RPG Design Panelcast

Recorded at GenCon 2020 Online Hosted by Jason Walters and featuring Brian Dalrymple, Jennifer Ward, and Cat Tobin. This panel was hosted by Indie Press Revolution as part of GenCon 2020's online panel selection on behalf of the panelists. Brian Dalrymple- https://www.facebook.com/AdventureGam... Jennifer Ward- https://www.facebook.com/crazysquirre... https://twitter.com/csgamestore Cat Tobin- https://twitter.com/CatTHM

Recorded at GenCon Online 2020 Presented by Jason Walters, Pamela Punzalan, Wilson Zorn, and Maurice Poplar. Indie Press Revolution hosted this excellent discussion on the ideas and games at the forefront of modern RPG Design in the year 2020, during this special panel at GenCon Online. Pamela Punzalan -  https://thedovetailor.itch.io/ https://twitter.com/TheDovetailor Wilson Zorn -  https://twitter.com/zornwil Maurice Poplar -  https://twitter.com/MauricePoplar

Recorded at GenCon Online 2020 Presented by AC, Kira Magrann, Wilson Zorn, Jay Dragon, and Lucian Khan.   Streamed live for Gen Con Online 2020. You can find games from all these creators on IPR's website, linked below! https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/... Find Kira Magrann at -  https://twitter.com/Kiranansi https://kiramagrann.itch.io/ Find Wilson Zorn at -  https://twitter.com/zornwil Find Jay Dragon at - https://twitter.com/jdragsky https://jdragsky.itch.io/   Find Lucian Kahn at -  https://twitter.com/oh_theogony https://necromancy.itch.io/  

Recorded at Metatopia 2019 Presented by Jennifer Gutterman, Shawn Roske, Tim Blank. Are you an educator wanting to gamify your classroom? Are you building a traditional education game? Do you want your game to be fun but also teach the players about something? This is where we can discuss ideas, workflows, deployments and examples of games in education, gamification in the classroom or building games that teach.

Recorded at Metatopia 2019 Presented by Tim Rodriguez & Beth Rimmels. Card games are a classic design model that have already expressed innumerable possibilities. We'll talk about classic styles of decks, iterations on classic games, alternate formats, the mathematics of card games, and why we all love them. We'll also consider and critique ideas and concepts and talk about why or why not to choose this design format.

Recorded at Metatopia 2020 Presented by Dexter Duckworth, Elsa Sjunneson. The Distant Future, the Year 2000: Updating Cyberpunk for the 21st Century. The hard-hitting themes of social inequality and corporate exploitation found in cyberpunk are as relevant now as they were in the 80's, but not everything in the genre has stood the test of time. This panel will dive into how both the technologies and sensibilities found in cyberpunk can be updated in order to design games that are timely and inclusive.

Recorded at Metatopia 2019 Presented by Jason Pitre, Cat Tobin, Amanda Valentine, Lauren McMannon, Camdon Wright. Everyone should have a chance to create and publish games. Unfortunately, there are many structural barriers keeping unrepresented voices from coming to the table. In this roundtable discussion, our panelists discuss ways that established publishers can support new voices through information, promotion, funding, and education.

Recorded at Metatopia 2019 Presented by Peter Hayward, Gil Hova More Than Just Victory Points: Alternative Approaches to Win Conditions.  "Most victory points" is the default victory condition for most board games, and why shouldn't they be? They solve most problems you encounter while designing - balance, investment, rewarding people for doing what you want them to be. Well, unfortunately, most everyone has worked out the same thing, and now the market is flooded with Victory Point win conditions. Want to make your game stand out? Try something else.

Recorded at Metatopia 2019 Presented by Jason Walters, Jeff Stormer, Christopher Badell. Your game's ready for Kickstarter! So how much will you be asking for? What's the absolute minimum you need to get your game made? What is the floor number for success? How will you handle unexpected levels of success? Let's get practical about your numbers.

Recorded at Metatopia 2019 Presented by Kenneth Hite A METATOPIA tradition - Kenneth Hite rambling about game design. In this case the notion of scope: How big should your setting be? How can you design a setting to contain multiple core game activities, and should you? As always, Ken has notions and questions, and hopes you have more of both as we explore Bigness (and un-Bigness) in games.