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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Back Wandering Blades

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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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Elliot and Brian sit down with Andre Novoa of Games Omnivorous to discuss his latest game The Job and how it uses simple mechanics to elegantly recreate a heist movie for your gaming table. We also discuss what makes Games Omnivorous unique and touch on the TTRPG scene in Portugal. 

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

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The Job on Backerkit

Games Omnivorous

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Elliot and Brian are joined by Realis writer Austin Walker and Possible Worlds founder Tyler Crumrine for a discussion about their collaboration on this exciting new game. We dive into the sentence-based mechanics, how players might imagine their own version of Realis, and where this project fits into the large slate of upcoming Possible Worlds releases. 

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

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Realis Ashcan

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Friends at the Table

Shelved by Genre

Follow Possible Worlds Games

Check out the upcoming slate of PW Games Releases

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Elliot and Brian are joined by Ben Costa and James Parks, co-designers of Land of Eem. We discuss their lifelong collaboration and how it led to the creation of this world that has spawned graphic novels, middle-grade fiction, and now a TTRPG that facilitates how Ben and James love to play games.

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

Links:

Land of Eem

Exalted Funeral

James Recommends:

Usagi Yojimbo

Ben Recommends:

Star Wars Unlimited

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Elliot and Brian are joined by Jason Morningstar, co-owner of Bully Pulpit games and designer of titles like Fiasco, Night Witches, and the upcoming Zhenya’s Wonder Tales. We discuss how to listen to a game when designing, the power of being curious, and why sometimes the best business is built on friendship.

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

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Support Zhenya’s Wonder Tales

Bully Pulpit Games

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Jason Recommends:

SUPER BANDIT

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