Episode 19 - Spain Part 2
2025-01-27 80 min
Part 2 of 2 for the Spain episode!
Episode 19 - Spain Part 1
2025-01-27 69 min
We return to Europe with a miniseries on the Iberian Peninsula, which I totally mispronounced in this episode...
Episode B5 - My Gaming
2024-11-29 30 min
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.
Episode 18 - Taiwan
2024-10-28 42 min
In this episode, we cover another island in Asia with a vibrant role-playing scene.
Episode 17 - Singapore
2024-10-14 78 min
And we are back in Asia, on some islands for the next few episodes...
Episode B4 - Warhammer Conference
2024-10-10 9 min
A bonus episode about a conference I attended this September.
Episode 16 - Austria
2024-09-16 57 min
We stay in the German-speaking part of Europe with a shorter episode on role-playing games in Austria.
Episode 15 - Germany Part 3
2024-08-26 101 min
In the final part of the Germany episode, we look at some unique current German systems and the world of indie publishers.
Episode 15 - Germany Part 2
2024-08-26 84 min
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.
Episode 15 - Germany Part 1
2024-08-26 85 min
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.
Episode 14 - Hong Kong
2024-05-23 55 min
Surprise episode to round of the East Asia mini-series!
Episode 13 - Japan
2024-05-01 88 min
The final of the big three, but not the last of the East Asia episodes, is Japan!
Episode 12 - Korea
2024-02-18 68 min Moritz Botts
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.
Episode 11 - China
2023-12-24 89 min
We start our trip to East Asia with an episode about the role-playing scene in China.
Episode 10 - Hungary Part 2
2023-11-04 50 min
Part 2 of the two-part Hungary episode. In this one we go into more specific projects.
Episode 10 - Hungary Part 1
2023-11-04 55 min Moritz Botts
We conclude the Central- and Eastern Europe miniseries with another two-parter, because this country just has such a large gaming scene.
Episode B3 - How to Podcast
2023-10-21 22 min Moritz Botts
Another bonus episode in which I talk about what is new in different places and explain how I make this podcast.
Episode 09 - Poland Part 2
2023-09-30 47 min
In this second part of the Poland double episode, we look in more detail at specific games.
Episode 09 - Poland Part 1
2023-09-30 53 min
In this first part of a double episode, we explore parts of the Polish TTRPG scene.
Episode 08 - Georgia
2023-09-01 40 min Moritz Botts
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.
Episode 07 - Ukraine
2023-08-18 73 min Moritz Botts
We begin a new regional mini-series vaguely themed Central & Eastern Europe with Ukraine.
Episode 06 - Israel
2023-05-11 94 min
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.
Episode B2 - Update on the Podcast
Bonus Episode
2023-05-07 11 min
In this bonus episode, I talk about what has happened since October 2022 and the future of the podcast.
Episode 05 - Turkey
2022-10-03 57 min
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.
Episode 04 - Arab Gulf States
2022-09-23 81 min
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.
Episode 03 - Greece
2022-08-19 73 min
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!
Episode 02 - Croatia
2022-08-05 71 min
In Episode 2, I interview five Croatian role-players, including an actual play creator and authors of games in English and Croatian.
Episode B1 - Na Onya Svyat
Bonus Episode
2022-08-05 42 min
In this first bonus episode, the author of the Bulgarian RPG "Na Onya Svyat" gives a detailed description of his game.
Episode 01 - Bulgaria
2022-08-05 32 min
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.
Episode 00 - Introduction
2022-08-05 7 min
A short introduction on what this podcast is all about. Includes a teaser for Episode 1.