RPG Design Panelcast

There are thriving RPG scenes in outside North America. Come find out from our Industry Insiders on what’s up, what’s innovative, and what’s scandalous. Presented by Jason Morningstar and Dominic McDowall-Thomas.

 

Episode 17: International RPG Scene [ 53:17 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (188)

Join Industry Insider designers and developers as they talk about post mortems of various independently published projects.  Presented by Jason Morningstar and James Earnst

 

Episode 16: Indie Cradle to Indie Grave [ 56:10 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (155)

Presented by Jason Morningstar and Kenneth Hite.

Stress-Free Historical Roleplaying Description: How to enjoy roleplaying in historical settings – common pitfalls and how to avoid (or ignore) them.

Presented at GenCon 2012.

 

Episode15: History Panic [ 52:56 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (183)

A discussion about GM’less games by Jason Morningstar at Metatopia 2012.  This was presented to a group of game designers and publishers who ask some advanced questions.

Sorry that the introduction doesn’t include the title of the seminar.

 

Episode 14: Advanced GMless Games [ 52:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (210)

A discussion about GM’less games by Jason Morningstar at GenCon 2012.  This was presented to a general audience and provides a good foundation on the subject.

 

Episode13: Introduction GMless Games [ 49:16 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (256)

What kinds of playtests are there?

How can you run them or play in them effectively?

Learn how iterative testing improves a game

1. Discuss the purpose of playtesting.
2. The three styles of playtesting?
3. Playtesting your own game.
4. Runing someone else’s game.
5. Observing a playtest.
6. Playing in a playtest with panache.
7. Questions and answers

Presented by Jason Pitre and Adam Koebel

 

Episode12: Playtesting RPGs [ 49:21 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (236)

“It’s a Hit! Now What? Dealing With Unexpected Success” presented by Fred Hicks & Curt Covert. You’ve made something and people like it and want more. Or your preorder went well – much better than you expected – and you find yourself facing a bigger print run and a bigger shipping effort than you’d planned for. Success can be a tricky thing – the bigger you succeed, the harder you have to work, and sometimes there are pitfalls. Join us and talk about the “now what?” phase.

 

Episode 11: Dealing With Unexpected Success [ 49:53 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (205)

The Retailers’ View: What Sells, What Doesn’t, and Why presented by Jim Crocker and Brian Dalrymple. This panel will focus on what new games look like from the perspective of the stores that sell them. Our panelists will lead a discussion of recently published games and how they fared once they hit their stores.

 

Episode 10: The Retailers View.mp3 [ 54:54 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (200)

“Self-Publishing: Production and Fulfillment” presented by Fred Hicks, Darren Watts & Jim Crocker. You’ve decided to print and distribute your product yourself. What do you need in order to do so successfully? Come learn from folks who have done it.

 

Episode 9: Self- Publishing; Production and Fulfillment.mp3 [ 45:23 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (178)

“Licensing Popular Intellectual Property” presented by Amanda Valentine, Fred Hicks & Cam Banks. Three designers with extensive experience in the world of licensing well-known intellectual properties discuss what makes a good property for licensing, how to go about getting a license, and how to keep your licensor happy and yourself protected throughout the process.

 

Episode 8: Licensing Popular Intellectual Properties [ 57:23 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (139)

An overall summary of Indie Game Publishing, including copyright, printing costs and the perils of distribution, by David A. Hill Jr. of Machine Age Productions.

 

Episode 7: Lessons from Indie Publishing [ 1:02:22 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (174)

“Addressing Controversial Topics” presented by John Stavropolous, Bill White & Brennan Taylor. Join our panelists for a discussion on handling delicate and/or controversial topics in your game design. Subjects include political correctness, sexual and romantic interactions and religion.

 

 

 

Episode 6: Addressing Controversial Topics [ 59:06 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (268)

“Editing and Organizing Game Text” presented by Amanda Valentine, Fred Hicks, Jason Pitre & John Adamus. Successful game text requires clarity, structure and style. Learn the secrets of this dark art at this roundtable discussion.

 

Episode 5: Editing and Organizing Game Text [ 56:05 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (314)

 

“The Care and Feeding of Artists” presented by Ed Bell, Jen Christiansen & Fred Hicks. You’re not an artist yourself, but your game needs art! How do you hire artists, and how do you work with them to get what you need? This special panel features Ed Bell and Jen Christiansen, two art directors from Scientific American magazine.

 

Episode 4: Care and Feeding of Artists [ 53:16 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (201)

“The Graphic Design and Layout Roundtable” presented by Hal Mangold, Nathan Paoletta & Ben Morgan. Discuss the best ways to make your game look exciting, fun, and easily readable with some of the sharpest eyes in the field

 

Episode 3: Graphic Design and Layout Panel [ 1:55:51 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (525)

My Dearest Failure: Games That Didn’t Work and Why” presented by Jason Morningstar, Kenneth Hite & Rob Donoghue. Sometimes it just doesn’t work out. Join us for a discussion of games that never got made despite the best of intentions, and what lessons we can learn from the wreckage.

 

Episode 2: Beautiful Failures [ 51:53 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (382)

Episode 1 is: The Coolest Game You Never Heard Of: presented by James Ernest, Kenneth Hite, Jason Morningstar, Cam Banks, Nathan Paoletta, Brennan Taylor & Others. Join our Guests of Honor and several additional talented designers for a discussion about their favorite obscure game that influenced them. What did we learn, why do we love them, and why do they remain obscure? This discussion will address both role playing and board/card games.

Here is a partial list!

1. Pitch
2. Blowback (and Nights Black Agents)
3. Bunnies & Burrows
4. Dirty Secrets
5. Inspectres
6. King Arthur Pendragon
7. How We Came to Live Here
8. Grey Ranks!
9. Summerland
10. The Collectors: The Burning House
11. Everway
12. Dream Park
13. Annalise
14. Legends of Alryia
15. Black Fire
16. Clover
17. vs. Monsters
18. Ganakagok
19. Primitive
20. The Quiet Year
21. Ribbon Drive
22. Final Girl
23. Unsung
24. Don’t Walk in Winter Wood
25. Urchin
26. Roanoke
27. Mutant: Undergångens Arvtagare (Mutant: The Inheritors of the Apocalypse)
28. Run Robot Red
29. Dark Space
30. Iron Crown
31. RIFTS Worldbooks (Wormwood and Phase World)
32. Secrets of Ziran
33. JAGS Wonderland
34. Archipelago!
35. Sandman: The Map of Halaal
36. Dune
37. Nine Worlds.
38. Kagematsu
39. The Whispering Vault
40. Heroes of Olympus
41. Weapons of the Gods
42. Spellbound Kingdoms
43. The Future King
44. Danger Patrol
45. Underground
46. Timeship
47. Great Ork Gods
48. Gangbusters
49. Boot Hill
50. Dogs in the Vineyard
51. Top secret
52. Kult
53. Puppetland
54. Wild Strawberries
55. Thou art but a Warrior
56. Call of Cthulhu
57. Over the Edge
58. Fate
59. Alarums and Excursions
60. Delta green
61. Nexus: The Infinite City
62. Feng Shui
63. Risus: The anything RPG
64. The Warp System
65. Where the Cookuu lands
66. Tales from the Floating Vagabond
67. 80s Ghostbusters game
68. Torg
69. The Morrow Project
70. Super Squadron
71. Goblins! (also Gurps Goblins)
72. FASA Trek
73. Icon
74. GURPS Black Ops
75. Hellboy (Gurps)
76. The Coda System
77. Thousand and One Nights
78. Atomic Highway (and supplement for monsters - irradiated freaks)
79. Gamma World
80. Apocalypse world
81. Car Wars
82. Serial Homicide Unit
83. Last Train Out of Warsaw
84. Sweet Agatha
85. Dungeons and Dragons
86. Perfect Unrevised
87. Scarlet Wake
88. Waiting For The Queen
89. Tea At Midnight
90. Baby Wars
91. The Mountain Witch
92. Under the Bed
93. Silver & White
94. Sign in Stranger
95. Legends of the Wulin
96. Lacuna Part 1
97. Orbit
98. Moldvay
99. Hunters Hunted

 

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