EP 334 | We interview PAWEŁ KICMAN

Yeah.

Well, probably.

I feel like there's a good chance we're gonna get to it at some point.

Um, but prior, prior to that, let's talk about, um, so, so, so the Ennies, they're a thing.

I'm not gonna get into it.

A lot of people know my opinions on them.

But this is the first year that I think, uh, solo games is getting its own category, and you get nominated-

Yeah

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the first time it's coming out, so that's gotta feel pretty cool.

Oh, it does feel pretty cool because, um, I'm a this kind of type of person that really needs external, uh, kind of gratification or, you know, recognition-

Validation, yeah.

For sure, yeah

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I like validation.

Yeah.

Because I'm always like, "Yeah, I'm the worst." The, the s- you know, imposter syndrome is kicking hard.

Uh, so I really don't believe any of my stuff is any good.

So having any, any good, ha ha.

Um, so yeah, uh, you know, receiving a nomination for anything means a lot because it means that I've done something half decent, uh, which kind of, you know, keeps me going.

So that's really cool.

And I'm really, you know, glad to see, uh, Ennies and, you know, other awards, how that they've been recognizing solo games for, for a while now.

But still, there's a pretty kind of a newish thing in the TTRPG community.

So I think, you know, over the last few years it got more and more, um, kind of mainstream, so to speak.

Uh, I think, you know, it's, it's pretty obvious, you know, COVID pandemic and kind of probably rolled from there.