web01.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:48:10 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Hobby Horse - Episodes Tagged with “Games” https://the.hobbyhorse.club/tags/games Sat, 23 Jun 2018 13:00:00 -0700 Interviews with notable people talking about something they're not normally known for, or outside their normal purview, how they got into it and what they love most about it. Any sort of hobby, side-gig, or obsession is fair game. en-us episodic Interviews that go elsewhere Matt Haughey Interviews with notable people talking about something they're not normally known for, or outside their normal purview, how they got into it and what they love most about it. Any sort of hobby, side-gig, or obsession is fair game. yes Matt Haughey mathowie@gmail.com Episode 12: Dinah Sanders rolls for initiative https://the.hobbyhorse.club/12 9a01268c-09e5-42e4-a92a-0ab16f399787 Sat, 23 Jun 2018 13:00:00 -0700 Matt Haughey full Matt Haughey Dinah shares her knowledge of D&D, how to be a DM, and how to get into the game. 1:03:37 yes dnd https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/Rnv8Jj-j.jpg Dinah Sanders has been playing D&D for nearly 40 years, and has been a dungeon master going all the way back. Her current weekly game has a handful of players that have continuously played the same campaign for the past few years. We cover Dinah's early history in blogging, her two books and her plans for a future one as well as diving into all the ins and outs of D&D with me, someone that's never played. P.S. The week after we recorded this, I did get to join her weekly D&D night to play my first game ever, and it was a blast. The photo above is a shot from that night. P.P.S. There's a new theme song and I added a bit of story I forgot to cover in the John Roderick episode (http://the.hobbyhorse.club/8) so stick around to the end to hear it. dnd

Dinah Sanders has been playing D&D for nearly 40 years, and has been a dungeon master going all the way back. Her current weekly game has a handful of players that have continuously played the same campaign for the past few years.

We cover Dinah's early history in blogging, her two books and her plans for a future one as well as diving into all the ins and outs of D&D with me, someone that's never played.

P.S. The week after we recorded this, I did get to join her weekly D&D night to play my first game ever, and it was a blast. The photo above is a shot from that night.

P.P.S. There's a new theme song and I added a bit of story I forgot to cover in the John Roderick episode so stick around to the end to hear it.

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Dinah Sanders has been playing D&D for nearly 40 years, and has been a dungeon master going all the way back. Her current weekly game has a handful of players that have continuously played the same campaign for the past few years.

We cover Dinah's early history in blogging, her two books and her plans for a future one as well as diving into all the ins and outs of D&D with me, someone that's never played.

P.S. The week after we recorded this, I did get to join her weekly D&D night to play my first game ever, and it was a blast. The photo above is a shot from that night.

P.P.S. There's a new theme song and I added a bit of story I forgot to cover in the John Roderick episode so stick around to the end to hear it.

Links:

]]> Episode 11: Andy Baio has been eaten by a grue https://the.hobbyhorse.club/11 760ffd16-61a9-465c-88a1-839a61e984e6 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 12:00:00 -0700 Matt Haughey full Matt Haughey Andy Baio and his love of the text adventure 53:53 yes infocom https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/U0mvOCIF.png Andy Baio is a veteran of the early web, creator of waxy.org (http://waxy.org), upcoming.org (http://upcoming.org), and playfic.com (http://playfic.com). He was the first CTO for Kickstarter and went on to create the XOXO Festival (https://2018.xoxofest.com/) in Portland Oregon. He's also into collecting original 1980s Infocom games and still plays them today despite owning modern computers and video cards that can do so much more. infocom

Andy Baio is a veteran of the early web, creator of waxy.org, upcoming.org, and playfic.com. He was the first CTO for Kickstarter and went on to create the XOXO Festival in Portland Oregon.

He's also into collecting original 1980s Infocom games and still plays them today despite owning modern computers and video cards that can do so much more.

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Andy Baio is a veteran of the early web, creator of waxy.org, upcoming.org, and playfic.com. He was the first CTO for Kickstarter and went on to create the XOXO Festival in Portland Oregon.

He's also into collecting original 1980s Infocom games and still plays them today despite owning modern computers and video cards that can do so much more.

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]]> Episode 2: Jessamyn West on trivia leagues, pub trivia, and puzzle hunts https://the.hobbyhorse.club/2 1a5aee6b-1ab2-4aa7-9dcb-3e3995cda973 Sat, 07 Apr 2018 14:00:00 -0700 Matt Haughey full Matt Haughey My old pal Jessamyn sits down to talk about what draws her to trivia and gaming and puzzles. 38:39 yes It was fun to catch up with Jessamyn as we chat about non-librarian or online community things. We went deep into Learned League, the shadowy internet nerd trivia league with what I consider impenetrable rules and traditions. It was fun to catch up with Jessamyn as we chat about non-librarian or online community things. We went deep into Learned League, the shadowy internet nerd trivia league with what I consider impenetrable rules and traditions.

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]]> Episode 1: Jason Kottke on Alto's Odyssey https://the.hobbyhorse.club/1 ec2562dd-9fad-4de9-8d5e-a8b659322e60 Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:00:00 -0700 Matt Haughey full Matt Haughey OG Blogger Jason Kottke goes deep on how and why he's one of the top players of Alto's Odyssey in the entire world. 46:41 yes I play Alto's Odyssey and love it, but Jason Kottke really loves the game, so much so he's got one of the highest scores in the world. We go deep on the game for 45 minutes, talking about he got into it, what sets his playing apart, and what role games play in our lives. I play Alto's Odyssey and love it, but Jason Kottke really loves the game, so much so he's got one of the highest scores in the world. We go deep on the game for 45 minutes, talking about he got into it, what sets his playing apart, and what role games play in our lives.

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