RPG Design Panelcast

Recorded at Metatopia 2024

Presented by Jason Pitre, Moth Rodriguez  and Lauren

Don't crowd-fund if you don't want to run a small business. Publishing requires accounting. Filing for taxes can be mes…

Recorded at Metatopia 2024

Presented by Jason Pitre

Law, like game design, is fundamentally about guiding human behavior. If you don't want people to resolve their problems with axes, you create a ru…

Recorded at Metatopia 2024

Presented by Samphire Savage & Meguey Baker

Sexy role play has likely existed as long as we have been getting it on. So what makes a game a sex game, and why write them? We…

Presented at Metatopia 2024

Hosted by Amanda Valentine, Lisa Padol

You’ve probably heard that you should hire an editor for your game project, but why? What can an editor do for you? How do you hire …

Recorded at Metatopia 2024

Hosted by Jim Dagg, Misha Bushyager, Whitney Delaglio & Amanda Valentine

Game design is art. And play. And craft. So what about when you just want to hone your craft and f…

Recorded at Metatopia 2023

Presented by Hosted by Whitney Delaglio

Hand-Holdy content means it has the support of the content its holding hands with to help inform the reader on how to play and avoi…

Recorded at Metatopia 2023

Presented by Sean Jaffe, Joshua Jaffe, Casey Edison, and Jason Pitre

The brothers behind Rememorex, Commandroids, and other titles talk about the ins-and -outs of layout. …

Recorded at Metatopia 2023

Presented by Taylor Hubler and Nicholas Ambrose

Join our experts for a conversation looking at how to physically design, package, and ship games. We want to make sure that…

Recorded at Metatopia 2024

Presented by Avonelle Wing and Nicholas Ambrose

So, what is "the three-tier system"? What's a consolidator? Hobby? Mass-market? Specialty? Once you have a design that seems…

Recorded at Metatopia 2023

Presented by Avonelle Wing, Curt Covert, and Alex Cutler

You've read game design blogs and Facebook groups. You've delved into conventional wisdom. You did your homework. A…

Recorded at Metatopia 2023

Presented by Meguey Baker, Vincent Baker

An introduction to PbtA from a designer's point of view. How and why Apocalypse World works the way it does, what your game can tak…

Recorded at Metatopia 2023

Presented by Cam Banks and Amanda Valentine

Licensed RPGs are a minefield of conflicting interests, stakeholders, and opinions. With the assumption that you've done the har…

Recorded at Metatopia 2023

Presented by Sydney Engelstein and Geoffrey Engelstein

Sydney has taken close to a thousand pitches for Indie Game Studios. Geoff has taught game design and helped designe…

Recorded at Metatopia 2023

Presented by Meguey Baker and Vincent Baker

We've been creating and publishing our own games for almost 25 years. How, why, and what does it take? Why self-publish instead…

Recorded at Metatopia 2023

Presented by Jason Pitre

Producing books is a challenge at the best of times, and the printing landscape has changed radically since the pandemic. The panel speakers will …

Recorded at Metatopia 2023

Presented by Cam Banks and Amanda Valentine

You've had a successful Kickstarter, you've been hired by a game publisher, you've released your work on Itch or DriveThru. You…

Recorded at Metatopia 2023

Presented by Bill White and Avery Rosen

This panel discusses the theoretical, pedagogical, and practical implications of trying to teach people to run tabletop RPGs as GMs…

Recorded at Metatopia 2023

Presented by Jay Dragon and Amanda Valentine

Every game has a voice, from the biggest trad book to an indie zine, and this narrative voice helps a game teach itself and sta…

Recorded at Metatopia 2023

Presented by Tristan Zimmerman, Meghan Jaffe,  Sean Jaffe

The Indie Game Developer Network (IGDN) is an all-volunteer trade association for tabletop publishers, designers, …

Recorded at Metatopia 2023

Presented by Jack Parra, Lissane Lake, Nicole Amato

Getting high-quality art is key to making a product look professional. Our panel makes with the tips and tricks to contr…