{"id":1283,"date":"2016-08-24T17:42:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T22:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2016-08-24T17:42:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T22:42:15","slug":"interview-with-monte-cook-on-invisible-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2016\/08\/interview\/interview-with-monte-cook-on-invisible-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Monte Cook on Invisible Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/montecookgames\/invisible-sun\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1284\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2016\/08\/interview\/interview-with-monte-cook-on-invisible-sun\/attachment\/invisiblesun\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/invisiblesun.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,576\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"invisiblesun\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/invisiblesun-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1284 size-medium\" title=\"Invisible Sun, now on Kickstarter!\" src=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/invisiblesun-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"invisiblesun\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/invisiblesun-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/invisiblesun-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/invisiblesun.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I recently interviewed Monte Cook about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/montecookgames\/invisible-sun\">his latest Kickstarter, an ambitious deluxe fantasy RPG called Invisible Sun<\/a>. It is still under development but promises &#8220;A game of surrealistic fantasy, secrets, and magic played both at the table&#8211;and away from it.&#8221; Curious about its game mechanics and features, I talked to Monte for an hour about how the game came to be, how it plays, and what comes with the game.<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Interview with Monte Cook on Invisible Sun\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2016-08-24T17:42:15-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H00M53S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"I recently interviewed Monte Cook about his latest Kickstarter, an ambitious deluxe fantasy RPG called Invisible Sun. 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