Game Designer Workshop: Jeff Barber and Caleb Stokes on RPG Design and Publishing in the Post-Pandemic World
Like so many other things, game design has changed in the post-pandemic world. Jeff Barber, author of Blue Planet, and Caleb Stokes, author of Red Markets, and I talk about work and the industry. Jeff’s been hard at work on Blue Planet: Recontact and Caleb talks more about Fae’s Anatomy and other projects he’s working on. We hit on everything from writing, art direction, to graphic design, and work/life balance.
Song: Cmon by 2Mello
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After Hours Preview: Aesthetic Games
The Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute (CARI) is an amazing website that categorizes popular aesthetic trends from the last 70 years in pop culture. Baz, Thad, and I browsed through the categories and used them to come up with ideas for new RPGs, campaigns for existing RPGs, D&D source books, and board games.
Music: A Secret Meeting/Edrics Precience by L A N D S R A A D
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Episode 192: Multiverse Mayhem
The Multiverse is back! Films and TV shows featuring the concept of a multiverse are more popular than ever, even though they are old hat in tabletop RPGs. Special guest Patrick from RPX and Tech Diff podcasts and I talk about ways you can implement a multiverse in your RPG and some examples. We also have some shout outs!
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Shout Outs
- Closetland: a moving film about a woman imprisoned by an unjust state.
- Men: A new supernatural horror film from Alex Garland
- Islands of Abandonment: a book about what happens to abandoned structures and the post-human landscape.
- My Name: a Korean action series about an undercover cop seeking revenge.
- Janitor Bleeds: a low poly horror video game set in an abandoned arcade.
- Frontier Scum: an “Acid Western” OSR style TTRPG.
Music: The Honeymoon Suite by Harkins tracks 1-3
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