The World of RPGs

en en 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! Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:28:36 +0200 Moritz Botts yes https://lcdn.letscast.fm/media/podcast/82e973bf/artwork-3000x3000.jpg?t=1708278001 The World of RPGs Moritz Botts LetsCast.fm (https://letscast.fm) Moritz Botts episodic

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RPGs, Role-playing Games, Fantasy Role-playing Games, TTRPG, TRPG Moritz Botts mo_botts@yahoo.de no no no Moritz Botts 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! no no f8c5c7c96fed4aaf9ff2fa5810b43cfc Episode 27 - The Netherlands We return to Europe with a mini series of neighbouring countries that share languages and thus games... ]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0200 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.

Sky is the host of Dutch Dungeons. The Dutch publishers of D&D5E material he mentions include Project Epos and Mythemakers.
Cara is part of the Dutch20 community, which also has a (Dutch) article about Dutch Dungeons here. Conventions she mentions are AnimeCon, Spellenspektakel, Castlefest, and Fantasy Fest.
Henk ran RuneQuest Daily for a while, which you can still find as a Google Group. The Dutch horror novel he mentions is Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt. (link leads to English version). The Utrecht game stores include The Joker, Neverneverland, and Subcultures. Renaissance faires mentioned are Castlefest and Elf Fantasy Fair, which has changed its name to Elfia.
Frank hosts Queeste on his writer website.

The music is by Thomas Mutiu
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş

]]> Episode 27 - The Netherlands 01:05:41 Moritz Botts 42 full We return to Europe with a mini series of neighbouring countries that share languages and thus games... ]]> RPGs, Role-playing Games, TTRPG, Europe, World of Darkness, Das Schwarze Auge, Call of Cthulhu, Dutch, Warhammer no no no no 193b502d9a754dd596f52447459ac440 Episode 26 - Kazakhstan A surprise episode that came to be because I was contacted by a listener, and it turned out to be quite a ride!]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +0100 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.

Anel and Arystan are from the game club Dice.

The music is by Thomas Mutiu
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş

]]> Episode 26 - Kazakhstan 00:58:46 Moritz Botts 41 full A surprise episode that came to be because I was contacted by a listener, and it turned out to be quite a ride!]]> Kazakhstan, Central Asia, RPGs, Role-playing Games, TTRPG, Dungeons & Dragons, Europe, Asia, World of Darkness no no no no ff549ef61ebd47fcac5907d1688ef1ae Episode 25 - Malta Short detour to Europe with this amazing island in the Mediterranean.]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0100 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.

Michele is from the W.A.R.S. gaming club, which also participated in the Malta Comic Con.
Għar Gremxul is the nom-de-plum of a Maltese game designer and also the name of his website. He mentioned an Is-Saflenin Solo Stream. The possibly oldest Maltese TTRPG though is The Government versus the Trees. You can find The Maltese Bestiary here.
Fleur is part of The Wanderer's Tome.

The music is by Thomas Mutiu
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş

]]> Episode 25 - Malta 00:56:10 Moritz Botts 40 full Short detour to Europe with this amazing island in the Mediterranean.]]> Malta, RPGs, Role-playing Games, TTRPG, Europe no no no no ff43ada7651843dbb6b0827e5239ae15 Episode 24 - Brazil Part 2 Part 2 of the giant Brazil episode!]]> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0100 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.

Nana and Daniel are from the channel Falha Final and play Tormenta a lot.
Fred has a Patreon for Superseeds, which you can also find on DriveThru RPG. You can find his proposal for Vampire: the Masquerade here and for Shadowrun here.
Ygor worked on Tagmar and Millenia (links to Portuguese Wikipedia).
Diogo's material on itch.io is here, he also runs Old Skull Publishing, and has the Weird Games and Weirder People podcast. The press release about Diogo working for World of Darkness is here.
Cezar's material on itch.io is here. His Twitter post about Brazilian games everyone should know is here.

In the outro, I mentioned the Rascal Article about the Streetfighter RPG. You can find another historical overview of games in Brazil here. An academic text about the history is here.

The music is by Thomas Mutiu
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş

]]> Episode 24 - Brazil Part 2 01:08:08 Moritz Botts 39 full Part 2 of the giant Brazil episode!]]> TTRPG, Role-playing Games, RPGs, OSR, Indie Games, Brazil no no no no 77344be25f484014aef91eb23c5e67bf Episode 24 - Brazil Part 1 First episode of 2026 and first episode from South America. In Part 1 we talk about actual play and the history of games in Brazil.]]> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0100 You can find the show notes in Part 2!]]> Episode 24 - Brazil Part 1 01:13:40 Moritz Botts 38 full First episode of 2026 and first episode from South America. In Part 1 we talk about actual play and the history of games in Brazil.]]> Brazil, South America, TTRPG, RPGs, World of Darkness, Indigenous, , Diversity, TTRP no no no no 42d7e1f8bcee4fc29f8f718653950374 Episode 23 - Mexico Part 2 Part 2 of the Mexico Episode includes talks with players and creators!]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100 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.

Jose is from the channel Tirando Rol, though the actual play I used as a teaser for this episode is from Potionless. He mentions Mexican indie games such as Eerie Stories by Role per Second, Riftwalkers, Wonderlight, and Xeno.
Claudia and Michael/ Miguel mention the publishers Axostories and Draco Studios. Another Mexican creator mentioned is Mario Ortegón with his setting Ixalba. Claudia has worked for Magpie Games, which as a couple of games out that touch on Mexican themes, such as Pasion de la Pasiones and Cartel. The historical Mexican weapon mentioned is a Macuahuitl. The convention mentioned is MegaXP. They also talk about the publisher/ distributor Devir, which is active across the Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries in the Americas and Europe.
Marshall mentions Albinusroll from Spain as a resource on TTRPGs.
Miguel is the creator of Nahual, which is based on Operación Bolívar.
Ricardo wrote the book series Tempest Blades. His paper on D&D and trans media can be found here. We discuss Silvio Moreno-Garcia's novel Gods of Jades and Shadow.

I talked about The Kraken and the German shop Fantasy In in the introduction. In the outro, I mention the crowdfunding campaign for Kokotöna (running until November 11th 2025) by El Chupalabras.

The music is by Thomas Mutiu
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş

]]> Episode 23 - Mexico Part 2 01:04:30 Moritz Botts 37 full Part 2 of the Mexico Episode includes talks with players and creators!]]> Role-playing Games, RPGs, TTRPG, Dungeons & Dragons, Call of Cthulhu, World of Darkness, Native American, PbtA no no no no e73470ccd69043acb810c268562f457a Episode 23 - Mexico Part 1 We return to the American continent with Part 1 of the Mexico episode.]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100 You can find the show notes in Part 2!]]> Episode 23 - Mexico Part 1 00:57:39 Moritz Botts 36 full We return to the American continent with Part 1 of the Mexico episode.]]> Role-playing Games, RPGs, TTRPG, Native American, Spain no no no no 08c24eb4e4c349e28c7f6ea0132e1007 Episode 22 - Romania A quick intermission on the trip to the Americas with a return to Europe, because I visited there in March...]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2025 08:00:00 +0200 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.

Bogdan is from the channel Pivnițe și Balauri. The particular section we talk about is around minute 40 in this episode. The skit about looking for a toilet is here. Other Romanian actual play channels are Dicesylvania (in English) and Zaruri și Balauri.
Chris runs Hobby Planet in Bucharest.
Șerban, Yuno, Mihai, and Horia are from The RPG Gazette. Yuno's article about female Romanian GMs is here. Horia's game is Biological Hazard.

I also mentioned I just read Penumbra City in the introduction.

The music is by Thomas Mutiu
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş

]]> Episode 22 - Romania 01:07:06 Moritz Botts 35 full A quick intermission on the trip to the Americas with a return to Europe, because I visited there in March...]]> Role-playing Games, RPGs, TTRPG, Dungeons & Dragons, Europe, World of Darkness, Romania no no no no 356c9028fa034cbab0018fe1dd60faa1 Episode 21 - Indigenous North America The first episode from the American continent!]]> Mon, 12 May 2025 20:00:00 +0200 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

]]> Episode 21 - Indigenous North America 00:59:45 Moritz Botts 34 full The first episode from the American continent!]]> RPGs, Role-playing Games, Role-playing Games, TTRPG, Canada, USA, Indigenous, Native American, First Nations, Inuit, Metis, Dungeons & Dragons, Shadowrun no no no no 98c991a909cf4b2b9c59aa7bb88cb9d1 Episode B6 - Demon Ninja Bonus episode about a new Portuguese game, because the regular episode was just getting too long...]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 12:00:00 +0200 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

]]> Episode B6 - Demon Ninja 00:39:00 Moritz Botts 33 full Bonus episode about a new Portuguese game, because the regular episode was just getting too long...]]> Ninja, Japan, Portugal, , RPGs, Role-playing Games no no no no 7427bc433cf74228aa89b0501d169c07 Episode 20 - Portugal Part 2 Conclusion of the two two-parters on the Iberian Peninsula.]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0200 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

]]> Episode 20 - Portugal Part 2 00:48:53 Moritz Botts 32 full Conclusion of the two two-parters on the Iberian Peninsula.]]> RPGs, Role-playing Games, TTRPG, OSR, Portugal, Europe no no no no 99422d6e73f14efd8a3bfcd686bdca90 Episode 20 - Portugal Part 1 Part 1 of the second country on the Iberian Peninsula, which I guess I didn't mispronounce this time...]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0200 You can find the show notes in Part 2!]]> Episode 20 - Portugal Part 1 01:17:39 Moritz Botts 31 full Part 1 of the second country on the Iberian Peninsula, which I guess I didn't mispronounce this time...]]> RPGs, Role-playing Games, TTRPG, Dungeons & Dragons, Portugal, Europe no no no no 93a15536321c4a9bae735e198821f4eb Episode 19 - Spain Part 2 Part 2 of 2 for the Spain episode!]]> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 20:00:00 +0100 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

]]> Episode 19 - Spain Part 2 01:20:25 Moritz Botts 30 full Part 2 of 2 for the Spain episode!]]> TTRPG, Role-playing Games, RPGs, Call of Cthulhu, Spain, Dungeons & Dragons no no no no d20de589d2c34ede901c19fad685f482 Episode 19 - Spain Part 1 We return to Europe with a miniseries on the Iberian Peninsula, which I totally mispronounced in this episode...]]> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 19:00:00 +0100 You can find the show notes in Part 2!]]> Episode 19 - Spain Part 1 01:09:24 Moritz Botts 29 full We return to Europe with a miniseries on the Iberian Peninsula, which I totally mispronounced in this episode...]]> Spain, TTRPG, RPGs, Role-playing Games, Dungeons & Dragons no no no no 485e8d213b4c4e5bbe530374c2657c37 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.]]> Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0100 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

]]> Episode B5 - My Gaming 00:29:43 Moritz Botts 28 bonus 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.]]> TTRPG, Role-playing Games, RPGs no no no no fa622cf2ca0b453d9465604c995ac367 Episode 18 - Taiwan In this episode, we cover another island in Asia with a vibrant role-playing scene.]]> Mon, 28 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0100 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

]]> Episode 18 - Taiwan 00:42:29 Moritz Botts 27 full In this episode, we cover another island in Asia with a vibrant role-playing scene.]]> Taiwan, TTRPG, Dungeons & Dragons, , Role-playing Games, RPGs, Asia no no no no 6672d65bc0eb4ea98894844de91eaa33 Episode 17 - Singapore And we are back in Asia, on some islands for the next few episodes...]]> Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0200 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

]]> Episode 17 - Singapore 01:18:05 Moritz Botts 26 full And we are back in Asia, on some islands for the next few episodes...]]> Role-playing Games, RPGs, TTRPG, Singapore no no no no d62e84d3f99a4fa2a9305e38a5b4d382 Episode B4 - Warhammer Conference A bonus episode about a conference I attended this September.]]> Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0200 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

]]> Episode B4 - Warhammer Conference 00:09:29 Moritz Botts 25 bonus A bonus episode about a conference I attended this September.]]> Warhammer no no no no 997cc43aa05544ea8f0afe9c6bcfd332 Episode 16 - Austria We stay in the German-speaking part of Europe with a shorter episode on role-playing games in Austria.]]> Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0200 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

]]> Episode 16 - Austria 00:56:59 Moritz Botts 24 full We stay in the German-speaking part of Europe with a shorter episode on role-playing games in Austria.]]> Role-playing Games, RPGs, TTRPG, OSR, Das Schwarze Auge, Austria no no no no 482600d23732422fa697e0c41d39cebd 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.]]> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:00:00 +0200 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.

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Added section: German TTRPGs that are available in English include The Dark Eye, Engel (here's an old preview), and Degenesis.
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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

]]> Episode 15 - Germany Part 3 01:40:43 Moritz Botts 23 full In the final part of the Germany episode, we look at some unique current German systems and the world of indie publishers.]]> Role-playing Games, RPGs, TTRPG, OSR, Diversity, Das Schwarze Auge, Germany no no no no 4dc0cd782e9848289acb99287062c9d8 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.]]> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:00:00 +0200 You can find the show notes in Part 3!]]> Episode 15 - Germany Part 2 01:23:44 Moritz Botts 22 full 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.]]> TTRPG, RPGs, Role-playing Games, OSR, Germany, Das Schwarze Auge, Diversity, Shadowrun, Call of Cthulhu, Dungeons & Dragons no no no no 20740a08750a488abe310234c242857f 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.]]> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:00:00 +0200 You can find the show notes in Part 3!]]> Episode 15 - Germany Part 1 01:24:50 Moritz Botts 21 full 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.]]> Role-playing Games, RPGs, TTRPG, Germany, Das Schwarze Auge, Midgard no no no no 1dd4bf4709224097958d25066f9ba4ab Episode 14 - Hong Kong Surprise episode to round of the East Asia mini-series!]]> Thu, 23 May 2024 19:00:00 +0200 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 channel I used for the teaser can be found here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkxjSrw5WlE).
Dungeon MasterChef has a YouTube channel with how-to role-play videos in Cantonese and English (https://www.youtube.com/@dungeonmasterchef)

I don't have any recommendations this time - my "homework" was for you to find out which TTRPG was created closest to your current location. For me, that would currently be Gordion - Altın Şehir by Worknight Studios (https://www.gordiongame.com/en/altin-sehir). I actually visited the campus their address is at this March but haven't had a chance to talk with them yet. Concerning my hometown, the game from there would be LodlanD (in German: https://web.archive.org/web/20151202004355/http://www.lodland.de/cgi-bin/go?cmd=view&tpl=content.html&folder=1#1193) which I might talk about in the Germany episode, whenever that comes out ;)

The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode 14 - Hong Kong 00:54:45 Moritz Botts 20 full Surprise episode to round of the East Asia mini-series!]]> RPGs, Role-playing Games, TTRPG, TRPG, Asia, China, Cthulhu, Hong Kong no no no no c78fb2fca0ef4f54aa252a6ca58e8eed Episode 13 - Japan The final of the big three, but not the last of the East Asia episodes, is Japan!]]> Wed, 01 May 2024 12:00:00 +0200 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 channel I used for the teaser can be found here (https://www.youtube.com/@user-jy6xt7jf8g).
The gaming café Monodraco has a website (https://www.monodraco.com)
Andy Kitkowski's translations can be found at Kotodama Heavy Industries (https://kotohi.com), but you can also find the games on DrivethruRPG, i.e. Tenra Bansho Zero (https://drivethrurpg.com/en/product/111713/Tenra-Bansho-Zero-Heaven-and-Earth-Edition), Ryuutama (https://drivethrurpg.com/en/product/151366/Ryuutama--Natural-Fantasy-Roleplay) and Shinobigami (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/297976/shinobigami-modern-ninja-battle-rpg). In the interview he mentions Kabuki theatre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabuki) and Utena (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Girl_Utena)
Björn-Ole Kamm's homepage with info on his research and books is here (https://www.b-ok.de). In the interview he mentions Hikikomori (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori) and the light novel Nyaruko (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyaruko:_Crawling_with_Love).
Far East Amusement Research can be found here (https://www.fear.co.jp).
David recently opened Warstorm Games (https://www.warstormgames.com)
Another TTRPG translated from Japanese into English is Itadaki Dungeon/ Challenge Dungeon (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/406399/Challenge-DUNGEON-RPG)
Even Wikipedia has an article on TTRPGs in Japan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabletop_role-playing_games_in_Japan)
The Blog Japanese Tabletop RPG has overviews of a lot of classic Japanese TTRPGs, including Sword World (https://japanesetrpg.com)
An overview of the Japanese translation of D&D with lots of original pictures can be found here (https://mystara.thorfmaps.com/appendix-j/rules-cyclopedia/), which also explains the looks of the kobold
Masaki Yanagida wrote a short history of D&D in Japan (https://www.tokyodev.com/articles/the-rise-and-fall-of-dnd-in-japan)
An article by Kamiab Ghorbanpour on Dicebreaker further explores the history of TTRPGs in Japan (https://www.dicebreaker.com/series/sword-world/feature/sword-world-japan-dnd-elden-ring-trpg-group-sne)
A discussion of the Japanese licensed Star Trek TTRPG can be found here (https://rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/2023/09/1983-enterprise-role-play-game-in-star.html?fbclid=IwAR3B9TTiLoFpdj1ghzxoYGsWejkn_L553B4i5042cdxYF8xrni91z_VGVdw)
The Japanese quick start for Call of Cthulhu can be downloaded here (https://product.kadokawa.co.jp/cthulhu/contents/media-download/1116/28d8f4e8669f9557/)

My recommendation is another interview with Andy Kitkowski on the Don't Stop Thinking YouTube Channel, which comes in two parts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmqxjnflwf0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgHhSCrAHhQ&t=1s). Role Play Ukraine can be found here (https://linktr.ee/roleplayua) and the Archeterica crowdfunding campaign here (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theimagocult/archeterica-imago-the-invitation). Finally, The Awards is here (https://theawards.games)

The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode 13 - Japan 01:27:33 Moritz Botts 19 full The final of the big three, but not the last of the East Asia episodes, is Japan!]]> Role-playing Games, RPGs, TTRPG, Japan, TRPG, Ryuutama, Sword World, Asia no no no no 4ac6a192d5484067bc8b6c5b4b783a2f 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.]]> Sun, 18 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0100 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 channel I used for the teaser can be found here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLevYAYl0oA).
Naver Café is a forum-like gaming website (https://cafe.naver.com/trpgdnd)
Bum Lee's games can be found on his website (https://bumlee.com/games/) or on Dungeon Masters Guild (https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Bum%20Lee)
Kyle's Magicians is available from his company Sam Joko Publishing (https://samjokopublishing.com/products/magicians-rpg)
Joey runs Dice and Comics in Seoul (https://www.facebook.com/thedicelatte/ and https://www.instagram.com/thedicelatte/?hl=en). A different gaming café is Laughing Goblin Space (https://www.facebook.com/laugh.goblins)
Storygames publishes Korean translations of story games (http://blog.storygames.kr/)
Korean TTRPGs mentioned in the interviews are Moonflower (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magisterludi/moonflower-a-story-game-of-impossible-journeys) and Dawn of Fate (http://trpgclub.com/renewal/?p=5)
The traditional Korean dice game mentioned is Yut or Yunnori (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunnori)
Another - written - interview with a Korean gamer can be found here: (http://weirdwonderfulworlds.blogspot.com/2020/08/discussion-on-korean-ttrpgs-with.html)

My recommendation is an interview with Sanjun, the author of Moonflower, on Asians Represent (https://oneshotpodcast.com/uncategorized/the-korean-ttrpg-scene-ft-sanjun/).

The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode 12 - Korea 01:07:55 Moritz Botts 18 full 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.]]> RPGs, Role-playing Games, TTRPG, TRPG, Korea, Call of Cthulhu, Indie Games no no no no 2a62b018dbf84cd384297807e6cd8617 Episode 11 - China We start our trip to East Asia with an episode about the role-playing scene in China.]]> Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:00:00 +0100 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 channel I used for the teaser can be found here (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ee4y197p1/). An overview of a Chinese convention is here (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1HV411M7JH/?spm_id_from=333.999.0.0)
I recruited most of my interviewees on the Goddess Fantasy forum (https://www.goddessfantasy.net/bbs/index.php)
One Chinese Manga mentioned is Infinity Game (https://baike.baidu.com/item/无尽游戏/5426542)
The gaming company I interviewed is called Labyrinth (https://labyrpg.com)
A journalistic article about the (general) gaming scene in China by Liu Tingting can be found here (https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006567). Kamiab Ghorbanpour wrote about Murder Mystery games (https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/feature/jubensha-live-action-roleplaying-cluedo-werewolf-chinese-phenomenon). A more sensationalist article about the issues with those games can be found in The Economist (https://www.economist.com/china/2022/07/07/chinas-communist-party-cracks-down-on-larping)

My recommendation is a companion piece about D&D in China on the Don't Stop Thinking YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTHdEf1DztY&t=373s).

The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode 11 - China 01:28:44 Moritz Botts 17 full We start our trip to East Asia with an episode about the role-playing scene in China.]]> China, Asia, , RPGs, Role-playing Games , TTRPG, OSR, Cthulhu, Fiasko no no no no baaab323286b4f2ba9e7a866c83eb979 Episode 10 - Hungary Part 2 Part 2 of the two-part Hungary episode. In this one we go into more specific projects.]]> Sat, 04 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0100 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.

Helvéczia by Gábor Lux is one of the few Hungarian RPGs translated into English (https://emdt.bigcartel.com/category/helveczia-rpg).

The actual play channel I used for the teaser was Fun with Geeks (https://www.youtube.com/@funwithgeeksstreamek5074/featured). Other channels are RollPlayer (https://www.youtube.com/@RollPlayer) and Nat 20 (https://www.youtube.com/@Nat-cp4zv).
Wendy mentioned the website for finding gaming groups in Hungarian, Szerepjátékosok (www.szerepjatekosok.hu).
Gábor has a podcast in Hungarian named Grognard Breakfast (https://open.spotify.com/show/00N4l5KA0TWfXlsarAfkcq). His adventures can be found here ( https://emdt.bigcartel.com/product/the-lost-valley-of-kishar) and here (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/379533/No-ArtPunk-Vol-1). Tough not Hungarian, he recommends PrinceofNothing's website Age of Dusk (https://princeofnothingblogs.wordpress.com/).
Gergely's YouTube channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@KockakesSarkanyok. The funny naming thing he mentions is about Lajos Kossuth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lajos_Kossuth).
Gábor's Norse-influenced game is called Heimurinn (https://heimurinn.hu/).
Sándor has worked on Against the Darkmaster (https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/329319/against-the-darkmaster-core-rules), Trinity by Onyx Path (https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/260788/trinity-continuum-core-rulebook), Dark Streets - Darker Secrets by Old Skull Publishing (https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/266741/Dark-Streets--Darker-Secrets), and games by Hack & Slash Publishing (https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/297830/On-Downtime-and-Demesnes-5th-Edition and https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/348258/artifices-deceptions-dilemmas). The classic Hungarian authors he mentions when he talked about Kazamaták és Kompániák and its setting Erdőelve are János Arany (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/János_Arany) and Mór Jókai (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mór_Jókai).
Mátyás wrote Memento Morrison (https://thelook.club/product/memento-morrison/).
Other smaller Hungarian RPGs not mentioned in the episode are Kalandozók Kora ("The Age of Adventurers") (https://dicewithedge.wordpress.com/) and Kard és Másodteremtés ("Sword and the Second Age") (https://masodteremtes.wordpress.com/).

The podcast I recommended is Dice Exploder (https://diceexploder.substack.com)

The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode 10 - Hungary Part 2 00:49:32 Moritz Botts 16 full Part 2 of the two-part Hungary episode. In this one we go into more specific projects.]]> RPGs, Role-playing Games, TTRPG, Hungary, OSR no no no no 7d15c743ccb2452ca14a0600873e66bf Episode 10 - Hungary Part 1 We conclude the Central- and Eastern Europe miniseries with another two-parter, because this country just has such a large gaming scene.]]> Sat, 04 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0100 You can find the show notes in Part 2!]]> Episode 10 - Hungary Part 1 00:55:03 Moritz Botts 15 full We conclude the Central- and Eastern Europe miniseries with another two-parter, because this country just has such a large gaming scene.]]> RPGs, Role-playing Games, TTRPG, Hungary, OSR no no no no 35fdd350bbfd4f3e9c93c5d666e884d1 Episode B3 - How to Podcast Another bonus episode in which I talk about what is new in different places and explain how I make this podcast.]]> Sat, 21 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0200 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 DIE RPG (and comic) have their own website (https://diecomic.com/rpg/)
The Bulgarian game The Lost Tale by Dimitar Georgiev had a Kickstarter campaign in 2020 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/myrylielie/the-lost-tale).
The Greek game Exordium: Origins of Mythos - part of the Eren chronicles that are compatible with D&D5E, by is currently (October 2023) being crowdfunded (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erenchronicles/exordium-origins-of-mythos).
The Turkish D&D5E compatible historical settings by Metis have their own website (https://www.metismedia.net).
You can find the interview with Tasha from Idea Roll here: https://www.whatwouldthesmartpartydo.com/2023/09/14/gaming-in-ukraine-with-tasha-from-idea-roll/

The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&fbclid=IwAR1zyWd9vEAOQlG-L_8Ym1N1cuiQMKdOGn5xDYgUU-bPGmHavvhEeDO9cDE&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode B3 - How to Podcast 00:21:50 Moritz Botts 14 bonus Another bonus episode in which I talk about what is new in different places and explain how I make this podcast.]]> RPGs, Role-playing Games, TTRPG, Podcasting no no no no f98e2fdbcbcc4307ab7a3fdb4e464405 Episode 09 - Poland Part 2 In this second part of the Poland double episode, we look in more detail at specific games.]]> Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:00:00 +0200 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 gaming club I hung out with during my study abroad was Druga Era (https://drugaera.org

) and I got my RPG books at Empik (https://www.empik.com). Nowadays, major Polish game publishers and distributors are Rebel (https://www.rebel.pl) and Portal (https://portalgames.pl/pl/).

The actual play channel I used and that Michał is part of was To ja go tnę! (https://www.youtube.com/@tjgt). There are many more Polish actual play channels out there and I cannot possibly document all of them here.
Łukasz is part of the Fajerbol collective (http://fajerbol.pl) their games can be found on itch (https://skavenloft.itch.io) and Drivethru (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/9394/Skavenloft). Some of the mentioned games are Edelweiss (https://skavenloft.itch.io/edelweiss), Strzygi/ Wights (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/368117/Wights), Greystokes (in Polish only https://skavenloft.itch.io/greystokes-legenda-wadcw-dungli), and especially Rajd na Stambuł (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/353463/Rajd-na-Stambul?manufacturers_id=9394).
Slav Bork was kickstartered in the Summer of 2023 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slavdomstudio/slav-borg-a-post-soviet-semi-fantasy-osr). Before that, Paweł had participated in the Lovehammer exhibition (https://krupagallery.pl/en/lovehammer/) and published a couple of albums under the name Naptha (https://tance.bandcamp.com/album/a-o).
Artur has his own homepage (https://ganszyniec.com/en/main-english/) and Wolsung is currently available in an English translation (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/123128/Wolsung-Steam-Pulp-Fantasy) and also planned to be released in German (https://www.redaktion-phantastik.de/produkt/wolsung-grundregelwerk/).
Kaja’s games are on itch (https://solskaia.itch.io) and Drivethru (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/20629/Kaja-Solska).
Marcin is one of the founders of Game Machinery (https://gamemachinery.com/our-games). There’s also an interview with him about Defiant on EN World (https://www.enworld.org/threads/defiant-rpg-a-gaming-interview-with-marcin-kuczyński-game-machinery.681018/).

I mentioned a number of YouTube channels about TTRPGs in different countries. The Polish channel TTRPGs Around the World is dedicated to this topic (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJSXT0NRdn36FcX1pwlw_VPfr9mL8X1-) though they have not done a Poland episode yet.

The channel Don’t Stop Thinking has an episode in which the interview someone from Poland (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdonlSPepdc). The German channel Lurch und Lama has an English language interview about Israel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05eVVHAtF_0&t=3187s).

The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&fbclid=IwAR1zyWd9vEAOQlG-L_8Ym1N1cuiQMKdOGn5xDYgUU-bPGmHavvhEeDO9cDE&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode 09 - Poland Part 2 00:47:23 Moritz Botts 13 full In this second part of the Poland double episode, we look in more detail at specific games.]]> RPGs, Role-playing Games, TTRPG, Poland, Indie Games no no no no c9764872ee5849648fbfc4c0bc531a6d Episode 09 - Poland Part 1 In this first part of a double episode, we explore parts of the Polish TTRPG scene.]]> Sat, 30 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0200 You can find the shownotes in Part 2!]]> Episode 09 - Poland Part 1 00:52:46 Moritz Botts 12 full In this first part of a double episode, we explore parts of the Polish TTRPG scene.]]> RPGs, Role-playing Games, TTRPG, Poland no no no no 292975da892546c4b4125722e131300f Episode 08 - Georgia We continue the Eastern European countries with a surprise candidate from the South Caucasus - Georgia. Probably the number one country I still want to visit, but before I do that, we first get this episode.]]> Fri, 01 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0200 In this episode, we hear about how to get TTRPGs in a small market off the beaten path, creative ways of adapting rules, and why you should always have your dice nearby.

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 channel from last episode’s teaser is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOjFzK6LBJubWMtzo7D4nkiFwPUmbWIC
George mentioned the works of Mircea Eliade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mircea_Eliade
The game he adapted is the Cogent RPG, which can be found here: https://cogentroleplay.com
George’s novel (in Georgian) can be ordered on this website: https://palitral.ge/product/4374/bnelia-gza-pirvelyofili-tsyvdiadi
The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&fbclid=IwAR1zyWd9vEAOQlG-L_8Ym1N1cuiQMKdOGn5xDYgUU-bPGmHavvhEeDO9cDE&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode 08 - Georgia 00:40:05 Moritz Botts 11 full We continue the Eastern European countries with a surprise candidate from the South Caucasus - Georgia. Probably the number one country I still want to visit, but before I do that, we first get this episode.]]> Role-playing Games, RPGs, TTRPG, Georgia, Caucasus no no no no ef1de85f72074f899479405e3e610603 Episode 07 - Ukraine We begin a new regional mini-series vaguely themed Central & Eastern Europe with Ukraine.]]> Fri, 18 Aug 2023 21:00:00 +0200 In this episode, we talk about publishing games in Ukrainian, discover some exiting new games in the making, and of course hear about the Russian invasion and its impact on the TTRPG scene.

The actual play excerpt from Dice and Bones with Ivan as GM can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@diceandbonesdnd/featured Other Ukrainian actual play channels are https://www.youtube.com/@Zabuly_Charnyk and https://www.youtube.com/@felixora
The Archeterica teaser comes from yet another Ukrainian actual play channel: https://www.youtube.com/@idearoll/videos
Recordings of the presentations at Role Play Ukraine are here: https://www.youtube.com/@RolePlayUkraine
The publisher Geekach has their own website: https://geekach.com.ua
The (English language) Vaesen supplement on Mythic Ukraine is available on DrivethruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/435733/Vaesen-Spirits-and-Monsters-of-Mythic-Ukraine
Super 8 has their mini-games on itch.io here: https://8super8.itch.io
The game Space Cowboy has a fanpage (in Ukrainian) on Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/spcecwboyttrpg
The Imaginary Worlds podcast has two episodes on genre literature from Ukraine from 2022 and 2023: https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/episodes/a-nation-dreams-of-itself and https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/episodes/a-nation-dreams-to-survive
The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&fbclid=IwAR1zyWd9vEAOQlG-L_8Ym1N1cuiQMKdOGn5xDYgUU-bPGmHavvhEeDO9cDE&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode 07 - Ukraine 01:12:40 Moritz Botts 10 full We begin a new regional mini-series vaguely themed Central & Eastern Europe with Ukraine.]]> TTRPG, Role-playing Games, RPGs, Ukraine no no no no 499fadc02f7348338e42473e8505a2c6 Episode 06 - Israel In this conclusion of the three-part season on role-playing games in Western Asia, we get a glimpse into the TTRPG scene in Israel. We discuss translation issues, investigate urban legends about the Israeli army, and learn about a role-playing game theory that has only been partly translated into English.]]> Thu, 11 May 2023 10:00:00 +0200 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 excerpt from גלגול גורלי / Gilgul Gorali with Michael Gorodin as GM can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/user/hapundak. Another Israeli actual play channel is מביכים ודרקונים which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/@YanayComedy
You can find some articles on Israeli Tabletop in English at Gnomestew, starting with an article by Haggai Elkayam Shelem here: https://gnomestew.com/israeli-tabletop-three-flavors-of-delta-green/
As a companion book, you can get A Gamemaster's Guide to Guiding Actions by Uri Lifshitz at Drivethru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/371504/The-Gamemasters-Guide-to-Guiding-Actions
Eran Aviram's games, including Caregiver, are at itch.io: https://nnesk.itch.io
You can find a list of TTRPGs published in Hebrew until 2018 here: https://www.pundak.co.il/role-playing-games/timeline Sure, the website is in Hebrew, but you can check the covers and guesstimate which games those are.
The podcast On the Shoulder of Dwarves by Eran Aviram and Uri Lifshitz has an own website: http://www.dwarves.org.il. You can still find the English episodes here (this links to Spotify): http://www.dwarfcast.net
The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&fbclid=IwAR1zyWd9vEAOQlG-L_8Ym1N1cuiQMKdOGn5xDYgUU-bPGmHavvhEeDO9cDE&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode 06 - Israel 01:34:00 Moritz Botts 9 full In this conclusion of the three-part season on role-playing games in Western Asia, we get a glimpse into the TTRPG scene in Israel. We discuss translation issues, investigate urban legends about the Israeli army, and learn about a role-playing game theory that has only been partly translated into English.]]> TTRP, , Role-playing Games, RPGs, Israel no no no no ba21e36a6a754dd2ad0f118acfe53b4c Episode B2 - Update on the Podcast In this bonus episode, I talk about what has happened since October 2022 and the future of the podcast.]]> Sun, 07 May 2023 12:00:00 +0200 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 games I mentioned are:

You can find Coyote and Crow here: https://coyoteandcrow.net
Never Coming Home and other games by Whet Ink Games are here: https://www.wetinkgames.com/games
The Chronicles of Darkness books have changed publishers and are now available here: http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/chroniclesofdarkness
You can find out all about Blades in the Dark here: https://bladesinthedark.com
The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&fbclid=IwAR1zyWd9vEAOQlG-L_8Ym1N1cuiQMKdOGn5xDYgUU-bPGmHavvhEeDO9cDE&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode B2 - Update on the Podcast Bonus Episode 00:11:04 Moritz Botts 8 bonus In this bonus episode, I talk about what has happened since October 2022 and the future of the podcast.]]> Role-playing Games, RPGs, TTRPG no no no no df6c67e89ef344408124e5f49acde819 Episode 05 - Turkey We continue to explore the role-playing scene in Western Asia with a little cheat - because I recorded one interview in person on the European side of Istanbul. The Turkey episode is a little bit different than previous ones since I currently live there and have met most of the fine people I interviewed.]]> Mon, 03 Oct 2022 08:00:00 +0200 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.

There are a number of actual play channels in Turkish. The excerpt from last episode was from FRP Oynuyoruz, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/c/FRPOynuyoruz/featured while I interview Metin from d12 Macera, which is here: https://www.youtube.com/c/d12Macera
The website FRP Net is here: https://frpnet.net
Metis Media, publisher of Historica Arcanum, can be found here: https://www.metismedia.net Their current (as of October 3rd 2022) kickstarter is here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/metismediarpg/historica-arcanum-empires-of-the-silk-road-5e

Other Turkish publishers mentioned in the podcast are:

Roleplay Elixir, the publisher of Carovea Victor, who can be found here: https://roleplayelixir.com/en/
Dream Realm Storytellers, the publisher of Svilland, who can be found here: https://dreamrealmstorytellers.com
The Istanbul gaming shop is here: https://www.goblin-store.com and the monthly meetup organized by d12 Macera can be found here: https://d12macera.com/d12masada
The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&fbclid=IwAR1zyWd9vEAOQlG-L_8Ym1N1cuiQMKdOGn5xDYgUU-bPGmHavvhEeDO9cDE&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode 05 - Turkey 00:56:56 Moritz Botts 7 full We continue to explore the role-playing scene in Western Asia with a little cheat - because I recorded one interview in person on the European side of Istanbul. The Turkey episode is a little bit different than previous ones since I currently live there and have met most of the fine people I interviewed.]]> TTRPG, Role-playing Games, RPGs, Turkey no no no no e04a0f752dd74340a6b3a0a66a8c87b3 Episode 04 - Arab Gulf States In the first episode of the "second season" of The World of RPGs, we cover three Arab Gulf States - Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. We talk about how to present Western Asian inspired cultures respectfully in RPGs and how to translate monster names that have no equivalent in Arabic.]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0200 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 YouTube channel Squares and Hexagons, from which we got the Arabic language actual play, is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwQMZsBzC5mZdbS2o9YEKBA
20 Arabia RPG is here: https://www.youtube.com/c/20ArabiaRPG
Hamad Alnajjar did artwork for a number of recent RPG products and conventions, an example is Only the Dead Will Hear Your Screams, which you can find here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deadscreams1/only-the-dead-will-hear-your-screams-a-horror-gamebook
The games Ahmed Al Jabry did cultural consulting for are Zakhara (https://www.dmsguild.com/product/341520/Campaign-Guide-Zakhara--Adventures-in-the-Land-of-Fate-AlQadim-and-Forgotten-Realms-Sourcebook) and Southlands (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deepmagic/southlands-5th-edition-a-realm-of-high-adventure).
Nasser mentioned the game Black Void, which was written and playtested while the author lived in Dubai. You can find it and its supplements here: https://www.modiphius.net/collections/black-void
The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&fbclid=IwAR1zyWd9vEAOQlG-L_8Ym1N1cuiQMKdOGn5xDYgUU-bPGmHavvhEeDO9cDE&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode 04 - Arab Gulf States 01:20:39 Moritz Botts 6 full In the first episode of the "second season" of The World of RPGs, we cover three Arab Gulf States - Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. We talk about how to present Western Asian inspired cultures respectfully in RPGs and how to translate monster names that have no equivalent in Arabic.]]> Role-playing Games, RPGs, TTRPG, Gulf States, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait no no no no d4b5304c307b47f6a6f91979d2a0e6df Episode 03 - Greece We end our short trip through the role-playing scene in South-Eastern Europe with the land that brought us such words as mythic and fantasy. Will this also be an epic podcasting episode? OK, enough Greek vocabulary for now, on to Episode 3!]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0200 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 gaming club Espeiros can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/espairos
The website of the RPG Κρύπτες & Καθάρματα (Krýptes kai Kathármata) can be found here:https://ka8armata.wordpress.com/
The Greek and English RPG Mythic Revolutions can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/mythicrevolutions/. A review in English by Alex Anyfantis is here: https://neoskosmos.com/en/2018/08/14/life/entertainment/going-back-to-the-days-of-the-revolution/
The Eren Chronicles for 5E have their website here: https://eren-chronicles.mailchimpsites.com or on DM’s Guild here: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/397920/The-Eren-Chronicles-Archive-I-BUNDLE
Soulmist is another RPG in English written in Greece that was mentioned in the episode: https://soulmist.gr/
The YouTube-channel Table Heroes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/TableHeroes
A shout out goes to The World of Dark Ages Podcast, which you can find in various places, such as here:https://www.facebook.com/groups/725170861612795 or on their official website here: https://wodarkages.squarespace.com and on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/world-of-dark-ages-podcast/id1528525234
The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&fbclid=IwAR1zyWd9vEAOQlG-L_8Ym1N1cuiQMKdOGn5xDYgUU-bPGmHavvhEeDO9cDE&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode 03 - Greece 01:13:00 Moritz Botts 5 full We end our short trip through the role-playing scene in South-Eastern Europe with the land that brought us such words as mythic and fantasy. Will this also be an epic podcasting episode? OK, enough Greek vocabulary for now, on to Episode 3!]]> Role-playing Games, RPGs, TTRPG, Greece no no no no e8f588a49d9945f59056da72fb76cc2b Episode 02 - Croatia In Episode 2, I interview five Croatian role-players, including an actual play creator and authors of games in English and Croatian.]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0200 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 gaming club Ona Druga Grupa can be found here: https://odgrpg.org
Daniel’s itch.io with the current version of Heart and Glory is here: https://dkusan.itch.io
Luka’s itch.io with Gone Rogue is here: https://quickwit.itch.io
Nikola’s itch.io is here: https://nikolasubic.itch.io
Priručnik za pustolove has its own website: https://pustolovina.carrd.co
Another Croatian RPG creator can be found here: https://ordoalea-publishing.itch.io
The YouTube-channel Zmajeva Garaža can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZmajevaGaraža_DnDHrvatska
Another Croatian YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEEZn3BeFypJagov_P1uv8Q
The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&fbclid=IwAR1zyWd9vEAOQlG-L_8Ym1N1cuiQMKdOGn5xDYgUU-bPGmHavvhEeDO9cDE&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş, who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode 02 - Croatia 01:11:03 Moritz Botts 4 full In Episode 2, I interview five Croatian role-players, including an actual play creator and authors of games in English and Croatian.]]> Croatia, TTRPG, Role-playing Games, RPGs no no no no d3a78aaad1624c6aa9fca0a61029c3cf Episode B1 - Na Onya Svyat In this first bonus episode, the author of the Bulgarian RPG "Na Onya Svyat" gives a detailed description of his game.]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0200 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 На Оня Свят (Na Onya Svyat) here: https://www.facebook.com/NaOnqSvqt
The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&fbclid=IwAR1zyWd9vEAOQlG-L_8Ym1N1cuiQMKdOGn5xDYgUU-bPGmHavvhEeDO9cDE&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode B1 - Na Onya Svyat Bonus Episode 00:41:56 Moritz Botts 3 bonus In this first bonus episode, the author of the Bulgarian RPG "Na Onya Svyat" gives a detailed description of his game.]]> Bulgaria, RPGs, TTRPG, Role-playing Games no no no no d727d35d2fa24887b52174f2b8ca45b5 Episode 01 - Bulgaria In Episode 1, we begin the regular podcast with a trip to Southeastern Europe. I interview a Bulgarian gamer, an RPG author, a game shop owner, and the creator of an actual play.]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0200 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 На Оня Свят (Na Onya Svyat) here: https://www.facebook.com/NaOnqSvqt
Another Bulgarian RPG mentioned in the episode is Храбри Хроники (Hrabri Hroniki), which you can find here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bravechronicles
Тhe website of the gaming shop Другият замък (Drugiyat Zamâk) is here: http://castle.bg
The YouTube-channel Studio Junak can be found here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQrTSrzeoj-susU8mVhlOVA
The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&fbclid=IwAR1zyWd9vEAOQlG-L_8Ym1N1cuiQMKdOGn5xDYgUU-bPGmHavvhEeDO9cDE&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş, who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode 01 - Bulgaria 00:32:18 Moritz Botts 2 full In Episode 1, we begin the regular podcast with a trip to Southeastern Europe. I interview a Bulgarian gamer, an RPG author, a game shop owner, and the creator of an actual play.]]> Bulgaria, RPGs, Role-playing Games, TTRPG no no no no 4146b936bb5e4edeb3acda6a699088e3 Episode 00 - Introduction A short introduction on what this podcast is all about. Includes a teaser for Episode 1.]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0200 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 music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&fbclid=IwAR1zyWd9vEAOQlG-L_8Ym1N1cuiQMKdOGn5xDYgUU-bPGmHavvhEeDO9cDE&nd=1
The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş, who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/

]]> Episode 00 - Introduction 00:06:57 Moritz Botts 1 full A short introduction on what this podcast is all about. Includes a teaser for Episode 1.]]> RPGs, Role-playing Games, TTRPG no no no no