
Episode 390: Worldbuilding and Solidarity
Recorded at Metatopia 2024 Presented by Meguey Baker Games and stories have told us that life is nasty, brutish and short, while the true st...
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The best recorded panels and seminars about analog game design and publishing. Sponsored by Genesis of Legend Publishing and Metatopia.

Recorded at Metatopia 2024 Presented by Meguey Baker Games and stories have told us that life is nasty, brutish and short, while the true st...

Recorded at Metatopia 2024 Presented by Curt Covert Self-Publishing is not for everyone, nor is opening a small business as a board game pub...

Recorded at Metatopia 2024 Presented by Stephanie Bryant and Melissa Lewis-Gentry What's Agile and why would I use it? Join us for a quick o...

Recorded at Metatopia 2024 Presented by Melissa Lewis-Gentry Usability is often thought of in game design after mechanics or systems have be...

Recorded at Metatopia 2024 Presented by Meguey Baker, Meri Baker The Bakers lead this panel which will focus on how a family or close friend...

Recorded at Metatopia 2024 Presented by Jason Pitre Over the last decade, board game designers have recognized the need to have additional,...

Recorded at Metatopia 2024 Presented by Geoff Engelstein This session will go over the core processes and skills required for successful gam...

Recorded at Metatopia 2024 Presented by Avonelle Wing and Nicholas Ambrose My first question when someone tells me they're self-publishing a...

Recorded at Metatopia 2024 Presented by Jason Pitre , Moth Rodriguez and Lauren Don't crowd-fund if you don't want to run a small business....

Recorded at Metatopia 2024 Presented by Jason Pitre Law, like game design, is fundamentally about guiding human behavior. If you don't want...

Recorded at Metatopia 2024 Presented by Samphire Savage & Meguey Baker Sexy role play has likely existed as long as we have been getting it...

Presented at Metatopia 2024 Hosted by Amanda Valentine , Lisa Padol You’ve probably heard that you should hire an editor for your game proje...

Recorded at Metatopia 2024 Hosted by Jim Dagg , Misha Bushyager , Whitney Delaglio & Amanda Valentine Game design is art. And play. And craf...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Hosted by Whitney Delaglio Hand-Holdy content means it has the support of the content its holding ha...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Sean Jaffe, Joshua Jaffe, Casey Edison , and Jason Pitre The brothers behind Rememorex, Commandroids...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Taylor Hubler and Nicholas Ambrose Join our experts for a conversation looking at how to physically...

Recorded at Metatopia 2024 Presented by Avonelle Wing and Nicholas Ambrose So, what is "the three-tier system"? What's a consolidator? Hobby...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Avonelle Wing , Curt Covert , and Alex Cutler You've read game design blogs and Facebook groups. You...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Meguey Baker, Vincent Baker An introduction to PbtA from a designer's point of view. How and why Apo...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Cam Banks and Amanda Valentine Licensed RPGs are a minefield of conflicting interests, stakeholders,...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Sydney Engelstein and Geoffrey Engelstein Sydney has taken close to a thousand pitches for Indie Gam...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Meguey Baker and Vincent Baker We've been creating and publishing our own games for almost 25 years....

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Jason Pitre Producing books is a challenge at the best of times, and the printing landscape has chan...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Cam Banks and Amanda Valentine You've had a successful Kickstarter, you've been hired by a game publ...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Bill White and Avery Rosen This panel discusses the theoretical, pedagogical, and practical implicat...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Jay Dragon and Amanda Valentine Every game has a voice, from the biggest trad book to an indie zine,...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Tristan Zimmerman , Meghan Jaffe, Sean Jaffe The Indie Game Developer Network (IGDN) is an all-volun...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Jack Parra , Lissane Lake , Nicole Amato Getting high-quality art is key to making a product look pr...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Jack Parra and Lissane Lake The panelists will touch on the process of how to find and approach arti...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Nicole Amato Join Kickstarter's Games Outreach Lead, Nicole Amato, as they discuss best practices fo...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Melissa Lewis-Gentry and Curt Covert . Receiving feedback is hard. Running a successful playtest is...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Kat Millar and Curt Covert Giving good feedback is a skill. Come learn more about how to provide fee...

Presented by Jason Pitre , Ash Kreider, Vivian Young , Eric Whalen , Tristan Zimmerman AI is a hot topic. Authors are suing over their conte...

Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Jason Pitre , Jenn Adcock , Brennan Taylor , Olivia Montoya Larpwrights and tabletop game designers...

Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021 Presented by Jon Cole , Oscar Biffi , Katherine Shane , Misha B , Olivia Montoya , Chiara Locatelli . Some...

Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021 Presented by Jason Pitre , BJ Recio , Mags Maenad . Math is often a barrier for analog game designers of a...

Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021 Presented by Menachem Cohen , Ryan Cagle . Because of the fictional distance between player and character,...

Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021 Presented by Jason Morningstar , Tim Hutchings , Jeeyon Shim . Join us for a rollicking discussion of our...

Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021 Presented by Anne Ratchat , Jason Morningstar , and regrets from James Mendez Hodes. When writing games, a...

Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021 Presented by Olivia Montoya , Acata Felton . In some circles, Secrets and Powers LARPs are dismissed as ou...

Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021 Presented by Mel D'Amato Anyone who makes or sells consumer goods has been watching the news about shippin...

Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021 Presented by Jon Lemich , Chance Feldstein , Alex White . There are many diceless RPGs, but their mechanic...

Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021 Presented by Joan Moriarity , Darren Watts , Beth Rimmels . Which is better, a game that concludes when so...

Recorded at Metatopia 2021 Presented by Eric Whalen. Lawyers secretly know that you do not read the big chunks of standardized text in your...

Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021 Presented by Moe Poplar , Michael Low , J Gurantz . Now kids, stop fighting! RPGs are intensely emotionall...

Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021 Presented by presented by Jack Rosetree , Olivia Montoya , Taylor LaBresh . Perfection is a toxic concept....

Recorded at Metatopia 2021 Presented by Jason Pitre , Rae Nedjadi and Sean Nittner with regrets from Jay Dragon. Countless brilliant analog...

Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021 Presented by Jonathan Lavallee , Alastor Guzman , Moe Poplar . Do You Want to Build a Snowman? Printing an...

Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021 Presented by Richard Ruane , Pam Punzalan , Brian Yaksha , Zedeck Siew . In METATOPIA 2020's "Devil in the...

Recorded at Metatopia Online 2021 Presented by Thomas Manuel , Logan Timmins , Rae Nedjadi , Aaron Lim , momatoes . Asking and answering que...