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BACKSTORY

Alex Roberts

BACKSTORY is an ongoing series of interviews with game designers and other notable members of the role-playing community, hosted by Alex Roberts. This show is all about the person behind the work: how did they get into gaming? Why did they start designing? What are they most excited about for the future? Alex loves getting to know people, and you'll love coming along for the ride.

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On the final episode of Backstory, designer and publisher Cat Tobin talks pushing things forward, leaving things behind, and publishing original Irish language RPGs!

Talk to you later, heroes.

Cat's Twitter

Pelgrane Press

#Feminism

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Game designer Lucian Kahn talks magic, humor, and some exciting game anthologies. Would you rather be a Visigoth or a Mall Goth?

Lucian's Twitter

Lucian's Games

You & I

The Erotic Art Games Anthology

Psychologist Diana J Leonard shares her work on the life cycle of play communities.

Diana's Website,

Diana on Twitter,

The Dynamic Life Cycle of Live Action Role-Play Communities,

Conflict and Change: Testing a Life-Cycle-Derived Model of Larp ... more

Ben Chong, aka swordsnflowers, joins us to talk about his experience teaching analog game design, developing the TTRPG scene in Malaysia, and his Sword Dream.

Ben on Twitter

Ben's games on itch.io

Alex on Patreon

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Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 77 ratings
  • Podcast is done but still worth a listen

    Alex Roberts has concluded this series but the interviews are some of the best discussions with RPG designers that you’ll find anywhere.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    J. P. Uppy
    United States5 years ago
  • Interesting and Engaging

    Alex is really good at digging into a topic and drawing out her guests to bring you episodes that are informative, fun and thought provoking

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    YukiroOshini
    Canada5 years ago
  • A constant source of joy

    This is one of those podcasts that constantly inspires me to create and I’m always smiling when I listen to it.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    andrewdoull
    Australia6 years ago
  • Granted my wish!

    The Backstory podcast is a wish granted: This is exactly the podcast I was hoping to find!

    Alex Roberts does a great job interviewing really fascinating creators. It's inspiring, informing, and fun. I'm so happy to get to know the real people behind these games, making it possible to see myself following in their footsteps.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    TheAustrianGuest
    United States8 years ago
  • Excellent Interviews and Delightful LARP Tales

    Backstory is a wonderful interview show that consists of a collection of delightful, friendly and interesting converstaions with game designers from across the hobby. The host brings her background in LARP to the table in a way that makes for some interesting connections and promotes that unfaily maligned corner of RPGs as a valid form of play that is worth exploring

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    5
    Observer138
    United States8 years ago

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BACKSTORY launched 10 years ago and published 93 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.

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