All Episodes
Role Playing Public Radio — 409 episodes
System Crafting: Creating and Revising TTRPGs at Gen Con 2026
Megadungeon Meandering: Moria for The One Ring RPG – Episode 1
RPPR Live at Gencon 2026 – RPPR Episode 210
The Immortal Manther and Whisperballs – RPPR After Hours Revised
Creating Better RPG Maps – RPPR Episode 209
Introduction to RPG Podcasting panel at Gen Con 2025
Just One More Roll: Writing Mysteries for RPGs – Panel at Gen Con 2025
Borellus Connection Post Mortem – a Fall of Delta Green Campaign – RPPR Episode 208
Gen Con 2025 Wrapup: episode 207
Mothership: ARKYVR – Interview with author Rhodrick Magsino
Red Markets 2E panel at Gen Con 2025
What is Shadowdark? An Interview with Kelsey Dionne about the OSR hit RPG
RPPR Live at Gen Con 2025 – Episode 206
My New Action Horror RPG – Labyrinth Signal – RPPR Episode 205
Game Designer Workshop: Red Markets Second Edition Beta
Tips on Writing Scenarios Fast – Episode 204
Tomas Härenstam CEO of Free League Publishing
Gareth Hanrahan on The Borellus Connection – A new Fall of Delta Green Campaign
Actual Play Podcasting 101: Panel at Gencon 2024
Gencon 2024 Highlights – Episode 203
Is Expensive Art Necessary for success in RPGs? Episode 202
RPPR Game Designer Workshop: Labyrinths of Lost Futures and the Modern Megadungeon – Concept
Ludonarrative Dissidents Season 3 preview: Hole in the Sky – Dungeon Crawl Classics
Delta Green Impossible Landscapes Campaign Post Mortem – Part 2 – Episode 201
Delta Green Impossible Landscapes Campaign Post Mortem – Part 1 – Episode 200
Architectural Horror and the Night Clerk Zine – Episode 199
Game Designer Workshop: The Night Clerk Zine – System-less Scenarios with Caleb Stokes
D20 Swinginess and Combat – Episode 198
Fate Core: Cointract Island – Post Mortem
Game Designer Workshop: Termination Shock and Crowdfunding with Greg Stolze
Game Designer Workshop: The Obscenity of Books
What RPGs can learn from Board Games – Episode 196
OMG the OGL Situation?! – Episode 195
Game Designer Workshop: Should We 2E?
Episode 194: Game Design in Horror Movies
Episode 193: Designing Monsters for RPGs with Greg Stolze and Caleb Stokes
Game Designer Workshop: Jeff Barber and Caleb Stokes on RPG Design and Publishing in the Post-Pandemic World
Episode 192: Multiverse Mayhem
Ludonarrative Dissidents Season 2 Episode 0: Card Mechanics in RPGs
Episode 191: The Terminator RPG and Licensed Games
Episode 190: Outcasts in RPGs
Episode 189: Plundering the Public Domain
Pixel 2 Paper: Quake 1 Part 2 – Slipgate Chokepoint Post-Mortem
Episode-188: The Blind Eyes – A Blades in the Dark campaign post-mortem
Pixel 2 Paper: Quake 1 Part 1 – Retrospective
Episode 187: Red Markets – Cooper County War campaign post-mortem
Interview with Pete Petrusha on Chew the RPG
Episode 186: Wiretapping and Labor Organizing – Scenario Workshop
Episode 185: Long Term Gaming Groups
RPPR Episode 184: Vtubers and Tabletop RPGs in Japan
Game Designer Workshop: Caleb Stokes on Fae’s Anatomy
Ludonarrative Dissidents: Apocalypse World – Episode 0
Game Designer Workshop: Jeff Barber on Blue Planet Recontact
RPPR Episode 183: Delta Green Impossible Landscapes and Dead Channels
RPPR Episode 182: One Page Games
RPPR Episode 181: Now 5e Compatible! (Or not)
RPPR Episode 180: Deep Red and Interpreting Clues
Game Designer Workshop: Slingstone and Night Clerk Zine
RPPR Episode 179: Blades in the Dark
RPPR Episode 178: Heists 101
RPPR Episode 177: Savage Worlds
RPPR Episode 176: Running and Playing Online Games
Game Designer Workshop Episode 22: Cry Novel
RPPR Episode 175: Itch.io
Skills in RPGs – Episode 174
What is a Mega Game at PAX South 2020
RPPR Episode 173: Alien RPG Breakdown
RPPR Episode 172: How to Run a Game for the First Time
RPPR Episode 171: The SCP Foundation
Game Designer Workshop Episode 21: Red Markets Supplements
RPPR Episode 170: Inhuman Resources – Control and Bureaucracies in Games
Game Design Workshop Panel at Gen Con 2019
RPPR Episode 169 Part 2: Gen Con 2019 Wrap Up
RPPR Episode 169 Part 1: Gen Con 2019 Wrap Up
RPPR Live at Gen Con 2019
RPPR Episode 168: Nagalisitu campaign Post-Mortem
RPPR Episode 167: Origins 2019 Wrap Up and Shadowrun 6th Edition Beginner Box Review
Game Designer Workshop Episode 20: Doctor, Witch Doctor and Outlining
RPPR Episode 166: Cool Villain Ideas
RPPR Episode 165: The Importance of Gear in RPGs
RPPR Episode 164: Railroading Off the Cliff
RPPR Episode 163: Scum and Villainy and PAX South 2019
Designing Tabletop Games Through Failure Panel at PAX South 2019
RPPR Episode 162: 2018 Year in Review
Queer Experiences Panel at Gen Con 2018
RPPR Episode 161: Eclipse Phase Second Edition Character Creation
RPPR Episode 160: Beachside Bases OR How to Create a Base for Base Raiders
Game Designer Workshop Episode 19: Ruin, Derail, and Slingstone
RPPR Episode 159: The Witcher RPG Breakdown
RPPR Live at Gen Con 2018
RPPR Episode 158: Gen Con 2018 Wrap Up
Game Design Workshop Panel at Gen Con 2018
Interview with Tracy Barnett on Iron Edda Accelerated
RPPR Episode 157: Our Pre Gen Con 2018 Show
Interview with John Scott Tynes on Delta Green: The Labyrinth
RPPR Episode 156: Origins 2018 Wrap Up
RPPR Episode 155: Jumpsuit Hedonism – 70s Sci-fi in gaming
RPPR Episode 154: Party Fowl
Game Designer Workshop Episode 18: Delta Green Scenario Workshop with Adam Scott Glancy and Will Schar
RPPR Episode 153: History’s Mysteries
Interview with Kyle Carty on the Savage Tokusatsu Kickstarter
RPPR Episode 152: Picaresque Perfect
Game Designer Workshop Episode 17: Ruin and Party Fowl Update
RPPR Episode 151: Shotgun Summaries
RPPR Episode 150: PAX South 2018 Wrap Up
Collaborative Homebrew 101: A Cure for the Common Murderhobo – Panel at PAX South 2018
RPPR Episode 149: Labyrinths and Mazes – Linear and Nonlinear Scenario Design
Game Designer Workshop Episode 16: Shipping, The Devil
RPPR Episode 148: When the Fat Alien Sings – Space Operas
RPPR Presents: Palladium Poisoning: Episode 9 – Rifts Adventure Sourcebook 2: Chi-Town ‘Burbs: Firetown & the Tolkeen Crisis – Part 2
RPPR Episode 147: Snippets of Adventure
Interview with Greg Predmore about the Gobblin’ RPG
RPPR Presents: Palladium Poisoning: Episode 8 – Rifts Adventure Sourcebook 2: Chi-Town ‘Burbs: Firetown & the Tolkeen Crisis
Panel: We Have Always GMd: GM Advice for Women, by Women at Gen Con 2017
RPPR Live at Gen Con 2017
RPPR Episode 146: Gen Con 2017 Wrapup
Game Design Workshop Panel at Gen Con 2017
RPPR Presents: The Eye of Argon
RPPR Episode 145: Pre Gen Con 2017 Special
RPPR Episode 144: The Vulture was Right
Interview with Pierce Fraser about HC SVNT Dracones
Game Designer Workshop Episode 15: Prepress
RPPR Episode 143: Murder She Wrote My Scenario
RPPR Episode 142: Fallen Flag Post Mortem
Interview with Eli Kurtz about Blackwoods setting for Savage Worlds
RPPR Episode 141: Out of the Can
Game Designer Workshop Episode 14: Upwind Kickstarter update and Weird Trip
Interview with Jim McClure about Satanic Panic the RPG
RPPR Episode 140: Games Within Games
Interview with Dustin DePenning about Synthicide
RPPR Episode 139: Chains of Command
Breaking into the Tabletop Industry at PAX South 2017
Interview with Chris Bourassa on Darkest Dungeon
RPPR Episode 138: Murphy’s Campaign Concept
RPPR Episode 137: JoJo’s Compelled Aspect
The Mixed Six - Episode 2: S'mores Rage
GDW: The Mixed Six – Episode 1
RPPR Episode 136: Playing for an Audience
RPPR Episode 135: Dresden Files Season 1 Campaign Post Mortem
Game Designer’s Workshop: Interview with Jeff Barber on the Upwind Kickstarter
RPPR Episode 134: High Falutin’ Fantasy
RPPR Panel at Gen Con 2016
Interview with Kory Bing
Playing Red Markets at Gen Con 2016
RPPR Episode 133: God’s Teeth Campaign Post Mortem
How To Roll Winning Numbers at Gen Con 2016
Interview with Monte Cook on Invisible Sun
RPPR Episode 132: Gen Con 2016 Wrap Up
Patreon for Creators at Gen Con 2016
Game Designer Workshop: Live at Gen Con 2016
RPPR Episode 131: Brutalists Campaign Post-Mortem
RPPR Episode 130: Pre Gen Con 2016 Special
Game Designer’s Workshop: Interview with Jeff Barber
Game Designer Workshop Episode 13: Red Markets Kickstarter Post-mortem
RPPR Episode 129: Campaign Starters and Parters
Game Designer Workshop Episode 12: Dream Just the Right Amount
RPPR Episode 128: My Player’s Keeper
Interview with James D’Amato on the Noisy Person Cards Kickstarter
RPPR Episode 127: Mistakes are Inevitable – Learning New Games
Interview with Greg Stolze on the Unknown Armies Kickstarter
RPPR Panel: The Case Against Fun – Social Critique & RPGs
Game Designer Workshop Episode 11: RPG Manager Simulator 2016
RPPR Site Update
RPPR Episode 126: Scenario Chop Shop
Please Don’t Punch the GM: Adventures in Gaming Therapy at PAX South 2016
RPPR Episode 125: Masks of Nyarlathotep Post Mortem
Patreon Preview: WoD The Heck – Dirty Secrets of the Black Hand
Interview with Jeff C. Carter and Edward M. Erdelac on the Mecha West Kickstarter
The Art of the Table: GMing Beyond the Basics at PAX South 2016
RPPR Episode 124: Atomic Robo Campaign Post-Mortem
Interview with artist and animator Darrell Claunch
RPPR Episode 123: Pushing the Envelope
Interview with Pierce Fraser on HC SVNT Dracones
RPPR Episode 122: It Takes a Village to Carry My Inventory
Game Designer Workshop Episode 10: Game Changers
Interview with Kenneth Hite on the Dracula Dossier
RPPR Panel: Scary Parrots: Weird Horror in RPGs at Gen Con 2015
RPPR Episode 121: Con-SCAR-acy
Game Designer Workshop Episode 9: Emergent Frustrations
RPPR Episode 120: Talken it Out
No Soul Left Behind Interview with Caleb, Greg Stolze, and Shane Ivey
Panel: Beyond Lawful Good & Evil: Ethical Concepts in RPGs at Gen Con 2015
RPPR Episode 119: Duality Post Mortem
RPPR Game Designer’s Workshop: Everyday Hustlin’ in Game Design
Panel Education & Games: With, In, & How To at Gen Con 2015
RPPR Episode 118: Limping away from Gen Con 2015
Game Designer Workshop: Live at Gen Con 2015
RPPR Episode 117: Slouching Towards Gen Con 2015
RPPR Episode 116: LARPing Quietly In Your Head
Panel: World Building at Comicpalooza 2015
RPPR Panel: Villains at Comicpalooza 2015
RPPR Episode 115: The Agony of Choice
Panel: From Arkham and Beyond at Comicpalooza 2015
The Business of Games at Comicpalooza 2015
Game Designer Workshop Episode 8: Big Playtest, Big Problems
RPPR Episode 114: Create A Cthulhu
RPPR Episode 113: Van Art Gaming
RPPR Episode 112: Campaigns I Shan’t Be Running
RPPR Episode 111: And The Nat 20 Goes To…Acting in Games
Another Interview with Deborah Davitt
Game Designer Workshop Episode 7: Multitasking Mayhem
Interview with Jim McGarva on Strike the RPG Kickstarter
RPPR Episode 110: The Final Revelation Post Mortem
RPPR Episode 109: 5E Dungeons and Dragons Breakdown
RPPR Episode 108: I’d Game That for a Dollar!
RPPR Episode 107: Sense of the Sleight of Hand Man Post-Mortem
Game Designer Workshop Episode 6: Playtester’s Progress
Interview with Deborah Davitt
Game Designer’s Workshop: Interview with Peter Nielsen
RPPR Episode 106: History is written by the GM
Game Designer Workshop panel at Gen Con 2014
RPPR Episode 105: I love it when a plan is agreed upon
Money is the Root of all Fun: Economics in Games: panel at Gen Con 2014
Campaign Doctors panel at Gen Con 2014
RPPR Episode 104: Gen Con 2014 Wrap-Up
Diversity in Gaming panel at Gen Con 2014
RPPR Episode 103: School of Dice
RPPR Episode 102: Rules Fetish
RPPR Episode 101: No Soul Left Behind Post Mortem
Game Designer Workshop Episode 5: Con Work
RPPR Episode 100: Where Did the Time Go? (Part 2 of 2)
RPPR Episode 100: Where did the time go? (part 1 of 2)
Game Designer Workshop Episode 4: Playtesting
RPPR Episode 99: Gaming with a Full Table
Modernizing Fantasy RPGs panel at PAX East 2014
What Is Happening to Tabletop Roleplaying Games? panel at PAX East 2014
Indie Boardgames: Design and Crowdfunding panel at PAX East 2014
RPPR Episode 98: I GM Therefore I Am
Game Designer’s Workshop: Posthuman Studios Interview
One Roll to Rule Them All: Arc Dream Publishing and the One Roll Engine at Gencon 2013
RPPR Episode 97: Tribes of Tokyo Post-Mortem
Game Designer Workshop Episode 3: Game Mechanics
Putting More History in Your Story at Gencon 2013
RPPR Episode 96: Conversion Conversation
RPPR Episode 95: Historical Histronics
Gencon 2013 Interviews – Part 1
RPPR Episode 94: Scenari-NO 2 – Electric Boogaloo
RPPR Episode 93: Better Homes and Bodies
Game Designer Workshop Episode 2: Research
Interview with Mike Olson – Strange FATE and Atomic Robo RPG designer
RPPR Episode 92: Setting Not Included
Game Designer Workshop Episode 1: Concept
RPPR Episode 91: Gen Con 2013 Wrapup
RPPR Episode 90: Theater of the Mind
RPPR Episode 89: Scenari-NO
RPPR Episode 88: Heroes of New Arcadia Post Mortem Round Table Discussion
RPPR Episode 87: Fantasy with a Horror Chaser
RPPR Episode 86: Know Evil Post Mortem
RPPR Episode 85: We Three Games
Interview with Micah Wedemeyer of Obsidian Portal
RPPR Episode 84: Murphy Rules
RPPR Episode 83: Maps and Legends
RPPR Episode 82: Back That Story Up
RPPR Episode 81: Mega-Damaged
RPPR Episode 80: A Good Clean Fight
Alternate History in Superhero Games at Gencon 2012
RPPR Episode 79: Horror in the Here and Now
RPPR Episode 78: Base Raiding 101
RPPR Presents: Zombies in Gaming Panel at Gencon 2012
RPPR Episode 77: Gencon 2012 Wrapup
Interview with Kenneth Hite on Night’s Black Agents
RPPR Episode 76: GM with a Thousand Plot Hooks!
RPPR Episode 75: Plot or Polish
RPPR Episode 74: Kickstart my Heart
RPPR Episode 73: The Complexity Complex
RPPR Episode 72: It’s a Dark Dark Dark Dark World
RPPR Episode 71: You’ve got Wild Talents
RPPR Episode 70: There are Monsters in the School Tom
RPPR Episode 69: Critique of Cthulhu
1001 uses for Zombies seminar at Gencon 2011
RPPR Episode 68: Phases that are Eclipsed
RPPR Episode 67: Be a Better Player
RPPR Episode 66: Building Better Worlds
RPPR Episode 65: Fear in the Long Haul
RPPR Episode 64: Adventures in Adventuring
RPPR Episode 63: Stylish Substance
RPPR Episode 62: Post Gencon 2011 Wrapup part 2
RPPR Episode 61: Post Gencon 2011 wrapup part 1
Eclipse Phase panel at Gencon 2011
RPPR Episode 60: It’s not a cliche!
RPPR Episode 59: Bildungsroman
RPPR Episode 58: The Games of Tomorrow
RPPR Episode 57: Read the Fine Print
RPPR Episode 56: But the Railroading’s on Time
RPPR Episode 55: One for the Recordbooks
RPPR Episode 54: Immerse Me!
Interview with Jolly Blackburn
RPPR Episode 53: You Lie! Rhetoric and Large Groups
RPPR Episode 52: Holiday Dash
RPPR Episode 51: Info Dump
RPPR Episode 50: Danse Macabre 2: Electric Boogaloo
RPPR Episode 49: Morality Role Play
RPPR Episode 48: Under A Dark Sun
RPPR Episode 47: Adventures in the Real World
Interview with Adam Scott Glancy of Pagan Publishing
RPPR Episode 46: PvP is tearing us apart
RPPR Presents: 3 Fan fictions as read by Cody
RPPR Episode 45: Of Dice and Men
RPPR Episode 44: Don’t Hate the Game
RPPR Episode 43: Forcing Friends and Brainwashing Enemies
RPPR Episode 42: Sense of Wonder
RPPR Presents: A Trio of Fanfiction readings
RPPR Episode 41: The Smoking d20
RPPR Presents: My Immortal
RPPR Episode 40: First Time GMing
RPPR Presents: Doom – Repercussions of Evil
RPPR Episode 39: 2009 Year in Review
Ab3 Rant 01: The Team That Couldn’t Shoot Straight
RPPR Epsiode 38: Fight me or Give me a Quest
RPPR Actual Play: 4E Dungeons and Dragons – The New World Campaign Game 13
RPPR Actual Play: Call of Cthulhu – Divine Fire playtest 2
RPPR Actual Play: The Age of Masks 3
RPPR Episode 37: Set the Pace
RPPR Actual Play: 4E Dungeons and Dragons – The New World Campaign Game 12
RPPR Episode 36: Gencon 2009 Wrapup
RPPR Actual Play: Mutants and Masterminds – The Age of Masks 2
RPPR Actual Play: 4E Dungeons and Dragons – The New World Campaign Game 11
RPPR Episode 35: Gencon 2009 Preview
RPPR Actual Play: Mutants and Masterminds – The Age of Masks 1
RPPR Actual Play: 4E Dungeons and Dragons – The New World Campaign Game 10
RPPR Episode 34: Break It Up
RPPR Actual Play: Tom’s Call of Cthulhu WW2 playtest
RPPR Actual Play: 4E Dungeons and Dragons – The New World Campaign Game 09
RPPR Episode 33: Sightseeing Tours
RPPR Actual Play: 4E Dungeons and Dragons – The New World Campaign Game 08
RPPR Episode 32: Show and Tell – Maps and Minis
RPPR Actual Play: 4E Dungeons and Dragons – The New World Campaign Game 07
RPPR Episode 31: Be A Team Player
RPPR Actual Play: 4E Dungeons and Dragons – The New World Campaign Game 6
RPPR Episode 30: Min-Max Pain
RPPR Actual Play: Call of Cthulhu – Wrath of Cthulhu Game 73
RPPR Actual Play: 4E Dungeons and Dragons – The New World Campaign Game 5
RPPR Episode 29: Time of Judgment
RPPR Actual Play: 4E Dungeons and Dragons – The New World Campaign Game 4
RPPR Field Recording – Inauguration 2009 on the National Mall
RPPR Actual Play: 4E Dungeons and Dragons Tides of Doom
RPPR Episode 28: Great. Expectations.
RPPR Actual Play: 4E DnD – The New World Game 3
RPPR Episode 27: Grand Theft Apparatus of Kwalish
RPPR Actual Play: 4E Dungeons and Dragons – The New World Session 2 *NSFW*
RPPR Episode 26: Going Postal – Mailbag Madness
RPPR Actual Play: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
RPPR Episode 25: Save vs. Warm Fuzzies
RPPR Actual Play: Call of Cthulhu – A Murder of Crows
RPPR Episode 24: GO GO GO! and other Action Movie Cliches
RPPR Interview with Benjamin Baugh, creator of Monsters and Other Childish Things
RPPR Episode 23: Halloween Tricks and Treats
In case you missed it: Fear Itself Actual Play
RPPR Actual Play Double Feature Halloween Special: Esoterrorists and Fear Itself
RPPR Episode 22: Get Your Fear On
RPPR Interview with Matt Vancil, director of The Gamers 1 and 2
Actual Play: GURPS Modern League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – Episode 2
RPPR Episode 21: So You Want to Create a Campaign
Interview with Jonny Nexus of Critical Miss and author of Game Night
RPPR Episode 20: Random Character Advice Generator
Actual Play: Call of Cthulhu – Dig to Victory!
RPPR Episode 19: Gencon 2008 Wrapup
RPPR Gencon Preview
RPPR Episode 18: 4E Dungeons and Dragons Rundown
Interview with Adrian Pommier of Goodman Games
Actual Play: Wushu Dodgeball – To Save The World
RPPR Episode 17: Bargain Bin Bonanza
Actual Play: GURPS Modern League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Episode 1
RPPR Episode 16: Help Me To Help You
Interview with the Alpha Omega Team
Actual Play: GURPS Yakuza – Stray Dog
Announcing Raillery: A comedy video podcast
RPPR Episode 15: Let’s Split Up Gang!
RPPR Interview with Tarn Adams, Creator of Dwarf Fortress
RPPR Episode 14: The Top Ten Books You Never Knew You Needed
RPPR Episode 13: The Awesome Action Packed Alliterative Adventure
Interview with the Eureka writers
RPPR Episode 12: Everything Old is New Again
RPPR Episode 11: Dungeon Crawl from Here to Eternity – a tribute to Gary Gygax
RPPR Interview with Sean Jaffe: Blood Dimmed Tides & ZG
RPPR Episode 10: Filling in the Flavor Text
RPPR Episode 09: -10 and counting or PC Death and Dying
Actual Play: The End of the World as we know it?
Death by Thumbs
RPPR Episode 08: The Role of Rules
RPPR Episode 07: Adult Themes
Actual Play: Delta Green Eyes Only – A Night on Owlshead Mountain
RPPR Episode 06: The Bad Player
RPPR Episode 05: Loot
RPPR Episode 04: Game Quirks
Little Fears Actual Play: Night of the Squashed Cat
RPPR Episode 03: When Games Go Bump in the Night
RPPR Episode 02: When Games Implode
Episode #1: Gencon wrapup
The RPPR Spring Lineup
Ab3 Rant #17: The Bad Rifts Project
Another Flame War on the Internet
Everybody Loves Beholder!
The Game Masters: RPG Reality Displacement Syndrome
Law and Orcdom
The Eye of Argon Part 3
Dice Preparation Services Unlimited
Red State Vs. Blue State: The RTS
Xtreme XP Commercial
Ab3 rant #18: The D&D Session That Mostly Wasn’t
The Eye of Argon Part 2
RPPR Presents: The Eye of Argon Part 1
Elitist Fuck Episode 2
High Art: The Role Playing Game
Interview with the TSR Dragon
Game Masters Episode 1
Oregon Trail 13 Commercial
Elitist Fuck episode 1
The Achy Breaky Mythos