Displaying all 8 Episode of Unwritten Earths Symposium with the tag “game discovery”.
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The Ludography Episode
August 13th, 2025 | Season 1 | 54 mins 51 secs
arcane gems, game discovery
In this episode we do our game design homework of looking through game ludographies to chase down a chain of influence. It's a fun journey and we end up in very different places for our arcane gems! We also give an update on the Adventurer & Hobbyist Annual 2025, coming out soon!
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The Spiralbound Episode
July 16th, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 3 mins
arcane gems, game discovery
In this episode we go to the copyshop to dig up spiralbound games for our game discovery homework, and get deep into the weeds on both format and substance of our picks.
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The Nat Barmore Episode
June 11th, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 21 mins
arcane gems, game discovery, visiting scholar
In this episode, we welcome Dread co-creator Nat Barmore to the show, try to surprise each other with Arcane Gems from deep cuts in our collections, and talk about Nat's current projects. We talk about Dread, keeping horror campaigns going in long-term play, and approaching real-world cultural conflicts in game design. Thanks for joining us, Nat!
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The Hidden Information Episode
May 14th, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 5 mins
arcane gems, game discovery
In this episode we give a production update on the Annual 2025 before measuring our shelves for game discovery. Our homework happened to have a shared theme of hidden information, and we end up discussing the idea of "sleight of hand" to create moments of magic in play.
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The Trends Episode
April 30th, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 1 min
arcane gems, game discovery
In this episode we come back from game discovery sabbatical to talk about some esoteric picks from our itch.io libraries, and then discuss how we approach and interact with trends in the larger ttrpg industry, in game design, and in how those intersect for us.
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The Cursed Episode
December 18th, 2024 | Season 0 | 1 hr 13 mins
game discovery, one hot minute
In this Cursed Episode, despite being interrupted by a power outage we talk about some juicy Arcane Gems within our game discovery homework, and talk about our current works in progress.
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Mounts, Death and Music
December 4th, 2024 | Season 0 | 1 hr 7 mins
game discovery, train of thought
In this episode, we talk about mounts and companions, death in RPGs, and follow a Train of Thought about translating sheet music into playable patterns before delving into our game discovery homework. Have we designed a game yet?
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Enter the Symposium
November 19th, 2024 | Season 0 | 1 hr 57 secs
game discovery
Welcome to the Unwritten Earths Symposium Podcast! On Episode 0, game designers Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol introduce themselves, talk about the Symposium, and then uncover some arcane games from their game discovery homework. Have we designed a game yet?