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BACKSTORY

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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13. Evan Torner

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2016/06/23

What do game design and education design have to say to each other? How about larp and VR? Larpwright and academic Evan Torner joins us to talk uncertainty, ideology, transparency, and other fun things hiding in your games. Evan's website Evan on twitter Evan's talk on Teaching German Literature Through Larp Eirik Fatland What's a "nanogame?" Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther" Larps from the Factory The #Feminism Nanogames Anthology The Golden Cobra Challenge What's

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00:58:24

12. Kira Magrann

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2016/06/09

Can games unite the mystical and the digital? Writer, game designer, and cyberwitch Kira Magrann is here to talk magic, technology, and her new digital zine, RESISTOR. Kira on Twitter Kira on Tumblr RESISTOR A Cyborg Manifesto Eliza Gauger's Problem Glyphs The Witch (2016) Aleister Crowley Meg Baker on Rituals in Play Mad About the Boy Origins Game Fair Vampire: The Masquerade White Wolf Strict Machine, in the Indie Mixtape Megamix Mistress Matissse Blue Rose Just a Little Lovin' I Say a

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00:58:41

11. Sara Williamson

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2016/05/26

Freeform designer Sara Williamson chills and chats with Alex about co-designing, designing for bleed, designing adaptations, and the potential of touch as a game mechanic. Also: a few very exciting announcements. Sara on Twitter Sara on Google+ Gen Con Industry Insider Featured Presenters New World Magischola Babycastles Sleep No More Double Exposure Events Fastaval See Me Now 183 Days Group Date, in the 2014 Golden Cobra Anthology 6 Months, 3 Days by Charlie Jane Anders Shelter and Darlin'

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10. Sean Nittner

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2016/05/12

Podcaster and Big Bad Con organizer Sean Nittner shares his love of Actual Play reporting, staying positive, and making gaming events safer and more inclusive. Key quote: "If you feel awkward or like you're going outside your comfort zone... you're probably on the right track." Sean's website Big Bad Con Kickstarter Have Games, Will Travel Blades in the Dark Fiasco Mage: The Ascension Adam Koebel on Twitch George R. R. Martin's LiveJournal Narrative Control Katanas &

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00:53:06

9. Kathryn Hymes

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2016/04/28

Game designer and computational linguist Kathryn Hymes shares her love of locksmithing, larpspotting, and the incredible power of play. Is this the golden age of gaming? We certainly think so. Thorny Games Star Wars RPG by West End Games The Battlestar Galactica Board Game Games on Demand CAT Sign The Golden Cobra Challenge Big Bad Con Dialect Conlanging J Li Jason Morningstar Metatopia Xenolanguage "Stories of Your Life" by Ted Chiang "The Dispossessed" by Ursula

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00:54:27

8. Glenn Given

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2016/04/14

Game designer Glenn Given joins Alex to talk about the theater, philosophy, taxonomy, loving analog games in a digital world, and the curious gratification found in following the rules. Want to hear Alex call Wittgenstein a dirty word? You should hear what she says about Hegel. This episode comes with a content warning for brief discussion of self-harm. Take care, heroes. Games by Play Date Metatopia and Dreamation XCOM Majestic The Golden Cobra Design Competition Nemesis 382, in the Seven

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7. Shanna Germain

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2016/03/31

Shanna Germain, co-founder and Creative Director of Monte Cook games, joins Alex for a deep dive into her creative process and bevy of current projects. We chat about everything from the challenges and rewards of designing games for kids to the interesting parallels between the role-playing and kink communities. What could be more intriguing than that? Shanna Germain's Website Monte Cook Games The Numenera Kickstarter Digipen No Thank You, Evil The Cypher System Bunnies and Burrows Hero

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00:54:10

6. Sarah Richardson

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2016/03/19

This episode we're joined by game designer, graphic designer, illustrator, and Director of Marketing at Magpie Games: Sarah Richardson! She chats with Alex about designing, GMing, and what is really at the heart of the OSR movement. Plus: two very special announcements about two very special events! Sarah's website Magpie Games Ken Hite on Twitter The Indie Game Developer Network (IGDN) Lamentations of the Flame Princess Fire on the Velvel Horizon, by Scrap Princess and Patrick

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01:22:51

5. Sarah Lynne-Bowman

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2016/03/03

Sarah Lynne-Bowman, PhD, sits down with Alex to chat about educational larps, transformational larps, and what place words like "fun" and "self" can have in role-playing discourse. We also take a moment to defend that Lightning Bolt guy. See you at Living Games, heroes. Sarah's website Living Games Conference The Functions of Role-Playing Games Østerskov Efterskole Kapo, the Danish Prison Larp Shoshanna Kessok's Nordic Larp Talk X-Card College of Wizardry Wyrd Con

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00:52:15

4. Laura Simpson

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2016/02/18

Designer and artist Laura Simpson chats with Alex about too many things to list! Highlights include her upcoming game Companion's Tale, designing in community, and pretending to be a vampire on the internet. If you remember what a MUSH is, you're in luck. Laura's Website http://www.laura-simpson.com/ Laura's Twitter https://twitter.com/labmouse What's a MUD/MUSH? http://www.topmudsites.com/article01.shtml Changeling: The Dreaming https://rpggeek.com/rpg/426/changeling-dreaming Mind's Eye

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00:49:18

3. Hannah Shaffer

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2016/02/05

Tabletop game deigner Hannah Shaffer chats with Alex about collaborative design, collaborative worldbuilding, and finding one's place in the roleplaying game community. We also briefly attempt to define the word "game," but thankfully give up quickly. Works Cited Hannah's website http://makebigthings.com/ Hannah's twitter https://twitter.com/hanbandit Games People Play http://makebigthings.com/games-people-play-podcast/ Tabletop Superhighway http://thetabletopsuperhighway.com/ 14

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01:09:31

2. Lizzie Stark

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2016/01/21

It's a very larpy episode with author, journalist, and larpwright Lizzie Stark. She shares her experiences and insights from long-form boffer campaigns, experimental Nordic larps, and much more. Lizzie's blog http://leavingmundania.com/ Lizzie's book http://leavingmundania.com/the-book/ This Miracle http://leavingmundania.com/2015/04/06/this-miracle/ The Curse http://leavingmundania.com/2013/05/28/the-curse-a-freeform-game-about-brca/ Larps from the

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00:51:38

1. Jason Morningstar

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2016/01/06

For our inaugural episode, Alex chats with Fiasco creator Jason Morningstar. We discuss his early forays into game design, his philosophy of play, and exciting happenings in the world of larp. Have you gone to Ghost Court? You will.

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