The time has come to take a break from the podcast. In this special episode, I go over the reasons why I'm pressing pause on the podcast. The podcast may return in a new format, but at this moment I am not sure of its future. Thank you so much for listening. It has been an amazing three and a half years.

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Award-winning game designer and writer, Tristan Zimmerman, returns to the podcast. We cover three incredible situations you can use in your tabletop role-playing games. We begin with a princess turned cold war broadcaster. Then we take a look at a teenage king. We finish up the podcast with an examination of a peasant. All of these situations can be dropped into your DnD or other RPG campaigns today.

Director John Putch joins me on the podcast today. John's directorial work includes TV shows like Big Bad Beetleborgs, Grounded for Life, Scrubs, and more. Among his feature films are Mojave Phone Booth, The Father and the Bear, and many others. In the early years of his career, he was an actor and appeared in many TV shows and movies like One Day at a Time and Jaws 3. He had two notable appearances in Star Trek: The Next Generation. He first portrayed Mordock in the episode Coming of Age.  Then he portrayed Mendon in the second season episode Matter of Honor.  His portrayal originated the alien species the Benzites. In the podcast, we discuss his experience on Star Trek and the extensive makeup process to make him a Benzite. We also talk about his career, Roger Corman, filmmaking, storytelling, and more.  Do not miss this episode!