Across the Table Ric & Rob

What’s Hot in Indie RPGs 2018? – Dragonmeet 2018 seminar (47 mins) Download An annual lookback at 2018 and some of the games and trends in indie rpgs. Ric moderated this seminar at Dragonmeet on 1st December 2018. The panel was Rob, Eunice Hung, James Mullen and Lloyd Gyan. (Read the hand-outs, including popular con games, biggest kickstarters … Continue reading What’s Hot in Indie RPGs 2018 →

What’s Hot in Story Games 2017? – Dragonmeet 2017 seminar (45 mins) Download An annual lookback at 2017 and some of the games and trends in story games and narrative rpgs. Ric moderated this seminar at Dragonmeet on 2nd December 2017. The panel was Rob, Becky Annison, Elizabeth Lovegrove and Lloyd Gyan. (Read the hand-outs, including popular con … Continue reading What’s Hot in Story Games 2017 →

Best RPGs for Beginners (Part 2) (31 mins) Download Ric, Rob and Joanna Piancastelli conclude on this king-sized episode with their pick for the best rpg for beginners 0000 GxB (2011) by Jake Richmond 0800 Kingdom (2013) by Ben Robbins 1730 Witch: the Road to Lindisfarne (2012) by Kevin Barthaud & Richard Lacy To read … Continue reading Best RPGs for Beginners (Part 2) →

Best RPGs for Beginners (Part 1) (61 mins) Download Ric, Rob, Joanna Piancastelli and assorted British roleplaying luminaries share their thoughts on the best place for beginners to start 0000 What were our criteria? 0342 Lady Blackbird (2009) by John Harper 0721 Twenty Four Game Poems: Slower Than Light (2010) by Marc Majcher 1219 #Feminism … Continue reading Best RPGs for Beginners (Part 1) →

Ric & Rob at the 200 word rpg playfest (30 mins) Download Ric and Rob try to play (and discuss) as many 200 word rpg entries as possible at the 200 word rpg playfest 0031 Shuffles & Skeletons by Carlos Martins 0525 Build Your Own RPG by Andrew J. Young 0710 Manic Pixie Dream Girl … Continue reading 200 word rpg playfest →

UK Games Expo seminar: Acquiring IP licenses and designing genre in rpgs (48 mins) Download A panel seminar from UK Games Expo led by Michael Duxbury and including Darren Pearce on writing the Judge Dredd rpg, Ed Jowett and John from Shades of Vengeance and Ric talking nanogame design of specific shows and books 0000 … Continue reading Acquiring IP licenses and designing genre in rpgs →