The World of RPGs

This podcast is about tabletop role-playing games around the world. In every episode, I interview RPG enthusiasts and professionals from a non-English speaking country about what games they play, what unique RPGs exist in their country, and how new people get into the hobby. Interviewees include regular gamers, club organizers, game shop owners, creators of actual play videos, RPG authors, and gaming studios. While some places are known for their large role-playing scene and have a lot of local RPG systems, other regions of the world have smaller scenes and might not even have a single RPG in the local language. Every regular episode ends with a teaser for the next country – an excerpt from an actual play recording in that country’s language. The aim of this podcast is to broaden our horizon and find out about RPGs from all over the world. Enjoy!

Episode 23 - Mexico Part 2

Part 2 of the Mexico Episode includes talks with players and creators!

11-07
01:04:30

Episode 23 - Mexico Part 1

We return to the American continent with Part 1 of the Mexico episode.

11-07
57:39

Episode 22 - Romania

A quick intermission on the trip to the Americas with a return to Europe, because I visited there in March...

07-09
01:07:06

Episode 21 - Indigenous North America

The first episode from the American continent!

05-12
59:45

Episode B6 - Demon Ninja

Bonus episode about a new Portuguese game, because the regular episode was just getting too long...

05-02
39:00

Episode 20 - Portugal Part 2

Conclusion of the two two-parters on the Iberian Peninsula.

04-25
48:53

Episode 20 - Portugal Part 1

Part 1 of the second country on the Iberian Peninsula, which I guess I didn't mispronounce this time...

04-25
01:17:39

Episode 19 - Spain Part 2

Part 2 of 2 for the Spain episode!

01-27
01:20:25

Episode 19 - Spain Part 1

We return to Europe with a miniseries on the Iberian Peninsula, which I totally mispronounced in this episode...

01-27
01:09:24

Episode B5 - My Gaming

This is a quick bonus episode about what kind of games I like to play, because I usually delete my rants about games in the interviews.

11-29
29:43

Episode 18 - Taiwan

In this episode, we cover another island in Asia with a vibrant role-playing scene.

10-28
42:29

Episode 17 - Singapore

And we are back in Asia, on some islands for the next few episodes...

10-14
01:18:05

Episode B4 - Warhammer Conference

A bonus episode about a conference I attended this September.

10-10
09:29

Episode 16 - Austria

We stay in the German-speaking part of Europe with a shorter episode on role-playing games in Austria.

09-16
56:59

Episode 15 - Germany Part 3

In the final part of the Germany episode, we look at some unique current German systems and the world of indie publishers.

08-26
01:40:43

Episode 15 - Germany Part 2

In Part 2 of 3 we look at diversity and sustainability in German games and at the dozens of adaptations of English language games into German.

08-26
01:23:44

Episode 15 - Germany Part 1

This is part 1 of the massive three parter that almost broke my back. Part 1 is a general overview of TTRPGs in Germany and about the history of games in the 1970s and 1980s.

08-26
01:24:50

Episode 14 - Hong Kong

Surprise episode to round of the East Asia mini-series!

05-23
54:45

Episode 13 - Japan

The final of the big three, but not the last of the East Asia episodes, is Japan!

05-01
01:27:33

Episode 12 - Korea

In the first episode of 2024 and our second part of the visit to the East Asian countries, we take a look at the gaming scene in (South) Korea. Also, yes, I had a cold while recording the introduction.

02-18
01:07:55

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