web02.fireside.fm Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:29:45 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Unwritten Earths Symposium - Episodes Tagged with “Pet Crimes” https://unwrittenearths.fireside.fm/tags/pet%20crimes Wed, 19 Nov 2025 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 Surfaces Episode https://unwrittenearths.fireside.fm/27 7aa93be1-ebf1-4a41-a88c-b40656a0c017 Wed, 19 Nov 2025 03:00:00 -0800 Unwritten Earths Symposium 27 The Surfaces Episode full 2 Unwritten Earths Symposium In this episode, Nathan and Eppy report back on their recent work on PET CRIMES, centering on making digital tools for play. This leads into a discussion of the concept of designing the "surfaces" of your game - what are the things (physical, relational, temporal) that you need to design in order to enable someone to play? This is just the start of this conversation, but it feels like a useful framework as we continue to make games in this season of the podcast! 1:00:21 no <p>In this episode, Nathan and Eppy report back on their recent work on PET CRIMES, centering on making digital tools for play. This leads into a discussion of the concept of designing the "surfaces" of your game - what are the things (physical, relational, temporal) that you need to design in order to enable someone to play? This is just the start of this conversation, but it feels like a useful framework as we continue to make games in this season of the podcast! </p> <p>Patrons are getting access to PET CRIMES and it's associated digital tools as we develop them. Join them for just $3/month <a href="https://patreon.com/UnwrittenEarths" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">over at our Patreon</a>!</p> <p>Show Notes:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://tinyurl.com/OMTplayspace" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">One More Thing online playspace</a> (Google Sheet)</li> <li>Eppy's game <a href="https://epidiah.itch.io/vast-starlit" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Vast and Starlit</a></li> <li><a href="https://bullypulpitgames.com/products/the-skeletons" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Jason Morningstar's The Skeletons</a></li> </ul> <p>And there's more:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://unwrittenearths.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Unwritten Earths Symposium</a></li> <li><a href="https://patreon.com/UnwrittenEarths" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Our Patreon</a></li> <li><a href="https://discord.gg/cgJa5hWcVq" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Join the Discord</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ndpdesign.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Nathan's games</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.dig1000holes.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Eppy's games</a></li> <li><a href="https://willjobst.carrd.co" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Music by Will Jobst</a> </li> </ul> game design, ttrpgs, indie games, indie game publishing, playtesting, rpgs, challenges In this episode, Nathan and Eppy report back on their recent work on PET CRIMES, centering on making digital tools for play. This leads into a discussion of the concept of designing the "surfaces" of your game - what are the things (physical, relational, temporal) that you need to design in order to enable someone to play? This is just the start of this conversation, but it feels like a useful framework as we continue to make games in this season of the podcast!

Patrons are getting access to PET CRIMES and it's associated digital tools as we develop them. Join them for just $3/month over at our Patreon!

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Patrons are getting access to PET CRIMES and it's associated digital tools as we develop them. Join them for just $3/month over at our Patreon!

Show Notes:

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