TABLETOP TALK - Third Floor Wars

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**TABLETOP TALK – Third Floor Wars**

Do you love tabletop gaming? This is your podcast.
Who are the creatives behind your favorite games and content? How do they approach their work?
I sit with designers, developers, artists, writers, and creators and learn how they approach their work. I try to understand their process, inspiration, and methods for crafting their creations.
Craig digs deep into the work and uncovers the origins of your favorite tabletop games and the creative process that brought them to life.

Latest Episodes:

Charlie Menzies (Shiver RPG, Parable Games) Interview: ep. 198 May 23, 2023

Show notes

How can we transfer the feeling of reading or watching horror to the tabletop?

Craig talks with Charlie Menzies of Parable Games about the origin of the Shiver RPG.

Parable Games: https://www.parablegames.co.uk/

Shiver: https://www.parablegames.co.uk/collections/shiver-all

Double Feature: https://gamefound.com/projects/parable-games-ltd/shiver-double-feature

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Support the show for as little as $1 month: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Thirdfloorwars⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Check out our live streaming content on Twitch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/thirdfloorwars⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Don't miss our RPG actual plays, tutorials, and gaming content on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA496705JLkpgAssAhetpdw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Go to the Writer's Room for 7th Sea Adventures! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/writersroom7thsea⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Check out the great games from A Couple of Drakes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://acoupleofdrakes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Listen to Thin Places Radio: https://thin.place/

Please support us by shopping with Gadzooks Gaming: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.gadzooksgaming.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Get a cool T-Shirt or mug and help us bring you more content. The store is open! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thirdfloorwars.com/shop/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

You can record any questions as an audio file and email it to us at admin (at) thirdfloorwars (dot) com

Kristen O’Neal & Kaitlin Bruder (Thin Places Radio) Interview: ep. 197 Apr 24, 2023

Show notes

Imagine a soothing NPR-esque voice talking about liminal horrors, the monsters that hide in the mundane, and the thin veil protecting our reality. That is the Thin Places Radio podcast. Craig talks with Kristen O’Neal and Kaitlin Bruder about the origins of the podcast and their process for creating each episode.

TPR Links:

https://www.podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thin-places-radio

https://www.thin.place

https://www.thinplacesradio.com

(& @thinplacesradio everywhere!)

Kristen:

https://www.kristenonealwrites.com

https://www.kristenoneal.tumblr.com

https://www.instagram.com/discountgoblin

Kaitlin:

https://www.twitter.com/kkamabr

https://www.bruderkaitlin.itch.io

https://www.bruderkaitlin.com

Mall Kids: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mrmatthew/mall-kids-2023

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Support the show for as little as $1 month: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Thirdfloorwars⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Check out our live streaming content on Twitch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/thirdfloorwars⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Don't miss our RPG actual plays, tutorials, and gaming content on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA496705JLkpgAssAhetpdw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Go to the Writer's Room for 7th Sea Adventures! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/writersroom7thsea⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Check out the great games from A Couple of Drakes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://acoupleofdrakes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Subscribe to the GM Mastermind: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://gmmastermind.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Listen to Thin Places Radio: https://thin.place/

Please support us by shopping with Gadzooks Gaming: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.gadzooksgaming.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Get a cool T-Shirt or mug and help us bring you more content. The store is open! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thirdfloorwars.com/shop/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

You can record any questions as an audio file and email it to us at admin (at) thirdfloorwars (dot) com

René-Pier Deshaies-Gélinas (Stoneburner, Breathless) Interview: ep. 196 Apr 19, 2023

Show notes

Who doesn't want to hunt demons in a dwarven asteroid mine?

Craig sits down with RP and discusses how games like Stoneburner came to be.

Check out the KS: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/farirpgs/stoneburner

Follow RP on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RPDeshaies

Fari: https://farirpgs.com/

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Support the show for as little as $1 month: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Thirdfloorwars⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Check out our live streaming content on Twitch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/thirdfloorwars⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Don't miss our RPG actual plays, tutorials, and gaming content on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA496705JLkpgAssAhetpdw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Go to the Writer's Room for 7th Sea Adventures! ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/writersroom7thsea⁠⁠⁠⁠

Check out the great games from A Couple of Drakes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://acoupleofdrakes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

Subscribe to the GM Mastermind: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://gmmastermind.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠

Listen to Thin Places Radio: https://thin.place/

Please support us by shopping with Gadzooks Gaming: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.gadzooksgaming.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠

Get a cool T-Shirt or mug and help us bring you more content. The store is open! ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thirdfloorwars.com/shop/⁠⁠⁠⁠

You can record any questions as an audio file and email it to us at admin (at) thirdfloorwars (dot) com

Epidiah Ravachol (Dread, Swords without Master) Interview: ep. 195 Apr 11, 2023

Show notes

Where do you get the idea to make a horror RPG that uses a Jenga tower??

Join Craig as he talks with Eppy Ravachol about his creative process and much more.

Get Dread here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/83854/Dread

Get Swords without Master here: https://www.worldswithoutmaster.com/bazaar/worlds-without-master-issue-3

Check out his magazine: https://www.worldswithoutmaster.com/

Follow Eppy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/epidiah?lang=en

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Support the show for as little as $1 month: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Thirdfloorwars⁠⁠⁠⁠

Check out our live streaming content on Twitch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/thirdfloorwars⁠⁠⁠⁠

Don't miss our RPG actual plays, tutorials, and gaming content on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA496705JLkpgAssAhetpdw⁠⁠⁠⁠

Go to the Writer's Room for 7th Sea Adventures! ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/writersroom7thsea⁠⁠⁠

Check out the great games from A Couple of Drakes: ⁠⁠⁠https://acoupleofdrakes.com⁠⁠⁠

Subscribe to the GM Mastermind: ⁠⁠⁠https://gmmastermind.com/⁠⁠⁠

Listen to Thin Places Radio: https://thin.place/

Please support us by shopping with Gadzooks Gaming: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.gadzooksgaming.com/⁠⁠⁠

Get a cool T-Shirt or mug and help us bring you more content. The store is open! ⁠⁠⁠https://thirdfloorwars.com/shop/⁠⁠⁠

You can record any questions as an audio file and email it to us at admin (at) thirdfloorwars (dot) com

Bud and Alex (Bud's RPG Review, Viral for CoC) Interview: ep. 194 Apr 04, 2023

Show notes

How does collaborating on RPG scenarios work?

Join Craig as he talks with Bud, from Bud's RPG Review YouTube channel, and prolific writer Alex, about their latest (but not last) collaboration.

Viral is a modern full-length scenario for Call of Cthulu.

Bud's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC88H-wLe8GKfeyVlewUAnSQ

Alex's work: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?author=Alex%20Guillotte

Viral: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/391974/Viral-A-Modern-Call-of-Cthulhu-Scenario

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Support the show for as little as $1 month: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Thirdfloorwars⁠⁠⁠

Check out our live streaming content on Twitch: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/thirdfloorwars⁠⁠⁠

Don't miss our RPG actual plays, tutorials, and gaming content on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA496705JLkpgAssAhetpdw⁠⁠⁠

Go to the Writer's Room for 7th Sea adventures! ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/writersroom7thsea⁠⁠

Check out the great games from A Couple of Drakes: ⁠⁠https://acoupleofdrakes.com⁠⁠

Subscribe to the GM Mastermind: ⁠⁠https://gmmastermind.com/⁠⁠

Please support us by shopping with Gadzooks Gaming: ⁠⁠https://www.gadzooksgaming.com/⁠⁠

Get a cool T-Shirt or mug and help us bring you more content. The store is open! ⁠⁠https://thirdfloorwars.com/shop/⁠⁠

You can record any questions as an audio file and email it to us at admin (at) thirdfloorwars (dot) com

Reiner Knizia (Tigris & Euphrates, Lost Cities) Interview: ep. 193 Mar 24, 2023

Show notes

How does a giant of board game design go from idea to box?

I talk with Reiner Knizia about his history and creative process.

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Support the show for as little as $1 month: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Thirdfloorwars⁠⁠

Check out our live streaming content on Twitch: ⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/thirdfloorwars⁠⁠

Don't miss our RPG actual plays, tutorials, and gaming content on YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA496705JLkpgAssAhetpdw⁠⁠

Go to the Writer's Room for 7th Sea adventures! ⁠https://linktr.ee/writersroom7thsea⁠

Check out the great games from A Couple of Drakes: ⁠https://acoupleofdrakes.com⁠

Subscribe to the GM Mastermind: ⁠https://gmmastermind.com/⁠

Please support us by shopping with Gadzooks Gaming: ⁠https://www.gadzooksgaming.com/⁠

Get a cool T-Shirt or mug and help us bring you more content. The store is open! ⁠https://thirdfloorwars.com/shop/⁠

You can record any questions as an audio file and email it to us at admin (at) thirdfloorwars (dot) com

John Harper (Blades in the Dark, AGON) Interview: ep. 192 Feb 28, 2023

Show notes

I sat with John Harper to discuss his favorite movies, shows, music, and games. It became the two of us talking about great media for over three hours. I ask guests what they watch and play because it gives us insight into how they create. You'll find that here. This comes to you ad-free because of your support on Patreon.

Link to Crap Movie Bonanza list:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11oUZb-CCNKp5ZnciBOlMXSH12fE_mluTLqCteoH3yCo/edit?usp=sharing

www.littleoracles.com

@littleoracles on intsagram

John's list:

Movies
- Destroyer (2018, Karyn Kusama [Jennifer's Body, The Invitation])
- The Rover (2014, David Michod)
- Blue Ruin

- Mystery Road & Goldstone
- The Batman
- Barbarian
- Miller's Crossing

- Fish Tank

- The Ritual

- It Follows

Episodic TV
- Andor
- Strange New Worlds
- For All Mankind
- Yellowjackets

- Collateral

- The Wire, Deadwood, Sopranos, Breaking Bad

- Counterpart

- Peaky Blinders

- Narcos

- Dead to Me

- Marcella

- GLOW

- Bodyguard

- The Favourite, Dogtooth, The Lobster

Music
- Marcus King
- Black Pumas
- Leon Bridges
- The Olympians
- Monophonics
- Chris Stapleton
- Teskey Brothers
- The XX

- Tom Waits

- Neko Case

- Ani DiFranco

- Reggie Watts, Maktub

- Taylor Swift

- Harry Styles
- Caravan Palace
- Toto, Journey, Roxy Music, Eurythmics

- Survivor

- Journey
- Hall & Oates

- Heart

- Brazilian samba / jazz: João Gilberto, Walter Wanderley, Sergio Mendes

- Philadelphia International Records

- Trucker Songs

Board games
- Dune Imperium

- Heat: Pedal to the Metal
- Akrotiri
- Fast & Furious Highway Heist
- Top Gun
- HMS Dolores
RPGs
- Slugblaster (Mikey Hamm)
- As the Sun Forever Sets (Riley Daniels)
- Crescent Moon (Emma Acosta)
- CBR+PNK (Emanoel Melo)
- Crash Cart (Galen Pejeau)
- Girl by Moonlight (Andrew Gillis)
- Copperhead County (Jason Eley)
- Fight with Spirit (Storybrewers - Vee Hendro and Hayley Gordon)
- Zine trio by Diogo Nogueira - Running out of Time, Screams Amongst the Stars, The Dead are Coming
- The Dagger Isles (Pam Punzalan)
- Deathmatch Island (Time Denee)
- Gentleman Bandit / Gentleman Pirate
- Errant (Ava Islam)
- The Barbarian's Bloody Quest, The Thief & The Necromancer, etc.
- AW: Burned Over
- Viking Death Squad (Runehammer)

Stephen Dewey (Ten Candles) Interview: ep. 191 Feb 20, 2023

Show notes

What if the candles at the table are for the game, not the atmosphere?

Join me in discussing Ten Candles, To Serve Her Wintery Hunger, and more with Stephen Dewey. Where the idea of Ten Candles came from? What was his process to bring the popular horror RPG to light?

https://cavalrygames.com/ten-candles

https://cavalrygames.com/to-serve

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Go to the Writer's Room for 7th Sea adventures! https://linktr.ee/writersroom7thsea

Check out the great games from A Couple of Drakes: https://acoupleofdrakes.com

Subscribe to the GM Mastermind: https://gmmastermind.com/

Support the show for as little as $1 month: https://www.patreon.com/Thirdfloorwars

Check out our live streaming content on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thirdfloorwars

Please support us by shopping with Gadzooks Gaming: https://www.gadzooksgaming.com/

Don't miss our RPG actual plays, tutorials, and gaming content on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA496705JLkpgAssAhetpdw

Get a cool T-Shirt or mug and help us bring you more content. The store is open! https://thirdfloorwars.com/shop/

You can record any questions as an audio file and email it to us at admin (at) thirdfloorwars (dot) com

Watt (Cloud Empress, World's by Watt) Interview: ep. 190 Feb 13, 2023

Show notes

What if Mothership had MAGIC???

Join Craig and Watt as they discuss Watt's creative process and history as a designer. They discuss their newest offering, Cloud Empress, an expansive, Nausicaa-inspired fantasy campaign setting for the Mothership RPG.

https://worldsbywatt.itch.io/

https://cloudempress.com/

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Go to the Writer's Room for 7th Sea adventures! https://linktr.ee/writersroom7thsea

Check out the great games from A Couple of Drakes: https://acoupleofdrakes.com

Subscribe to the GM Mastermind: https://gmmastermind.com/

Support the show for as little as $1 month: https://www.patreon.com/Thirdfloorwars

Check out our live streaming content on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thirdfloorwars

Please support us by shopping with Gadzooks Gaming: https://www.gadzooksgaming.com/

Don't miss our RPG actual plays, tutorials, and gaming content on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA496705JLkpgAssAhetpdw

Get a cool T-Shirt or mug and help us bring you more content. The store is open! https://thirdfloorwars.com/shop/

You can record any questions as an audio file and email it to us at admin (at) thirdfloorwars (dot) com

Bonus - 2023 ENNIE Awards Clip Jan 25, 2023

Show notes

I am finally shooting my shot! This is the clip I submitted for the 2023 ENNIE Awards for this podcast. Let's see what happens!

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