The OFFICIAL thread for the OFFICIAL Lone Wolf Podcast!!

[Zipp]

Hello, everyone! It has been too long since I've logged in to Project Aon, my old stomping grounds. I spend much of my time interacting with LW fans these days over at Facebook. I wanted to drop by though, because the Lone Wolf Podcast is officially launched as of Yesterday!! I'll continue to drop by and update this thread as new episodes come available, which will be the first Thursday of every month, starting December 1st.

This podcast is the culmination of months of work and ongoing work, as we will be covering all 32 books (each with their own episode) plus anything else related to Lone Wolf. I want to encourage everyone to check out the podcast and feel free to leave any feedback in this thread. I am hopeful that these episodes stir up conversation and discussion because there is nothing more exciting to me than talking Lone Wolf with my brother and sister Kai Lords!

Love to all my Kai brethren!

www.magnamund.com/podcast

~ Jonathan (Zipp)

Episode 0
Episode 0 of the OFFICIAL LONE WOLF PODCAST is LIVE!! This is the podcast that I've been co-hosting and producing for months now. We have 7 episodes "in the can" and over 30 more to come. Finally, I get to share it!
If you know what Lone Wolf is, than this will serve as a soft intro to what we will be talking about. If you don't know what Lone Wolf is, then this episode is for you! It introduces the series and why it is important to us and to the history of gamebooks.

Note that this is episode ZERO, which is meant to introduce fans to the series as well as give an overview of what we intend to do. That means it is both broader and shorter than our normal episodes will be. Our standard episode length is 1 hour and each episode will focus on a single book in the series, meaning we have at least 32 episodes coming up for you... not to mention special episodes that we are already planning. So stay tuned for TONS MORE LONE WOLF.


EPISODE 1
The bodies of your brethren lay strewn about you amidst the ruins of your once peaceful home. The Kai Monastery is broken, no two stones left standing upon each other. Their mission, the protection of Sommerlund, now falls upon you, the last of the Kai. Join August and Jonathan as we race towards the capital, explore the mysteries of the Graveyard of the Ancients, and stay one step ahead of the Darklords through the vast Sommerlund forest.

EPISODE 2
The King has sent you on a desperate journey to retrieve the only power in Magnamund that can save your people: the Sommerswerd, the sword of the sun. Team up with August and Jonathan as we embark upon a mission of both urgency and secrecy, all the while pursued by undead shapeshifters, ghostly death-hulks, and assassins. Discover why you should never take a ship anywhere in Magnamund.

EPISODE 3
Vonotar the Traitor, the traitorous magician who helped the Darklords slaughter your kin, has been found. The people demand he be brought to justice and so you, Lone wolf, last of the Kai Lords, head on a perilous journey to the frozen wastelands of Kalte. But you won't be alone: August and Jonathan will explore the icy wastes with you, discovering the secrets of Ikaya, learning the machinations of Vonotar, and discussing some major What If scenarios.

EPISODE 4
What begins as a simple hunt for missing gold leads to a conspiracy that could threaten all of Magnamund. You, Lone Wolf, find yourself in the new position of leading a platoon. Their fate is in your hands... as is the fate of all the world. Jonathan and August take some of the lesser known paths through this journey, explore never before heard secrets, and share an entire system Joe was going to use for gameplay in this book but which was discarded before the end.

[andyc]

Great introduction to the Lone Wolf series, looking forward to listening to the next. I hope the big relaunch gets the success it deserves.

[Zipp]

Nov 19, 2022 10:14:51 GMT andyc said:

Great introduction to the Lone Wolf series, looking forward to listening to the next. I hope the big relaunch gets the success it deserves.

Very excited for you to get to hear the first "true" episode when it comes out! I can't wait to talk more Lone Wolf with everyone.

[Lucy Van Pelt]

Nov 20, 2022 15:11:17 GMT Zipp said:

Nov 19, 2022 10:14:51 GMT andyc said:

Great introduction to the Lone Wolf series, looking forward to listening to the next. I hope the big relaunch gets the success it deserves.

Very excited for you to get to hear the first "true" episode when it comes out! I can't wait to talk more Lone Wolf with everyone.

When you get to book 1, could you highlight the key differences between the 350 and 550 sections?

Most of us have never read the 550 sections. Only those who bought CE1 or DE1 hardcover read it.

[Zipp]

Nov 20, 2022 15:38:19 GMT Lucy Van Pelt said:

Nov 20, 2022 15:11:17 GMT Zipp said:

Very excited for you to get to hear the first "true" episode when it comes out! I can't wait to talk more Lone Wolf with everyone.

When you get to book 1, could you highlight the key differences between the 350 and 550 sections?

Most of us have never read the 550 sections. Only those who bought CE1 or DE1 hardcover read it.

We have actually already recorded through Castle Death so episode one is done and finalized. I'm sorry to say we don't really cover the differences focusing instead on really the original text, but there are lots of places where you can learn the differences!

I can tell you that it is basically an entirely new book, with very few sections that went unchanged. There is a very expanded Cenerese plot, a very expanded fog wood town plot, a very expanded graveyard of the ancients, a very expanded fight on alema Bridge, a very expanded opening where you defend the kai monastery alongside your fellow kai, and a new ending that I won't spoil here.

[laz001]

I enjoyed this podcast. Professionally recorded.

Hey - I’ve had an idea (no idea how feasible it is).

How about an audio book, but as you listen to it, it’s essentially random how the book plays out, as if someone else was playing the book. So when you begin listening to it, you have no idea how the story will play out. Different listens get different results…

[tabz]

Nov 24, 2022 16:53:15 GMT laz001 said:

I enjoyed this podcast. Professionally recorded.

Hey - I’ve had an idea (no idea how feasible it is).

How about an audio book, but as you listen to it, it’s essentially random how the book plays out, as if someone else was playing the book. So when you begin listening to it, you have no idea how the story will play out. Different listens get different results…

That is a really cool idea. It would require a lot of work from the audiobook platform though.

[Zipp]

Nov 24, 2022 16:53:15 GMT laz001 said:

I enjoyed this podcast. Professionally recorded.

Hey - I’ve had an idea (no idea how feasible it is).

How about an audio book, but as you listen to it, it’s essentially random how the book plays out, as if someone else was playing the book. So when you begin listening to it, you have no idea how the story will play out. Different listens get different results…

Very interesting! That reminds me of the original release of the Clue movie, with the randomized ending depending on the theater you went to. I think such an endeavor would require a whole platform built just to support it (for instance, how does the program randomize the audiobook)? At that point, if you were building a system for such a thing, might as well go ahead and allow the listener to make choices, too!

The closest thing I've experienced is if you ask Alexa to play Spellfinder. She'll DM you through a mission and there are branching paths and combat and everything.

[Zipp]

Episode 1 is live!!

Spotify link: open.spotify.com/episode/2lNMwJJ8IjZUcCVLwYxbfe?si=8vcUGeEdSOawBq7ar5qo8g

For other listening methods, go here: www.magnamund.com/podcast

Love to hear what you think!

[laz001]

I enjoyed EP1 - lots of interesting facts i didn't know about!! (BTW - my company runs a podcast - and the key thing we learnt is to just keep going - it can take many many episodes for a podcast to establish!)

[omegawolf]

Excellent work, looking forward to the next episode!

[Zipp]

Today we talk about book 2, Fire on the Water! Give it a listen, let us know what you think. What was your favorite part of the episode? Did you learn something you didn't know before?

open.spotify.com/episode/02hr4U77VjUHxQ9EWW96bC?si=SGV09R4wTOC4oFoPsmiMwQ

[andyc]

Fantastic new episode. I enjoyed it all, well up for a whole Noodnik episode with August doing the voice throughout ha ha! Getting his Noodnik bonus adventures widely released definitely gets my vote of course.

So many interesting nuggets of lore throughout as well, it is making me very keen to do another playthrough soon. Looking forward to Kalte!

[kolinovic]

So, having had my appetite sufficiently whetted by Episode Zero that I was thinking it's likely they'll be a disappointment by comparison, they're absolutely great!

Really enjoy the light-hearted nature of the discussions along with the depth into the lore that they go, I think you need both for this kind of thing. And having a mix of entry-level and detailed questions makes them accessible to the breadth of the audience. The revelations in relation to the death hulk fleet show just how detailed Joe was in developing the background to who was where, what they did, why they did it, etc.

Already counting down the days to the next episode!

[xeon]

I just listened to them one after the other, they are great!!! Well narrated, light in tone but serious on tackling the lore of Magnamund. And most importantly they give deep lore about Magnamund that is so interesting and add so much richness to this world. I started reading 30 years ago Lone Wolf, and finally having adults talking about it is so fu***ng wonderful
Great job!