Monte Cook of Monte Cook Games is here to dig into what Numenera 2: Discovery & Destiny is all about. We look at how Numenera & Cypher System's unique structure allows this new edition to work seamlessly with the one on your shelf right now, an

83. Sig: City of Blades

Oct 23rd, 2020 43m 57s

Jason Pitre is back with more Sig, this time a Forged in the Dark reimagining titled Sig: City of Blades. Here us chat about this new take on Sig, life in the Hellyear 2020, and the online incarnation of Metatopia!

82. Brinkwood (It's a Metaphor)

Oct 16th, 2020 47m 6s

Brinkwood: The Blood of Tyrants is a Forged in the Dark game about Robin Hood vs Vampires, created by Erik Bernhardt. Come join us as we talk about eating money, making deals with the fae, and fighting for justice.

81. Princess World with Kevin Petker

Mar 6th, 2020 46m 57s

Princess World, be Kevin Petker, is a PbtA game about cooperative world building, storytelling, problem solving, and being girls who rule. We chat about how the game evolved out of a request from his daughter into this clever, colorful, collabo

80. Descent into Midnight

Mar 5th, 2020 1h 15m

Rich Howard, Richard Kreutz-Landry, and Taylor LaBresh are the design trio behind Descent into Midnight. This aquatic PbtA game about community and emotion defies genre, so we make a bunch of ocean puns and get really heartfelt about stuff.

79. Burnout with Tracy Barnett

Dec 12th, 2019 1h 2m

Return guest Tracy Barnett is here in friend capacity this week for a heart-to-heart with Meghan about burnout, asking for help, and where they are right now in that journey.

78. Into the Heart with Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor

Sep 26th, 2019 58m 55s

Grant and Chris are back, and things have only gotten weirder. Below the Spire lies the Heart, an ever-changing district of chaos and horror where you really shouldn't be going. You're going anyway? Of course you are. We talk about why that's a

77. The San Jenaro Co-Op with Dyer Rose

Jul 25th, 2019 43m 2s

Dyer Rose is a member of the San Jenaro Co-op, a creator-owned group that makes RPGs together. Dyer fills me in on how the structure works, what games they have in production, and what industry issues they're trying to address with their approa

76. Quietus with Oli Jeffery

Jun 13th, 2019 43m 20s

Quietus is a melancholy horror RPG that uses the Blades in the Dark system to tell heart-wrenching narratives in a one-shot. Game designer Oli Jeffery shares how he utilized the system to take full advantage of the genre.

75. Afterlife: Wandering Souls with Liz Chaipraditkul

May 25th, 2019 43m 1s

In Afterlife: Wandering Souls you play as a Wanderer collecting memories of your life and discovering who you were when you were alive. Liz Chaipraditkul talks about discovering your character over the course of the game and how the mechanics e

74. The Orpheus Protocol with Rob Stith

May 17th, 2019 1h 7m

The Orpheus Protocol is an RPG as well as an actual-play podcast. Creator Rob Stith takes us through the evolution of the game and how running an AP as a living playtest has affected his process.

73. CAPERS Noir with Craig Campbell

Apr 6th, 2019 52m 39s

Craig Campbell of NerdBurger Games is here to talk about CAPERS and CAPERS Noir - a superpowered gangster game and its mysterious supplement - that utilize playing cards to enhance the play experience.

72. Going on a Zine Quest with Aaron King

Feb 21st, 2019 38m 53s

Aaron King chats about what a zine is and what RPG zines offer to the gamespace. We talk about format, function, and selling out with Kickstarter's Zine Quest.

71. Doug Geisler Will Help You Beat the Boss

Feb 21st, 2019 49m 28s

Long-time union organizer Doug Geisler was trained to help people using role-playing, and now his new role-playing game will train you to organize a labor union so you can Beat the Boss! We talk about learning through narrative and failure.

70. More Kittens with Cheyenne and Stentor

Feb 7th, 2019 50m 6s

The Glittercats are BACK with More Kittens! Cheyenne and Stentor take us through all the new new new to be found in this supplement to Laser Kittens - new cards, new playsets, and new kitten games! So much modifying, where do we start?

69. Worldbuilding Through Character Creation with Aaron and Jeff

Jan 10th, 2019 1h 3m

Hosts Aaron Catano-Saez and Jeff Stormer of All My Fantasy Children are here to celebrate their addition to the network and to have a real NICE chat about how they build the world of Fantasy one character at a time.

68. Design and Redesign with Jason Morningstar

Dec 28th, 2018 53m 5s

Jason Morningstar is here to talk about Fiasco In A Box, among many many other things. We chat about redesigning your own work versus redesigning that of someone else, as well as how to know when it might be time to pass the reigns. We talk abo

67. Aviv & Eran's Crystal Heart (A Savage Worlds Setting)

Dec 7th, 2018 50m 20s

Aviv & Eran, the team behind webcomic Up to Four Players, are here to talk about their original Savage Worlds setting: Crystal Heart. We talk about their creative process, with game writing and comic drawing acting as supports and influences fo

66. The Games Collection at SVA Library West

Nov 30th, 2018 54m 48s

This week we're on location at SVA'S Library West where Instruction & Periodicals Librarian David Pemberton and Circulation Manager Christopher Bussmann share with us what goes into building and maintaining a library's game collection and how g

65. Turn with Brie Sheldon

1 Nov 16th, 2018 59m 57s

Brie Sheldon returns to talk about Turn, their game about shapeshifters in a small town. We look at destructive & deconstructive approaches to PbtA, as well as why the small-town setting is so integral to the play experience.

64. Dana & Hamish Cameron are Dinosaur Princesses

Nov 13th, 2018 55m 52s

Dana & Hamish are here to discuss making Dinosaur Princesses an approachable and fun game for players and GMs of all ages and skill levels. From its core of cooperative play to fun coloring-book elements, Dinosaur Princesses is about all kinds

63. Mission: Accomplished! with Jeff Stormer

Oct 18th, 2018 52m 32s

Jeff is back to talk about his own game this time, Mission: Accomplished! It's about super spies, office meetings, and really coming face to face with the arcane horror that is your day job. We talk about comedy in games, designing around secre

62. Taylor LaBresh and the 13 Demon Princes

Oct 6th, 2018 46m 54s

To get us started in this, the spookiest month, how about a game FULL OF DEMONS? Taylor is here to chat about his Singularity hack, 13 Demon Princes, a hellish dating game full of contestants with unforgettable names and lots of demon blood. Cu

61. Something Is Wrong Here with Kira Magrann

Sep 27th, 2018 39m 3s

Something Is Wrong Here is a game built to evoke the unsettling experience of watching the works of David Lynch. Kira is here to discuss what building from the inspiration of a specific artist is like, how she mechanizes bleed, and her approach

60. How Games Changed Tim & Kristen Devine

Sep 20th, 2018 57m 27s

Tim & Kristen, longtime friends of the show, are here to talk all about their games, game hacks, and how designing together affected their relationship. We talk a lot about how they change games, but also how games changed them.