249 episodes
TABLETOP TALK - Third Floor Wars Craig Shipman
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Do you love tabletop gaming? This is your podcast.
Who are the creatives behind your favorite games and content? How do they approach their work?
Craig sits with designers, developers, artists, writers, and creators and learns how they approach their work. I try to understand their process, inspiration, and methods for crafting their creations.
Craig digs deep into the work and uncovers the origins of your favorite tabletop games and the creative process that brought them to life. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thirdfloorwars/support
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Jonathan Mordech (King’s Poisoner) Interview: ep. 239
Jonathan talks about the origins and the mechanics behind his GM-Less RPG, The King's Poisoner. He walks us through the process and decisions that took the basics of Blackjack and transformed it into an RPG with court intrigue and murder!
Support The King's Poisoner BackerKit Campaign
Find more games on V2S Games website
Follow V2S Games on X
Join V2S Games on Discord
Open Hearth Gaming Community
ARC (Australia Roleplay Community)
Last Train to Bremen by Caro Asercion
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Listen to an excellent boardgame podcast
Go to the Writer's Room for 7th Sea Adventures!
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Marginal Words KS
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Ross Bryant (Glass Cannon Network, Stream of Blood, The Good Place) Interview: ep. 238
Ross Bryant shares his creative process as a performer and a player. He reveals the skills that make for a great player and GM. We dig into the crossover from being an actor and comedian and playing in an RPG.
Ross on Instagram
Ross on Twitter
Ross on IMDB
Early Ross the player on Steam of Blood
Recent Ross on Glass Cannon
Twin Masks LARP
Season 1 of Adventure Zone
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Gun Crazy
Targets
The Conversation
Carnival of Souls
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Listen to an excellent boardgame podcast
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Listen to Tales of the Manticore
Marginal Words KS
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WF Smith (Barkeep on the Borderlands) Interview: ep. 237
WF Smith discusses his Ennie-winning book, Barkeep on the Borderlands. Craig asks about the idea's origin and the creative decisions that brought the book to life.
Prismatic Wasteland
Barkeep on the Borderlands
Prismatic’s Itch
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Listen to Tales of the Manticore
Marginal Words KS
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Jim & Raychel (Tabula Sono 3D VTT) Interview: ep. 236
Craig talks with the sibling duo behind the innovative browser-based virtual tabletop Tabula Sono. They discuss how the idea emerged and the design pillars that guide their development.
The VTT
We playing HEDGE on the VTT
My Q&A on their YT channel
Wheel of Time
Elantris
Warbreaker
Stormlight Archive
Outlander Book Series
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, 1)
Mythcreants
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Listen to Tales of the Manticore
Marginal Words KS
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Joel Vrugdenhil (Star & City, Heaven or Hell) Interview: ep. 235
Craig talks with Joel about two of his games, Star & City and Heaven or Hell. Joel reveals the influences he's had from video and board games. They discuss when to recognize a game isn't working and what to do next.
Joel’s Twitter
Joel’s Itch
Joel’s Twitch
Project Moon Games
Battlecon Board Game
Blue Lock
Call of the Night
Street Fighter 6
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Check out our live-streaming content on Twitch
Don't miss our RPG Actual Plays, tutorials, and gaming content on YouTube
Listen to an excellent boardgame podcast
Go to the Writer's Room for 7th Sea Adventures!
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Listen to Tales of the Manticore
Marginal Words KS
Follow us on Facebook
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Addison Goff (Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy) Interview: ep. 234
Craig talks with Addison Goff about his game, where the investigative system came from, and how he believes it solves some of the issues he sees in other games like Call of Cthulhu and the Gumshoe system,
AMIN website
Their Patreon
Their Itch
Their Ko-fi
Eureka Kickstarter
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Support the show for as little as $1 month:
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Check out our live-streaming content on Twitch
Don't miss our RPG Actual Plays, tutorials, and gaming content on YouTube
Listen to an excellent boardgame podcast
Go to the Writer's Room for 7th Sea Adventures!
Check out the great games from A Couple of Drakes:
Marginal Words KS
Follow us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
Follow on BlueSky
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