-winning game designer and writer, and the creative director for the  Call of Cthulhu  tabletop roleplaying   game. As well as being the commissioning editor and lead writer for the line, Mike also works closely with artists and cartographers to shape the look and art for  Call of Cthulhu . It was great speaking with Mike and hearing how his love for storytelling and Call of Cthulhu led to him landing his dream job. He tells us about how he writes scenarios and campaign books, and how that differs (and doesn't differ) from writing other forms of fiction. Plus, we talk about writing effective horror, and discuss why mystery fiction of all kinds is so popular. Links: Follow Mike on Instagram Visit Chaosium's website Watch the trailer for our actual play of Loki's Gift Follow Narrative Damage on YouTube or its own podcast feed to get more interviews with TTRPG writers, creators and more, plus actual plays with some of your favourite authors: https://linktr.ee/narrativedamagerpg Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Bluesky Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Watch as a full video interview on our YouTube channel In the final of our cross-over interview episodes with Page One, we chat with the brilliant Mike Ma…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5419,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/narrative-damage-7723590/episodes/ep-3-writing-mystery-and-madness-with-mike-mason-of-chaosium/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/narrative-damage-7723590/ep-3-writing-mystery-and-madness-with-mike-mason-of-chaosium.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}