Across the Table

Across the Table

By Ric & Rob
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Across the Table episodes

  • Acquiring IP licenses and designing genre in rpgs
    UK Games Expo seminar: Acquiring IP licenses and designing genre in rpgs (48 mins) Download A panel seminar from UK Games Expo led by Michael Duxbury and including Darren Pearce on writing the Judge Dredd rpg, Ed Jowett and John from Shades of Vengeance and Ric talking nanogame design of specific shows and books 0000 … Continue reading Acquiring IP licenses and designing genre in rpgs →
    48 min
  • Epidiah Ravachol and Swords Without Master

    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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  • Epidiah Ravachol and Swords Without Master
    Epidiah Ravachol and Swords Without Master (28 mins) Download A detailed discussion with Epidiah Ravachol about the design of Swords Without Master 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 … Continue reading Epidiah Ravachol and Swords Without Master →
    28 min
  • The development of the rpg design of Epidiah Ravachol

    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

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  • The development of the rpg design of Epidiah Ravachol
    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 0053 The origins of Dread 0444 The Dread tower 0550 The Dread questionnaires 0616 Publishing Dread 0728 Time and Temp 0928 … Continue reading The development of the rpg design of Epidiah Ravachol →
    39 min
  • Epimas 2016 – Epidiah Ravachol

    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

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  • Episode Eight – Lady Blackbird
    Episode Eight – Lady Blackbird (47 mins) Download Lady Blackbird is a tabletop roleplaying game designed by John Harper. Don’t like background music? Find the music-free recording at the bottom of the page. 0034 Why are we talking about this game? 0127 A scenario with its own rule system 0317 The premise of the scenario … Continue reading Episode Eight – Lady Blackbird →
    48 min

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