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Funding the DreamAuthor: Richard Bliss
Raising money and launching a business are daunting tasks. Since 2011, Richard Bliss has hosted a wide array of guests who bring their expertise in all areas of business.With a heavy focus on the board game industry, Richard and his guests have taught thousands of people how to fund their dreams. Join Richard and his next guest as you look to build and grow your own business. Language: en-us Genres: Business Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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EP 340 Claude AI is my live guest - Talking AI
Monday, 23 March, 2026
You’ve probably heard plenty of arguments about AI already. We take a different path: I bring my AI companion, Claude, onto Funding the Dream and let you hear how we actually work together when nobody’s selling a product and nobody’s reading a script. The goal is practical and specific: running a solo Traveler campaign and using AI for tabletop RPG worldbuilding, scenario iteration, and creative companionship without pretending the hard questions don’t exist.We talk through the nuts and bolts that made the campaign feel real: a persistent “memory” built from hundreds of project files, long running NPC arcs, and a hidden antagonist whose motives I choose not to spoil for myself. Then we get into the make-or-break issue for any AI game master: fairness. Claude admits the default instinct to smooth outcomes and protect the player, so we show the fix that restored tension and trust. I roll the dice. Claude owns the consequences. No fudging, no plot armor, and yes, character death is on the table.From there we zoom out to what this means for game designers and RPG publishers who are wary of AI because of public backlash. We argue that a solo AI experience can work like digital print and play, a low friction way for players to taste a game before buying, and a way to create more players, not fewer. We also draw a bright line between design craft and plagiarism: learn how other systems solve problems, then adapt with intention.If you’re curious about solo RPG play, Traveler, AI assisted game mastering, tabletop storytelling, and ethical AI in game design, hit play. Subscribe, share this with a designer friend, and leave a review telling us: where do you think AI genuinely helps the tabletop RPG hobby?
