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The Game Design Round Table
Covering the full breadth of digital, tabletop, and role playing games, The Game Design Round Table inspires and educates aspiring and experienced game designers.
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Season: RPG - Play-by-email with Jeff Perkins
In this episode of the RPG series, hosts Dirk Knemeyer and David Heron are joined by Jeff Perkins, creator and moderator of the long-running play-by-e...
BtC - Ross Connell on art and marketing for games
In this episode of Behind the Cardboard, host Ellie Dix is joined by Ross Connell, curator and advocate for beautiful board games. Together, they dive...
Season: RPG - Conversing with MJ Newman on the different RPG writing scenes, what are their experiences?
In this episode of RPG, hosts Dirk Knemeyer and David Heron sit down with writer and designer MJ Newman to dive into the many sides of RPG writing. Kn...
BtC - Bez Shahriari on Your Brand as a Designer
In this episode of Behind the Cardboard, host Ellie Dix speaks with designer Bez Shahriari about the importance of building and embracing your brand a...
Season: RPG - Cthulhu fhtagn! with Mike Mason
In this episode of the RPG series, hosts Dirk Knemeyer and David Heron are joined by Mike Mason, creative director of Call of Cthulhu at Chaosium. Tog...
Season: RPG - Cthulhu fhtagn! with Mike Mason
In this episode of the RPG series, hosts Dirk Knemeyer and David Heron are joined by Mike Mason, creative director of Call of Cthulhu at Chaosium. Tog...
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BtC - Matthew Dunstan on Making and Nurturing Connections with Publishers
In this episode of Behind the Cardboard, host Ellie Dix sits down with prolific designer Matthew Dunstan, co-designer of Battle for Boulders, to talk...
Season: RPG - Interlude: The Second Round Table
In this RPG interlude, hosts Dirk Knemeyer and David Heron return to the table to revisit some of the big conversations from recent episodes. From the...
BtC with April Mitchell on Sizzle Reels
In this episode of Behind the Cardboard, host Ellie Dix chats with game designer April Mitchell about the power of sizzle reels in pitching and promot...
Season: RPG - GM as Designer with Justin Alexander
In this episode of the RPG series, hosts Dirk Knemeyer and David Heron are joined by Justin Alexander , a renowned game designer and thought leader in...
BtC with Fertessa Allyse on Sell Sheets
In this episode of Behind the Cardboard, host Ellie Dix talks with game designer Fertessa Allyse, known for Wicked & Wise and Cascadia Junior. They di...
Season: RPG - Interlude: Welcome to Willowbank
David and Dirk go over David’s newest project, Willow Bank. Revolving around DnD, (for all of you DnD enthusiasts), they have a captivating conversati...
Season: RPG - Listener Question
Today, Dirk and David come together to answer some listener questions from the Discord. Most of these questions surround RPG’s, although the discussio...
BtC - Special Edition: Dominic Crapuchettes
In this special edition of Behind the Cardboard, host Ellie Dix sits down with legendary game designer and publisher Dominic Crapuchettes, the creativ...
Season: RPG - Serious Games Pt.2
Host Kathryn Hymes (@katehymes, thornygames.com) is joined by renowned designers Jason Morningstar (bullypulpitgames.com) and Randy Lubin (@randylubin...
Season: RPG - Serious Games Pt.1
Host Kathryn Hymes (@katehymes, thornygames.com) is joined by renowned designers Jason Morningstar (bullypulpitgames.com) and Randy Lubin (@randylubin...
BtC - Sydney Engelstein on Delivering a Winning Pitch
Ellie Dix sits down with Sydney Engelstein to unpack what makes a game pitch succeed — and fail. Sydney shares some of the worst pitches she’s witness...
BtC with Danielle Reynolds on Preparing for Pitches
Host Ellie Dix sits down with Danielle Reynolds to dive deep into the art of pitching tabletop games. Danielle shares what draws her to the process, t...
Season: RPG - Randy Lubin - RPGs in Organizational Settings
In this episode, we are joined by Randy Lubin, a well known game designer who has had experience in RPGs, Tabletop gaming, and Mega games. We will div...
BtC- Dave Neale on Identifying Potential Publishers
Today, Ellie Dix and Dave Neale dive into the complexity of forming publisher relationships, as well as choosing the correct publisher. Taking a persp...
Season: RPG - Interlude: The First Round Table
Dirk Knemeyer and David Heron look back on TGRT’s most recent topics, along with taking time to dive into many of the conversations brought up by Elli...
BtC - Isaac Vega on Self Publishing
Today, Ellie Dix and Isaac Vega take a deep dive into what it means to self publish, both the struggles and the benefits. Touching on collaborating wi...
Season: RPG - Luke Hughes - Leadership RPGs
An in depth dive into the makings of Burden of Command, along with the strategies and tools used to create the realistic nature of the game. Conversat...
BtC - Richard Heayes on Protecting Your Idea
Ellie Dix is joined by Richard Heayes, former design director for Hasbro and current co-founder of 7pips. They discuss the ins and outs of trademarkin...
Season: RPG - Ben Robbins on GMless Games
Dirk and David are joined by Ben Robbins, designer of Microscope and many other narrative games. They discuss the play culture of Microscope, the diff...
BtC - Mandela Grandon on Co-Designing
Ellie Dix is joined by Mandela Grandon, designer of Glasgow, Overstocked, and The Shakespeare Game. They talk about the benefits and process of co-des...
Season: RPG - Cosmere RPG with Andrew Fischer
The season of RPGs starts off with flare! Dirk and David are joined once more by Andrew Fischer, here to discuss his experience designing the Cosmere...
BtC - Rikki Tahta on Designer Community
In this episode, Ellie chats with Rikki, creator of Coup, The Chameleon, and Melee, about his inspiring journey in design. He highlights the importanc...
Season: RPG - Prologue
TDGRT kicks off its first season on RPGs with a discussion on Dirk and David’s experiences, and where they want to take the season from here. They tal...
BtC - Adam Porter on Playtesting
Ellie Dix is joined by Adam Porter, designer of Kompromat, Pikoko, and Doodle Rush. Together, they discuss the playtesting process, why it’s so import...
Civ Series Finale Part 2 - Civilization VII
Dirk and David continue their discussion in part 2 of TGDRT’s Civilization Series Finale! They dive into many of the systems that didn’t work for them...
BtC - Scott Rogers on Prototyping
Ellie Dix is joined by Scott Rogers, designer Alien: Fate of Nostrodomo, Pantone the Game, and Marvel Villainous and writer of many books on game desi...
Civ Series Finale Part 1 - Civilization VII
The time has finally come; Civilization VII is out! After many hours with the game, Dirk and David come together to share their thoughts on the game....
BtC - Naming Games with Peter Hayward
Ellie is joined by Peter Hayward, designer of games such as Robotopia, Fiction, and That Time You Killed Me. Ellie and Peter discuss not only the proc...
Civ Series 10 - Listener Questions
Civilization 7 approaches! As we prepare to share our thoughts on Civ 7, we answer another round of listener questions. Topics include Dirk and David’...
BtC - Sen-Foong Lim on Motivation
This week on Behind the Cardboard, Ellie is joined by Sen-Foong Lim, ENNIE winner and designer of Mind: MGMT, Corpse of Discovery, and The Revenant So...
Civ Series 9 - Where are we now with Soren Johnson
The Civilization Series returns with Soren Johnson, lead designer of Civilization IV, Offworld Trading Company, and Old World. They discuss the teaser...
BtC - Daryl Andrews on Generating Ideas
Ellie Dix is joined for the inaugural episode of Behind the Cardboard by Daryl Andrews, designer of Sagrada, The Real Truth, and Kodama 3D among many...
#334 New Year, New Format, New Us
2024 was an excellent year for game design, and 2025 is looking to be even better. As time moves forward, TGDRT must evolve just as our favorite games...
#333 App-Integration with Andrew Fischer
Dirk and David are joined by Andrew Fischer, lead designer of the Cosmere RPG. In this first of two interviews, the crew discusses Andrew’s career, fr...