{"podcast":{"title":"Ship of the Dead Podcast","slug":"ship-of-the-dead-podcast-5549931","podcast_index_feed_id":5549931,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/kjD0nfbj","website_url":"https://podcast.limithron.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/0148db61-b283-49f7-b47b-9da5f755abf7/499aacd7-8a2e-4f89-bf2d-51d00785b531/3000x3000/ship-of-the-dead-cover.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Limithron","episode_count":53,"summary":"Limithron's Ship of the Dead, a tabletop roleplaying game podcast with a strong focus on pirate themed games, Dungeons & Dragons, and OSR/NSR games like Mörk Borg and Mothership. GM tips & tutorials, industry interviews, actual plays, and more. Hosted by battle map artist and Pirate Borg creator Luke Stratton (Limithron). Support at www.limithron.com/patreon.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T18:21:44.980071+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ship-of-the-dead-podcast-5549931"},"episode":{"title":"Mike Mearls (Chaosium/Mike Mearls Games)","slug":"mike-mearls-chaosium-mike-mearls-games","published_at":"2025-03-11T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ship-of-the-dead-podcast-5549931/mike-mearls-chaosium-mike-mearls-games","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ship-of-the-dead-podcast-5549931","url":"https://podcast.limithron.com/episodes/mike-mearls-qIx_37YC","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/c3d1108d-6b94-4c7e-bb50-61d038ee51bc/episodes/7bd4852d-48ef-4459-8d4f-8a7a3cc07624/audio/19a696bb-bba8-4c22-8fe0-cc7873ce60ae/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=kjD0nfbj","summary":"Mike was the lead designer on D&D 5E (2014) and has now moved on to work on great games like Magic: The Gathering and Chaosium's RuneQuest. In this episode, they talk about his design choices, journey through games, and what he personally enjoys about RPGs. There's some extra juicy stuff during the Broadside Barrage as well!","meta_description":"Mike was the lead designer on D&D 5E (2014) and has now moved on to work on great games like Magic: The Gathering and Chaosium's RuneQuest. In this episod…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4472,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ship-of-the-dead-podcast-5549931/episodes/mike-mearls-chaosium-mike-mearls-games/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ship-of-the-dead-podcast-5549931/mike-mearls-chaosium-mike-mearls-games.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}