{"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":"Kieron Gillen on his love of RPGs and Why GMs Make Good Players","slug":"kieron-gillen-on-his-love-of-rpgs-and-why-gms-make-good-players","published_at":"2026-05-07T15:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/narrative-damage-7723590/kieron-gillen-on-his-love-of-rpgs-and-why-gms-make-good-players","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/narrative-damage-7723590","url":"https://shows.acast.com/narrative-damage/episodes/kieron-gillen-on-his-love-of-rpgs","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/699d64413a5156c5d2e5de37/e/69fc5ad68c59df7dd52bc5bd/media.mp3","summary":"Watch as a full video episode on YouTube Kieron Gillen is a British comic book writer and former video game journalist. He is best known for his work on high-profile titles such as Star Wars , X-Men , and The Eternals , as well as his acclaimed creator-owned series The Wicked + The Divine and Die . A longtime enthusiast of tabletop roleplaying games, he famously helped to develop a standalone RPG system to accompany his Die comic series, bridging the gap between narrative fiction and interactive gaming. He is currently working on new projects like Power Fantasy and Meta Dungeon . We had an absolute blast chatting TTRPGs with Kieron and hearing about about his early, slightly confusing start with Middle-Earth Role Playing at age ten. We chat about why believes the skills of a writer, like spotlight management and the perfect cliffhanger, are directly transferable to the world of games and vice versa. We also talk about this love for idea-dense indie RPG writing, talk about the recently crowdfunded DIE Metadungeon, and hear about a new game he is working on. Links: Follow Kieron on Bluesky Visit Kieron's Website Visit Kieron's gaming blog, Old Men Running the World Don't forget you can still win a Call of Cthulhu Starter Set! All you need to do all you need to do is subscribe on YouTube and leave a comment below one of our Loki's Gift videos! Once we hit 250 subs we will pick our winner! Plus - double your chances: Head over to our Instagram to enter there as well. Follow on Instagram Follow on Bluesky Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Watch as a full video episode on YouTube Kieron Gillen is a British comic book writer and former video game journalist. He is best known for his work on h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2458,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/narrative-damage-7723590/episodes/kieron-gillen-on-his-love-of-rpgs-and-why-gms-make-good-players/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/kieron-gillen-on-his-love-of-rpgs-and-why-gms-make-good-players.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}