gmparty GMParty

In this bonus episode from the archives, Andy Berdan and Alex Roberts talk about Andy's game-in-progress "Shadow Twitter" (later "Mic Drop"), Larps, Metatopia, Alex's game-in-progress "Tension" (later "Star Crossed"), Dread, motivation, organization and other meta-game-development things.

Alex Roberts can be found on twitter as @muscularpikachu and @backstorycast, and Star Crossed can be found at http://bullypulpitgames.com/games/star-crossed

Andy Berdan can be found on twitter as @andyberdan, and his tabletop games (including Mic Drop) can be found at http://berdandy.com

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Join Andy Berdan, Jason Pitre, Josh Jordan and Alasdair Stuart in a conversation about musically-oriented RPGs under development.

Jason Pitre (@genesisoflegend), is a biologist by day, Indie RPG designer, writer and barista by night. In addition to producing games under Genesis of Legend Publishing, he is also the host of the Roleplaying Game Design Panelcast podcast and you can find him at http://www.genesisoflegend.com

Josh T Jordan (@joshtjordan), from Ginger Goat RPGs, http://joshtjordan.com - check out his new John Silence RPG at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1080999837/john-silence

Alasdair Stuart (@alasdairstuart), owns Hugo and BFS Award nominated @EAPodcasts. Check him out at https://alasdairstuart.com

Andy Berdan (@andyberdan), host of gmparty, video and tabletop game developer, and multidisciplinary storyteller. Find his tabletop games at http://berdandy.com and all other things at http://berdan.ca

GMParty can be watched live at http://youtube.com/c/gmparty

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Episode 105 - Magic in RPGs

In which four tabletop game developers discuss various ways in which one could represent and communicate the wonder of magic in the modern tabletop rpg landscape.

Richard Kreutz-Landry is a game designer and origami artist. He's currently co-designing Descent Into Midnight ( http://www.descentintomidnight.com ). You can find him on Twitter as @rkreutzlandry.

Minna Reilly is a lifelong fantasy lover who spent a lot of her adolescence thinking about magic systems in fiction. She also plays Myra on The Magpies Podcast at https://themagpies.simplecast.fm/ You can find her on Twitter at @mynaminnarr.

Alex DeJesus is a self-confessed all around dork, and is building an as-yet untitled High-School-Witches-themed RPG with Minna. You can find him on twitter as @OlympianZeus

Andy Berdan is gmparty's host and founder of Berdandy Studios at http://berdandy.com/ and available on Twitter as @andyberdan.

GMParty can be watched live at http://youtube.com/c/gmparty

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Episode 104 - Documentary/Mockumentary Games

In which two tabletop game developers and a documentary cinematographer discuss the fundamental elements of documentary filmmaking, and attempt to translate them into a gaming medium.

Randy Lubin runs Diagetic Games, and is building Behind the Magic – a fantasy mockumentary game about incompetent adventurers. You can see his tabletop patreon at https://www.patreon.com/randylubin

Andy Berdan runs GMParty and Berdandy Studios and is building Mic Drop - a mockumentary game about a dumpster fire of a band on a train wreck of an album tour. You can see his tabletop work at http://berdandy.com/

Ed Platero runs Platero Visual and is a consummate cinematographer, filmmaker, and documentarian. He's won several awards for his film work. He is available at http://platerovisual.com/

GMParty can be watched live at http://youtube.com/c/gmparty

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Andy Berdan, Jeff Stormer and Kate Bui talk about worldbuilding in tabletop RPGs, and how randomization can affect it.

Kate is an indie game designer, currently working on Kaiju Kiss, and helping organize the Seattle RPG Workshop, a game design group devoted to narrative games. You can find her @armyofmeat on Twitter or at http://kaijukiss.com

Jeff is the host of the Party of One, the two-player RPG Actual Play Podcast, and a host on the All My Fantasy Children world-building and storytelling podcast. Check those out at http://partyofonepodcast.com and http://allmyfantasychildren.com

Andy is the host of GMParty, a video game developer, and tabletop game designer (among other things). He generally focuses on story-heavy, mechanics-light games. His tabletop work can be seen at http://berdandy.com

GMParty can be watched live at http://youtube.com/c/gmparty

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Epidiah Ravachol, James D'Amato and Andy Berdan talk about the design challenges of rapid-play RPGs.

GMParty can be watched live at http://youtube.com/c/gmparty

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