Game designer, community manager and all around interesting guy Nathan Black talks codes of conduct, selling a punch, and larping the everyday.

54. Nathan Black

BACKSTORY is an ongoing series of interviews with game designers and other notable members of the role-playing community, hosted by Alex Roberts. This show is all about the person behind the work: how did they get into gaming? Why did they start designing? What are they most excited about for the future? Alex loves getting to know people, and you'll love coming along for the ride.

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On the final episode of Backstory, designer and publisher Cat Tobin talks pushing things forward, leaving things behind, and publishing original Irish language RPGs! 

Talk to you later, heroes.

89. Cat Tobin

Game designer Lucian Kahn talks magic, humor, and some exciting game anthologies. Would you rather be a Visigoth or a Mall Goth?

88. Lucian Kahn

Psychologist Diana J Leonard shares her work on the life cycle of play communities.

87. Diana J Leonard

Ben Chong, aka swordsnflowers, joins us to talk about his experience teaching analog game design, developing the TTRPG scene in Malaysia, and his Sword Dream.

86. Ben Chong

Game designer and translator Sangjun Park talks about Moonflower, game translation, and his hopes for the future of the Korean TTRPG scene.

54. Nathan Black

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