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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.

Latest Episodes:

43. Alex Rowland Aug 31, 2017

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Larpwright Alex Rowland on designing opportunities for care, queering boffer, and the time for subtlety.

Alex Rowland on twitter
Nordic Larp article
New World Magischola
Event Horizon
The "Black Box" Technique
Games on Demand
Here is my Power Button
Old Friends
Hlasko
Monsterhearts
A Place to Fuck Each Other
Out of Dodge
Contrapposto
Golden Cobra Challenge
Privilege, Power, and Dungeons & Dragons

42. Jessica Hammer Aug 24, 2017

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Game designer and Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University Jessica Hammer explores how we can take a more precise approach to transformative play through research and iteration.

Jessica's website
Jessica Hammer on Google Scholar
Scott Nicholson on "Playification"
Mary Flanagan's Tiltfactor Game Lab
Treehouse Dreams
Erika Chenoweth's research on civil resistance

41. Banana Chan Aug 06, 2017

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Video artist and freeform designer Banana Chan talks haunted dolls, designing for anxiety, and new models for publishing larp. (Also! See you at Gen Con, nerds!)

Game and a Curry
Banana Chan on YouTube
Wandering Tribe Games (the creators of Yeah! Diamonds):
The Impostors
Golden Cobra Honorable Mention "The Other Place"
Kat Fajardo
VidCon
Mo Mo O'Brien
The Itras By Menagerie
Before and After Silence

40. Jay Treat Jul 20, 2017

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Designer and long-time small-time con organizer Jay Treat joins us to talk cards, larps, and the careful calibration of tone.

Treat Games
Merchants of Araby
Strange Gravity
Damned Love
Psychic Detective Agency

39. Todd Nichols Jul 06, 2017

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Sociologist and podcast co-host Todd Nichols joins us to talk making stuff, putting it out there, and encouraging other folks to do the same.

38. Misha Bushyager Jun 08, 2017

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Writer, designer, and #Feminism co-editor Misha Bushyager joins us to talk worldbuilding, YouTube, and blending the personal and historical in game design. Also: Alex learns what a Steak-umm is.

Misha on G+
Misha on Twitter
War Birds
#Feminism
Earthdawn
Shadowrun
Rolemaster
The Duvet Trick
Apocalypse World
14 Days
The Watch
Epyllion
Fastaval
Chill
Lovecraftesque
Masks
Chain World
Female Re-Enactors of Distinction

37. Graham Walmsley May 25, 2017

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In this episode: exciting announcements, horror and disco, tango and cooking, and award-winning game designer and author Graham Walmsley's realizations about Lovecraftian gaming had while watching Iron Fist!

Big Bad Con
Fairweather Manor
College of Wizardry
Play Unsafe
We Are Roommates Now
Will That Be All?
Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men
"Impro" by Keith Johnstone
Cthulhu Apocalypse
A Taste for Murder
Disco World
Just a Little Lovin'
Just a Little Lovin' USA
Turn the Beat Around: The Rise and Fall of Disco
Love Saves the Day: A History Of American Dance Music Culture, 1970–1979
Cthulhu Dark on Facebook
Graham on G+
Graham on Twitter

36. Kimberley Lam May 11, 2017

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Stealth designer and prolific hacker Kim Lam joins Alex to talk playing by post, making games that aren't products, and origami. We also discuss Kim's upcoming larp about the legacy of the Cambodian genocide, so please listen with care.

The 200 word RPG challenge
The Sundered Land: A Doomed Pilgrim in the Ruins of the Future
Atop a Lonely Tower
Cleanse By Claw and Talon
Skinchangers
Misspent Youth
S21 - The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
Kim on G+

35. Brodie Atwater Apr 27, 2017

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Researcher and larpwright Brodie Atwater brings a lively perspective on larp accessibility, marginalization in gaming communities, and the importance of staying hydrated.

Social Mechanics: A Study on Inhibition and Intersectionality in Larp
We Need to Talk: A Literature Review of Debrief
The "Ok" Check-in System
Psychodrama
Bread and Puppet Theatre
The Icarus Project
In Residency
Her
Here is My Power Button

34. Robert Bohl Apr 13, 2017

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Stick it to the man! Game designer Robert Bohl talks Misspent Youth, Demi-Humans, and Bitch Goddesses. A little SALT with your usual Backstory sweetness.

Misspent Youth
Game Chef
The Forge
Burning Wheel
Tabletop with Wil Wheaton
Rob on G+
Sebastian Baker on Patreon
Apocalypse World
Le Tigre - Get off the Internet

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