The record 208,000 people—many dressed up as characters from TV shows, comic books, and video games—who poured into Indianapolis last weekend for Gen Con, the 50-year-old annual gaming convention, were there to escape our reality, politics and all. One of the only references to our current political climate was hidden on the menu of The Flying Cupcake food truck, parked outside the city’s convention center during the four-day extravaganza. In addition to sugary confections like Settlers of Cata

In this episode, Sarah, Jesse, and Cathy talk about two player games, and Cathy interviews Tanya DePass about diversity in gaming. Click Play on the arrow below to stream this episode: Download the Episode Here >>> Cathy shares what she has been playing lately. See the list of Games Mentioned in This Episode below for links to the BGG, RPGG, or VGG listing and affiliate links to purchase these games and support the show. We have started referring to and rating games by a rating scale. He

Tanya DePass will never stop fighting. We should all feel thankful for that. Her voice demands equality in representation from Chicago to Austrailia and everywhere inbetween. Our conversation here goes beyond the basic intro, so for those looking to learn more about Tanya’s I Need Diverse Games movement, please go back and listen to our conversation during Cast A Day 2016 Episode 13. How can you support the #INeedDiverseGames movement? It’s simple! Follow Tanya on Twitter both at @CypherofTyr a

Alexandra Orlando: I’m here with Tanya DePass and we are going to be chatting a bit and I have some questions I’m really excited to ask. Thank you for deciding to chat with me. I know you’re always pretty busy and just got back from a whole bunch of travelling so I was excited to see that you  responded so quickly and that we can chat. Tanya DePass: Oh, I’m totally happy to chat with you. AO: So I thought I’d ask the origin story question. How did you get started  doing all this: INeedDiverseG

Episode 42: “Fresh Out Of Tokens.” Elizabeth and Flourish talk to Tanya DePass, host of a podcast of the same name, founder of I Need Diverse Games, and author of a whole lot of Dragon Age fanfiction. They discuss gaming, fan/creator interaction, intersectionality, politics, and more. They also share a listener letter about game fandom and discuss the place of art in times of political crisis. (show notes | transcript)

We invited Tanya DePass of I Need Diverse Games and the Fresh Out of Tokens Podcast to chat with us about Dragon Age and answer a whole lot of listener questions. A brief intro to our guest, Tanya DePass along with the non-profit she created, I Need Diverse Games . If you're interested in supporting I Need Diverse Games or Tanya you can do so on Patreon. What we've been up to (00:07:28) If you’ve got any feedback, questions, people or topics you’d like to hear on future episodes of the show,

Tanya from Fresh Out Of Tokens and I Need Diverse Games stops by to talk about literally everything. But mainly GDC, podcasting, I Need Diverse Games, and of course video games. I Need Diverse Games GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/keep-indg-in-business I Need Diverse Games: https://ineeddiversegames.org/ Tanya On Twitter: www.twitter.com/cypheroftyr Fresh Out Of Tokens: https://freshoutoftokens.simplecast.fm/