The Sexy Episode

It's the summer, which means time for a sweaty, exciting episode about... distribution platforms! A new challenger has entered the arena, and we discuss the role of these digital marketplaces as part of actually getting games into peoples hands, the features and constraints they each have and how those can shape the design of your business, and what's exciting about this new option, rpg-trader.com. Note: we have no relationship with the site other than (as of this release) adding our products to it to see how it goes.

On this episode, we discuss the following platforms:

• rpg-trader.com
• DriveThruRPG
• Itch.io
• Payhip
• Indie Press Revolution
• lulu.com
• Lightning Source / Ingram

Show Notes:

• Our Wisdom Episode (in which we discuss using your game design skills to design your business)
• The "Indie RPG Bookshelf" Nathan was recalling was also called the Unstore, and appears to no longer be a going concern
• Tabletop Bookshelf (Retailer)
• Ten Acre Games
• Gumroad controversys include: banning adult content (2024), laying off workers, and being part of DOGE (2025)
• The only news sources I can find for the linktr.ee thing are all pro-AI, but you can look that up for details
• carrd.co

And there's more:

• Unwritten Earths Symposium
• Our Patreon
• Join the Discord
• Nathan's games
• Eppy's games
• Music by Will Jobst