Elliot and Brian are joined by Nevyn Holmes and Quinn Morris to talk about their mythopoetic mech TTRPG, Dragon Reactor. We discuss the importance of language in building a mythic story and Brian explains why this game’s Countdown mechanic restored his faith in downtime mechanics. 

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Nova Recommends:

I am Your Beast

Metallic Rouge

Quinn Recommends:

Cheekface

The Gooms

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Elliot and Brian sit down with Avery Alder, designer of beloved games like The Quiet Year and Monsterhearts, to discuss the many full circle moments of her career, why trigger warnings are actually for the sickos, and how she continues to learn from her designs even after putting them down for over a decade.

Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.

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Buy Going for Broke

Buried Without Ceremony

Avery on Bluesky

Avery Recommends:

Engines of Desire 

Red Carnations on a Black Grave

Sitting in the forest

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Elliot and Brian sit down for the first ever Talk of the Table LIVE Show at Twenty Sided Store for a follow up conversation with the co-designers of Triangle Agency Caleb Zane Huett and Sean Ireland. We dig into bringing this game to life, the joys and horror of corporate lingo, and where the money actually goes when you raise $380,000 on Kickstarter. Featuring a Q&A from our first ever live audience!

Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.

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You’re Too Show: A Sonic The Hedgehog Fancast

Sean Recommends:

Unionizing your workplace!

Caleb Recommends:

Line dancing! (or another non-games hobby)

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Elliot and Brian sit down with Moss Powers of Brewist Tabletop to discuss Book of Leviathan, their new expansion to the religious horror TTRPG HELLWHALERS. We discuss what this game has to say about hope and religious trauma, why gambling with Sic Bo is the perfect mechanic for driving home these themes, and what players can expect from this new expansion.

Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.

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Buy HELLWHALERS

Follow Moss

More games from Brewist

Moss Recommends:

Holding on to hope

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Elliot and Brian sit down with Asher McClennahan, the new Head of Games at Kickstarter, to discuss new features built on community feedback, how TTRPG creators can most effectively use Kickstarter, and how he hopes to regain the trust of creators who have left the platform in recent years due to concerns over AI and more.

Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.

Links:

[email protected]

Kickstarter Learning Lab

Autonomica Campaign Page

Asher Recommends:

Pandora’s Legacy

Connecting with the Games team at Kickstarter!

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In this Talk of the Table Roundtable special, Brian & Elliot sit down with Ray Chou of Mythworks and Fred Hicks of Evil Hat for a frank discussion on the state of TTRPG publishing amidst uncertainty caused by tariffs and more.

Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty. 

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Mythworks

Evil Hat

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Elliot and Brian sit down with Jess Levine, designer of games like Planet FIST, I Have the High Ground, and Going Rogue—one half of the forthcoming two-game book with Riley Rethal’s Galactic. We discuss bringing this massive collaboration to life, the choice of working in GMless or GMed design, and why the best adaptational media is made with love and hate.

Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.

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Follow Jumpgate Games

Jess Recommends:

hook, line & cyb3r

slender threads of freqs and fortune

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The Many Sided Network is EXPANDING! And as a part of that expansion we are adding FIVE new affiliate shows to our network. 

In this episode you'll be getting a proper introduction to each of these phenomenal new shows from the creators themselves.

The Many Sided Network is dedicated to TTRPG and nerdy podcasts telling great stories in new and innovative ways and this first class of affiliate podcasts are doing just that.

Dice Exploder

Maia’s Game Room 

Tales Yet Told

Dorkspawn

Mage Hand High Five

Learn more about the Many Sided Network and all our shows at manysidedmedia.com

Elliot and Brian sit down with Daniel Kwan, designer of Wandering Blades to discuss the balance of OSR and storygame design sensibilities behind this new game, how he found inspiration in the beautiful violence of wuxia media, and what designers can learn by playing TCGs.

Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.

Links:

Back Wandering Blades

Follow Daniel 

Daniel’s wuxia & wuxia-esque Recommendations:

Come Drink With Me

Dragon Inn

New Dragon Gate Inn

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

Shadow

Dragon (aka Wuxia)

Sword of the Stranger

Samurai Champloo

Ghost of Tsushima

Project: The Perceiver

Blades of the Guardians

Daniel Recommends:

Stepping outside of your comfort zone, being a learner, and playing new games

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Elliot and Brian sit down with Zach Cox, founder and creative lead of SoulMuppet Publishing to discuss growing a business while hating capitalism, being a sicko about book production, and creating games that demand play.

Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.

Links:

Back Mad As Hell on Kickstarter

Mad As Hell Quickstart

Mad As Hell - Radical’s Handbook

SoulMuppet Publishing

Zach on Bluesky

Zach Recommends:

Necropolis

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