Episode 15 - Germany Part 1 The World Of RPGs podcast

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Disclaimer: All links are to the websites or social media presence of RPG publishers, creators, gaming stores, gaming clubs, or actual play channels. I take no responsibility for the content behind those links. I received no compensation for linking to any of these pages. David is from Pe Metawe Consulting and Pe Metawe Games . The actual play used in last episode's teaser with David as a GM is on YouTube . The other games he mentioned are Great Western Trail , Neta-Tanka , Burn the Fort by Klee Benally, and Winter Rabbit . Theodore 's blog is Tomb of Tedankhamen . His recent novel is Heisei Ghosts , while the kickstarter for Nuna can be found here . Other games he mentioned are Nunami , Spirit Island , and Wendake . Derek is part of the Coyote & Crow team. Other games he mentioned are Ehdrigor by Allen Turner, Dog Eat Dog by Liam Burke, and the Mexican game Nahual by Miguel Espinosa (I hope more on this in an upcoming Mexico episode!). Here's a video-interview that is not indigenous, but non-English Canadian, in other words Quebecois. If you rather want indigenous comics, here's a story about a crowd funding . The music is by Thomas Mutiu The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş…

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Episode B6 - Demon Ninja 39:00

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Disclaimer: All links are to the websites or social media presence of RPG publishers, creators, gaming stores, gaming clubs, or actual play channels. I take no responsibility for the content behind those links. I received no compensation for linking to any of these pages. You can find Demon Ninja by Studio Disciple here, which was crowdfunded in 2024 . The music is by Thomas Mutiu The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş…

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Episode 20 - Portugal Part 2 48:53

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Disclaimer: All links are to the websites or social media presence of RPG publishers, creators, gaming stores, gaming clubs, or actual play channels. I take no responsibility for the content behind those links. I received no compensation for linking to any of these pages. I did an interview with Rascal News , in which I also talk about the differences between RPGs in Portugal and Spain. At the time of publication I was waaay behind on schedule but had already recorded all the interviews below... The actual play with Alfonso and Simão is taken from Teatro à Espada who are connected to Teatro à Faca , which is the theatre group. Other actual plays from Portugal are Rock and Role , Rola Initiativa , Dados à Portuguesa and Bardos do Mondego . Carolina represents the organization Quebra Dados (the link is messed up, try this: www.quebradados.com ). The Orc and the Pie is here . João wrote an article (in Portuguese) about RPGs in Portugal. Andre runs Games Omnivorous , and when this episode launches (April 2025), the crowdfunding for The Job is currently running! The "academic" game Horizon is here . Pedro is the author of Demon Ninja by Studio Disciple , which was crowdfunded in 2024 . You can find Portuguese indie games here , for instance Sword in the Jungle Deep . Here's a history of RPGs in Portugal (in Portuguese!). The music is by Thomas Mutiu The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş…

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Episode 20 - Portugal Part 1 1:17:39

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Episode 19 - Spain Part 2 1:20:25

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Disclaimer: All links are to the websites or social media presence of RPG publishers, creators, gaming stores, gaming clubs, or actual play channels. I take no responsibility for the content behind those links. I received no compensation for linking to any of these pages. The classic Spanish TTRPG Aquelarre is available in English . Blacksad , Malefic Time , Raven , Kingsmouth , and Little Monster Detectives are also Spanish TTRPGs that are available in English. The first actual play in Basque was taken from ADUR Jokoa The actual play in Castilian was as session of Mahō Shōjo GMed by Alexandra. An example of a Catalan gaming club can be found here . Fernando mentioned the history of Spanish role-playing publishers, including the now defunct Joc Internacional & La Factoría des Ideas , and the more current Devir and Edge Entertainment. The Galician TTRPG is called As Crónicas de Gáidil , and a Galician actual play channels is Galicia Rolera . Erys' games can be found here , including some English language material. Atopia has its own webpage . Zupe is a member of Rolling Languages . Arturo is from Shadowlands , which also has an English language website . The Trickerion RPG was crowdfunded in the Summer of 2024. Rodrigo is not only one of the translators of D&D 5E into Spanish but also part of Other Selves . Nosolorol is represented by Pedro. An example of a smaller Spanish publisher is El Refugio de Ryhope . The other interview with Rodrigo about D&D in Spain can be found on the Don't Stop Thinking YouTube channel . The music is by Thomas Mutiu The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş…

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Episode 19 - Spain Part 1 1:09:24

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Episode B5 - My Gaming 29:43

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Disclaimer: All links are to the websites or social media presence of RPG publishers, creators, gaming stores, gaming clubs, or actual play channels. I take no responsibility for the content behind those links. I received no compensation for linking to any of these pages. My three "legacy games" are Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay , World of Darkness , and Call of Cthulhu Recent games I liked are The Well , DIE RPG , Thousand Year old Vampire , Odd Soot , Ultraviolet Grasslands Honorable mentions are Beak, Feather and Bone , Blades in the Dark , Trail of Cthulhu , Never Going Home , Mörk Bork , Dream Askew/ Dream Apart , Coyote and Crow Games I got that are covered in previous episodes are Historica Arcanum , Archeterica , and Freude schöner Götterfunken The music is by Thomas Mutiu The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş…

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Episode 18 - Taiwan 42:29

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Disclaimer: All links are to the websites or social media presence of RPG publishers, creators, gaming stores, gaming clubs, or actual play channels. I take no responsibility for the content behind those links. I received no compensation for linking to any of these pages. The actual play from Taiwan was from Crispy Fish's channel . The music is by Thomas Mutiu The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş…

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Episode 17 - Singapore 1:18:05

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Disclaimer: All links are to the websites or social media presence of RPG publishers, creators, gaming stores, gaming clubs, or actual play channels. I take no responsibility for the content behind those links. I received no compensation for linking to any of these pages. The actual play from Singapore was from Royal Nerd Theatre . Kellynn has a website with her essays and Move Quietly and Tend Things. Shao Han's main website is Curious Chimeras and he also worked on games like Paizo's Tian Xia setting for pathfinder . Suffyan runs games at Tinker Tales . In his talk about Malay culture, he mentioned the similarity between orang bunian and Celtic faeries. Jason is at Neo Tokyo Project and has his modules on DMs Guild . Other creatives in the TTRPG hobby in Singapore include custom dice at Sambal and Mages and the actual play channel Makcik and Magicks . You can find an article about TTRPGs in Singapore here . The music is by Thomas Mutiu The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş…

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Episode B4 - Warhammer Conference 9:29

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Disclaimer: All links are to the websites or social media presence of RPG publishers, creators, gaming stores, gaming clubs, or actual play channels. I take no responsibility for the content behind those links. I received no compensation for linking to any of these pages. This bonus episode is about the inaugural Warhammer Conference which has its own YouTube Channel . There's a report on the conference by another participant at Goonhammer . The music is by Thomas Mutiu The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş…

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Episode 16 - Austria 56:59

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Disclaimer: All links are to the websites or social media presence of RPG publishers, creators, gaming stores, gaming clubs, or actual play channels. I take no responsibility for the content behind those links. I received no compensation for linking to any of these pages. The first Markus was the gamemaster of the actual play teaser last episode, which can be found on the 3W6 YouTube channel . The podcast has its own website , on which you can find the zines mentioned. I interviewed the founders of System Matters in the Germany episode, who published Markus' German translation of Dialect . The second Markus runs Gazer Press ( https://gazerpress.at/en ). Georg is the creator of Finsterland . He talked about a number of German authors like ETA Hoffmann , Goethe , Heinrich Heine , and Karl May . The conventions mentioned that have websites were Bewahrer Imaginärer Welten ( http://bewahrer.at/ ) and Spielefest ( https://spielefest.wien/ ). The music is by Thomas Mutiu The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş…

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Episode 15 - Germany Part 2 1:23:44

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Episode 15 - Germany Part 3 1:40:43

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Disclaimer: All links are to the websites or social media presence of RPG publishers, creators, gaming stores, gaming clubs, or actual play channels. I take no responsibility for the content behind those links. I received no compensation for linking to any of these pages. ### Added section: German TTRPGs that are available in English include The Dark Eye , Engel ( here's an old preview ), and Degenesis . ### Jens was the gamemaster of the actual play teaser last episode, which can be found on the Lurch und Lama YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/c/lurchundlama ). Their general website and shop can be found here: https://lurchundlama.de/ . Hexxen 1733 has an English introduction on the publisher’s website ( https://ulisses-us.com/may-i-introduce-you-hexxen-1733/ ). Peter also reflects on the history of TTRPGs in Germany on his own website ( https://peterssoftwareprojects.com/rollenspielerinnerungen/ ). Material on Midgard can be found here ( https://midgard-online.de/ ). Robert is part of the DSA Archive ( https://www.instagram.com/dsaarchiv/ ). The video game Drakensang , which is set in the world Aventuria of DSA has its own website ( https://www.drakensang.com/ ). Chris has his own D&D modules on DM’s Guild ( https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Christoph%20Pfitzinger ) and his Mission Sustainable is mentioned on the website of the pedagogical group Waldritter, who are also mentioned in the interview with Ingmar ( https://waldritter-berlin.de/2023/03/07/mission-sustainable/ ), Chris mentions other German actual play channels like Dice Actors ( https://www.youtube.com/c/diceactors ) and played Dungeonslayers ( https://www.dungeonslayers.net/ ). Ingmar is one of the organizers of Hannover lernt Spielen(d) ( https://hannover-spielend.de/ ). Micha has his own podcast ( https://lordofthedices.de/ ) and is part of Polyfeder publishing ( https://polyfeder-verlag.de/home ), the German translator of Subversion ( https://www.fraggingunicorns.com/ ). Aşkın has his own website ( https://ask-dogan.de/ ). He used to work on the German version of Space 1889 ( https://shop.uhrwerk-verlag.de/uhrwerk-rollenspiele/space-1889/ ). Frank was editor of the German edition of Call of Cthulhu (https://pegasus.de/en/games/). Matthias is part of Obscuriat Walser ( https://obscuriat.info/en/entrance/ ). Andrea runs Plotbunny Games ( https://plotbunnygames.com/ ), whose material you can also find on Itch.io ( https://itch.io/profile/plotbunnygames ). Andrea’s previous work can be found here: https://catcurious.itch.io/ Tobias and Torsten run Donnerhaus ( https://donnerhaus.eu/ ). Daniel and Patrick run System Matters ( https://www.system-matters.de/ ). Further interviews on role playing in Germany with Mháire Stritter can be found on YouTube ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SilLW5H2QaE and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtJVY7O1YfU ). The Shadowrun podcast advertised at the end of Part 1 can be found here: https://linktr.ee/bugmasterigni . The music is by Thomas Mutiu The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş…

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Episode 15 - Germany Part 1 1:24:50

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Episode 14 - Hong Kong 54:45

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