Unwritten Earths Symposium - Episodes Tagged with “Plus Expenses”

Plus Expenses #118

Unwritten Earths Symposium — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:00:00 -0700

Plus Expenses is our bonus show for Patrons, dropping every other week between our regular episodes. This one is on the public feed for everyone, to round out our Origins Interviews episode with our reflections on the convention. Thanks so much for listening - if you dig this, you can get it for just $5 a month over at our Patreon!

In this Plus Expenses, we talk about: The Origins interviews, how the convention felt, “networking”, being a two-session guy, Imp of the Perverse, DriveThru Deal of the Day, decision-making for Games on Demand, good playtest/bad session, energy use during games, Eppy’s bluesky post about AI - it won’t help you!, refreshingly human-made focus at the dealer hall, Eppy’s dice adventure, character sheet usage for different contexts, live Swords sheets feedback and development, a Swords Without Master story, a Mortal Skein (playtest) story and playtesting philosophy, our White Whale Episode, not recognizing things when they work, and if you want more of this, sign up for our Patreon - only $5 a month!

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Plus Expenses #87

Unwritten Earths Symposium — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 03:00:00 -0800

In this Plus Expenses we talk about:Articulating the Unwritten Earths Symposium and how it gives us productive constraints, repetition is the brevity of the soul, Voyagers!, The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, King Con by Stephen J. Cannell, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Samurai Champloo, coming full circle on physical media, preserving obscure media, pulp fiction literally pulping, the Rockford Files is a good show, we’re trying out Ellipsus, setting up stuff outside of free tools and avoiding AI, game publishing is a lot of skills, a thought on another WWWRPG Promotion, some thoughts on a Swords/WWW mashup, shout out to Zine Month, and stay strong out there!.

Plus Expenses is a second biweekly show that is normally for our patrons.

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Plus Expenses #81

Unwritten Earths Symposium — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0800

In this Plus Expenses we talk about: It’s the official “crossover” Plus Expenses, James Garner handing off a baton to a wizard, feelings about ending Two Hundred a Day (but Two Hundred a Day will remain!), actually ending a thing, starting a new podcast: Unwritten Earths Symposium, how Plus Expenses will fit into the new show, the early days of Dread, building our new Discord so it’s a place where people play each others games, the experience of playing THAT game, learning new podcast skills, learning from The Rockford Files, goals for Unwritten Earths, future Two Hundred a Day eps, THANK YOU Two Hundred a Day listeners, hello new Unwritten Earths listeners, the Unwritten Earths Patreon, and pitching the Adventure & Hobbyist Annual.

If this sounds good to you, come into the Symposium and let’s teach and learn from each other!
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