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Zach Lorton of Back Burner Games joins us this episode to talk about playing music at the gaming table! Zach’s a DJ, game designer, and friend of the show, so he’s basically the perfect person to talk to about playing music and sound effects as part of the tabletop gaming experience. He’s also got a lot to say, as you’ll hear in this episode! Before that, though, we let Zach talk about Back Burner Games (Patreon, Instagram, Facebook) and very briefly talk about what we’re playing and what’s going on behind the scenes at STG.
After that, pastor and Patreon supporter Douglas Underhill gives us a somewhat controversial question to tackle, asking what our second choice of religion or life philosophy would be if somehow Christianity were off the table. Then we’re into our Scripture readings for this episode and diving right into the main topic! We cover Jenny’s musical talents and everyone else’s lack thereof; background music; sound effects and ambient music; foreground music (including a story Grant’s been wanting to tell for ages); how to use all of these at the table; and where to get music or sound effects.
Mentioned in this episode: Ribbon Drive RPG; the Pieces board game café in St. Louis, MO; myNoise; Tabletop Audio; MeloDice; and OverClocked ReMix.
Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:17-23. Psalm 96:1-2, Proverbs 25:20, 1 Corinthians 14:15-19