BACKSTORY

Tabletop game deigner Hannah Shaffer chats with Alex about collaborative design, collaborative worldbuilding, and finding one's place in the roleplaying game community. We also briefly attempt to define the word "game," but thankfully give up quickly.

Works Cited
Hannah's website
http://makebigthings.com/
Hannah's twitter
https://twitter.com/hanbandit
Games People Play
http://makebigthings.com/games-people-play-podcast/
Tabletop Superhighway
http://thetabletopsuperhighway.com/
14 Days
http://makebigthings.com/14-days-a-game-about-life-with-migraines/
Questlandia
http://questlandia.com/
Evan Rowland
http://smallflygames.com/
Microscope
http://www.lamemage.com/microscope/
Apocalypse World
http://apocalypse-world.com/
Monsterhearts
http://buriedwithoutceremony.com/monsterhearts/
Game Chef
http://www.game-chef.com/
Metatopia
http://www.dexposure.com/m2015.html
Dreamation
http://www.dexposure.com/d2016.html

It's a very larpy episode with author, journalist, and larpwright Lizzie Stark. She shares her experiences and insights from long-form boffer campaigns, experimental Nordic larps, and much more.

Lizzie's blog
http://leavingmundania.com/

Lizzie's book
http://leavingmundania.com/the-book/

This Miracle
http://leavingmundania.com/2015/04/06/this-miracle/

The Curse
http://leavingmundania.com/2013/05/28/the-curse-a-freeform-game-about-brca/

Larps from the Factory
http://larpfactorybookproject.blogspot.ca/

Knight Realms Campaign Larp
http://www.knightrealms.com/

Markus Montola
http://www.markusmontola.fi/

Emily Care Boss on "Bleed"
http://www.blackgreengames.com/terms/

Sarah Lynne-Bowman
http://www.sarahlynnebowman.com/home/

Anna Westerling
http://annaw.org/

For our inaugural episode, Alex chats with Fiasco creator Jason Morningstar. We discuss his early forays into game design, his philosophy of play, and exciting happenings in the world of larp. Have you gone to Ghost Court? You will.