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The past 20 years have been a roller-coaster ride for RPGs.  The release of Magic: The Gathering in 1993 changed the fundamental nature of the hobby gaming industry and forever altered the business of making and selling RPGs.  Explore the recent history of the category through the lens of Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder, and… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post What Is Happening to Tabletop Roleplaying Games? panel at PAX East 2014 appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

Do you have a great boardgame design, want to make it yourself, but have no idea how to start? Join us as we take you through the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of independent tabletop game publishing. Thomas Eliot of Sixpence Games designed, Kickstarted, manufactured, and brought to retail Professor Pugnacious, and was on the Indie… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post Indie Boardgames: Design and Crowdfunding panel at PAX East 2014 appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

News: Caleb and I will be at Fear the Con this year! We will both be running games and attending events there. I will be at PAX East this year, as part of Pixelscopic, showing off their new game, Delver’s Drop. (Have I mentioned I’m working on it? I totally am!) Also, check out No… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post RPPR Episode 98: I GM Therefore I Am appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

Back during Gencon 2013, Caleb and I hung out with the talented members of Posthuman Studios and talked about many a topic, including game design and the tabletop RPG industry. If there is one interview you listen to this year, make it this one! Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post Game Designer’s Workshop: Posthuman Studios Interview appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

Caleb recorded a panel discussion  at Gencon 2013 about Arc Dream’s One Roll Engine games, from Godlike to Better Angels, led by Shane Ivey. Find out what’s going with the system and how it came to be. Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post One Roll to Rule Them All: Arc Dream Publishing and the One Roll Engine at Gencon 2013 appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

Thanks to Crazon for the art! Synopsis: After the conclusion of our Night’s Black Agents campaign, Tribes of Tokyo, we sat down to discuss what went right and what went wrong. I talk about my inspiration for the campaign, including the Long Vaults. Caleb, Aaron, and Tom describe their experiences playing the game, including their… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post RPPR Episode 97: Tribes of Tokyo Post-Mortem appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

News: Hebanon Games is proud to present the print version of No Security! Get your copy today. Synopsis: The nuts and bolts of any game are, well, the nuts and bolts. Creating and balancing game mechanics is a tricky business, especially with a brand new system. Caleb and I discuss our thoughts on designing new… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post Game Designer Workshop Episode 3: Game Mechanics appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

Both RPGs and fiction draw heavily on historical cultures and narratives, even for a new setting. This panel recorded at Gencon 2013 discusses how real history can be twisted, altered, mashed up, or remixed to create compelling games. It features industry veterans Keith Baker, Jessica Banks, Kenneth Hite, and Lewis Pulsipher. Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post Putting More History in Your Story at Gencon 2013 appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

News: RPPR is now on Tumblr! Follow us for random stuff! Ross works for Pixelscopic on their new video game, Delver’s Drop. It is also quite awesome. More Base Raiders content is forthcoming, including more actual play episodes, new PDF only supplements, and the final conversion guide. The Wild Talents and Mutants and Masterminds conversion… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post RPPR Episode 96: Conversion Conversation appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

News: The RPPR Actual Play podcast has a new look. Thanks to KC Green for the banner! Be sure to check out his webcomic, Gun Show. We also have new content on the Base Raiders website, including a character creation survival guide. Synopsis: Research is an important part of game design, especially when writing historical… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post RPPR Episode 95: Historical Histronics appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

Caleb interviewed quite a few game designers at Gencon this year, to talk about their new creations. Because each interview was short, I made a compilation of the first four interviews. They are in order: Jasn Painter, creator of Drunk Quest Jason Pitre, creator of Spark Dennis Detwiller, author of The Sense of Sleight of… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post Gencon 2013 Interviews – Part 1 appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

News: Check out the first Base Raiders Actual Play, with brand new Origin Story rules available for free on the Base Raiders website. Also, BUY MY BOOK

News: Base Raiders is out! You can buy the print edition here and the PDF here. If you buy a print copy forward your order confirmation email to rpprpodcast@gmail.com to receive the PDF for free. All copies to backers have been shipped. In other news, Aaron has a new series on Raillery called Let’s Play… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post RPPR Episode 93: Better Homes and Bodies appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

In the second episode of Game Designer Workshop, Caleb and I talk about the importance of research. This is not only researching setting material but other games. It’s important to understand what kind of game mechanics have already been done so you can learn from them. Researching details for your setting, like technology and history,… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post Game Designer Workshop Episode 2: Research appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

At Gencon this year, I sat down and talked to Mike Olson, one of the leading FATE designers currently working in the industry. He created the Strange FATE system used by Kerberos Club and Base Raiders and his latest project, the Atomic Robo RPG, will hopefully be completed soon. We talked about the state of… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post Interview with Mike Olson – Strange FATE and Atomic Robo RPG designer appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

News: Base Raiders is almost done. The books will be printed and shipped soon. There are new videos on the RPPR Youtube channel, including a new improv comedy with Thad. Synopsis: If you have an unusual idea for a campaign setting, then it’s often better to take a toolkit game system like GURPS for the… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post RPPR Episode 92: Setting Not Included appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

Caleb of Hebanon Games is in the beginning stages of designing a new RPG from the ground up, and he has decided to document the entire process, from start to finish. In this new series, Caleb will talk to other game designers and figure out what works and what does not work when making a… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post Game Designer Workshop Episode 1: Concept appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

News: Base Raiders is nearly complete! The PDF should be available to backers around September 10! Caleb is starting a new podcast through RPPR called Game Designer’s Workshop. Expect the first episode in the next month. Also, check out his blog post about Gen Con at Hebanon Games. Synopsis: Another Gen Con has come and… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post RPPR Episode 91: Gen Con 2013 Wrapup appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

News: Transhuman, a sourcebook for players in Eclipse Phase is out! Caleb and I both wrote for it, so check it out. In other news, Base Raiders is rapidly nearing completion and in playtesting. More importantly, Gencon draws near! Tom, Aaron, Caleb and I will be there. The RPPR Meetup will be 6 pm on… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post RPPR Episode 90: Theater of the Mind appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

News: Base Raiders is in layout! Hooray! Raillery is on hiatus until Base Raiders is complete. Boo! Synopsis: Tom and I once again dive into the “Pile of Broken Dreams“to look at two old modules, Zombietown USA for GURPS and All Fall Down for Cyberpunk. Adventure design was quite different back then. For example, a… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post RPPR Episode 89: Scenari-NO appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.