Episode 118: Al Spader and Jim Johnson (Part 1)

Al Spader is a middle school science teacher, father of five year old twin boys, and a freelance RPG writer and game designer. As a regular writer for Star Trek Adventures and lead designer of the Sentience 2d20 RPG, Al brings his knowledge of neurodivergence and social-emotional learning to the TTRPG community.

Jim Johnson was born about the same time Apollo XII landed on the moon (and has always been kinda spacey) and shares a birthday with the Kindle. He is the author of the Pistols and Pyramids weird western series and the Potomac Shadows urban fantasy series. He's also written a bunch of other stuff in and around the SFF genres and pen and paper RPGs. He's currently the project manager and line editor for Modiphius's Star Trek Adventures RPG.

Please check out these relevant links:

Al Spader (Twitter/X)
Sentience RPG
Jim Johnson
Jim Johnson (Twitter/X)
Star Trek Adventures: The Federation-Klingon War Tactical Campaign
AlphaSmart Neo

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