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Back to SearchEpisode 356: Challenges and Triumphs of Community-Based Game Publishing
Episode 482
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021
Presented by Jon Cole, Oscar Biffi, Katherine Shane, Misha B, Olivia Montoya, Chiara Locatelli.
Some small game projects are created by an auteur, who controls every…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Episode 355: Math Essentials for Designers
Episode 481
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021
Presented by Jason Pitre, BJ Recio, Mags Maenad.
Math is often a barrier for analog game designers of all disciplines. This panel is meant to help lower that barrier…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 354: Spirituality Check: Spiritual Growth, Exploration and Healing Through RPGs
Episode 480
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021
Presented by Menachem Cohen, Ryan Cagle.
Because of the fictional distance between player and character, TTRPGs, even D&D, can be designed and used to facilitate spi…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 353: Bad Design Habits We Love
Episode 479
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021
Presented by Jason Morningstar, Tim Hutchings, Jeeyon Shim.
Join us for a rollicking discussion of our worst habits and how being lazy, careless and hard-headed is …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 352: Problematic and Taboo Topics
Episode 478
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021
Presented by Anne Ratchat, Jason Morningstar, and regrets from James Mendez Hodes.
When writing games, a lot of topics are taboo simply because as a community, we a…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 351: Secrets and Powers Larps
Episode 476
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021
Presented by Olivia Montoya, Acata Felton.
In some circles, Secrets and Powers LARPs are dismissed as outdated or "too obscure." Our panelists flatly reject this min…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 350: Shipping is on FIRE
Episode 475
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021
Presented by Mel D'Amato
Anyone who makes or sells consumer goods has been watching the news about shipping and logistics in horror. The cost of freight is up. There…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 349: The Many Meanings of Diceless
Episode 474
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021
Presented by Jon Lemich, Chance Feldstein, Alex White.
There are many diceless RPGs, but their mechanics and design objectives vary more than most designers realize.…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 348: Pass-Fail vs Open-Ended Play
Episode 473
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021
Presented by Joan Moriarity, Darren Watts, Beth Rimmels.
Which is better, a game that concludes when somebody wins, or a game that concludes when the story is deemed…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 347: Reading Contract Boilerplate
Episode 472
Recorded at Metatopia 2021
Presented by Eric Whalen.
Lawyers secretly know that you do not read the big chunks of standardized text in your contract that have nothing to do with your obligations and…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago