Episode 15 - Germany Part 3
2024-08-26 101 min
Description & Show Notes
In the final part of the Germany episode, we look at some unique current German systems and the world of indie publishers.
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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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/).
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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