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The idea for the Setting the Stage name came from a pun on campaign settings and that also being a word for setting up a stage in theater, just like campaign settings are the stage for a D&D campaign. The icon has a further pun with setting a plate. And the meal is a D&D campaign book.

To give it the right feel, I wanted to have the book have a little chomp taken out of it. It’s a meal after all! Of course actually biting through a thick D&D book was out of the question. My wife said I should’ve dipped the corner in barbeque sauce and had our dog chew on it. I went with tool usage instead.

I started off with some clamps to keep the book in place while I worked away on the corner. Then I got out my drill.

I drilled holes with even spacing to create the outlines of teeth marks. With a little more vigorous wiggling of the drill I managed to get both covers and the pages loose enough to pry them off. That left me with something resembling a bite mark.

With my prop fully destructed I set up the photo.

And then a little red filter to give it some ambience and the title of the podcast on top. Voila! Podcast icon!

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I’m Isaac

Welcome to the GoCorral website! I’m Isaac Shaker and this is a place for me to write about D&D and occasionally other topics. I host a podcast called Setting the Stage that interviews different DMs about their campaigns. I’m currently focused on completing the Cimmeria campaign setting and turning it into a book.

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76 – Flying Island Worlds (Alan and Fractus) – Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs

Alan tells us about his Daggerheart campaign setting, Fractus, that is launching on Kickstarter soon. Fractus was a normal planet until it exploded and stopped halfway through. Now bunches of asteroids rotate a swirling magical maelstorm at the center of the planet. The people of Fractus survive on the asteroids which are large enough to support life. The land is now separated by air rather than oceans, resulting in a different path for technology along the lines of flight rather than sea travel.Fractus is available on Kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/icv1/fractus-the-broken-worldAlan also has a big catalog of TTRPG products he's produced in the past that you can check out on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/17830/alan-tuckerIn addition to his TTRPG writing, Alan has written a few novels that you can find links to on his website: http://www.alantucker.net/ For the latest updates on what Alan's doing you can follow him on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tuckerauthor.bsky.socialOur website: https://gocorral.com/stsWant to be on the show? Fill out this survey: https://forms.gle/U11TbxtAReHFKbiVAJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/Nngc2pQV6CSupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SettingtheStage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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