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What’s Hot in Story Games 2017? – Dragonmeet 2017 seminar (45 mins) Download An annual lookback at 2017 and some of the games and trends in story games and narrative rpgs. http://www.richard-williams.com/ax/ax2sepDragonmeet17.mp3 Ric moderated this seminar at Dragonmeet on 2nd December…

Best RPGs for Beginners (Part 2) (31 mins) Download Ric, Rob and Joanna Piancastelli conclude on this king-sized episode with their pick for the best rpg for beginners http://www.richard-williams.com/ax/ax2sep_top5p2.mp3 0000 GxB (2011) by Jake Richmond 0800 Kingdom (2013) by Ben Robbins 1730 Witc…

Best RPGs for Beginners (Part 1) (61 mins) Download Ric, Rob, Joanna Piancastelli and assorted British roleplaying luminaries share their thoughts on the best place for beginners to start http://www.richard-williams.com/ax/ax2sep_top5p1.mp3 0000 What were our criteria? 0342 Lady Blackbird (2009) b…

Ric & Rob at the 200 word rpg playfest (30 mins) Download Ric and Rob try to play (and discuss) as many 200 word rpg entries as possible at the 200 word rpg playfest http://www.richard-williams.com/ax/ax2sep_200wordrpg.mp3 0031 Shuffles & Skeletons by Carlos Martins 0525 Build Your Own RPG…

UK Games Expo seminar: Acquiring IP licenses and designing genre in rpgs (48 mins) Download A panel seminar from UK Games Expo led by Michael Duxbury and including Darren Pearce on writing the Judge Dredd rpg, Ed Jowett and John from Shades of Vengeance and Ric talking nanogame design of specific s…

Epidiah Ravachol and Swords Without Master (28 mins) Download A detailed discussion with Epidiah Ravachol about the design of Swords Without Master http://www.richard-williams.com/ax/ax2sep_ERSwords.mp3 0000 Why has Swords taken so long? 0125 What has pro-wrestling to do with the Perilous Phase? 0…

The development of the rpg design of Epidiah Ravachol (38 mins) Download A profile of the rpg development history of Epidiah Ravachol with contributions from the Tableplay, Tell Me Another and Independent Insurgency podcasts http://www.richard-williams.com/ax/ax2sep_ERprofile.mp3 0053 The origins …

Epimas 2016 – A conversation with Epidiah Ravachol (16 mins) Download Ric & Rob talk with Epidiah Ravachol about Epimas 2016. http://www.richard-williams.com/ax/axsep2_epimas16.mp3 See the Epimas bundles on the Worlds without Master website. Bundles can be bought and gifted until 23 Dece…

Episode Eight – Lady Blackbird (47 mins) Download Lady Blackbird is a tabletop roleplaying game designed by John Harper. Don’t like background music? Find the music-free recording at the bottom of the page. 0034 Why are we talking about this game? 0127 A scenario with its own rule syste…