Talk of the Table
Talk of the Table is a TTRPG talk show where hosts Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty talk with game designers, actual play producers, journalists, academics, artists, and performers about all the coolest things happening in the TTRPG community in an effort to understand what’s on the mind of the tabletop industry.
Episodes
Elliot and Brian are joined by Johan Nohr, the illustrator and graphic designer who has created iconic visual identities for games like MÖRK BORG, Into the Odd, and the upcoming Paint the Town Red. We discuss creating strong visual identities, what game designers can learn from traditions of graphic design, and why you should avoid perfection.
Elliot and Brian are joined by the mind behind beloved TTRPGs For The Queen and Star Crossed, Alex Roberts, to discuss how to design for out-of-box play, what we can learn from LARPs and classic card games, and what it means to see two of her games given new life.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.
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Elliot and Brian are joined by game designer, publisher, and prolific TTRPG editor Will Jobst to discuss good collaboration, the balance of style and efficiency, and how to avoid burnout.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.
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Cameron “Danger” Strittmatter (The Panic Table) interviews Elliot, Brian, Shenuque, and Abby from Many Sided Media about how to bring humor and horror to your games.
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Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.
Elliot and Brian are joined by Quinns, host of the new review show Quinns Quest, to discuss the “why” behind his pivot to TTRPGs, what we can learn from cooking youtube, and whether we will ever be able to answer the question “What is a TTRPG?”.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.
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Elliot and Brian are joined by Superdillin, new host of the One Shot Podcast, to talk about his work across actual play and game design, why he chooses projects with intention, and what he is learning from listening to as much actual play as he makes.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.
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Elliot and Brian are joined by Jay Dragon, editorial director and co-founder of Possum Creek Games, to discuss the 5-year journey of Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast, the challenges and wonders of navigating this massive production, and how to maintain your love for a project after release.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.
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Title: Teamwork Over Toxic Masculinity (w/ Grant Howitt)
Elliot and Brian are joined by Grant Howitt, game designer and co-founder of Rowan, Rook & Decard. Grant discusses the journey to his latest project Hollows, how its design emulates souls-borns and MMOs, and why toxic masculinity and depression are at the core of this crunchy boss battle game.
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Elliot and Brian are joined by tabletop journalist and actual play critic Rowan Zeoli to discuss how she thinks as both critic and fan, how this industry can carve a path forward, and what separates good from great in the medium. (NOTE: This was recorded in January before the launch of Rascal)
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.
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Elliot and Brian are joined by Jasper William Cartwright to discuss how we can make actual plays and TTRPGs a more sustainable career. Jasper shares lessons about respecting the work, being open to new opportunities, and life after appearing on Dimension 20.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.
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Elliot and Brian are joined by Banana Chan for a chat about their work across TTRPGs, LARPs, and board games and the lessons on business, creativity, and collaboration that she has taken from each.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.
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Elliot and Brian (along with special guest/host Shenuque Tissera) are joined by Bridgett Jeffries, Coordinator of Events and Outreach for Chaosium, to discuss her recent live show at Breakout Con and tips for GMing for a live audience, emotional horror, and setting yourself up for success.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty. This episode also featured Shenuque Tissera.
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Elliot and Brian are joined by Drakoniques, an actual play performer and producer known for their unique character designs and skill in securing sponsors for AP productions. Drak shares their tips and learnings for bringing money into the AP space through sponsorship, producing unique actual play series, and building memorable characters.
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Elliot and Brian are joined by Kieron Gillen, renowned comic book author and designer of DIE RPG, to discuss building a community around your game and the future of DIE RPG (plus a preview of what to expect in the first two issues of DIE: Scenarios).
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty
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Elliot and Brian are joined by Taylor Moore, producer and sound designer of Worlds Beyond Number, to discuss the ins and outs of sound design, how much system matters in actual play, and ways we might get more sustainable and ethical money into this industry.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty
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In the final Talk of the Table Zine Month Special Episode, Elliot and Brian are joined once again by two designers creating brand new games. Nick Gralewicz takes us through his mech vs. kaiju mapmaking game, HOME. Then, Darling Demon Eclipse comes to the table to discuss their horror-sci-fi-romance duet game, Biotrophication.
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Elliot and Brian sit down with Lin Codega & Rowan Zeoli, 2/3 of the founding team of Rascal, a brand new worker-owned TTRPG news outlet that hopes to shake up the industry.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty
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In the third Talk of the Table Zine Month Special episode, Elliot and Brian are joined by two designers creating brand new games. B Marsollier sits down to talk about the range of humorous, terrifying, 100% Modern Ghosts. Then, Luke Earl teaches us how to use a dowsing pendulum for his solo artifact-creation game Field Agent Handbooks: Observancy Dept. 1924–28.
In the second Talk of the Table Zine Month Special episode, Elliot and Brian are joined by Lola Johnson to discuss their system-agnostic puzzle dungeon crawl: The Tower. Then, Nico MacDougall comes to the table to talk about The Hauntings of Hyde Park, a supplement for The Between.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty
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In our first Zine Month Special episode, Elliot and Brian are joined by the designers behind two exciting new Mothership supplements headed to crowdfunding for this Zine Month: ARKYVR by Rhodrick Magsino & The Stone Flesh Gift by Jordan Boschman.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty
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