Jon Hodgson talks Beowulf: Age of Heroes and King Beowulf

Jon Hodgson is a game designer and artist who has worked on D&D, The One Ring, and Pathfinder, among many others.
He was kind enough to speak with me about his terrific rpg, Beowulf: Age of Heroes and its upcoming expansion King Beowulf.
0:33 - How did you get started with RPGs personally and then professionally?
3:14 - What did you do professionally first, art or writing?
4:47 - Is your artwork digital or physical media?
5:16 - How did you first get introduced to the poem 'Beowulf'?
6:46 - What is it about the poem that makes it so enduring?
7:48 - What research goes into making 'Beowulf: Age of Heroes'?
9:39 - Freedom to play around with History in AoH
11:55 - What are the themes that players and GMs should bring to AoH?
14:40 - Improvements to 5e combat
15:04 - Defeatable and Undefeatable conditions
17:45 - Investigation in AoH
19:38 - Why duet play?
23:00 - Why did you choose to use 5e rules?
24:12 - How would the proposed changes to the OGL affect your games?
27:49 - What were the most challenging, fun, and rewarding aspects of working on AoH?
30:25 - Followers
34:45 - Are there any novels that you recommend focusing on this time period?
35:49 - King Beowulf!
41:50 - How much do you use your original character in King Beowulf?
43:12 - What has it been like working on a game with this kind of scale?
45:42 - What is next for you and Handiwork Games?
49:10 - What advice do you have for people looking to get into the RPG industry?