Convention managing, podcasting, editing, customer service — Jen Brinkman is busy with so much for Goodman Games that we had to sit her down for an interview just to keep track of it all! Read on to learn the many ways Jen looks after her extended gaming family. Let’s get the basics out of the way: who are you and what is it you do for Goodman Games? Hi! I’m Judge Jen, Chief Acolyte of DCC RPG … Oh. You probably mean that official stuff now. Right then: I’m the new Convention & Customer Service Manager for Goodman Games. This means I’m learning all of the people and processes involved behind our in-person and virtual presences (including the webstore’s nuts & bolts). There are so many aspects to all of it! Some days, it feels like all I’ve done is growl at the USPS or my inbox; other days, it feels like I’ve only scratched the surface and there are so many spells I have yet to learn. But I’m loving it all. The one trade secret I can reveal is that all this glory boils down to a metric ton of emails and spreadsheets…and this is totally my calling. Jen’s desk…and assistant. How did you get introduced to gaming and Goodman Games in particular? In 1995, I decided I didn’t want to be a gaming widow, so I told Bob to fix it. One Cthulhu session later, I was all in. Fast forward to Free RPG Day 2012: Troy Tucker said he was going to run something new. I protested at having to learn yet another system, but it took all of twenty minutes of playing DCC for me to declare, “This is it. This is the one I’m going to run.”  Most fans probably hear your name and immediately think of the Sanctum Secorum podcast. What’s the status with that show these days? Really? That’s cool – I usually get asked about Spellburn. While DCC Dying Earth heavily affected the cast of both podcasts, both are pending their next episode drop. In the meantime, we at Sanctum have expanded the “Sanctum Secorum Reading Room” programming to include a monthly episode on Goodman Games’ Twitch channel. We’re not digging into DCC rules as in the original show, but we’re focusing on older fantasy and sci-fi from Appendix N...