Talking TableTop

This episode features Jeff Barber of Biohazard Publishing. Jeff is a game designer that made the Origins Award nominated game, Blue Planet. Now after many years away Jeff has come back to game design with his new game Upwind. During this interview we talk about Blue Planet, Jeff's long hiatus from game design, and the differences between publishing today and publishing in the 90's.

This episode feature part 2 of the interview with Talking TableTop host Jim McClure. In this episode he talks about the story of how he came to join One Shot, the inception of Third Act Publishing, and he answers the hard questions he always puts his guests through.

On this episode of Talking TableTop the co-host becomes the... co-shot as Jim McClure is the one getting interviewed by Chirs of the Misdirected Mark Podcast. During this part one of the interview, Jim discusses his two different origin stories for tabletop, the genesis of the show, and many stories from his past.

This episode is the one year anniversary of Talking TableTop and it features extra "after hours" interviews from past co-hosts of the show. In this episode we hear from Chirs Hussy, John Goodenough, John Wick, Shanna Germain, Grant Howitt, and Monte Cook.

This show features Matt Forbeck, a game developer, freelance writer, video game writer, and novelist for over 30 years. If there has been a game product, chances are Matt has worked on it or knows someone who has. During this interview we talk about him launching his first gaming magazine when he was 16, moving to the UK to land a job in the games industry, writing 12 novels in a year, and his involvement with the Diana Jones awards.

This weeks show features Chris Hussy. Chris is a member of the Fear the Boot Podcast, an RPG writer, and film maker. During this interview we discuss his time as a writer, what it was like running two failed kickstarters, and about his latest project, a star wars movie.

This episode features Jim Crocker. He is a brick and mortar game store owner that has been in the retail side of the game business for over a decade. During this show we talk about what it is like to run a game store, the changes in the RPG industry, and his involvement in Indie Games on Demand.

This episode features Hans Cummings. Hans is a tabletop player, blogger, novelist, and the submission coordinator for the ENnie awards. During this interview we talk about some of his past projects like running the same module in ever edition of D&D, what it is like organizing the ENnie awards, and the nature of novel publishing in the 21st century.

This episode features Evan Torner. Evan is an RPG organizer for Games on Demand, and a game designer that has been in the hobby for over 20 years. During this interview we talk about the evolution of games, how academia and game design interact, and some of his personal philosophies on the subject.

This show features Rich Rogers. Rich is a veteran podcaster, youtuber, tabletop gaming, and all around awesome person. During this interview we talk about what podcasting was like a during its infancy, how content creation has changed and evolved over the last decade, his love of Powered by the Apocalypse games, and we both just kind of nerd out about our love of tabletop.