93 episodes
BACKSTORY Alex Roberts
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4.8 • 49 Ratings
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BACKSTORY is an ongoing series of interviews with game designers and other notable members of the role-playing community, hosted by Alex Roberts. This show is all about the person behind the work: how did they get into gaming? Why did they start designing? What are they most excited about for the future? Alex loves getting to know people, and you'll love coming along for the ride.
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89. Cat Tobin
On the final episode of Backstory, designer and publisher Cat Tobin talks pushing things forward, leaving things behind, and publishing original Irish language RPGs!
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88. Lucian Kahn
Game designer Lucian Kahn talks magic, humor, and some exciting game anthologies. Would you rather be a Visigoth or a Mall Goth?
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87. Diana J Leonard
Psychologist Diana J Leonard shares her work on the life cycle of play communities.
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86. Ben Chong
Ben Chong, aka swordsnflowers, joins us to talk about his experience teaching analog game design, developing the TTRPG scene in Malaysia, and his Sword Dream.
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85. Sangjun Park
Game designer and translator Sangjun Park talks about Moonflower, game translation, and his hopes for the future of the Korean TTRPG scene.
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84. Jon Cole
Larpwright and sex educator Jon Cole on teaching with larp, designing in collaboration, and creating space for Real Talk.
Customer Reviews
Podcast is done but still worth a listen
Alex Roberts has concluded this series but the interviews are some of the best discussions with RPG designers that you’ll find anywhere.
Granted my wish!
The Backstory podcast is a wish granted: This is exactly the podcast I was hoping to find!
Alex Roberts does a great job interviewing really fascinating creators. It's inspiring, informing, and fun. I'm so happy to get to know the real people behind these games, making it possible to see myself following in their footsteps.
Excellent Interviews and Delightful LARP Tales
Backstory is a wonderful interview show that consists of a collection of delightful, friendly and interesting converstaions with game designers from across the hobby. The host brings her background in LARP to the table in a way that makes for some interesting connections and promotes that unfaily maligned corner of RPGs as a valid form of play that is worth exploring