All Episodes
RPG Design Panelcast — 392 episodes
Episode 390: Worldbuilding and Solidarity
Episode 389: Self Publishing - Should I
Episode 388: What is Agile?
Episode 387: Designing for the User Experience
Episode 386: Designing with Loved Ones
Episode 385: Automata Design in Games
Episode 384: Board Game Design Fundamentals
Episode 383: What is Three Tier Distribution?
Episode 382: Business Adulting 101
Episode 381: Law and Governance in Games
Episode 380 : Level Up Your Sexy Game
Episode 379: How to Work With an Editor
Episode 378: Anti-Hustle Game Design
Episode 377: Avoiding Lonely Content
Episode 376: Eye for Design
Episode 375: Packaging Design
Episode 374: Designing for Retail
Episode 373: That's Great Advice, Don't Follow It
Episode 372: Powered by the Apocalypse
Episode 371: Adapting Someone Else's Sandbox
Episode 370: Ten Things Wrong With Your Game
Episode 369: Indie Publishing for the Long Haul
Episode 368: Printing Your RPG
Episode 367: Staying In
Episode 366: Teaching How to GM
Episode 365: Narrative Voice in RPGs
Episode 364: Why you Should Join the IGDN
Episode 363: Budgeting for Art
Episode 362: How to Work with Artists
Episode 361: Crowdfunding in 2023
Episode 360: How to Run a Great Playtest
Episode 359: How to be a Great Playtester
Episode 358: Ethical AI Usage?
Episode 357: Spinning Relationship Webs
Episode 356: Challenges and Triumphs of Community-Based Game Publishing
Episode 355: Math Essentials for Designers
Episode 354: Spirituality Check: Spiritual Growth, Exploration and Healing Through RPGs
Episode 353: Bad Design Habits We Love
Episode 352: Problematic and Taboo Topics
Episode 351: Secrets and Powers Larps
Episode 350: Shipping is on FIRE
Episode 349: The Many Meanings of Diceless
Episode 348: Pass-Fail vs Open-Ended Play
Episode 347: Reading Contract Boilerplate
Episode 346: RPGs Without Obvious Combat Mechanics
Episode 345: Making Trash Games for Love
Episode 344: International Co-Publishing Agreements
Episode 343: Printing and Shipping Where You Are
Episode 342: Details for the Devil
Episode 341: Questions as Mechanics
Episode 340: The Data is in, now what?
Episode 339: Designing Rewarding Game Experiences
Episode 338: Keepsake Games
Episode 337: The Aether and Beyond
Episode 336: Selling Globally in an Evechanging World
Episode 335: Distribution in 2021
Episode 334: Gaming as Experiential Learning
Episode 333: Creatively Limited
Episode 332: Language Matters: Clear vs. Flavourful Terminology
Episode 331: Designing and Publishing with ADHD
Episode 330: Design and Composition 101
Episode 329: Writing One-Page Games
Episode 328: Basic Copyright for Writers and Designers
Episode 327: Grow your RPG Brand
Episode 326: How to Pitch Yourself Confidently
Episode 325: Let Kids Break Your Game
Epsiode 324: Building Better Character Connections
Episode 323: A New Designer’s Toolkit
Episode 322: Biracial Game Design
Episode 321: The Care and Feeding of your Creative Self
Episode 320: Resonant Theming for Greater Emotional Impact in Board Game Design
Episode 319: Feminist Worldbuilding
Episode 318: Transformative Larping
Episode 317: Different Traditions of Indie Publishing
Episode 316: How to Make and Sell RPG Adventures
Episode 315: Jewish Games
Episode 314: Forged in the Dark Designs
Episode 313: Should Games Make You Feel Bad?
Episode 312 - Economics and Trade as Design Elements
Episode 311: New Editions
Episode 310: Asymmetric Roleplaying Game Design
Episode 309: Getting your First RPG Published
Episode 308: Games Are Art
Episode 307: Contract Literacy 101
Episode 306: Art Direction Case Study
Episode 305 : Lowering the Barrier to Entry to Trad RPGs
Episode 304 - Pitch Perfect
Episode 303: New Tools for Old Hands
Episode 302: Shores Not Quite Undiscovered
Episode 301: Games, Gamefeel and Umami
Episode 300: Crafting Game Mechanics to Support Player Agency
Episode 299: NPCs as a Design Elements
Episode 298: Becoming Better Than Well Intentioned
Episode 297: Accessible Core Mechanics and Horror
Episode 296: RPGs for Therapy
Episode 295: Integrating the Natural World
Episode 294: Applying Education Theory in Games
Episode 293: Publishing in Asia
Episode 292: Fulfillment to Latin America
Episode 291: Play With Your Food
Episode 290: Tactile Games
Episode 289: The Intersection of Roleplaying and Medicine
Episode 288: Designing Microsettings
Episode 287: Designing RPGs That Don't Centre on Violence
Episode 286: Consulting 101
Episode 285: English as our Vehicular Language
Episode 284: Don't Kickstart Your Game
Episode 283: Distribution and your Boardgame
Episode 282: Canada is not a Northern Suburb of the USA
Episode 281: The Human Heart
Episode 280: No Gods, No Masters, No GMs
Episode 279: What We Mean, When We Talk About Lyric Games
Episode 278: How to Playtest Your Game
Episode 277: How to Pitch Your Game
Episode 276: How Larp Online Community Emerged
Episode 275: How to Run Online Larps
Episode 274: Running a Successful Virtual Playtest Group
Episode 273: Running Games on Roll20
Episode 272: The Publisher Perspective for 2021
Episode 271: The Retail Perspective and Designing for Pandemic Sales in 2021
Episode 270: Kickstarter in the Age of Covid
Episode 269: Heartwarming Gaming During the Plague Times
Episode 268: Converting to Online Play
Episode 267: How to Start Business
Episode 266: The Business of Small Press RPGs
Episode 265 - The Cutting Edge RPG Panel
Episode 264 - Queer Game Designers
Episode 263 - Games in Education
Episode 262 - Design Considerations for Card Games
Epsiode 261 - Updating Cyberpunk
Episode 260 - Paying it Forward and Supporting Diverse Creators
Episode 259 - More Than Just Victory Points
Episode 258 - Crowdfunding on a Budget
Episode 257 - The Three-Ring Setting: Scope in Game Design
Episode 256 - Turn, Turn, Turn
Episode 255 - Publish your own Games!
Episode 254 - Science in RPGs and Larps
Episode 253 - Holding Space for Teens
Episode 252 - A Dive into the Theory of RPGs as a Communications Medium
Episode 251 - Creating Mysteries in RPGs
Episode 250 - Integrating World Building in Traditional RPGs
Episode 249 - Insights Forged in the Dark
Episode 248 - Time is of the Essence: Countdowns and Clocks in Games
Episode 247 - How to Start a Business as a Game Designer
Episode 246 - Making Good Financial Decisions as a Game Designer
Episode 245 - Selling Games into Mass vs. Specialty Retail
Episode 244 - Creating Safety Tools
Episode 243 - Responsible Research
Episode 242 - On Failure
Episode 241 - Nostalgia as a Genre
Episode 240 - Distribution and Fulfillment
Episode 239 - Honing your Game Pitch
Episode 238 - Xenobiology and Speculative Zoology
Episode 237 - The Transitive Power of Myth
Episode 236 - Games And Education
Episode 235 - Designing RPGs With Safety Tools Included
Episode 234 - Planning a Kickstarter? What You Need to Know!
Episode 233 - Deconstructing Religion in your Games
Episode 232 - Making Your (Alt-)Historical Setting More Inclusive
Episode 231 - Now What? - Finishing Games
Episode 230 - The Art of Mechanics
Episode 229 - Beyond Bright Lights
Episode 228 - Tabletop Analytics and Feedback
Episode 227 - How to be a Playtester
Episode 226 - Latinx Design
Episode 225 - Queer Erasure
Episode 224 - Being a Full-Timer
Episode 223 - How to Work With Artists
Episode 222 - Marketing is More Than Social Media
Episode 221 - The Joy of Honobono
Episode 220 - Stage Gate Development
Episode 219 - DrivethruRPG
Episode 218 - Marketing 201
Episode 217 - Marketing 101
Episode 216 - Appoaching Allyship from an Intersectional Perspective
Episode 215 - Truth, Survival, and Empowerment in Darker Narratives
Episode 214 - Kickstarter in 2019
Episode 213 - Eat, Drink, and be Merry
Episode 212 - How to be an Ally
Episode 211 - Diversity at the Table
Episode 210 - What's Off Limits for Games?
Episode 209 - Let Go of the Reins
Episode 208 - GM Masterclass
Episode 207 - Online Games
Episode 206 - Running Convention Games
Episode 205 - Larp 101
Episode 204 - Creating Engaging Characters
Episode 203 - Designing Asian Themes in Board and Roleplaying Games
Episode 202 - What Art can do for your Game
Episode 201 - Board Game Design Basics
Episode 200 - Publishing on a Tight Budget
Episode 199 - Horror Mechanics
Episode 198 - Choice Mechanics
Episode 197 - You Need a Business Partner!
Episode 196 - So you want to be a Podcaster!
Episode 195 - Ask a Marketing Expert
Episode 194 - Love like a Bomb
Episode 193 - Intersectional Feminism
Episode 192 - Metaphorical Games
Episode 191 - We Want to Sign your Game
Episode 190 - Success Through Iteration
Episode 189 - Expanding Fantasy
Episode 188 - Productive Playtesting
Episode 187 - Face your Fears
Episode 186 - Understanding Financial Regulation
Episode 185 - Navigating Consent in Gaming
Episode 184 - Podcasting for Promotion
Episode 183 - Failing Forward
Episode 182 - Replication Versus Reinvention
Episode 181 - The Shape of your Game
Episode 180 - Capture the Heart: Designing Emotionally Evocative Games
Episode 179 - Fiction and Game Writing
Episode 178 - Communities and Settlements in Games
Episode 177 - Crowdfunding on a Budget
Episode 176 - Do I want to be in the Game Business?
Episode 175 - Stop Working on your Game and Publish It
Episode 174 - Designing the GM Section of your Game
Episode 173 - Selling The Goods: Choosing Your Sales Channels
Epsiode 172 - Structure Matters: Layout for Writers and Editors
Episode 171 - RPG Design and Publishing for Newcomers Q&A
Episode 170 - RPG Design and Publishing for Newcomers
Episode 169 - Positive Aesthetic Sexytimes
Episode 168 - Boardgame Themes vs Mechanisms
Episode 167 - The Artist's Process
Episode 166 - Literary Criticism and Feedback
Episode 165 - Developing a Marketing Plan
Episode 164 - Pitching Positively
Episode 163 - Writing Rulebooks
Episode 162 - Art on a Budget
Episode 161 - From Imposter Syndrome to Arrogance
Episode 160 - How to Pitch your Game
Episode 159 - Anatomy of a Fight
Episode 158 - How to Work with Artists
Episode 157 - Writing Religions Respectfully
Episode 156 - Running Successful Playtests
Episode 155 - Killing your Darlings
Episode 154 - What Games Attract Retailers and Distributors
Episode 153 - From Idea to Product
Episode 152 - Creating Compelling Adventures
Episode 151 - Crafting the Experience at the Table
Episode 150 - Breaking Into Boardgames
Episode 149 - GM Masterclass
Episode 148 - Making your First RPG
Episode 147 - Blood on the Table: Horror in RPGs
Episode 146 - My Games are Unapologetically Political
Episode 145 - Narrative Arcs in Boardgames
Episode 144 - Hierarchical Thinking in Games
Episode 143 - The Forge Retrospective
Episode 142 - Games, Learning, and Social Change
Episode 141 - What are you scared of?
Episode 140 - We Have Always GMd
Episode 139 - Writing Inclusive Alternate Histories
Episode 138 - Professionalization
Episode 137 - Don't Shred your Game
Episode 136 - Crowdfunding Retailer Tiers
Episode 135 - The Confused State of Rulebooks
Episode 134 - It Takes a Village
Episode 133 - Giving Credit Where Credit is Due
Episode 132 - Worldbuilding Towards Story
Episode 131 - Managing RPG Development Teams
Episode 130 - It Won't Fit
Episode 129 - Printing and Manufacturing 101
Episode 128 - Designing with Production in Mind
Episode 127 - Giving and Receiving Feedback
Episode 126 - Ground Truth
Episode 125 - The Iceberg Method
Episode 124 - The CMU Playtesting Study
Episode 123 - Designing for Retail
Episode 122 - Kickstarter 2016
Episode 121 – Historical Larp Design
Episode 120 – Game Master Mechanics
Episode 119 – Powered by the Apocalypse
Episode 118 – Breaking into Board Games
Episode 117 – What’s up in Tabletop Games?
Episode 116 – Creating Horror in Games
Episode 115 – Sex in Games
Episode 114 – GM Troubleshooting
Episode 113 – Art in Games
Episode 112 – Getting Kids into Games
Episode 111 – Being a Great Player
Episode 110 – Converting Between Systems
Epsiode 109 – Designing Intersectionally
Episode 108 – Affordable Art
Episode 107 – Working with Artists
Special Episode 1 – Manual of the Primes
Episode 106 – Making your First Game
Episode 105 – Cultural Mechanics
Episode 104 – Cyber Infiltration Hotsheet
Episode 103 – Superhero RPGs
Episode 102 – A Designer’s Guide to Podcasts
Episode 101 – Promoting Your Game
Episode 100 – Structuring Game Texts
Episode 99 – Why do you Hate your Readers?
Episode 98 – Editing Rulebooks V2
Episode 97 – What an Editor can do for you
Episode 96 – GenCon Playtesting Panel
Episode 95 – Gearheads
Episode 94 – Different Voices: Diverse RPGs
Episode 93 – Heartwrenchers: Emotional RPGs
Episode 92: Introduction to RPG Publishing
Episode 91 – Intro to RPG Design
Episode 90 – Fictional Cartography v2
Episode 89 – Game Mechanics as Social Engineering
Episode 88 – Science Fiction in RPGs
Episode 87: Sanity Points
Episode 86: GMing Outside your Comfort Zone
Episode 85: Repurposing Mechanics
Episode 84: Patterns and Shapes in Larp Design
Episode 83 – Give and Receive Critique
Episode 82 – Kickstarter 101 (2015)
Episode 81 – Cinematic Plays
Episode 80 – Game Distribution
Episode 79 – Agile Design and Publishing
Episode 78 – Creativity In Business
Episode 77 – Project Budgeting For Tabletop Games
Episode 76 – Formalizing Your Game Business
Episode 75 – Matters Of Scale
Episode 74 – Genius Loci
Episode 73 – Opacity and Transparency
Episode 72 – Lovecraft WTF
Episode 71 – Explicit vs Role-Based Knowledge
Episode 70 – Editing Rulebooks
Episode 69 – Social Media
Episode 68 – Smart Crowdfunding Campaigns
Episode 67 – Information Organization in Roleplaying Games
Episode 66 – Learn RPG Design Redux
Episode 65 – Women in Game Design
Episode 64 – Dramatic Editing
Episode 63 – Gaming with and Designing For Young Players
Episode 62 – Bisociation, Mashups, the Uncanny, and the Weird
Episode 61 – Coming Up in the Indies: From Newcomer to Company Owner
Episode 60 – Accessibility and Disability
Episode 59 – Style Guides are your Friend
Episode 58 – Moving Beyond Tokenism
Episode 57 – So You’re Making Your First Game
Episode 56 – What Editors Do
Episode 55 – How to Succeed at Conventions
Episode 54 – Playtest Feedback
Episode 53 – Cartography of Fictional Worlds
Episode 52 – Collaborating with Friends
Episode 51 – RPG Podcasting and Design
Episode 50 – Computer Hacking in Games
Episode 49 – Gmless RPGs and other Variations
Episode 48 – The Writer’s Workshop
Episode 47 – Playtesting Brutally
Episode 46 – Least System Necessary
Episode 45 – Icons and Anchors
Episode 44 – Succeeding at Conventions and Trade Shows
Episode 43 – Book Design First Principles
Episode 42 – Adventure Design as Technology
Episode 41 – Designing RPGs for Kids
Episode 40 – Hacking Apocalypse World
Episode 39 – Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition Analysis
Episode 38 – Accessibility Issues for Game Designers
Episode 37 – Roleplaying Scenario Design
Episode 36 – My Game Will Cost What?
Episode 35 – Dangerous Mechanics
Episode 34 – Gaming as the Other: Race in Our Industry
Episode 33 – How to Work with Editors
Episode 32 – How to be a Good Playtester for Others
Episode 31 – The Care and Feeding of Freelancers
Episode 30 – Reaching Retailers
Episode 29 – Legalese and Intellectual Property
Episode 28 – Ebooks 101
Episode 27 – Making Games Feel Magical
Episode 26 – Magic Mechanics
Episode 25 – Is Fantasy Dead?
Episode 24 – How to Learn RPG Design
Episode 23 – No Nos in Game Design
Episode 22 – Things you think about games
Episode 21 – Game Design is Mind Control
Episode 20 – The Kickstarter Roundtable
Episode 19 – Introduction to Nordic Larp
Episode 18 – Volatility in Game Design
Episode 17 – The International RPG Scene
Episode 16 – Indie Cradle to Indie Grave
Episode 15 – History Panic
Episode 14 – Advanced GM’less Play
Episode 13 – Introduction to GMless Play
Episode 12 – Playtesting RPG’s
Episode 11 – It’s a Hit, now what? Dealing with Unexpected Success
Episode 10: The Retailer’s View – What sells, what doesn’t and why
Episode 9: Self-Publishing: Production and Fulfillment
Episode 8: Licensing Popular Intellectual Property
Episode 7: Lessons from Indie Publishing
Episode 6: Addressing Controversial Topics
Episode 5: Editing and Organizing Game Text
Episode 4: Care and Feeding of Artists
Episode 3: The Graphic Design and Layout Panel
Episode 2: My Dearest Failure: Games That Didn’t Work and Why
Episode 1: The Coolest Game You Never Heard Of
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