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What’s Hot in Indie RPGs 2018
Across the Table
12/17/18 • -1 min
What’s Hot in Indie RPGs 2018? – Dragonmeet 2018 seminar (47 mins) Download
An annual lookback at 2018 and some of the games and trends in indie rpgs.
http://www.richard-williams.com/ax/ax2sepDragonmeet18.mp3
Ric moderated this seminar at Dragonmeet on 1st December 2018. The panel was Rob, Eunice Hung, James Mullen and Lloyd Gyan. (Read the hand-outs, including popular con games, biggest kickstarters and themes in the year and a list of games released in 2018)
Please note: this was recorded at a busy convention and so there is considerable background noise and microphone pops and clunks. Please be cautious if listening using earphones.
0107 Rob Carnel on The Clay That Woke (2014) and Minotaur World
0410 James Mullen on Spire (2018)
0702 Eunice Hung on Fall of Magic (2015)
1304 Lloyd Gyan on Legend of the Five Rings 5e (2018)
1700 Rob Carnel on better Powered by the Apocalypse Games and second editions of indie rpgs
1940 James Mullen on a return to solid mechanics in indie rpgs
2133 Eunice Hung on the representation of marginalised groups within indie rpgs
2735 Lloyd Gyan is sick of using numbered dice
3200 Q&A: Please destroy unnecessary crowdfunding stretch-goals
3308 Q&A: Which rpg mechanic or aspect best delivers the designer’s intent?
3950 Q&A: The greatest misuse of PBTA?
4235 Q&A: What makes an rpg well-suited for Twitch / performing in front of an audience?
4550 What games are you looking forward to?
Rob Carnel: Thousand Year Old Vampire
James Mullen: Over the Edge
Eunice Hung: Dream Askew / Dream Apart
Lloyd Gyan: Bastion
Other games mentioned
#Feminism anthology (2016)
A Cosy Den (2018)
Alas, the Awful Sea (2017)
Blades in the Dark (2018)
Conan (2017)
Dread (2005)
Dungeons & Dragons (1974-2014)
Fiasco (2009)
Follow (2017)
Genesys (2017)
Kult: Divinity Lost (2018)
Lady Blackbird (2009)
Masks: A New Generation (2016)
Microscope (2011)
Monkey (2018)
200 word rpg playfest
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09/13/17 • -1 min
Ric & Rob at the 200 word rpg playfest (30 mins) Download
Ric and Rob try to play (and discuss) as many 200 word rpg entries as possible at the 200 word rpg playfest
http://www.richard-williams.com/ax/ax2sep_200wordrpg.mp3
0031 Shuffles & Skeletons by Carlos Martins
0525 Build Your Own RPG by Andrew J. Young
0710 Manic Pixie Dream Girl by Jenni Sands
1050 Demon Dare by Daniele Di Rubbo
1457 Time To Run by Sanchit Sharma
2427 Fair Verona Burns by Adam T. Minnie
The development of the rpg design of Epidiah Ravachol
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08/09/17 • -1 min
The development of the rpg design of Epidiah Ravachol (38 mins) Download
A profile of the rpg development history of Epidiah Ravachol with contributions from the Tableplay, Tell Me Another and Independent Insurgency podcasts
http://www.richard-williams.com/ax/ax2sep_ERprofile.mp3
0053 The origins of Dread
0444 The Dread tower
0550 The Dread questionnaires
0616 Publishing Dread
0728 Time and Temp
0928 Epimas and the success of the pdf
1023 Playstorming
1130 The Games in a Jiffy: Trial & Terror and MonkeyDome
1350 MonkeyDome, tonal resolution and Sword & Sorcery
1510 Dread House: refining and developing Dread
1828 The direct lineage from Dread to Vast & Starlit via a horror convention
2222 What is a roleplaying game? the game
2410 Vast & Starlit and the essential core of roleplaying games
2700 The development of Swords Without Master and Worlds Without Master
3015 Wolfspell – powered by the apocalypse
3140 Swords Without Master: tones, phases and its mini-games
Games mentioned
Dread (2005)
Time & Temp (2009)
Trial and Terror: SVU (2009)
MonkeyDome (2009)
Dread House (2010)
The Dread Geas of Duke Vulku (2015)
Spaceknights (2012)
The Final Girl (2012)
What is a roleplaying game? (2013)
Vast & Starlit (2013)
Doll (2013)
The Sundered Land (2013)
Nanoworld (2013)
Cheat Your Own Adventure (2012)
Swords Without Master (2014)
Wolfspell (2013)
Apocalypse World (2011)
Invisible Empire (2015)
Media mentioned
Worlds Without Master
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
The 200 word rpg contest
The works of Clark Ashton Smith
Best RPGs for Beginners (Part 1)
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09/20/17 • -1 min
Best RPGs for Beginners (Part 1) (61 mins) Download
Ric, Rob, Joanna Piancastelli and assorted British roleplaying luminaries share their thoughts on the best place for beginners to start
http://www.richard-williams.com/ax/ax2sep_top5p1.mp3
0000 What were our criteria?
0342 Lady Blackbird (2009) by John Harper
0721 Twenty Four Game Poems: Slower Than Light (2010) by Marc Majcher
1219 #Feminism (2016) by various
1650 From Concrete Cow: Lloyd Gyan on Dungeons & Dragons 5e (2014); Matt Nixon on Dungeons & Dragons 5e (2014); Amy on Firefly (2014); Mike Mason on Call of Cthulhu (1981-2014); Ian on Cthulhu Dark (2010-17)
1919 Always/Never/Now (2013) by Will Hindmarch
2448 Microscope (2011) by Ben Robbins
2940 Fiasco (2009) by Jason Morningstar
3400 From Concrete Cow: Lloyd Gyan on Dungeon World (2012); Paul Fricker on Dungeon World (2012); Ralph on Beyond the Wall (2013); Andrew Burbage on Traveller (1977-2016); Matt Nixon on BRP (1980-2008)
3639 Love in the Time of Seið (2010) by Mattijs Holter & Jason Morningstar
4125 Questlandia (2014) by Hannah Shaffer & Evan Rowland
4409 Monsterhearts (2012) by Avery Alder
4812 From Concrete Cow: Lloyd Gyan on Mutant Year Zero (2014); James Mullen on Fiasco (2009); James Torrance on Microscope (2011); Scott Dorward on Primetime Adventures (2004-15); Piers Connelly on Intrepid (2013)
5053 Psi*Run (2007) by Meguey Baker
5725 From Concrete Cow: Lloyd Gyan on Masks: A New Generation (2016); Steve Ellis on Monsterhearts (2012); Abstract Machine on Left Coast (2011-13); Cat on Best Friends (2007); Michael on Cheat Your Own Adventure (2012)
What’s Hot in Indie RPGs 2018
Across the Table
12/17/18 • 0 min
200 word rpg playfest
Across the Table
09/13/17 • 0 min
The development of the rpg design of Epidiah Ravachol
Across the Table
08/09/17 • 0 min
Epimas 2016 – Epidiah Ravachol
Across the Table
12/21/16 • -1 min
Epimas 2016 – A conversation with Epidiah Ravachol (16 mins) Download
Ric & Rob talk with Epidiah Ravachol about Epimas 2016.
http://www.richard-williams.com/ax/axsep2_epimas16.mp3
See the Epimas bundles on the Worlds without Master website. Bundles can be bought and gifted until 23 December 2016.
0046 Read Epidiah’s interview with Brie Sheldon about the history of Epimas.
0053 Why he does Epimas
0245 How Epimas has changed
0633 Playing favourites in The Romance trilogy
0822 Playing favourites in this year’s Epimas
1255 Epimas games he wishes he’d designed
1320 Hidden gems in the Epimas bundles
1515 The bundle to get for the friend with whom you have a difficult relationship
Games mentioned
The Holly & The Ivy (Playing Nature’s Year)
The Romance trilogy (in the Love bundle)
Beast Hunters
By Crom (in the Mirth bundle)
The Bloody-Handed Name of Bronze (in the Comfort bundle)
Our Radios Are Dying (in the Love bundle)
Wizards of Three Moons (in the Mirth bundle)
Apocalypse World 2e (in the Good Will bundle)
Flavortown (in the Warmth bundle)
#Feminism (in the Love bundle)
The Good Will bundle
The Joie bundle
Best RPGs for Beginners (Part 2)
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10/11/17 • -1 min
Best RPGs for Beginners (Part 2) (31 mins) Download
Ric, Rob and Joanna Piancastelli conclude on this king-sized episode with their pick for the best rpg for beginners
http://www.richard-williams.com/ax/ax2sep_top5p2.mp3
0000 GxB (2011) by Jake Richmond
0800 Kingdom (2013) by Ben Robbins
1730 Witch: the Road to Lindisfarne (2012) by Kevin Barthaud & Richard Lacy
To read replays (transcripts) of a session of the above games which Ric organised see:
GxB: Momoko the Hero
Witch: The Witch & the Rosary
From Concrete Cow: Neil on Inspectres (2004); Elina on Witch: the Road to Lindisfarne; Lloyd Gyan on Fate Accelerated (2013); Nick Reynolds on playing with those you like and trust
Epidiah Ravachol and Swords Without Master
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08/14/17 • -1 min
Epidiah Ravachol and Swords Without Master (28 mins) Download
A detailed discussion with Epidiah Ravachol about the design of Swords Without Master
http://www.richard-williams.com/ax/ax2sep_ERSwords.mp3
0000 Why has Swords taken so long?
0125 What has pro-wrestling to do with the Perilous Phase?
0209 How each phase shares responsibility for the narrative
0333 The Rogues Phase and Playing your character in the face of demands that go against your vision of the character and framing demands
0650 The Discovery Phase as driver of the game
0820 The Phase for ending the game
0933 The design origins of the Phases
1335 The Overplayer’s sense of wonder in the Discovery phase
1437 Stymies and “Just call it failure!”
1636 Morals and amoral tales
1810 Mysteries and the world is weirder than you think
1840 Motifs, echoes and chapter breaks
2242 Motif reincorporation and ending the game
2439 Epilogues and hopes for multi-session play
2643 Changes to the finished version
Games mentioned
Sorceress Bloody Sorceress (2014)
Apocalypse World (2010)
The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1998)
The Black Hack (2016)
Annalise (2010)
Invisible Empire (2015)
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FAQ
How many episodes does Across the Table have?
Across the Table currently has 17 episodes available.
What topics does Across the Table cover?
The podcast is about Leisure, Game, Story, Games, Tabletop, Design, Indie, Podcasts, Small and Rpg.
What is the most popular episode on Across the Table?
The episode title 'Epimas 2016 – Epidiah Ravachol' is the most popular.
How often are episodes of Across the Table released?
Episodes of Across the Table are typically released every 1 day, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of Across the Table?
The first episode of Across the Table was released on Dec 21, 2016.
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