Roll Play Grow: A TTRPG Business Podcast
Roll Play Grow is a TTRPG interview podcast for entrepreneurs, creators, and fans within the tabletop roleplay gaming space. We interview the faces behind the TTRPG brands in the community to learn how they turned their passion for the ttrpg industry into a career, and turn their advice into actionable tips.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 99
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
038 - Designing Indie Games & Publishing Wickedness with M Veselak
Today’s guest is M Veselak, a ttrpg designer and the author of Wickedness, published by Possum Creek Games. We talk about how she became a gamer at the age of 5, writing games for a LARP summer camp,…
037 - Transforming your D&D Campaign into Novels with Scott of Tal and Ru Travels
For today’s guest: have you ever considered writing a series of novels about your D&D campaign? Because that is exactly what the lovely couple over at Tal and Ru Travels are doing. Scott Roepel share…
036 - Disability Mechanics & Hand-making Dice with Anna of D&D Disability & Three Fates Dice
Anna Holden is the founder of D&D Disability, a company she began to help bring disability awareness to D&D. She works with a team of consultants to create supplements to allow players to bring disab…
035 - DMing & Producing a Visual Novel Style Actual Play with Cassi of Chosen Ones
Today’s guest is Cassi, the dungeon master for the visual novel style D&D podcast, Chosen Ones. They are also a very talented artist and animator. We chat about what it’s like to DM an actual play po…
034 - Spell Trackers, Potions Bottles, and Rocking Kickstarter with Katlyn of Arcane Spectacles
It’s been a while since we had a maker on the show, and I’m very excited about today’s guest, Katlyn Sol, ½ of the Arcane Spectacles team. If you aren’t familiar with Arcane Spectacles, they make spe…
033 - Honing your design process & whipping out publications with Chris Valentine
Chris Valentine is a best-selling TTRPG author who published on both DM’s Guild and DriveThruRPG. One of the things I find most impressive about Chris is the wildly efficient process he’s developed f…
032 - Designing Maps & Marketing Tips with Christian of CZRPG
Christian Zeuch is a Brazilian cartographer and author who has published a large number of supplements, adventures, and map packs on both DM’s Guild and DriveThruRPG. He has some absolutely amazing a…
031 - Redesigning Our Haunt & Publishing Indie ttrpgs with Jamila R. Nedjadi
Our guest today is a very talented indie ttrpg designer with over 40 titles on itch.io: Jamila R. Nedjadi. He also has a Kickstarter for the second edition of Our Haunt that just launched a few days …
030 - Designing TTRPGs and leading game jams with Marigold
Today’s guest is Marigold: an indie game designer and artist. They have games available on itch.io such as Wagon Wheel, Feather Down, and Habits of the Common House Ghost and an Etsy shop where they …
029 - Creating a New Universe & Project Management Tips with T. Julian Bell of Dark Veil Studio
T. Julian Bell is the Creative Director and Owner of Dark Veil Studio which currently has a Kickstarter running for the Dark Veil TTRPG. I’ll be honest, y’all. I really want this game, and I think yo…
028 - Bringing D&D to breweries with Brandon of Goblins and Growlers
Content Warning: Suicidal Attempt (Timestamp 39:20 - 40:30 )
Brandon Dingess is the co-founder and content manager of Goblins and Growlers, a Richmond, Virginia-based TTRPG events and content company…
027 - Merging Grimms Fairy Tales and D&D with Krista of Cat Tale Press
How many fans of Grimms' Fairy Tales are listening to this right now? Krista Martocci is an author and game designer publishing D&D adventures set in her own homebrew, Grimm-themed world. She current…
026 - Writing & Illustrating a new Guide to Ravnica with Sean & Brianna Atherton
A few weeks ago, I put out a call on Twitter asking for artists, makers, and cartographers to reach out if they’d be interested in coming on the podcast, and whew. The response was honestly overwhelm…
025 - Woodworking & Constructing Dice Boxes with Tim of Staff and Branch
If you’ve spent any amount of time on ttrpg Twitter, you’ve probably seen the gorgeous round dice boxes with colorful and magical epoxy patterns created by Staff and Branch. I am delighted to introdu…
024 - Diving into entrepreneurship full time & Making Random Generators with Adam of Sword & Source
Adam Waselnuk is the founder of Sword & Source and co-founder of Legendkeeper. Sword & Source is a collection of random generators, most notably, Here be Taverns, which was just nominated for an Enni…
023 - Creating the Herbalist's Primer with Anna of Double Proficiency
We are talking about plants today! Anna is a graphic designer and the co-founder of Double Profiecieny, a company publishing tabletop rpg supplements and games. They have just launched the Herbalist’…
022 - Running a D&D Bed & Breakfast with Wayne of Adventure Away
Hello & Welcome to Episode 22 of Roll Play Grow, the podcast for tabletop entrepreneurs, creators, and fans. I am Courtney Stover of Lightheart Adventures, and in this podcast, we talk to the creator…
021 - Shaping Ceramics & Selling at Markets with Avé of Avé Rivera Studio
Hello & Welcome to Episode 21 of Roll Play Grow, the podcast for tabletop entrepreneurs, creators, and fans. I am Courtney Stover of Lightheart Adventures, and in this podcast, we talk to the creator…
020 - Creating Beautiful Art with Jess & Tony of Works of Whimsy Studios
Hello & Welcome to Episode 20 of Roll Play Grow, the podcast for tabletop entrepreneurs, creators, and fans. I am Courtney Stover of Lightheart Adventures, and in this podcast, we talk to the creator…
019 - Creating Podcast & Gaming Music with Brandon, the Ghost of Red Mountain
Hello & Welcome to Episode 19 of Roll Play Grow, the podcast for tabletop entrepreneurs, creators, and fans. I am Courtney Stover of Lightheart Adventures, and in this podcast, we talk to the creator…