- Intention, Collaboration, & Experimentation (w/ Superdillin)
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.
Links:
Dillin recommends:
The Eagles Are Turning People Into Horses
Hear Dillin on our Rom Com Drama Bomb episode
Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
51m - Jul 15, 2024 - Funding to Fulfillment (w/ Jay Dragon)
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.
Links:
jay@possumcreekgames.com
Jay recommends:
Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
57m - Jul 1, 2024 - Teamwork Over Toxic Masculinity (w/ Grant Howitt)
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.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty.
Links:
Grant recommends:
Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
55m - Jun 17, 2024 - Good vs. Great in Actual Play (w/ Rowan Zeoli)
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.
Links:
Check out:
Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
1h 3m - Jun 3, 2024 - Respecting the Work (w/ Jasper William Cartwright)
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
Check out:
Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
1h 8m - May 20, 2024 - Collaboration, Business, and Creativity in Games (w/ Banana Chan)
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.
Links:
Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
53m - May 6, 2024 - GM Tips for a Live Audience (w/ Bridgett Jeffries)
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.
Links:
Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
53m - Apr 22, 2024 - Proper Preparation for Producers and Performers (w/ Drakoniques)
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 Flaherty
Links:
Follow Drakoniques on Twitter
Hire Drak as a producer, performer, or game designer
Check out Drak’s work on:
Hire Stellaluna - Award-Winning Overlay Designer
Join us in the Many Sided Media Discord for a special screening of episode 4 of Beyond the Brook 4/1 @ 8pm
Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
1h 1m - Apr 1, 2024 - Expanding the World of DIE RPG (w/ Kieron Gillen)
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
Links:
Preorder DIE RPG Scenarios Vol. 1: Bizarre Love Triangles
Subscribe to Kieron’s Newsletter
Credits:
Edited by Brian Flaherty
Produced by Many Sided Media
53m - Mar 18, 2024 - Reflecting on 1 Year of Worlds Beyond Number (w/ Taylor Moore)
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
Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
1h 20m - Mar 4, 2024 - Map-Destroying Kaijus & Distressingly Hot Aliens (Zine Month #4)
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 Brian Flaherty
Nick’s Links:
Support HOME
Support Miru 3
Eclipse’s Links:
Support Biotrophication
Support From Midgard to Eternity
Our Links:
FINAL DAYS to Support Rom Com Drama Bomb - Elliot’s Zine Month Project
Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
49m - Feb 26, 2024 - Special Report: Introducing Rascal (w/ Lin Codega & Rowan Zeoli)
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
Produced by Many Sided Media
1h 1m - Feb 20, 2024 - Modern Ghosts & Ethereal Pendulums (Zine Month #3)
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.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty
B’s Links:
Support 100% Modern Ghosts
Find B on Instagram, Tumblr, & Bluesky
Listen to B on Planet Arcana
Support Rom Com Drama Bomb
Luke’s Links:
Support Field Agent Handbooks: Observancy Dept. 1924–28
Support Luke’s Recs:
HIC:Tapestry (still funding!)
Radish Quest (still funding!)
Miru 3 (coming soon!)
Death Game (campaign over)
The Black Wren (campaign over)
Our Links:
Support Rom Com Drama Bomb - Elliot’s Zine Month Project
Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
52m - Feb 19, 2024 - Puzzling Dungeons & Haunted Parks (Zine Month #2)
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
Lola’s Links:
Support The Tower
Lola’s Yarn, Knitting Patterns, & Charms
Support Girlfriend of the Week
Support GUTGUN
Pre-Order Godspark
…and read/write more poetry! :)
Nico’s Links:
Support The Hauntings of Hyde Park
Nico’s Socials, Freelance Rates, & Games
Support The Stone Flesh Gift
Buy The Between
Our Links:
Support Rom Com Drama Bomb - Elliot’s Zine Month Project
Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
1h 0m - Feb 12, 2024 - Living Ships & Deadly Documentaries (Zine Month #1)
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
Rhodrick’s Links:
Jordan’s Links:
Our Links:
Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
57m - Feb 5, 2024 - Lessons in Game Design (w/ Cassi Mothwin)
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
Buy Last Flight of the Pandora
Check out Nova, Hunt, or Rune from Gila RPGs
Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
1h 2m - Jan 29, 2024 - Making a Career in Games (w/ Samantha Leigh)
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
Produced by Many Sided Media
1h 15m - Jan 15, 2024 - What We Brought to the Table in 2023
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
Links:
Credits:
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
32m - Jan 1, 2024 - The Art of Collaboration (w/ Rick Perry)
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 Flaherty
Produced by Many Sided Media
S1E9 - 46m - Dec 11, 2023 - Preserving TTRPGs Through Actual Play (w/ Jeff Stormer)
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.
Links:
Twitter: @partyofonepod
Party of One: The My Little Pony RPG Alex Pearlman Found in His House When He Moved In
Games:
Lacuna Part 1, The Creation of the Mystery and The Girl From Blue City
Credits:
Edited by Brian Flaherty
Produced by Many Sided MediaS1E8 - 1h 2m - Nov 27, 2023
