RPG Design Panelcast
The best recorded panels and seminars about analog game design and publishing
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 384
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Episode 302: Shores Not Quite Undiscovered
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020
Presented by Pamela Punzalan, Vince Smith, and Alastor Guzman.
Much of the dialogue relevant to the tabletop gaming industry and the communities that form around i…
Episode 301: Games, Gamefeel and Umami
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020
Presented by James Wallis, Cat Tobin, Kieron Gillen, Jacob Jaskov.
We all know how certain games feel in play and how they make us feel, but as designers and critics…
Episode 300: Crafting Game Mechanics to Support Player Agency
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020
Presented by Jacob Segal, Justin Ford, Ian Hart.
Systems like Forged in the Dark are designed with mechanics that deliberately support player agency. When paired wi…
Episode 299: NPCs as a Design Elements
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020
Presented by Jason Pitre, Zedeck Siew, Sinta Posadas.
Non-player characters are vital to tabletop and live action roleplaying games. They provide companionship, cont…
Episode 298: Becoming Better Than Well Intentioned
Recorded at Metatopia 2020 Online
Presented by Kitty Stryker, Spider Perry, Avonelle Wing.
We will talk about practical actions you can take to be better prepared the next time you have the chance to…
Episode 297: Accessible Core Mechanics and Horror
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020
Presented by Anne Ratchat, Spider Perry, Misha Bushyager, Mids Meinberg, Pamela Punzalan.
For all the merits of the genre, it is not an exaggerated statement to say …
Episode 296: RPGs for Therapy
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020
Presented by Heather O'Neill, Timothy Grant, Brian Quinones, Jack Berkenstock.
This panel of game designers and therapists will discuss their journey to design RPGs …
Episode 295: Integrating the Natural World
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020
Presented by Jeeyon Shim, Meguey Baker, Jason Morningstar.
Understanding the natural world as an active participant in games and design shifts our engagement with …
Episode 294: Applying Education Theory in Games
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020
Presented by Gabriel de los Angeles, Sen-Foong Lim, Brian Quinones.
Using concepts from education theory is a natural and obvious way to improve game design practice…
Episode 293: Publishing in Asia
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020
Presented by Jason Morningstar, Sungil Kim, Taka'aki Ayukata, Steve Segedy.
Asian game markets are booming! Come meet two publishers who are actively licensing and …
Episode 292: Fulfillment to Latin America
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020
Presented by Alastor Guzman, Sergio Ake.
"How To Include Latin America In Your Kickstarter Fulfillment" Latin American gamers are often excluded in Kickstarts due…
Episode 291: Play With Your Food
Recorded at Metatopia 2020 Online
Presented by Anne Ratchat, Sharang Biswas, Bronwyn Sperling, Kristen Roberts.
Food is fundamental to survival and yet serves as so much more, building communities …
Episode 290: Tactile Games
Recorded at Metatopia 2020 Online
Presented by Avraham Yosef Baez, Bronwyn Sperling, Emily Care Boss
Role-playing games that integrate tactile components and mechanics allow our other senses to eng…
Episode 289: The Intersection of Roleplaying and Medicine
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020
Presented by Rach Shelkey, Jacqueline Bryk, Sidney Icarus, Jen Dixon.
Has the current global health crisis inspired a new game idea? Considering writing a game about…
Episode 288: Designing Microsettings
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020
Presented by Richard Ruane, Brian Yaksha, Zedeck Siew, Amanda Franck, Pamela Punzalan.
Microsettings (settings that focus closely on a specific area, region, or l…
Episode 287: Designing RPGs That Don't Centre on Violence
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020
Presented by Ash Kreider, Jason Morningstar, Mike Czaplinski, Jeeyon Shim.
A panel about the limitations of imagination when it comes to how we see violence in t…
Episode 286: Consulting 101
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020
Presented by J Li, Jessica Hammer
Consulting 101: Selling Game Design As a Service for $5K - $250K: . Want to sell game design as a service to large institutions? Th…
Episode 285: English as our Vehicular Language
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020
Presented by Kalum, Pamela Punzalan, Diogo Nogueira, Allan Cudicio.
"RPGs and English as Our Vehicular Language: Beyond the American Culture Online: The internet ena…
Episode 284: Don't Kickstart Your Game
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020
Presented by Nicole Cutler, Avonelle Wing.
It seems a little unpopular to tell new designers "don't kickstart your game"; Kickstarter is an invaluable tool. There ar…
Episode 283: Distribution and your Boardgame
Recorded at Metatopia 2020 Online
Presented by Scott Morris, Mike Paschal.
Are you a designer and want to know how your game gets distributed? Are you self publishing and want to know more about Dist…