web02.fireside.fm Sat, 02 May 2026 04:19:52 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Unwritten Earths Symposium - Episodes Tagged with “Guests” https://unwrittenearths.fireside.fm/tags/guests Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:00:00 -0800 Welcome to the Unwritten Earths Symposium! In each episode, tabletop RPG designers Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol try to trick each other into designing a game they wouldn't otherwise make. en-us episodic Discovering and designing genre-defining tabletop RPGs. Unwritten Earths Symposium Welcome to the Unwritten Earths Symposium! In each episode, tabletop RPG designers Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol try to trick each other into designing a game they wouldn't otherwise make. no TTRPG, tabletop, games, rpg, design, game design Unwritten Earths Symposium provost@unwrittenearths.com The Shel Kahn Episode https://unwrittenearths.fireside.fm/30 249522ec-6782-4cb5-b415-5e0ec73e3efb Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:00:00 -0800 Unwritten Earths Symposium 30 The Shel Kahn Episode full 2 Unwritten Earths Symposium In this episode, we sit down with friend, artist, game designer and art director for Swords Without Master Shel Kahn to talk about... all of those things! We touch on the different roles of art in game design, working with abstract imagery, refining your taste as a chooser-of-images even if commissioning original art isn't realistic, and the ways artwork and visual design elements help out the game design endeavor. Art... it's good! 1:13:48 no In this episode, we sit down with friend, artist, game designer and art director for Swords Without Master Shel Kahn to talk about... all of those things! We touch on the different roles of art in game design, working with abstract imagery, refining your taste as a chooser-of-images even if commissioning original art isn't realistic, and the ways artwork and visual design elements help out the game design endeavor. Art... it's good! Show Notes: * The Swords Without Master Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/unwrittenearths/swords-without-master?ref=9uxdgk) - funded now, runs through February 13th 2026! * Shel's website (https://www.portablecity.net) and webcomics (https://stories.portablecity.net) * Buy By Crom! (https://sorcererscatalogue.itch.io/by-crom-pdf) * The Beguiling Bookstore (https://beguilingbooks.com) * Elemei (https://elemei.art) (our glyph artist for Swords) * Movies: Captain Blood (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Blood_(1935_film)), Don Juan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Juan_(1926_film)) and Troy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_(film)) Games Mentioned: * Traveller (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller_(role-playing_game)) and GURPS Traveller (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS_Traveller) * TORQ (https://goodluckpress.co/products/torq) * Shel’s Pocket Dungeons (https://www.portablecity.net/category/pocket-dungeons/) * Wolfspell (https://www.worldswithoutmaster.com/bazaar/wolfspell-on-a-trifold-album-jacket) And there's more: * Unwritten Earths Symposium (http://unwrittenearths.com) * Our Patreon (https://patreon.com/UnwrittenEarths) * Join the Discord (https://discord.gg/cgJa5hWcVq) * Nathan's games (https://www.ndpdesign.com) * Eppy's games (https://www.dig1000holes.com) * Music by Will Jobst (https://willjobst.carrd.co) game design, ttrpgs, indie games, indie game publishing, playtesting, rpgs, challenges In this episode, we sit down with friend, artist, game designer and art director for Swords Without Master Shel Kahn to talk about... all of those things! We touch on the different roles of art in game design, working with abstract imagery, refining your taste as a chooser-of-images even if commissioning original art isn't realistic, and the ways artwork and visual design elements help out the game design endeavor. Art... it's good!

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