web01.fireside.fm Sun, 24 May 2026 19:01:55 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Unwritten Earths Symposium - Episodes Tagged with “War Stories” https://unwrittenearths.fireside.fm/tags/war%20stories Wed, 08 Jan 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 Coffee & Game Design Episode https://unwrittenearths.fireside.fm/05 97c10a6a-f525-4390-9d05-eec807d870ff Wed, 08 Jan 2025 03:00:00 -0800 Unwritten Earths Symposium 05 The Coffee & Game Design Episode full Unwritten Earths Symposium In this episode we lay out the template for Coffee & Game Design, assign some homework, delve into the archives for some Arcane Gems, share a war story and field a listener question about promoting our games. 1:10:04 no <p>In this episode we lay out the template for Coffee &amp; Game Design, assign some homework, delve into the archives for some Arcane Gems, share a war story and field a listener question about promoting our games.</p> <p>Show Notes:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://botsin.space/@randomColorContrasts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Color Contrast Bot on Mastodon</a></li> <li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gilarpgs.bsky.social/post/3lesi7xuqrc2b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Spencer Campbell's Unsung Hero thread on Bluesky</a></li> </ul> <p>Game We Talked About:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://zork.net/%7Enick/loyhargil/tsoy2/book1--rulebook.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Shadow of Yesterday (html page with full text of the game)</a></li> <li><a href="https://mattmachell.github.io/minimum-viable-ebook/examples/tsoy/index.html#pools" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Shadow of Yesterday (full text on github)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.arkenstonepublishing.net/solarsystem" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Solar System</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter:_The_Reckoning" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Hunter: the Reckoning</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullwinkle_and_Rocky_Role-Playing_Party_Game" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bullwinkle and Rocky Role-Playing Party Game</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnels_%26_Trolls" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tunnels &amp; Trolls</a></li> <li><a href="https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/59525/usagi-yojimbo-role-playing-game" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Usagi Yojimbo Role-Playing Game (Sanguine Games, 1st edition)</a></li> <li><a href="https://ipressgames.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Incarnadine Press (With Great Power, Serial Homicide Unit</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tckroleplaying.com/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">TCK Roleplaying (Mars Colony, Hero's Banner</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 we lay out the template for Coffee & Game Design, assign some homework, delve into the archives for some Arcane Gems, share a war story and field a listener question about promoting our games.

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