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Designing Problems

Tracy Sizemore & Kristian Serrano

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Hosts Kristian Serrano and Tracy Sizemore explore the ins and outs of RPG design, production and publishing. We cover the entire process from the creative woes of working on your own game or setting, to your decision to share it with the world, to the details of layout, working with artists and running a crowdfunding campaign.
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Do I like game design? Yes, indie'd! A podcast of bitesize interviews with indie tabletop roleplaying game creators about their work and game design theory & practice. Releases every two weeks.
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Epic Adventure

Steve Kellams

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Are you ready for an epic adventure? Welcome to the Epic Adventure Podcast! Host Steve Kellams and guests discuss all things table top roleplaying. From TTRPG news and tabletop RPG game design to tips and tricks to make your games epic.
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Design Doc

Hannah Shaffer and Evan Rowland

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Come along with Hannah and Evan in a living documentation of the game design process, from the first spark of an idea, to every disastrous surprise. It’s not an instruction manual, but a travel guide, with lots of unexpected stops along the way.
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Wait, Roll That Again!

Wait, Roll That Again!

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This is Wait, Roll That Again! A Tabletop RPG Design Podcast hosted by Alex, from Aotearoa New Zealand! Learn the ins-and-outs of game design alongside Alex as he creates his first TTRPG, talking to industry creatives along the way, and putting their advice into practice! The show combines interviews, playtesting, and design reflection to tell the story of game design, from start to finish! https://waitrollthatagain.carrd.co/
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The Epic Realms Podcast is an engaging interview-style podcast that brings together a diverse range of creative minds from various fields. This podcast offers insightful conversations with renowned authors, RPG game designers, actors, audiobook narrators, TV personalities, board game designers, and many other fascinating guests. Each episode of the Epic Realms Podcast delves deep into the experiences, inspirations, and journeys of these talented individuals, providing listeners with a unique ...
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Posted every two weeks, this podcast looks at different aspects for RPG play and design. The hosts - a father/daughter team - then discuss how their RPG system will handle the topic in question. Episodes are ordered by the alphabet, so the first three episodes are Armor, Blood of Heroes, and Character Creation.
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That RPG Podcast

Daniel Quinn, Courtney Staples, Jonnie Law

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That RPG Podcast is a podcast about tabletop roleplaying games and the art of game mastery, where we create roleplaying game adventures on the fly from prompts submitted by our listeners.
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I Am Hear

RPG Casts

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I Am Hear is a conversational podcast that focuses on the guest and their experiences with RPGs and the RPG community. It explores the unique stories of RPG community members and purposefully features members of the community marginalized by race, gender, sexuality, neurodivergence, and/or disability. I Am Hear aims to boost those folks and their stories. Every episode is someone's story. And every story is worth listening to. Season 3 coming Fall 2020.
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Knox Game Design

Knox Game Design

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Knox Game Design is a monthly discussion by game creators in the Knoxville, Tennessee area. We share our ideas, show off projects, and discuss current topics related to video game development. Our group explores the many facets of the game design process, such as coding, graphics, modeling, animation, story, and promotion. You can find out more information on the group including future meeting dates at knoxgamedesign.org
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The Level Up Your Gaming Podcast is a tabletop RPG podcast. Assisting GM's DM's and Players, the Level Up Your Gaming Podcast is here to help you take your games to the next level. Each Wednesday your hosts, Aaron and Josh, talk about a new topic to help you improve your tabletop role playing games. You can email us your questions, comments, and episode suggestions at [email protected] Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LevelUpYourGamingAlso leave us a revie ...
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All My Ideas Are Bad

Sythana Winterthorn & Orion Canning

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This podcast explores Storygame & Indie RPG design. We record 5 hours of gameplay & interview, both with the game developer, and then boil it down to a little over 30 minutes, presented in an wavplay format with sound effects and music. Best with headphones.
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3. 2. 1. This is Bebop Tabletop: The podcast that’s turning each episode of Cowboy Bebop into a new tabletop RPG. Think Dungeons and Dragons with space cowboys! Each week, join Lijo John and Andrew Wu, as they remix the characters, music, and themes of the beloved anime classic into a game you can play. Let’s Jam! Cover art by https://www.twitter.com/ecokitti (@ecokitti) Follow us on Twitter for Cowboy Bebop and RPG news, announcements, and more https://www.twitter.com/beboptabletop (@BebopT ...
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Roleing Imperfection

Roleing Imperfection

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Our podcast features two friends with over fifteen years of gaming experience chatting about tabletop role playing games. Our philosophy involves complex character design integrated with fully fleshed out worlds. We aim to help people write characters, play tabletop rpgs, and run their own games. Each episode will break down a different roleplaying topic with stories from our past games and suggestions for how to make your games better.New episodes launch Thursdays! Remember to play what you ...
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Asians Represent!

Daniel Kwan, Agatha Cheng, Jeremy Blum, Drew Quon, Steve Huynh, Liana Mackenzie, & Emma Yasui

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Asians Represent! Is here to celebrate and examine Asian representation in tabletop games and pop culture. We do this by creating conversation, introducing new perspectives to the broader gaming community, and creating spaces for new voices in the industry.
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Ain't Slayed Nobody

Push the Roll LLC

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Ain’t Slayed Nobody is a Gold ENnie winning podcast, bringing immersive tabletop roleplaying games to your feed! We feature short campaigns and one-shots using Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu and other systems. We know you’ll find something you love amongst our experimental blend of narrative and actual play series with horrifying, humorous, and dramatic stories. Join our Discord server to chat about the show and become a member of the Patreon posse to support our independent podcast. Supporters ...
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The GM's Guide

Dan Felder

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In-depth podcast on how to improve your campaign, focusing on the adventure, world and character design. We apply proven and practical game design techniques to the world of running pen and paper campaigns. There's a lot to get into, so let's get started.
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World Anvil Worldbuilding Podcast

World Anvil founders Janet (writer, worldbuilder, nutcase) and Dimitris (GM, worldbuilding wizard, techmonkey)

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Are you worldbuilding for homebrew RPG campaigns, novels, game development, films or anything else? Then you're in the right place! Designed to educate, inspire and entertain, World Anvil's founders - writer & RPG designer Janet Forbes and Gamemaster and RPG designer Dimitris chat with creators and academics about the brass tacks of worldbuilding, exploring a new theme each month. Expect topics like novel writing and short stories, game design, Cultures and Societies, Settlements and their n ...
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This Line Isn’t Secure is an actual play Delta Green podcast blending high production value, immersive sound design, and slow-burning dread. Inspired by Archive 81 and Malevolent, it drags listeners into a world of conspiracies, cosmic horror, and paranoia. Nothing stays hidden forever.
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The Unexplored Places

The Unexplored Places

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RUIN'S GATE— In a frontier boomtown on the planet of Antarres, the posse known as Hell's Fortune makes a living stealing hellstone for anyone willing to pay. THE UNEXPLORED PLACES is an actual play podcast about exploring weird worlds and making bold choices. We are currently playing A Fistful of Darkness by Stefan Struck.
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Eidolon Playtest

Audio Entropy

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Eidolon Playtest is two different actual-play RPG campaigns, releasing every Monday on alternating weeks! The goal of this podcast is to playtest EIDOLON: Become Your Best Self, an RPG inspired by Persona and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, created by Luke Varner and Molly Rhinebeck! EIDOLON POP is a story of a group of college students uncovering the secret, surreal past of their professor, while EIDOLON ROCK is a story of a gang of low-level Las Vegas criminals who stumble up on a drug that gran ...
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Welcome to the Gaming Blender Podcast, the Game Design podcast where hosts Matt and Scott combine random game genres and elements to create exciting hypothetical games every episode. Tune in to enjoy some truly unique games!
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Journal Updated

Nora Blake & Molly Rhinebeck

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Journal Updated is a monthly game club podcast with a focus on exploring the design of choice within the medium. Join Nora and Molly every month as they dig into a game through a holistic lens, discuss its use of narrative agency, and answer emails from listeners!
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Gamestorming Lab Podcast

Gamestorming Lab Podcast

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A podcast by Safeer Syed and David Pidgeon, where we design a tabletop (story, rpg, maybe board) game based on crowdsourced suggestions and then play the dang thing next episode. Icon vector created by Freepik (http://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/icon) Snow vector created by Bamdewanto - Freepik.com (http://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/snow)
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She's A Super Geek

Senda and Andi

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She’s a Super Geek is an actual play RPG Podcast highlighting women as GMs. Join your hosts Emily and Senda as they play their way through a plethora of various table top RPGs with wonderful guests from across the web in game design and podcasting. This podcast is a member of the RPG Academy Network.
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Wizards of Eem

James Parks, Ben Costa

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Wizards of Eem is a podcast hosted by Ben Costa and James Parks, lifelong friends and the creative duo behind the graphic novel series Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo (Knopf / Random House), the middle-grade series Dungeoneer Adventures (Aladdin / Simon and Schuster), and the tabletop roleplaying game Land of Eem (Exalted Funeral). Join Ben Costa and James Parks as they dive into the art of storytelling, tabletop game design, and the creative industries they love. This podcast offers a ...
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Immersive Tabletop RPG storytelling meets audio drama in this narrative actual play podcast. Dive into the epic world of MythCraft with Ties the Bind, a cinematic actual play podcast where every relationship matters, every tie can bind, and family is everything. What to Expect: -Collaborative storytelling that puts character development first -Immersive sound design and atmospheric audio -Real dice rolls and authentic tabletop gaming moments Join us on Discord
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In this episode, we are joined by Randy Lubin, a well known game designer who has had experience in RPGs, Tabletop gaming, and Mega games. We will dive into the complexities of Mega games as well as what it means to develop games with big world thinking, such as political themes - bringing real world problems to the world of gaming.…
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In today's episode we talk about using a theme to design your story. Why use a theme for game design? How does using a theme help you stay focused? What are other benefits of using a theme? We give you our thoughts and answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgaming…
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Creator of Ross Rifles and showrunner of Asians Represent! podcast Daniel Kwan joined me to talk about their latest kickstarter, Wandering Blades, Delta Green, Wuxia movies and if he would rather run into 1 gorilla or 100 men! Wandering Blades Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tonyatplusoneexp/wandering-blades/description Patreon: h…
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Send us a text In this episode, we step away from mechanics and delve into the heart of immersive storytelling: atmosphere. From tone and pacing to sensory detail, silence, music, and emotional rhythm — this is a deep dive into how to create a session that players don’t just play, but feel. Whether you're running in person or online, whether your c…
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#ERROR# UNAUTHORIZEDACCESS $REG42 $REG41$REG40 #ERROR# REMOVEALL PHYSICAL NETWORKCONNECTIONS IMMEDIATELYCREDITS:Molly Rhinebeck as L.E. BooktokFabby Garza as MercedesMax Knightley as Lavender Spadeheart and Flip.exeLexi Waltner as Marci CampbellMike Painter as Hercule HeavenswardLuke Varner as The GMAdditional Voices by Iris ChristiansonMUSIC BY MA…
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Join us on this episode of Epic Realms as we welcome author and storyteller Nathan Crowder! Creator of the superhero universe Cobalt City, Nathan blends comic book flair with literary grit. We talk about writing, world-building, tabletop RPG's, Influences, and how a childhood shaped by books, and RPGs led to an award-winning career in speculative f…
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Daniel and Drew discuss the new Predator: Killer of Killers animated movie, poop knives, their growing Warhammer 40K rivalry, and as always, answer YOUR questions on this episode of No Dice, No Problem! - Support the launch of Daniel's wuxia TTRPG Wandering Blades here: ⁠⁠https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tonyatplusoneexp/wandering-blades⁠⁠ //SP…
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Welcome one and all! We're here with a later than usual episode because this game is too fucking big. We both spent upward of 70 hours on the damn thing. Is it worth it? Honestly, I don't know. The highs are damn high! I'm really glad I basically didn't have any noteworthy bugs or issues in this playthrough. That would have been too much I think. I…
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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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Ryan and Charles talk about the Essence20 panels and announcements at RenegadeCon 2025. Listen Now! (mp3) Featuring Letter From Snake Eyes part 4, generously provided by Wordburglar. Check it and other amazing 80s-inspired out at Wordburglar.com. Although the host works for Renegade Game Studios, this podcast and the network that hosts it are not a…
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With just 8 weeks left until the release of Starfinder 2, RPG freelance author John Godek, Paizo Senior Game Designer Jason Keeley, and Dungeon & Dragons Designer Ron Lundeen discuss what Starfinder 1 adventures to play now! Listen Now! Ron Lundeen is an employee of Wizards of the Coast and his opinions are his own.…
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Send us a text Welcome to You Heard it Here Last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo70cy9?Gen-Con-Preview-Blog You may not realize it, but GenCon is just around the corner, and while the online chatter wants to turn the tariff issues into doom and gloom for GenCon, I tend to believe it will be a…
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Tracy and Kristian tackle the daunting problem of getting your project to the finish line. Executing that last 10% is many ways harder than the first 90%, and this is just as true in game production as it is in project management or engineering. After discussing the problem in depth, Tracy and Kristian have some valuable tips you can employ that ca…
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We're back with another FIASCO! This time, prepare yourselves for multiple attempted murders, white collar crime, a big pile of divorce papers, and— The Sticc?! Fiasco is by Jason Morningstar and Bully Pulpit Games. The "Road Kill" playset is by Christine Roth. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/unexploredcast Follow us on Tumblr: htt…
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Fancy setting us a gaming challenge? Get in touch here! In this episode of the Gaming Blender podcast, hosts Matthew and Scott discuss the latest highlights from the Xbox Game Showcase, including the announcement of Final Fantasy for Xbox and the potential for a big year ahead for Xbox. They explore upcoming games, their trailers, and the implicati…
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Send us a text Power gamers. Min-maxers. Optimizers. Love them or dread them, they show up at nearly every table — especially in professional TTRPG games. But instead of trying to shut them down, what if we designed better experiences around them? In this episode, I unpack what drives optimization, how to support high-performance play without alien…
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The crew crash-lands on a strange, dead world once again. They encounter a crumbling mansion and fields of golden vegetation. The plants are watching. And every sunset brings something worse. Graham is launching Cosmic Dark on Kickstarter soon. Sign up to be notified when it goes live! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grahamwalmsley/cosmic-dark…
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THREAT ANALYSIS - TRACE VECTOR Threat level: Somewhere under C- Genetically and cybernetically altered cetacean- Appears to originate from an EIDOLON Corporation project. Flip was unable to locate any records of the project itself, but the company has retained the following invoice from DustCause Industrial Cleaning Solutions:"12x Human Corpse (Emp…
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Asians Represent is back with a charity actual play benefiting AAPI United! Liana facilitated "A Family Affair", a Valor adventure she contributed to Unbreakable: Pathways. Unbreakable: Pathways is a collection of Asian-centric adventures that showcase the intersections of culture, tradition, and experiences utilizing a plethora of Tabletop Rolepla…
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In today's episode we continue our series of Let's Make A One Shot. The game we make a one shot for comes from the prompt Labyrinth Of Leviathans. We describe all the details you would need to consider to pull this one shot off. Enjoy this episode as we make a one shot using the tools we talk about. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or tho…
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New episodes premiere every other Thursday at 6 PM EST. All Links and Social Media: https://linktr.ee/nullproj Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thenullproject ---------- #DeltaGreen #ActualPlay #TTRPG #CosmicHorror #Lovecraftian #HorrorPodcast #TabletopRPG #RPGPodcast #Unnatural #NullProject #HorrorCommunity #RoleplayingGames #Tableto…
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Looks like we might be drawing steel in July, we know more about the adventures MCDM plans to release in the coming months, we got details on the beastheart class, there'll be more djordice, the third party vampire class got funded, The Dice Society interviewed James. And More! Links to everything: https://goblinpoints.com/2511#links Chapters: 00:0…
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Send us a text William Gibson described Cyberpunk as a fusion of high-tech and low-life, exploring the intersection of technology, cybernetics, and computer networks on human society in a near-future, often dystopian setting. If you don’t know who William Gibson is then shame on you. Like most people out there, my first exposure to Cyberpunk was Bl…
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After you’ve made the rules, you need to decide how you’re going to tell them. The right rule in the wrong order can make all the difference! In this unscripted episode, we share our initial thoughts about how we want our next rulebook to start, how to include immersive writing without sacrificing clarity, and (for some reason) reminisce about spoo…
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The twisted threads of fate tighten around Junction. Patience gets caught in unsettling visions of El Paso. Moni spirals deeper into darkness. Secrets spill and blood flows as truths slowly unravel. Content Warnings: Self-Harm, Animal Death, Body Horror, Gun Violence, Death, Profanity, Violence Keeper of Arcane Lore: cuppycup Campaign Author: Graem…
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In episode 116 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication we talk with game designer Leonie Grundler about what inspired her nature-themed tableau builder, Biome. They discuss how inspiration can come from the worst places – like being laid off from a tech startup and catching COVID – how binge-playing Wingspan sparked the idea for the game…
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This week Kristian takes center stage as he and Tracy talk about creating a web presence for your brand. Tracy admits all her failings in this regard, and Kristian gets on his soapbox about not using social media as your company's primary residence on the web. We offer some tips and action items to provide focus to your efforts and maybe make this …
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Today, Ellie Dix and Dave Neale dive into the complexity of forming publisher relationships, as well as choosing the correct publisher. Taking a perspective from both experienced designers and beginner designers, creating a roadmap for finding and establishing these relationships based on many of the past experiences they both have encountered.…
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This week on Epic Realms, Nick welcomes author Paul G. Vecchiet, writer of the thought-provoking novel The Disclosure Paradox. In this episode, we dive into the real-life experiences that inspired Paul’s speculative fiction, including his time as a U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer and the discovery of cryogenics in unexpected military blueprints. We e…
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Send us a text What separates a good player from a great paying player? In this episode of Dice and Quills, I explore the player side of the professional TTRPG table. We’ll look at what makes a paying player a joy to run for, how to help new clients succeed in their first few sessions, and what red flags might signal future problems — even when the…
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3rd of December, 2209The fog has parted; the sun shines again! I've been thinking about Number Four entirely wrong.I've been assuming that the purpose of a S.H.A.D.E. “should” or “must” be related to the flow and development of objective, concrete data. But that’s wrong! I’ve thoroughly explored that ground with Blank and its sisters. If I want to …
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In this episode of That RPG Podcast, we review the new Daggerheart RPG, analyze good and evil in Andor Season 2 through the lens of the OSR+ ethos system, and discuss safety tools that help foster a more inclusive environment in RPGs. Crafting a fictional moral philosophy for your characters might be hard work, but maintaining a moral standard in t…
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In this episode, I have some super exciting news for all you Classic Fantasy fans. And believe me, it is very exciting - so exciting that I ran out of synonyms for fantastic to use when I heard about it. Welcome to Mythras Matters Podcast Season 1 episode 70 - Epic Classic Fantasy News! SHOW Links: Podcast on YouTube RPG Shop - https://ko-fi.com/in…
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Ryan already convinced Charles that the My Little Pony Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook is a great buy for any Essence20 players. Now he explains why MLP CRB Chapter 10: Conflicts is required reading for every Essence20 Game Master. Listen Now! (mp3) Featuring Letter From Snake Eyes part 4, generously provided by Wordburglar. Check it and other amazi…
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Send us a text Welcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. Well it’s finally happened. I don’t want to talk about it. I said you can’t make me talk about it. But I guess when I started down this podcast road it kinda became my job to talk about it. So here we go. Tariffs. https://www.enworld.org/threads/do-tari…
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Dirk Knemeyer and David Heron look back on TGRT’s most recent topics, along with taking time to dive into many of the conversations brought up by Ellie Dix in BtC. Sharing thoughts about co-design and comparing the communities in tabletop and digital design, which Ellie has brought up with past guests. The two also look back on some of the bigger i…
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