Brewmasters: Tabletop RPG Design
19 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Brewmasters is the series where we sit down with accomplished home brewers, game designers, and creatives from the table top roleplaying community and talk shop about design, inspirations, methodology, and more, sharing advice for everyone interested in the behind the scenes of tabletop RPG's.
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S02E05 - Steve Jackson
January 05, 2022 23:00 - 25 minutes - 18.2 MBThis week we're talking to legendary game design Steve Jackson, the found of Steve Jackson Games, and the author behind The Fantasy Trip, GURPS, Munchkin, Ogre, Melee, and much, much more! Join us as we discuss board games, business, the state of the market, speculation on GURPS 5e, and the Old School Revival trend - plus of course advice for new designers. ►Follow Our Guest If you want to check out Mr. Jackson's work, you can head on over to: http://sjgames.com http://thefantasytrip.game ...
S02E04 - Sly Flourish
August 02, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBThis week we're talking to Sly Flourish, the master mind behind the Lazy DM series as well as Fantastic Lairs and more content than I could announce! Today we're discussing everything Dungeon Mastering. From how to dm effectively using modular pre-planning, to looking at the dungeon masters guide, dming throughout D&D history, and more! ►Follow Our Guest If you want to check out more of Sly's work, or follow him on social media check out: http://slyflourish.com/ ►What is Brewmasters? Brewm...
S02E03 - Stephen Radney-MacFarland
June 07, 2021 11:00 - 2 hours - 93 MBThis week we're talking to Steven Radney MacFarland, famed co-designer for D&D 4th edition, and Pathfinder 1st & 2nd editions, who has taught game design at colleges, and is now working on his own game Delve RPG. Join us as we discuss rules archaeology, teaching design, advice for beginner designers, and more! ►Follow Our Guest If you want to check out Stephen's work or check out Delve, you can head to any of these links: https:www.delve-rpg.com https:www.twitter.com/DelveRPG https://www.fa...
S02E02 - Satine Phoenix
May 23, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes - 26.2 MBThis week we're talking to superstar Satine Phoenix about her new kickstarter project Battle of the Bards, exploring how to use brew to share experiences, the untapped potential of the Bard class, teaching dungeon mastering, and more! ►Follow Our Guest If you want to check out Satine's work, you can follow the links below: The Bard Book Battle of the Bard's Kickstarter Apotheosis Studios ►What is Brewmasters? Brewmasters is the series where we sit down with accomplished home brewers, game ...
S02E01 - Rowan, Rook & Decard
May 09, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBThis week we're talking to Chris Talor and Grant Howitt, the minds behind Spire RPG, Goblin Quest, Unbound, popular One Page RPG's like honey heist and crash pandas, and of course the founders of Rowan, Rook, and Decard. Join us as we discuss ttrpg business, the value of collaborating with another writer, how to establish theme with mechanics, and how they taught themselves design. ►Follow Our Guest If you want to check out Chris, Grant, and Minerva's work, you can follow the links below: h...
S01E14 - Kazumi
March 21, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 74.5 MBThis week we're talking to Kazumi, a teacher and table top game designer on itch.io. Join us as we discuss games beyond D&D, the value of labour, ethno-sensitivity, and see how Kazumi turns the tables by getting me to talk about my history with brew and ends up teaching me some valuable game design lessons. ►Follow Our Guest If you want to check out Kazumi's work, you can check out the links belows: Twitter: https://twitter.com/kazumiochin Itch.io: https://kazumiochin.itch.io ►What is Brew...
S01E13 - RainJunkie
March 07, 2021 12:00 - 2 hours - 84 MBThis week we're talking to RainJunkie, the homebrewer behind the legendary Dragon Knight class, more subclasses than I can count, and a handful of other beloved brews like Variant Shadow Magic, and the Exemplar Class. Join us as we discuss homebrew hot takes, why Rain doesn't want to monetise his work, the Kobel controversy and more! ►Follow Our Guest If you want to check out Rain's work, you can find it on reddit and tumblr: https://reddit.com/u/Rain-Junkie https://rain-junkiednd.tumblr.c...
S01E12 - Yorviing
February 21, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBThis week we're talking to Yorviing, a friend to many in the discord of many things, known for his creative world building and currently working on a campaign setting called Yvarra. Join us as we discuss world building, accessibility, onboarding, the brew community, and self improvement. ►Follow Our Guest Reddit: https://reddit.com/u/Yorviing Discord: https://discord.gg/zxkdsCMp Patreon: https://patreon.com/Yorviing Brew Library: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-Ndi8iiRLgH-Kla9zIaoP...
S01E11 - Benjamin Huffman
February 07, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 79 MBThis week we're talking to Benjamin Huffman, the Sterling Vermin himself, author behind some of DMs Guild's biggest hits including The Complete Handbook series, The Pugilist, Magus, Scholar, and Spiritualist classes, the Dhampir, Saurian, Giff, and Beastfolk races, adventures, subclasses, feats, firearms, monsters, you name it he's brewed it! Join us as we take a look at 5th edition, homebrew, and politics. ►Follow Our Guest If you're curious to see more of Benjamin's work just click the li...
S01E10 - Izzy, Part 2
January 17, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 80.1 MBThis week we're finishing the conversation with Izzy, the author behind many homebrew classes such as the Disciple, Incarnate, and Occultist, author of Heroes of Dwarfhome, and contributor to Amarune's Almanac. Join us as we dive into deeper class analysis, innovating on D&D's fundamental systems, looking at monster design, and reminiscing about older content. ►Follow Our Guest If you're curious to see more of Izzy's work check out the links below, or head over to the Discord of Many Things...
S01E09 - Izzy, Part 1
January 10, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBThis week we're talking to Izzy, the author behind many homebrew classes such as the Disciple, Incarnate, and Occultist, author of Heroes of Dwarfhome, and contributor to Amarune's Almanac. In the first half of our lengthy discussion we talk about D&D 3.5, the merits of mechanic design, player psychology, and take a look at class design. ►Follow Our Guest If you're curious to see more of Izzy's work check out the links below, or head over to the Discord of Many Things and ask for him. Homeb...
S01E08 - The Angry GM, Part 3
December 28, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBThis week we finish our conversation with The Angry GM, providing the angriest ttrpg advice on the internet from his website and recently via his new book! Angry has produced many amazing articles that encourage you to start hacking D&D, dissecting the game design and putting it back together in new and interesting ways. ►Follow Our Guest You can find Angry's work here: https://theangrygm.com ►What is Brewmasters? Brewmasters is the series where we sit down with accomplished home brewers, ...
S01E07 - The Angry GM, Part 2
December 28, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBThis week we continue our conversation with The Angry GM, providing the angriest ttrpg advice on the internet from his website and recently via his new book! Angry has produced many amazing articles that encourage you to start hacking D&D, dissecting the game design and putting it back together in new and interesting ways. ►Follow Our Guest You can find Angry's work here: https://theangrygm.com ►What is Brewmasters? Brewmasters is the series where we sit down with accomplished home brewers...
S01E06 - The Angry GM, Part 1
December 28, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBThis week we're talking to The Angry GM, providing the angriest ttrpg advice on the internet from his website and recently via his new book! Angry has produced many amazing articles that encourage you to start hacking D&D, dissecting the game design and putting it back together in new and interesting ways. Sit down with us for the first of three episodes where we dive deep into D&D, starting with Wizard of the Coast's design choices and marketing. ►Follow Our Guest You can find Angry's wor...
S01E05 - Caim
December 28, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBThis week we're talking to Caim, the mysterious brewer who pro's call in to help balance and critique their work. Taking commissions and using his encyclopedic knowledge of 5e, Caim has the uncanny ability to run combat simulations off the top of his head and he's made a big name for himself amongst the professional brewers. Today we're talking to him about how he works his magic, and what he thinks of 5e class design. ►Follow Our Guest You can find Caim's work or follow his social media he...
S01E04 - Mage Hand Press
December 28, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBThis week we're talking to Mike from Mage Hand Press, the man who built a business out of his love for D&D homebrew. He's gone on to make brews of all shapes and sizes, build a community, and just finished his first kickstarter with tie ins to Wyrmwood and Level Up Dice. We'll be talking about all that and more. ►Follow Our Guest You can find Mike's work, join his kickstarter, or follow his social media here: https://mfov.magehandpress.com/ http://iwishiwasinspace.com/ https://www.twitter.c...
S01E03 - Discord of Many Things
December 28, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 78 MBThis week we're talking to Damian, Nasa, and Nerdhogg, three of the moderators for the Discord of Many Things, the official discord of the /r/UnearthedArcana subreddit. In this round table discussion, we explore what they have in store for the discord server, the challenges of being a moderator, how the rise in discussion about racism is affecting table top RPG's, and I challenge our guests to come up with magic items on the spot. All that and more in this episode! ►Join the Discord of Many...
S01E01 - Genuine Fantasy Press
December 28, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBThis week we're talking to William King of Genuine Fantasy Press, the mind behind The Compendium of Forgotten Secrets, who went down the road of self publishing and joined us to tell the tale. ►Follow Our Guest To see William's brew or to join his discord community head over to: https://www.GenFantasyPress.com ►What is Brewmasters? Brewmasters is the series where we sit down with accomplished home brewers, game designers, and creatives from the table top roleplaying community and talk shop...
S01E02 - BornToDoStuff
December 28, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBThis week we're talking to BornToDoStuff, an artisan of artifice who has created almost 300 magic items and built his own website to manage them all. We discuss the intricacies of magic item brewing, how to work around a conservative family's concerns about D&D, if a website is the right place to host your brews and much more. ►Follow Our Guest To visit Born's item compendium or follow his twitter just head over to: https://items.borntodostuff.com https://www.twitter.com/borntodostuff ►Wha...