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BACKSTORY is an ongoing series of interviews with game designers and other notable members of the role-playing community, hosted by Alex Roberts. This show is all about the person behind the...
On the final episode of Backstory, designer and publisher Cat Tobin talks pushing things forward, leaving things behind, and publishing orig...
Game designer Lucian Kahn talks magic, humor, and some exciting game anthologies. Would you rather be a Visigoth or a Mall Goth? Lucian's Tw...
Psychologist Diana J Leonard shares her work on the life cycle of play communities. Diana's Website, Diana on Twitter, The Dynamic Life Cycl...
Ben Chong, aka swordsnflowers, joins us to talk about his experience teaching analog game design, developing the TTRPG scene in Malaysia, an...
Game designer and translator Sangjun Park talks about Moonflower, game translation, and his hopes for the future of the Korean TTRPG scene....
Larpwright and sex educator Jon Cole on teaching with larp, designing in collaboration, and creating space for Real Talk. Jon's Games, Jon's...
Historical game developer Catherine Ramen talks the New York crossdressing scene in the '90s, a nineteenth century Socialist commune in Pari...
Game developer Jenn Sandercock talks experimentation, balance, collaboration, and edible games. Jenn’s Website, Jenn on Twitter, The Edible...
A very enthusiastic chat with ONE SHOT Network co-founder, podcaster, improviser, game designer, and professional goof boy James D'Amato. Pl...
Game designer Camdon Wright joins us for a chat about designing for emotion, GMing outside your comfort zone, and being a fan of stuff, not...
Game designer and illustrator Whitney Delaglio on intimacy and problem-solving in games. Also: consensual storytelling is a sandwich; pass i...
Game designer and wandering Kiwi Lauren McManamon talks about applying discursive analysis to the gaming table, roleplaying desire, and the...
Writer and designer Becky Annison joins us to talk gaming in the UK, werewolf romance, and an essential source of game design inspiration: r...
Games journalist and co-runner of the Role Over Play Dead blog, Kai chats with Alex about tabletop and live-action gaming in Malaysia. Role...
In honour of the show's third anniversary, producer Alex Sisk interviews the creator and host of Backstory. Learn about the process behind t...
James Mendez Hodes is a Filipino-American writer, game designer, cultural consultant, and martial artist who knows which kind of sword Alex...
Game designer and artist Albert Kong joins us for a talk about parkour, the art of gathering, and other ways to open the potential for play...
Game designer and co-creator of She's a Super Geek, Senda Linaugh, talks gaming, creativity, and community connection. Content note for disc...
Award-winning larp designer Jeff Dieterle joins us for a talk about music, magic, stupid games, and kiss jail. Jeff on Twitter, My Jam is no...
Design strategist Andrea Morales Coto is bringing the magic of live-action game design to new avenues, from distribution methods to cryptoec...
Podcaster and Unofficial Larpwright of the Olive Garden chain of restaurants Jeff Stormer joins us for a nice chat about professional wrestl...
Gamer, editor, and improv performer Karen Twelves joins us for a talk about performance, play, and the importance of trust. Karen's Website,...
Games scholar Jose Zagal starts a new semester of Backstory, with discussions of Role-Playing Games Studies, the intricate web of influence...
Co-organizer of the long-running campaign Shadowmoor, Casey Hardy tells us about sustainability, growth, and change in a larp community. Sha...
Game designer, streamer, RPG theorist and you new favourite podcast host DC joins us to talk about twitter threads and forging in the dark....
Magdalene Loh is making live-action career design games in Singapore! And stay tuned for some special announcements. Magdalene Loh on Linked...
Larpwright and organizer Betty Bong on translating play across cultures. Cozy Larp LA, B Studio, Empresses in the Palace, Snow White, by J L...
Game designer, crafter, and powerful scrum master Stephanie Bryant brings us a kinder, gentler post-apocalypse. Threadbare, Stephanie's Blog...
Children's author and game designer Terri Cohlene shares her insight on designing for kids, introducing roleplaying, and working in co-creat...
Star Crossed Story Time comes to a close with Sean Nittner and Kira Magrann re-telling a tale as old as time: a barely-contained love ensnar...
The penultimate Star Crossed Story Time features Sarah Lynne-Bowman and Jessica Schoolman reminiscing about a truly bad romance - bad for th...
Star Crossed Story Time is back! Erika Chappell and Lexi Tripp are gushing about their baroque romance between the daughters of two rival no...
In our first Star Crossed Story Time, Morgan Ellis and Andy Munich tell the story of their wuxia-inspired romance between members of the Xia...
Dungeon World co-designer and game streamer Adam Koebel shares insight on the relationship between design and play, and the future of stream...
Game designer and graphic artist John Harper shares his journey with Blades in the Dark, and with designing and iterating over a long and st...
Liz Chaipraditkul, independent publisher and designer of WITCH: Fated Souls, gives us the low down on working freelance, working for yoursel...
Game designer and interactive media writer Clio Yun-su Davis talks podcasting, immersive theatre, and the beauty of K-Pop. Clio's Website, T...
Larpwright, librarian, and community organizer Kate Hill on welcoming newbies, character theme songs, and making sure that people are more i...
Game designer Julia Ellingboe shares her thoughts on designing from the margins, expanding inclusion, and role-playing via playlists and pac...
Game designer, project manager, community manager and all around interesting guy Nathan Black talks codes of conduct, selling a punch, and l...
Game designer, writer, and researcher Jonaya Kemper leads us down the winding path of larp ethnography and emancipatory bleed. Jonaya's Webs...
Larp educator Jeeyon Shim on survival skills, planning scenes, and the secret life of trees. Jeeyon's Website, Jeeyon on Twitter, Trackers B...
Join award-winning game designer Jackson Tegu on a meandering chat through envelopes, CDs, and posters on telephone poles. Jackson's website...
Archaeologist and professional GM Daniel Kwan talks holiday games, Dramatic Managers, and building social skills through role-play. Daniel's...
Bait Byout co-founder Fatima Abdul Karim on the birth of larp in the Arab world. Bait Byout, Bait Byout on Facebook, Book: The Birth of Larp...
Award-winning RPG designer Aleksandra Sontowska on sex, horror, and unsettling self-knowledge in games. Aleksandra's Blog Aleksandra on G+ T...
It's an episode of unabashed sincerity with artist and coach Tania Carriere of Advivum Journeys.
Writer, designer, and noted gastropod enthusiast Darcy Ross talks evolution, community, and shining a spotlight on the things you love.
Game designer and publisher Epidiah Ravachol talks playstorming, the games you love to teach, and the unheralded joy of double-entry bookkee...
Designer Jenn Martin on witches at work, manic pixie dreamgirling, and larp impostor syndrome. Jenn Martin on twitter Jank Cast Fall of Magi...