Best Jordan Lim Podcasts (2025)

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Games Need Communities (w/ Aaron Lim) 1:02:33

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! In this episode, I talk to Aaron Lim, a game designer from Malaysia. His work includes sad village-building game An Altogether Different River, very sad journey game Itchaca on the Cards, and tragic mecha game Spectres of Brocken. He's also the organizer of Playtest Zero, a fortnightly RPG playtesting communi…

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Solo Bookplay (w/ Asa Donald) 51:48

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! In this episode, I talk to Asa Donald is one-half of Backwards Tabletop, the publisher of the Backwards Universe of American horror games and Rust Never Sleeps, a solo mecha game. Their current project is Spine, a dark solo RPG about losing yourself in a book. Asa Donald on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/b…

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Reality Checking (w/ Allen Varney) 50:07

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! Today, I’m talking to Allen Varney, who runs the Bundle of Holding currently, which I think everyone listening to this had heard of. Before that, he worked as a freelance writer, editor, game designer for TSR, Steve Jackson Games, West End Games, FASA, and more. He was the lead designer for Paranoia XP, the 2…

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Ex Tenebris (w/ Josh Fox) 53:41

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! Today, I’m talking to Josh Fox who was last on the podcast to talk about the second edition of his award-winning game, Lovecraftesque. We talked about Black Armada Games, the company he's been running for ten years with his partner, the game designer Becky Annison. This time, we’re talking about Ex Tenebris, …

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Art, Death, & RPGs (w/ Elizabeth Little) 1:17:16

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! Today, I’m talking to Elizabeth Little. She’s a UK-based science teacher, artist, and game designer. She co-founded Shrike Studio in 2015 and released games such as Blight Seas Fleet, a dark fantasy naval skirmish game, for which she developed a whole range of 3D printable miniatures. This year, she released …

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Girls of the Genziana Hotel (w/ Hendrik ten Napel) 1:01:06

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! In this episode, we talk to Hendrik ten Napel, a game designer from the Netherlands. He's self-published supplements for Brindlewood Bay, Bump in the Dark, and the Paragon system. His newsletter, Hendrik Biweekly, is a regular source of excellent game design thoughts. Today we're here to talk about his first …

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A Body of Work (w/ Emily Allen) 1:04:11

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! In this episode, we talk to Emily Allen, the game designer behind Dying Stylishly Games. She's best known for her two now classic OSR adventures, the Gardens of Ynn and the ennie-award winning Stygian Library, which popularized the depth-crawl format. Both of which are now republished in new editions from Sou…

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Gothic & Folk Horror (w/ Luke Jordan) 1:10:21

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! In this episode, we talk to Luke Jordan aka Wildwood Games, a queer non-binary game designer, writer, editor, performer, and professional GM. Their own games often combine a poetic sensibility, spooky themes, high emotion, and light mechanics. They've contributed to games like Girl by Moonlight published by E…

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Political Rebellion & Games (w/ Jess Levine) 1:18:32

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! Spoilers for Andor S2 from 04:30 to 10:30 Spoilers for Rogue One all through the episode In this episode, I speak to Jess Levine. She is a teacher, organizer, writer and game designer. She publishes RPGs under the label, Jumpgate Games. Her work includes I Have the High Ground—a game of "banter, posturing, an…

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2 Players, 1 GM, Max Fun (w/ Navaar Seik-Jackson) 51:20

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! In this episode, I speak to Navaar Seik-Jackson who is a game designer, writer, and the host of the Secret Nerd and other podcasts. Navaar makes action drama games — his The Last of Us inspired survival game, The Corrupted, is published by Plus One Exp through their Zine Club programme. You can listen to a lo…

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Talking To Your Unconscious (w/ Paul Czege) 58:50

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! In this episode, I speak to Paul Czege, a game designer with a deep catalogue that is hard to pin down. An article on RPG.net from 2009 reads "Paul himself defies any sort of easy classification" . It continues, "Depending on your viewpoint, Paul is either one of the most prolific of the Gaming Outpost/Forge …

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Post-Fantasy Worlds (w/ Viditya Voleti) 57:54

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! In this episode, I’m talking to Viditya Voleti, a game designer and interactive artist. He's a visiting instructor at the Pratt Institute in NYC. He's freelanced for Paizo, Possum Creek Games, Evil Hat, and RRD. His own tabletop designs include vampire cowboy game, Bloodbeam Badlands, GMless optimistic scifi …

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Anti-Canon Settings (w/ Gabriel Robinson) 43:28

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! In this episode, I’m talking to Gabriel Robinson, a writer and game designer. He's the lead writer on the Silt Verses, an RPG published by the Gauntlet press adapted from the hit audio series. He's contributed to a number of other Gauntlet publications like Trophy, Brindlewood Bay, and more. Through his own i…

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Theatre & Games (w/ Caro Asercion) 59:28

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! In this episode, I’m joined by Caro Asercion, who is an interdisciplinary artist, game designer, and theatre person. They do a lot of work in theatre as a dramaturg and producer of various kinds. In games, they're best known for im sorry did you say street magic, a game of cities and their secrets, based on t…

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The Lego Blocks of RPG Design (w/ Levi Kornelsen) 1:02:35

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! On this episode, I’m joined by Levi Kornelsen, previously known as Amagi Games. He is a Canadian designer who's been part of the scene for a long time. He's designed a bunch of games like the Schema framework and the recent Saints of the Empty Throne but is probably best known for his RPG theory, such as the …

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Learning From Children's Books (w/ Meguey Baker) 58:45

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! On this episode, I’m joined by Meguey Baker. She's the designer of PsiRun and 1001 Nights, published under her label, Night Sky Games. She's also the co-designer of Apocalypse World, which started the fundamental Powered by the Apocalypse design movement. She wrote the influential Fair Games blog with Emily C…

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2024 Wrapped: Guests Recommend Games! 41:23

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Bonus episode, where guests from across the year chime in with games they've played that they loved and want to talk about. Games mentioned: Hannah Shaeffer recommends The Beast Evan Rowland recommends Usagi Yojimbo Quinns recommends World Wide Wrestling Aaron King recommends Saga of the Icelanders Max Lander recommends Blood Feud Graham Walmsley r…

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2024 in Review (feat. Quinns) 1:04:31

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! On this episode, I’m joined by Quinns from Quinns Quest as we look back on the last year together. Show Notes: Rascal News Indie RPG Newsletter Quinns mentioned Mythic Bastionland, Good Society, Public Access, The Siltverses, Blood Borg Thomas mentioned Hearts of Wulin and its expansion, Numberless Secrets Al…

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Horror, Comedy, Class War in TEETH (w/ Marsh Davies and Jim Rossignol) 1:04:19

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On this episode, I talk to Marsh Davies and Jim Rossignol. Jim was the co-founder of videogaming website Rock Paper Shotgun, where he worked for many years. He's also the author of This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities. Now, he does things like write the Ludocrats with Kieron Gillen and develop indie games through his company, Big Robot. Marsh …

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Zombies, Doors, and Objective Immersion (w/ Elliot Davis) 46:36

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On this episode, I speak to Elliot Davis, an artist, podcaster and, game designer. He's one of the co-founders of Many Sided Media, a podcast production company behind shows like My First Dungeon, Bitcherton and Talk of the Table. His games include Rom Com Drama Bomb and solo timetravel game, Project Ecco. He's currently crowdfunding his latest gam…

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Orientalism and Fanfiction (w/ MV Soumithri & Zoheb Mashiur) 1:10:57

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⁠You can support this podcast on patreon! On this episode, I talk to MV Soumithri and Zoheb Mashiur who are cast members of Desperate Attune, a Blades in the Dark actual play set in Uduasha, a Middle Eastern/South Asian inspired alternative to Duskwall. They've now released a free supplement called Sunmirror, which brings a re-imagined city of gods…

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Tarot-fuelled Queer Hijinks (w/ J Strautman & B Marsollier) 58:51

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You can support this podcast on patreon! On this episode, we talk to J Strautman and B Marsollier. J Strautman is a bass player, composer, sound designer, game designer, and podcaster. B Marsollier is an illustrator, voice over artist, game designer, podcaster and former antique rug salesperson. They are the co-DMs of the D&D actual play podcast, P…

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The Allure of Older Games (w/ Ara Winter) 59:53

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⁠⁠⁠⁠Support this show!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ On this episode, I talk to Ara Winter, who has spent the last few years playing old and out of print tabletop games. What did he learn from this? Let's find out! Show Notes: 05:03 - Ara's antique gaming 19:14 - Discussing Bifrost (1977) 33:55 - Discussing Shadowrun 2nd Edition (1992) 48:58 - Infectious Enthusiasm: ⁠Fanta…

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Novels with Games (w/ Aaron Voigt) 37:45

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⁠⁠⁠⁠Support this show!⁠⁠⁠⁠ Aaron Voigt is a writer, game designer, podcaster and critic. You can find his video essays about tabletop games like They Took Our War, Heart, & Spire on his YouTube channel AA Voigt. He has two podcasts: one discussing Christian media called Bible Boys and one discussing sometimes-bad media called Mortified: The Friends…

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The Case Against System (w/ Huffa) 1:06:33

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⁠⁠⁠⁠Support this show!⁠⁠⁠ Huffa is a game designer and art historian. You can find her work at: https://huffa.itch.io/ Between the Skies @ Exalted Funeral Show Notes: 03:06 - Introducing Between the Skies 11:50 - Working with Exalted Funeral 15:45 - The joys of playing without systems 40:00 - How does this relate to old school d&d? 48:63 - Art hist…

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Putting the Me in Megadungeon (w/ Josh McCrowell) 47:15

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⁠⁠⁠Support this show!⁠⁠ Joshua McCrowell is the designer of new tarot-based dungeoncrawler His Majesty The Worm, published by Exalted Funeral. He's also the current editor of Knock Magazine, the OSR focused anthology zine that has quickly became a fan favourite, and a blogger at riseupcomus.blogspot.com where he talks about everything from how to a…

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Protect the Child (w/ Mint) 49:14

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⁠⁠⁠Support this show!⁠ Mint is an rpg designer and blogger from New Foundland, Canada. She runs There's a TTRPG For That, an rpg recommendation blog on tumblr, which has lists for all kinds from the general to the very specific, "games that are grunge" to "two player games" to "games where you don't need to write anything down". She's currently wor…

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Pubcrawl Politics (w/ Prismatic Wasteland) 44:46

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⁠⁠Support the show!⁠ Prismatic Wasteland aka WF Smith is the prolific blogger behind prismaticwasteland.com and the creator / writer of Ennie award winning fantasy adventure, Barkeep on the Borderlands. He's also running a game jam where participants create their own pub or tavern, which is live as this episode comes out and runs until August 15th …

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Fantasy Non-fiction [w/ Tom McGrenery] 1:02:50

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⁠Support the show!⁠ Tom McGrenery is an RPG writer and translator from Hong Kong, who publishes under the banner, Porcupine Publishing. He's contributed to products like Feng Shui and Night's Black Agents as well as designed his own games like his hack of the Drama System featuring brazilian layabouts and swashbucklers, Malandros. In 2020, he trans…

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Analyzing Yazeba's B&B (w/ jay dragon) 55:39

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Support the show!⁠ Jay Dragon is a queer disabled game designer behind such games as summer camp horror game, Sleepaway and the pastoral fantasy indie darling, Wanderhome. Jay is the editorial director at Possum Creek Games. As of publishing this episode, they print version of Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast has come out. It's a project of immense scope…

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Best of 2023: All Advice Is Advice For Myself 30:24

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Because of some travel, instead of an interview, something from the patreon feed makes it way into the main feed. This is a round-up of 2023's answers to the question, "What is something you're trying to do better at the gaming table?" Enjoy!

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Hardcore RPG Theory (w/ Sidney Icarus) 1:23:10

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Support the show! On this week's episode, I talk to Sidney Icarus, a game designer of, among other things, the scifi horror game, Decaying Orbit, published by Storybrewers Roleplaying, which won the 2023 ARPIA Game of the Year. But I first heard of them as the fantastic host of the now-concluded Hard Move, a wonderful podcast where every episode, S…

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Making a TTRPG Career (w/ Sebastian Yue) 47:34

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Support the show⁠! On today's show, we're talking ship with Sebastian Yue, a game designer, writer, and editor. Apart from their own self-published games and DMs Guild modules, They work full-time at Hit Point Press which is best known for various very succesful third party D&D 5e products like Heckna and Humblewood. They've also contributed as a d…

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Getting Weirder Than Lovecraft (w/ Graham Walmsley) 49:39

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Support the show! Today, we're talking to Graham Walmsley, the celebrated game designer behind tabletop RPGs like Cthulhu Dark and A Taste for Murder, larps like Will That Be All, and lovecraftian scenarios for games like Trail of Cthulhu. He's also the author of two non-fiction books called Stealing Cthulhu about telling lovecraftian stories and P…

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The Awards (w/ Nico MacDougall and Tan Shao Han) 38:51

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⁠Support this show! This week, we're talking to Nico MacDougall and returning guest Tan Shao Han about The Awards, an alternative tabletop RPG awards project. Show Notes: 03:56 Introductions 13:31 Being a judge 16:09 The process of picking a winner 21:30 Who should be a judge? 25:36 Infectious Enthusiasm 27:59 Tyranny of Numbers: Breaking down subm…

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Reading The F**king Manual (w/ Max Lander & Aaron King) 56:54

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Support this show! Today we're talking to Max and Aaron from RTFM. Maxwell Lander is a game designer, photographer, visual artist, and also musician with an album of dungeon synth. Aaron King is a game designer whose works including Patchwork World Sixth Edition. They are both the co-hosts of RTFM, an RPG book club podcast. Show Notes: [00:02:49] W…

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Meeting Games Where They're At [w/ Quinns] 57:25

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Support the show! Today, we're talking to Quintin Smith aka Quinns, who has been reviewing boardgames for more than a decade with the iconic show, Shut Up and Sit Down. Then about 3 years ago, Quintin joined People Make Games to cover everything from Roblox's relationship to child labour to the battle for ownership and control of Disco Elysium, fro…

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Games That Make You Cry In A Panera (w/ Hannah Shaffer and Evan Rowland) 50:27

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Support the show! On this episode, we have Hannah Schaffer and Evan Rowland, the two creators behind indie game design outfit, turtlebun. They've published games like Questlandia, Noirlandia, Damn the man save the music, Mud: a golem memoir, and many more. You can find more about those games at turtlebun.com. Evan and Hannah also co-host a podcast …

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Bonus: Open Hearth's Games of the Year 2023 1:26:32

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A guest episode on the feed today as I share with you something from the folks over at Playing at the Hearth, the podcast from the Open Hearth gaming community. It's a nice, welcoming online place where people from all over the place get together and play games. It's like having access to a convention all year round. If you'd like to join, head ove…

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Best of 2023: Games Recommended By Guests 38:31

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Support the show on Patreon In this round-up episode for 2023, every single one of my guests sounds off about one game that they want to recommend to you! [00:02:05] Judd Karlmann recommends Into the Odd, The Between, and As The Sun Forever Sets [00:05:55] Lowell Francis recommends Eclipse Phase 2nd Edition [00:08:27] Jahmal Brown recommends Legacy…

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What We Get From Studying Games (w/ Evan Torner) 54:33

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Support the show on Patreon Evan Torner is the Associate Professor of German Studies and Film / Media Studies at University of Cincinnati. He's the Director, UC Game Lab and has a co-edited volume (with William J. White) entitled Immersive Gameplay: Essays on Role-Playing and Participatory Media. He's also co-founder and one of the editors at Analo…

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Teaching Games: Girl by Moonlight 1:25:48

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Support the show on Patreon The is the second in a series of special episodes meant to teach some of my favourite indie RPGs. Tune in to hear Andrew Gillis, designer of the stunning Girl by Moonlight. In Girl by Moonlight, you play a group of magical girls resisting an oppressive society. It explores the heartbreak of denying who you really are, an…

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How To Run A Publishing Company: The Black Armada Story (w/ Josh Fox) 1:26:57

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Support the show on Patreon Josh Fox is the award-winning designer of Flotsam: Adrift Amongst The Stars and Last Fleet. He's the co-designer of the highly influential GMless mystery game, Lovecraftesque alongside Becky Annison. And the two of them together run Black Armada Publishing, a UK-based publisher which has been putting out inventive rolepl…

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Bonus: Discussing Band of Blades on DiceExploder 35:07

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Hello! A cross-post in the feed today. This in an episode I did with Sam Dunnewold for his podcast, Dice Exploder, where every episode is a deep dive into a single RPG mechanic (usually) from a specific game. I talk about the Secondary Mission roll from Band of Blades which is a very cool mechanic that I love to think about. It basically inspired m…

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Paco Radio | ft. Lou Tona & Shane Rexhepi | 28 September 2023 51:08

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In a special post-season episode, Josh Parish is joined by club president Lou Tona and incoming head coach Shane Rexhepi to discuss Shane’s appointment, the approval of the Hosken Reserve Master Plan, and an evolution of the women’s program.By FNR Football Nation Radio

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Teaching Games: Apocalypse Keys 1:28:56

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Support the show on Patreon The first episode in a series of special episodes meant to teach some of my favourite indie RPGs. Listen in to hear Rae Nedjadi, designer of Apocalypse Keys, teach you how to play his game. In Apocalypse Keys, you play OMEN-class monsters working for an organisation named DIVISION tasked with holding back the apocalypse.…

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Reading 1000 RPG Books (w/ Layla Adelman) 43:59

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Support the show on Patreon Layla Adelman, who goes by the handle pandatheist in RPG spaces, is a rpg designer, writer, and serial twitter thread writer. She's one of the co-designers of the Illuminated Worlds system for Critical Role's Darrington Press. This is the system which powers Candela Obscura and potentially other unannounced games. She wa…

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Reviewing Games on Youtube (w/ Dave Thaumavore) 44:16

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Support the show on Patreon Dave is a youtuber, reviewer and game designer. His Youtube channel, Dave Thaumavore RPG Reviews, currently has about 180 videos and more than 25,000 subscribers. He's also got a great newsletter where he publishes written interviews game design luminaries. Links to all of this stuff will be in the show notes. He's desig…

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15 Years of Deeper In The Game (w/ Chris Chinn) 52:32

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Support the show on Patreon Christopher Chinn is the blogger behind the long-running and well-loved Deeper in the Game blog. He's probably best-known for the Same Page Tool. But started in 2007, the blog has 15 years of thoughtful and insightful writing and advice on RPG design and play. Show Notes: 01:17 - Introducing Chris 02:54 - The origin of t…