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Alex Roberts is a powerful force of unstoppable role-playing enthusiasm. She designs games, and writes about them sometimes, too. She is good at twitter.

68. Karen Twelves

Gamer, editor, and improv performer Karen Twelves joins us for a talk about performance, play, and the importance of trust.

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67. Jose Zagal

Games scholar Jose Zagal starts a new semester of Backstory, with discussions of Role-Playing Games Studies, the intricate web of influence among different game media, and identifying the ethical frameworks in Animal Crossing. If Emmanuel Kant made a videogame, what would it be like?

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66. Casey Hardy

Co-organizer of the long-running campaign Shadowmoor, Casey Hardy tells us about sustainability, growth, and change in a larp community.

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65. DC

Game designer, streamer, RPG theorist and your new favourite podcast host DC joins us to talk about twitter threads and forging in the dark.

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64. Magdalene Loh

Magdalene Loh is making live-action career design games in Singapore! And stay tuned for some special announcements.

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63. Betty Bong

Larpwright and organizer Betty Bong on translating play across cultures.

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62. Stephanie Bryant

Game designer, crafter, and scrum master Stephanie Bryant brings us a kinder, gentler post-apocalypse.

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61. Terri Cohlene

Children’s author and game designer Terri Cohlene shares her insight on designing for kids, introducing roleplaying, and working in co-creation.

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60. Adam Koebel

Dungeon World co-designer and game streamer Adam Koebel shares insight on the relationship between design and play, and the future of streaming and game publishing.

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59. John Harper

Game designer and graphic artist John Harper shares his journey with Blades in the Dark, and with designing and iterating over a long and varied career in independent publishing. (You know, long in RPG years.)

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