Hard as it is for us to believe, Gemstone Shards has been online for a year now, so thank you for listening! On today's episode, we briefly review what we've discussed in this season's episodes, what we enjoyed the most about recording the show, and pat ourselves on the back for hitting this important milestone! 

On today’s episode, Gregory and Mike continue their interview with game designer and developer Sean K Reynolds! If you haven’t already listened to Episode 051, “World Building with Sean K Reynolds, Part One”, you’ll definitely want to go back and do so before streaming today’s episode, as our conversation resumes midstream. 

We wanted to write something clever to introduce today's special guest, game developer and designer Sean K Reynolds, but we honestly couldn't come up with anything more intriguing than his entry on the "Team" page at Monte Cook Games, his current employer, so here it is verbatim:

Sean K Reynolds grew up in southern California. After finishing his chemistry degree he took a radical left turn and started working in the game industry. He’s been a webmaster, game designer, developer, freelancer-wrangler, and many other jobs that can’t be described in one or two words. He’s worked on a couple hundred books for a half a dozen RPGs (including Numenera and three editions of D&D), designed videogames, taught classes on game design, written plays and musicals, run online game conventions, judged international talent-search contests, and had bit parts in geeky movies like Gamers: Dorkness Rising and Attacking the Darkness. He draws, paints, and sings with moderate skill, and is passionate about helping people and introducing others to the wonders of gaming. He lives in a haunted building in Seattle, Washington with his cats.

We're excited to welcome Sean to the show, and hope you enjoy our conversation!