All Episodes

The Horizon of AI in Video Game Development: What Can Current Frontier Models Actually Do?

The Economics and Design of Sustainable Live Services

Hands-On with AI: From Tabletop Redesigns to the Compiler Paradigm

The Economics and Ethics of Live Service Game Design

The Great Contraction: Navigating the Video Game Job Market

The No-Hit Wonder Strategy: Survival and Success with Jake Birkett

Bizarro World: Indie Devs Feel the Fury Over AI in Games

Revisiting Civ 7

Season: RPG - Exploring the Success Behind Neon Odyssey with Mikey Gilder

Listener Questions, AI and the Future of Game Design

Listener Questions May 2026

Design Talk - Exploring Claude with Dirk & David

Design Talk - Buried Giant with Cole Werhle

Design Talk - Exploring Nevaros with Raven Zachary

Design Talk - NYT Games with Rohit Crasta

Civ Series 13 - Rogue Hex with Reed Erlandson

Design Talk - Designing large group games with Rikki Tahta

Season: RPG - Interlude: The Final Round Table

Season: RPG - Exploring RPGs with Rob Daviau

BtC with Ellie Dix and Dirk Knemeyer - Series Wrap-Up

Season: RPG - D&D with Mike Mearls

BtC- Brett Gilbert on Abandonment and Rejection

Season: RPG - Constructing Eberron with Keith Baker

BtC- Marcus Ross on conventions

Round Table - The season RPG reflection

BtC- Chris Backe on Digital Tools

Season: RPG - Interlude: The Third Round Table

BtC- Chrissy Fagerholt on social media

Season: RPG - Play-by-email with Jeff Perkins

BtC - Ross Connell on art and marketing for games

Season: RPG - Conversing with MJ Newman on the different RPG writing scenes, what are their experiences?

BtC - Bez Shahriari on Your Brand as a Designer

Season: RPG - Cthulhu fhtagn! with Mike Mason

Season: RPG - Cthulhu fhtagn! with Mike Mason

BtC - Matthew Dunstan on Making and Nurturing Connections with Publishers

Season: RPG - Interlude: The Second Round Table

BtC with April Mitchell on Sizzle Reels

Season: RPG - GM as Designer with Justin Alexander

BtC with Fertessa Allyse on Sell Sheets

Season: RPG - Interlude: Welcome to Willowbank

Season: RPG - Listener Question

BtC - Special Edition: Dominic Crapuchettes

Season: RPG - Serious Games Pt.2

Season: RPG - Serious Games Pt.1

BtC - Sydney Engelstein on Delivering a Winning Pitch

BtC with Danielle Reynolds on Preparing for Pitches

Season: RPG - Randy Lubin - RPGs in Organizational Settings

BtC- Dave Neale on Identifying Potential Publishers

Season: RPG - Interlude: The First Round Table

BtC - Isaac Vega on Self Publishing

Season: RPG - Luke Hughes - Leadership RPGs

BtC - Richard Heayes on Protecting Your Idea

Season: RPG - Ben Robbins on GMless Games

BtC - Mandela Grandon on Co-Designing

Season: RPG - Cosmere RPG with Andrew Fischer

BtC - Rikki Tahta on Designer Community

Season: RPG - Prologue

BtC - Adam Porter on Playtesting

Civ Series Finale Part 2 - Civilization VII

BtC - Scott Rogers on Prototyping

Civ Series Finale Part 1 - Civilization VII

BtC - Naming Games with Peter Hayward

Civ Series 10 - Listener Questions

BtC - Sen-Foong Lim on Motivation

Civ Series 9 - Where are we now with Soren Johnson

BtC - Daryl Andrews on Generating Ideas

#334 New Year, New Format, New Us

#333 App-Integration with Andrew Fischer

#332 Listener Questions with Ellie Dix Show

#331 Solforge Fusion with Justin Gary

#330 Xenolanguage with Kathryn Hymes

#329 Small Games with Ellie Dix

#328 Civilization Series 8 - Ara

#327 Undergrove with Elizabeth Hargrave and Mark Wootton

#326 Therapeutic TTRPGs with Daniel Hand

#325 Civilization Series 7 with Jon Shafer

#324 Civilization Series 6: Civ 7 First Look

#323 Tunic with Andrew Shouldice

#322 Future of Legacy Games with Rob Daviau

#321 Civilization Series 5 with Will Thompson

#320 Civilization Series 4

#319 Listener Questions June 2024

#318 Modules and RPGSEA with Pam Punzalan

#317 Earthborne Rangers with Andrew Navaro

#316 Citizen Sleeper with Gareth Damian Martin

#315 Civilization Series 3

#314 Designing to Ship with Xalavier Nelson Jr

#313 Civilization Series 2

#312 Civilization Series 1

#311 Innovating Themes with Anna Anthropy

#310 Listener Questions

#309 Industry and Loose Leaf with Tanya X. Short

#308 Narrative AI with Emily Short

#307 Roundtable with Soren Johnson

#306 A Highland Song with Jon Ingold

#305 Thirsty Suitors with Chandana Ekanayake

#304 Listener Questions November 2023

#303 Darkest Dungeon 2 with Chris Bourassa and Tyler Sigman

#302 Wildermyth with Nate Austin

#301 Design and Controls with Richard Lemarchand