James Introcaso sits down with game designer and author Matthew D. Corley to talk about the relationship between RPGs and fictional short stories and novels. For more of Matt’s work, check out The Devil’s City now on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/37222410/the-devils-city-for-5e Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/introcaso

172 – Matthew D. Corley on Writing RPGs and Fiction

A table top RPG news, advice, interviews, and reviews podcast hosted by Amber, Kristin, Kenny, and John.

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Today on the show Amber and Kenny chat with Sally Tamarkin and Kyle Latino about Cloud Curio, a new TTRPG content and publishing company Ddesigning whimsical and strange supplements that are system neutral but ready-to-use with 5e.

260 – Cloud Curio

On this episode of Tabletop Crowd Kristin sits down with creators Ulyssess and Ewen to discuss their new game To Change, a rules-light TTRPG where players will find themselves faced with a shared experience of a transformation in the body and mind. 

We hear the pair’s ideas for settings for the game, what inspired the idea and take a fun detour to learn about the novel Ewen wrote. 

You can check out To Change live on Gamfound now! https://gamefound.com/projects/usducktape/tochange#/section/project-story

259 – Table Top Crowd – To Change

In this episode Kristin sits down with game designer and founder of Daylight Publications Cam Day to discuss his new project RoboNoir: Crime in Cog City. Kristin and Cam discuss robot art and playbooks, light vs. heavy RPG systems and why Cam will always favor a D12 above all other dice!

258 – Table Top Crowd – RoboNoir

This brief update episode is to let y’all know what’s been going on and why we went on an unexpected, unfortunate, and unannounced hiatus.

2022 Update

In this episode Kristin sits down with two of the designers behind the LATAM Breakout project, Misha and Wendi, to discuss their Kickstarter. They discuss how they connected with SouMuppet Publishing, provide a breakdown Here, There, Be Monsters! (by Wendi) and Cantrip (by Misha) as well as the editors and artists involved in bringing this project to life. 

LATAM Breakout features five games from five incredible designers. It is live on Kickstarter right now!

You can back it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/soulmuppet/latam-breakout

You can follow them both on Twitter for updates on other projects:

 Misha: https://twitter.com/panarin_misha

Wendi: https://twitter.com/wen_di_yu

A full list of the LATAM Breakout designers and their games for the project:

Guiliano Roverato, creating Brave Zenith  
Luna, creating Ultra y Eterna  
Wendi Yu, creating here, there, be monsters!  
Rachi, creating Mayflies
Misha Panarin, creating Cantrip

172 – Matthew D. Corley on Writing RPGs and Fiction

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