Brewmasters: Tabletop RPG Design

This week we're talking to legendary game design Steve Jackson, the found of Steve Jackson Games, and the author behind The Fantasy Trip, GURPS, Munchkin, Ogre, Melee, and much, much more! Join us as we discuss board games, business, the state of the market, speculation on GURPS 5e, and the Old School Revival trend - plus of course advice for new designers.

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If you want to check out Mr. Jackson's work, you can head on over to:
http://sjgames.com
http://thefantasytrip.game

►What is Brewmasters?
Brewmasters is the series where we sit down with accomplished home brewers, game designers, and creatives from the table top roleplaying community and talk shop about design, inspirations, methodology, and more, sharing advice for everyone interested in the behind the scenes of tabletop RPG's.

If you're a designer or brewer and you'd like to be a guest on the show, just get in touch at [email protected], show me your work and what you'd like to discuss! I can't promise to get back to everyone, but I'll read every submission.

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This week we're talking to Sly Flourish, the master mind behind the Lazy DM series as well as Fantastic Lairs and more content than I could announce! Today we're discussing everything Dungeon Mastering. From how to dm effectively using modular pre-planning, to looking at the dungeon masters guide, dming throughout D&D history, and more!

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If you want to check out more of Sly's work, or follow him on social media check out:
http://slyflourish.com/

►What is Brewmasters?
Brewmasters is the series where we sit down with accomplished home brewers, game designers, and creatives from the table top roleplaying community and talk shop about design, inspirations, methodology, and more, sharing advice for everyone interested in the behind the scenes of tabletop RPG's.

If you're a designer or brewer and you'd like to be a guest on the show, just get in touch at [email protected], show me your work and what you'd like to discuss! I can't promise to get back to everyone, but I'll read every submission.

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This week we're talking to Steven Radney MacFarland, famed co-designer for D&D 4th edition, and Pathfinder 1st & 2nd editions, who has taught game design at colleges, and is now working on his own game Delve RPG. Join us as we discuss rules archaeology, teaching design, advice for beginner designers, and more!

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If you want to check out Stephen's work or check out Delve, you can head to any of these links:
https:www.delve-rpg.com
https:www.twitter.com/DelveRPG
https://www.facebook.com/delverpg
https://www.patreon.com/DelveRPG
https://www.facebook.com/thesrm

►What is Brewmasters?
Brewmasters is the series where we sit down with accomplished home brewers, game designers, and creatives from the table top roleplaying community and talk shop about design, inspirations, methodology, and more, sharing advice for everyone interested in the behind the scenes of tabletop RPG's.

If you're a designer or brewer and you'd like to be a guest on the show, just get in touch at [email protected], show me your work and what you'd like to discuss! I can't promise to get back to everyone, but I'll read every submission.

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This week we're talking to superstar Satine Phoenix about her new kickstarter project Battle of the Bards, exploring how to use brew to share experiences, the untapped potential of the Bard class, teaching dungeon mastering, and more!

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If you want to check out Satine's work, you can follow the links below:
The Bard Book
Battle of the Bard's Kickstarter
Apotheosis Studios

►What is Brewmasters?
Brewmasters is the series where we sit down with accomplished home brewers, game designers, and creatives from the table top roleplaying community and talk shop about design, inspirations, methodology, and more, sharing advice for everyone interested in the behind the scenes of tabletop RPG's.

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This week we're talking to Chris Talor and Grant Howitt, the minds behind Spire RPG, Goblin Quest, Unbound, popular One Page RPG's like honey heist and crash pandas, and of course the founders of Rowan, Rook, and Decard. Join us as we discuss ttrpg business, the value of collaborating with another writer, how to establish theme with mechanics, and how they taught themselves design.

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If you want to check out Chris, Grant, and Minerva's work, you can follow the links below:
https://rowanrookanddecard.com

►What is Brewmasters?
Brewmasters is the series where we sit down with accomplished home brewers, game designers, and creatives from the table top roleplaying community and talk shop about design, inspirations, methodology, and more, sharing advice for everyone interested in the behind the scenes of tabletop RPG's.

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This week we're talking to Kazumi, a teacher and table top game designer on itch.io. Join us as we discuss games beyond D&D, the value of labour, ethno-sensitivity, and see how Kazumi turns the tables by getting me to talk about my history with brew and ends up teaching me some valuable game design lessons.

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If you want to check out Kazumi's work, you can check out the links belows:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kazumiochin
Itch.io: https://kazumiochin.itch.io

►What is Brewmasters?
Brewmasters is the series where we sit down with accomplished home brewers, game designers, and creatives from the table top roleplaying community and talk shop about design, inspirations, methodology, and more, sharing advice for everyone interested in the behind the scenes of tabletop RPG's.

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This week we're talking to RainJunkie, the homebrewer behind the legendary Dragon Knight class, more subclasses than I can count, and a handful of other beloved brews like Variant Shadow Magic, and the Exemplar Class. Join us as we discuss homebrew hot takes, why Rain doesn't want to monetise his work, the Kobel controversy and more!

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If you want to check out Rain's work, you can find it on reddit and tumblr:
https://reddit.com/u/Rain-Junkie​
https://rain-junkiednd.tumblr.com/​

►What is Brewmasters?
Brewmasters is the series where we sit down with accomplished home brewers, game designers, and creatives from the table top roleplaying community and talk shop about design, inspirations, methodology, and more, sharing advice for everyone interested in the behind the scenes of tabletop RPG's.

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This week we're talking to Yorviing, a friend to many in the discord of many things, known for his creative world building and currently working on a campaign setting called Yvarra. Join us as we discuss world building, accessibility, onboarding, the brew community, and self improvement.

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Reddit: https://reddit.com/u/Yorviing
Discord: https://discord.gg/zxkdsCMp
Patreon: https://patreon.com/Yorviing
Brew Library: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-Ndi8iiRLgH-Kla9zIaoP6C0D0n7MEaq

►What is Brewmasters?
Brewmasters is the series where we sit down with accomplished home brewers, game designers, and creatives from the table top roleplaying community and talk shop about design, inspirations, methodology, and more, sharing advice for everyone interested in the behind the scenes of tabletop RPG's.

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This week we're talking to Benjamin Huffman, the Sterling Vermin himself, author behind some of DMs Guild's biggest hits including The Complete Handbook series, The Pugilist, Magus, Scholar, and Spiritualist classes, the Dhampir, Saurian, Giff, and Beastfolk races, adventures, subclasses, feats, firearms, monsters, you name it he's brewed it! Join us as we take a look at 5th edition, homebrew, and politics.

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If you're curious to see more of Benjamin's work just click the links below:
Website: https://sterlingvermin.com
Patreon: https://patreon.com/sterlingvermin
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sterlingvermin
DMs Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Benjamin%20Huffman

►What is Brewmasters?
Brewmasters is the series where we sit down with accomplished home brewers, game designers, and creatives from the table top roleplaying community and talk shop about design, inspirations, methodology, and more, sharing advice for everyone interested in the behind the scenes of tabletop RPG's.

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This week we're finishing the conversation with Izzy, the author behind many homebrew classes such as the Disciple, Incarnate, and Occultist, author of Heroes of Dwarfhome, and contributor to Amarune's Almanac. Join us as we dive into deeper class analysis, innovating on D&D's fundamental systems, looking at monster design, and reminiscing about older content.

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If you're curious to see more of Izzy's work check out the links below, or head over to the Discord of Many Things and ask for him.
Homebrew on Google Drive
reddit.com/user/InfKore
twitter.com/ThrowingAxePRS

►What is Brewmasters?
Brewmasters is the series where we sit down with accomplished home brewers, game designers, and creatives from the table top roleplaying community and talk shop about design, inspirations, methodology, and more, sharing advice for everyone interested in the behind the scenes of tabletop RPG's.

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