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 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.
Links:
@JW_Cartwright on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok
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.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Fl...
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
Links:
Listen to Worlds Beyond Number
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.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and
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
Links:
Send press kits to press@rascal.news
Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
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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Support The Tower
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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Jordan’s Links:
Elliot and Brian sit down with Cassi Mothwin to discuss lessons she learned from a jam-packed year of game design, audio/visual experimentation, and crowdfunding.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty
Links:
Website - cassimothwin.com
Store - mothwin.com
Cassi’s Socials:
Listen to Planet Arcana
Buy Parsley
Elliot and Brian sit down with Samantha Leigh, author of the ENNIE-nominated Anamnesis, to discuss their recent transition from hobbyist to professional game designer.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty
Sam’s Links:
Tik Tok: @goblinmixtape
Twitter: @goblinmixtape
Our Links:
Credits:
Edited by Brian Flaherty
Elliot and Brian sit down to reflect on the first year of Talk of the Table, what we learned from our guests, our strong opinions on interview shows, and what we want to bring into the next year.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty
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Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
Elliot and Brian are joined by Rick Perry, the mastermind behind the iconic miniatures and battlesets from Dimension 20, to discuss the keys to forging a successful creative partnership and how to build a great creative team.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty
Links:
Twitter: @richardhperry
Watch Dimension 20: Dropout.tv
Credits:
Edited by Brian F...
Award-winning podcaster and pillar of the TTRPG community Jeff Stormer joins Brian to discuss what to look for in your next game and some of the things he’s learned about TTRPGs after 8 years of Party of One.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty
Subscribe to The Twenty Sided Newsletter to hear an exclusive 30-minute bonus segment from this interview with Jeff Stormer.
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Elliot and Brian sit down with Ned Donovan and Brian David Judkins to talk about their show Encounter Party, its new home on D&D Adventures, and whether they’re even willing to call it an “actual play”.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty
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Elliot and Brian sit down with momatoes to discuss how she approaches writing, design, layout, illustration and beyond in her pursuit of ‘wondrous storytelling’.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty
Links:
momatoes’ INCREDIBLE website - keep up with all things momatoes
momatoes’ games - buy ARC, The Magus, Capybara Capers, and more
momatoes’ Patreon - support momatoes, become a noblin!
Elliot and Brian sit down with J Strautman to discuss innovation and effort in actual play, why solo-ish games are fun, and when you can call yourself a “Game Designer”.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty
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J’s Socials:
Listen to Planet Arcana
Sleepaway - Possum Creek Games
Read the New Orcer
C...
This isn't an episode of Talk of the Table, but that doesn't mean you can stop Brian from talking about actual plays!
This is a feed-drop from the podcast Games & Feelings, an advice podcast about being human and loving games. In July, Brian joined Eric Silver and Jasper William Cartwright to talk about what it's like making actual play shows and we thought it was just the kind of conversation listeners of this podc...
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