BACKSTORY

Dungeon World co-designer and game streamer Adam Koebel shares insight on the relationship between design and play, and ... Read more

A very enthusiastic chat with ONE SHOT Network co-founder, podcaster, improviser, game designer, and professional goof b... Read more

James Mendez Hodes is a Filipino-American writer, game designer, cultural consultant, and martial artist who knows which... Read more

Game designer and graphic artist John Harper shares his journey with Blades in the Dark, and with designing and iteratin... Read more

Game designer and illustrator Whitney Delaglio on intimacy and problem-solving in games. Also: consensual storytelling i... Read more

Game designer and Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University Jessica Hammer explores how we can take a more preci... Read more

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

It's an episode of unabashed sincerity with artist and coach Tania Carriere of Advivum Journeys.

Video artist and freeform designer Banana Chan talks haunted dolls, designing for anxiety, and new models for publishing... Read more

Designer and theorist Emily Care Boss joins us this episode to talk Living Games, loving games, and being vulnerable in ... Read more

Game designer, streamer, RPG theorist and you new favourite podcast host DC joins us to talk about twitter threads and f... Read more

Star Crossed Story Time comes to a close with Sean Nittner and Kira Magrann re-telling a tale as old as time: a barely-c... Read more

Bait Byout co-founder Fatima Abdul Karim on the birth of larp in the Arab world. Bait Byout, Bait Byout on Facebook, Boo... Read more

Writer, designer, and #Feminism co-editor Misha Bushyager joins us to talk worldbuilding, YouTube, and blending the pers... Read more

In our first Star Crossed Story Time, Morgan Ellis and Andy Munich tell the story of their wuxia-inspired romance betwee... Read more

Games scholar Jose Zagal starts a new semester of Backstory, with discussions of Role-Playing Games Studies, the intric... Read more

Larp educator Jeeyon Shim on survival skills, planning scenes, and the secret life of trees. Jeeyon's Website, Jeeyon on... Read more

Writer and designer Becky Annison joins us to talk gaming in the UK, werewolf romance, and an essential source of game d... Read more

Archaeologist and professional GM Daniel Kwan talks holiday games, Dramatic Managers, and building social skills through... Read more

Game designer Julia Ellingboe shares her thoughts on designing from the margins, expanding inclusion, and role-playing v... Read more