Yes Indie'd Pod

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I talk to Gabriel and Le, filmmakers and VFX artists based in Canada. They run the...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I talk to Tim Denee, a Wellington-based graphic designer, illustrator, and game...

As per annual tradition, I'm once again joined by Quinns from QQuest to talk about the year and forge our bond in the fire of...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I talk to Aaron Lim, a game designer from Malaysia. His work includes sad...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I talk to Asa Donald is one-half of Backwards Tabletop, the publisher of the...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!Today, I’m talking to Allen Varney, who runs the Bundle of Holding currently, which I think everyone...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!Today, I’m talking to Josh Fox who was last on the podcast to talk about the second edition of his...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!Today, I’m talking to Elizabeth Little. She’s a UK-based science teacher, artist, and game designer....

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, we talk to Hendrik ten Napel, a game designer from the Netherlands. He's...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, we talk to Emily Allen, the game designer behind Dying Stylishly Games. She's best...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, we talk to Luke Jordan aka Wildwood Games, a queer non-binary game designer,...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!Spoilers for Andor S2 from 04:30 to 10:30Spoilers for Rogue One all through the episodeIn this...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I speak to Navaar Seik-Jackson who is a game designer, writer, and the host of the...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I speak to Paul Czege, a game designer with a deep catalogue that is hard to pin...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I’m talking to Viditya Voleti, a game designer and interactive artist. He's a...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I’m talking to Gabriel Robinson, a writer and game designer. He's the lead writer...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I’m joined by Caro Asercion, who is an interdisciplinary artist, game designer, and...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! On this episode, I’m joined by Levi Kornelsen, previously known as Amagi Games. He is a Canadian...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! On this episode, I’m joined by Meguey Baker. She's the designer of PsiRun and 1001 Nights,...

Bonus episode, where guests from across the year chime in with games they've played that they loved and want to talk about. Games...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠! On this episode, I’m joined by Quinns from Quinns Quest as we look back on the last year together....

On this episode, I talk to Marsh Davies and Jim Rossignol. Jim was the co-founder of videogaming website Rock Paper Shotgun, where he...

On this episode, I speak to Elliot Davis, an artist, podcaster and, game designer. He's one of the co-founders of Many Sided Media, a...

⁠You can support this podcast on patreon! On this episode, I talk to MV Soumithri and Zoheb Mashiur who are cast members of Desperate...

You can support this podcast on patreon! On this episode, we talk to J Strautman and B Marsollier. J Strautman is a bass player, composer,...

⁠⁠⁠⁠Support this show!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ On this episode, I talk to Ara Winter, who has spent the last few years playing old and out of print tabletop...

⁠⁠⁠⁠Support this show!⁠⁠⁠⁠ Aaron Voigt is a writer, game designer, podcaster and critic. You can find his video essays about tabletop games...

⁠⁠⁠⁠Support this show!⁠⁠⁠ Huffa is a game designer and art historian. You can find her work at: https://huffa.itch.io/ Between the Skies @...

⁠⁠⁠Support this show!⁠⁠ Joshua McCrowell is the designer of new tarot-based dungeoncrawler His Majesty The Worm, published by Exalted...

⁠⁠⁠Support this show!⁠ Mint is an rpg designer and blogger from New Foundland, Canada. She runs There's a TTRPG For That, an rpg...

⁠⁠Support the show!⁠ Prismatic Wasteland aka WF Smith is the prolific blogger behind prismaticwasteland.com and the creator / writer of...

⁠Support the show!⁠ Tom McGrenery is an RPG writer and translator from Hong Kong, who publishes under the banner, Porcupine Publishing....

Support the show!⁠ Jay Dragon is a queer disabled game designer behind such games as summer camp horror game, Sleepaway and the pastoral...

Because of some travel, instead of an interview, something from the patreon feed makes it way into the main feed. This is a round-up of...

Support the show! On this week's episode, I talk to Sidney Icarus, a game designer of, among other things, the scifi horror game, Decaying...

Support the show⁠! On today's show, we're talking ship with Sebastian Yue, a game designer, writer, and editor. Apart from their own...

Support the show! Today, we're talking to Graham Walmsley, the celebrated game designer behind tabletop RPGs like Cthulhu Dark and A Taste...

⁠Support this show! This week, we're talking to Nico MacDougall and returning guest Tan Shao Han about The Awards, an alternative tabletop...

Support this show! Today we're talking to Max and Aaron from RTFM. Maxwell Lander is a game designer, photographer, visual artist, and also...

Support the show! Today, we're talking to Quintin Smith aka Quinns, who has been reviewing boardgames for more than a decade with the...

Support the show! On this episode, we have Hannah Schaffer and Evan Rowland, the two creators behind indie game design outfit, turtlebun....

A guest episode on the feed today as I share with you something from the folks over at Playing at the Hearth, the podcast from the Open...

Support the show on PatreonIn this round-up episode for 2023, every single one of my guests sounds off about one game that they want to...

Support the show on PatreonEvan Torner is the Associate Professor of German Studies and Film / Media Studies at University of Cincinnati....

Support the show on PatreonThe is the second in a series of special episodes meant to teach some of my favourite indie RPGs. Tune in to...

Support the show on PatreonJosh Fox is the award-winning designer of Flotsam: Adrift Amongst The Stars and Last Fleet. He's the...

Hello! A cross-post in the feed today. This in an episode I did with Sam Dunnewold for his podcast, Dice Exploder, where every episode is a...

Support the show on PatreonThe first episode in a series of special episodes meant to teach some of my favourite indie RPGs. Listen in to...

Support the show on PatreonLayla Adelman, who goes by the handle pandatheist in RPG spaces, is a rpg designer, writer, and serial twitter...

Support the show on Patreon Dave is a youtuber, reviewer and game designer. His Youtube channel, Dave Thaumavore RPG Reviews, currently has...

Support the show on PatreonChristopher Chinn is the blogger behind the long-running and well-loved Deeper in the Game blog. He's...

Support the show on PatreonEmily C. Friedman is an associate professor of English at Auburn University and director of 18thconnect, a...

Support the show on PatreonOn this episode, I'm talking to Becky Annison, the co-founder of UK-based design company, Black Armada...

Support the show on PatreonThis week, we're talking to Paul Beakley has been involved with the games industry since at least the mid...

Support the show on PatreonOn this episode, I'm chatting with Fiona Hopkins and Stephanie Burt, who are the co-hosts of Team Up Moves,...

Support the show on PatreonOn this episode, we're talking to Tan Shao Han, a TTRPG designer, writer, and cultural consultant from...

Support the show on PatreonOn this episode, we're talking to Indrani Ganguly who is the marketing manager for Hunters Entertainment,...

Support the show on PatreonOn this episode, we're speaking to Jahmal Brown aka Mad Jay Zero. Jay is a podcaster, designer and rockstar...

Support the show on PatreonOn this episode, we're speaking to Lowell Francis the writer behind the Ennie award winning RPG blog, Age...

Support the show on PatreonOn this episode, we're speaking to Judd Karlman, the podcaster behind Daydreaming about Dragons, my...

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Marx interviews Thomas Manuel about games journalism, the synergy or dissonance between being a playwright and being a game designer, and...

Marx interviews Cezar Capacle about Push and philosophies of game design, I Guess This Is It and minimalist story gaming, and how to...

Marx interviews Michael Low of Luck of Legends Games about games in the classroom, education in games, and about the...

Marx interviews Thomas Eliot of Sixpence Games about Fear of the Unknown, a one-shot game of building towns and investigating horrors.This...

Marx interviews James Davey of Gem and Eye Games about The Midnight World, a game about mental health, world-altering powers, and...

A brief announcement about the future of Yes Indie'd Pod.Yes Indie'd Pod on TwitterYes Indie’d Pod websiteAll music derived from:...

Marx interviews Jeremy Gage of Have You Played This, whose podcast Draw Your Dice is an educational podcast exploring how to make...

Marx interviews Iko of The Lost Bay Podcast, a podcast focusing on indie TTRPG zines and their creators.This week’s sponsor is Elijah Mills...

Marx interviews Chris and Wes of Spooky Bell Games about Beyond Deep, an adventure and locale for Mörk Borg set in a mining company...

Support the showThe Yes Indie'd Website // The Indie RPG Newsletter

Marx interviews Tanya Floaker about Lo! Thy Dread Empire, a narrative wargame about undead workers fighting capitalist death cults in the...

Marx interviews Ben Wallis, a.k.a. ThatGamerPriest, about Broken, a duet story game telling the story of the breakdown of a...

Marx interviews Alex Roberts, creator of Starcrossed and For The Queen, larper extraordinaire, and former host of the podcast...

Marx interviews Adrián Mejía, an Ecuadorian creator creating Koboa, a Latin American-inspired setting guide featuring creators from many...

Marx interviews Diogo of Toca do Coruja, a Brazilian translation team working to bring indie TTRPGs to Brazilian Portuguese speakers.This...

Marx interviews Argentinian game designer and scene organiser Misha Panarin, about her LatAm Breakout project Cantrip, and about...

A special episode from analogue games convention AireCon, featuring interviews from board game, card game, and roleplaying game...

Marx interviews Harrigan, a huge play-by-post enthusiast and a big fan and consumer of the OSR scene.This week’s sponsor is James M Hewitt...

Marx interviews Tony of Plus One Exp about Through The Void, a dungeon-crawling storytelling game set in an impossible space station in the...

Marx interviews Kalum of the Rolistes about Paris Gondo, the Life-Saving Magic of Inventorying, a game of stuff you find in a dungeon, and...

Nondairy Giant and Mac interview Ema Acosta about The Exiles, a dark fantasy expansion for the feelings-delving RPG Crescent Moon telling...

Richard interviews Nondairy Giant and Mac about NUKED!, a post-apocalyptic Knave hack where players take on the role of raider-blasting,...

Max interviews Richard Ruane about Sherwood Outlaws, a Robin Hood-inspired game of forming a crew of outlaws, setting a code of honor, and...

Jo interviews Max Fefer about Esther and the Queens, a Purim-themed Jewish, queer, and feminist game featuring Queen Esther, carnival...

Albi interviews Jo Winter about The Fall of Home, a one-game in which a group of travelers meet on the road back to their ruined hometown,...

Joie interviews Albi about The Royal Cartographer, a worldbuilding RPG in which players create a map of important cultural places, and...

Cali and Dan interview Joie Martin about Starkhollow Hall, a gothic fiction-inspired tabletop roleplaying game set in a remote girls'...

Craig interviews Cali & Dan of Gem Room Games about 9 Lives to Valhalla, a game about a warband of death metal viking cats led personally...

Will Lentz interviews Craig of Lunar Shadow Designs about Signal To Noise, an interstellar epistolary game for two that chronicles the...

Marco Serrano of Spicy Tuna RPG interviews Will Lentz of Gamenomicon about Twilight War, an espionage-themed supplement for 80s alt-history...

Côme Martin interview Marco Serrano of Spicy Tuna RPG about Knights of Lazarus, a dangerous medieval-inspired dungeon full of ancient...

David Esarey interviews Côme Martin about Feathered Adventures, a game of light pulp adventures in the spirit of DuckTales for GMless...

Alicia Furness & Chris Bissette interview David Esarey about You’re (Not) A Wizard, a game about being admitted to a prestigious magic...

Michael Elliott interviews Alicia Furness and Chris Bissette about The Unquiet Dark, a Brindlewood Bay prequel campaign of Jazz Age...

Direct Sun interview Michael Elliott about Dungeon Local 001, a game about dungeon denizens retaking their home, and mapping the dungeon as...

Adam Bell interviews Direct Sun about Aberrant Reflections, a mirror-themed ability-gated puzzle dungeon inspired by Zelda and Metroidvania...

Goblin Archives interviews Adam Bell about Legend Has It, a storytelling game where the prompts come from random sentences within a stack...

Marx interviews Goblin Archives about The Mall, an adventure module for Liminal Horror which is The Thing, but set in a 90s mall cast out...

Marx interviews Vincent Baker about Under Hollow Hills, a game about a circus of temperamental fairies and humans travelling between the...

Marx interviews Federico Sohns of Araukana Media about Zephyr, a game of feelings and identity, and debt and obligation, set on an enormous...

Marx interviews Thryn & Adam of Furtive Shambles about small weird games, the actual play podcast These Flimsy Rituals, and about their...

Marx interviews Kamala Kara about Friendship Effort Victory, a game based on shounen battle manga and anime.This week’s sponsor is Alan...

Marx interviews Jay Dragon about Sleepaway, Wanderhome, and Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast.This week’s sponsor is Alan Tucker, whose multiverse...

Marx interviews David Blandy about Babel, Brighthelm, Lost Eons, and about TTRPGs as an artform.This week’s sponsor is Tanya Floaker whose...

Marx interviews Samantha Leigh about Anamnesis, a game about memory loss, and about how to use TikTok to spread indie TTRPG hype. This...

A special announcement about Yes Indie'd Pod's attendance of AireCon, an analog gaming festival in Harrogate, North Yorkshire,...

Marx interviews Amber, also known as The Space Jamber, about indie TTRPG editing, promotion, and marketing.This week’s sponsor is Sean...

Marx interviews Zoe of Sprita Studios about The Lingering, a game of unfinished business and loss, and Cerulean Springs, a game about...

Marx interviews Senda Linaugh and Phil Vecchione about Panda’s Talking Games, a GM, player, and designer advice and discussion show..This...

Marx interviews Jeffrey Hayes about Haunted Hill Academy, a one-on-one Fate-based game about growing up in a haunted boarding school.This...

Marx interviews Rich Rogers about +1 Forward, an interview and showcase podcast focused on all things Powered by the Apocalypse.This week’s...

Marx interviews Jeff Stormer about his podcasts Party of One and All My Fantasy Children, his supers game Anyone Can Wear The Mask, and his...

Marx interviews Nathan Magnuski about the Pod of Blunders, an electic and hilarious indie TTRPG interview and actual play podcast.Yes...

Marx interviews Dominique Dickey and CJ Linton about Tomorrow on Revelation III, a game about community and survival in a sci-fi capitalist...

Marx interviews Luke of Games from the Wild Wood about Feelings First, Grand Guignol, and about being a professional GM for children.Yes...

Marx interviews James Chip about A Wood Heart, sustainability in TTRPGs, open source layout software, and Equa, the esoteric RPG.Yes...

Marx interviews James D'Amato about One Shot, Campaign: Skyjacks, and the Ultimate RPG Game Master's Worldbuilding Guide.Yes...

Marx interviews Waks Karanduun, Gubat Banwa, and what it’s like making games in languages that aren’t English.Yes Indie'd Pod on...

Marx interviews Sin about Navathem’s End, making radical art in the Philippines, and scene-level solidarity and uplift.Yes Indie'd Pod...

Marx interviews Jammi about Apocalypse Keys, Once More Into The Void, The Gauntlet, and colonial narratives in RPGSEA game design...

Marx interviews Maria about Archangel Dating Simulator, emotional content in games, play as art and art as play, and Duel Natures, a game...

Marx interviews Momatoes about the Across RPGSEA project, and about ARC, a game where you literally countdown to the apocalypse.This week’s...

Marx interviews Jay Stilipec about Better Backstories, a modular deck of cards providing prompts for character backstories and much, much...

Marx interviews Filip of Ordoalea Publishing about Domains Horror roleplaying game, alternatives to Kickstarter, and the cultural and...

Marx interviews Logan Jenkins about I'm Sure You're All Wondering Why I've Gathered You Here This Evening, a game inspired...

Marx interviews Edoardo of Nuclear Manatee about Little Katy's Tea Party, a tea-sipping game where you play imaginary friends trying...

Marx interviews Craig about Project Cassandra, a game about Cold War psychic agents trying to stop a cataclysmic event of their own...

Marx interviews Alex Rinehart about Gratitude: A Horror Game, a game founded in cosmic and body horror where you try to find out what in...

Marx interviews Richard about Twill's Twist Points, a system to bring archetypical locations to life in your fantasy roleplaying...

Marx interviews Alf Peter Mälmberg about Bloodfeud, a game based on Icelandic sagas about toxic masculinity, power and Vikings.Yes...

Marx interviews Gabriel Robinson about Token, a duet game Rooted in Trophy about a hunter and their monstrous prey on a desperate hunt in a...

Marx interviews Tanya Floaker about the Indie Gamers Zine which has both new games, snarky articles, and advice on how to run your own...

Marx interviews Adira Slattery about Tension, a queer cat-and-mouse romp inspired by Killing Eve and Hannibal. Yes Indie'd Pod on...

Marx interviews Direct Sun about Puzzle Dungeon: The Seers Sanctum, an OSM-mood, eyeball-themed, system-neutral dungeon inspired by The...

Here's a little bonus episode about my own Kickstarter campaign, A Loud Noise in a Quiet Place, a quiet duet game which explores my...

Marx interviews Eli Seitz about Thursday, a dark comedy game exploring time loops like Russian Doll, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and...

Marx interviews Al of Trinity Knot Studios about Docks of Caswarren, a new and innovative way to publish system-agnostic locations that are...

Marx interviews Chris Bissette about the d36 Zine, a strange, collaborative zine series from all across the indie scene.Yes Indie'd...

Marx interviews Nick Bate about Stealing The Throne, a game where you seize ultimate power in the form of a giant mecha.Yes Indie'd...

Marx interviews Duamn Figueroa Rassol about Noctis Labyrinth, a location and a duo of adventures compatible with John Harper's World...

Marx interviews Alexi Sargent about Back Again from the Broken Land, an emotional game following small characters as they journey back from...

Marx interviews Laurie about Lichcraft, a Forged in the Dark game about trans people turning to necromancy to beat impossibly long queues...

Marx interviews Exquisite Polycule, a game about messy entangled relationships inspired by comedies, both romantic and Shakespearean.Yes...

Marx interviews CM Ruebsaat, a slice-of-life game about a slightly-magical gang of street urchins in a post-magic industrial fantasy...

Marx interviews Côme Martin about Two Summers, a diceless game about people's adventure-filled summers, three decades apart.Yes...

Marx interviews Jason Price of Always Checkers about A Complicated Profession, a sci-fi game about ex-bounty hunters running a cruise ship...

Marx interviews Jon Garrad about Bloodspell, a game about vampires and working out how best to spend forever.Yes Indie'd Pod on...

Marx interviews Natalie Ash & Madeleine Ember about Corpsewake Cove, a location for Mörk Borg, and The Savage Garden, a scenario for...

Marx interviews Adam and Max about Saga Experience, a virtual tabletop roleplaying game system which facilitates storytelling and reduces...

Marx interviews Mitchell Salmon about A Modern Prometheus, a two-player Firebrands gothic horror hack about Frankensteins and their...

Marx interviews Monroe about Candied Violets, a cozy game where woodland animals take on The Great British Bake Off.Yes Indie'd Pod on...

Marx interviews Sahoni about Exceptionals, a superhero game based on X-Men and focusing on community, activism and the ties that bind...

Marx interviews Francita, Hector and Brent of the Creator’s Catalyst Project, a community-funded accelerator fund providing professional...

Marx interviews Paul Czege about My Life With Master, The Clay That Woke, and his new game Traverser about women ex-soldiers in a solarpunk...

Marx interviews Logan Jenkins about Very Random Encounters, an anthology actual play podcast where as much as possible is randomised.Yes...

Marx interviews Kevin and Matthew of Meromorph Games about Atma, a one-shot and beginner focused game that fits neatly in your pocket.Yes...

Marx interviews Rhi about The Magpies Podcast, a Blades in the Dark actual play podcast with an all-woman cast with a strong moral compass...

Marx interviews Dee Pennyway about the Mnemonic setting, the world behind A Weaver’s Almanac as well as several other of their games.Marx...

As part of International Podcast Month 2020, Marx interviews Arp, showrunner for Stories of a Broken Sun, an actual play anthology podcast...

Marx interviews Andrew C of Halfling Caravan Games about Beta Maxx: Theft, his latest cassette for the Beta Maxx system which is a love...

Marx interviews Taylor Daigneault about This Vineyard Will Be Our Salvation, a Descended From The Queen story game about ducks and geese...

Marx interviews Michael Franche and Ryan Hazel from The Brothers Pimm podcast about their upcoming Forged in the Dark game, Otro Mundo.Marx...

Marx interviews Georgie Bats about Exquisite Polycule, Far From The Tree, and what a lyric game might be.Marx Shepherd on Twitter:...

Marx interviews Steve Dee about Relics: A Game of Angels, an RPG about angels, miracles, dogma and memory.Marx Shepherd on Twitter:...

Marx interviews Olivia Hill about #iHunt, a game about fighting monsters in the gig economy, and about the San Jenaro CoOp, a radical,...

Marx interviews Logan Bright-Crown about Strike Out, and about the positive side of the indie TTRPG scene on Twitter.Marx Shepherd on...

Marx interviews Liam Ginty of Sandy Pug Games about the community zine Open Mic Aid, their next game Monster Care Squad, and about cycles...

Marx interviews Christopher W. Reynolds of NinjaHELL! Productions about his games Scratch’s Sc0re, A Demon Unnamed and ERAUGH! A Game of...

Marx interviews Laser Malena-Webber of the Doubleclicks and Gosh Darn Fiasco, and Richard Malena-Webber of Atomic Game Theory and writer of...

Marx interviews Senda Linaugh, co-host of She’s A Super Geek and Pandas Talking Games, about Turning Point, a game from Encoded Designs...

Marx interviews Austin Ramsay, the maker of Beam Saber, a Forged in the Dark roleplaying game about mecha and vehicles and their...

Marx interviews Hannah Shaffer and Evan Rowland, two-thirds of the game design cooperative Make Big Things. They discuss their next game,...

Marx interviews Kate Jeanne, a new independent designer behind Winter Harvest, currently on Kickstarter for ZineQuest 2. Their background...

Today, Marx interviews Duamn Figueroa Rassol, an Argentinian illustrator and game designer deeply in love with indie RPGs. Over the last...

Today I interview Eli Seitz, a game designer exploring tabletop, larp, and the experimental space in between. His work can be found on...

Today we interview Matt Bohnhoff, a game designer and artist in the American Southwest. His work is mostly found through Wasteland of...

Today we interview Federico Sohns. Fed is an Argentinean games designer living in London. He owns Araukana Media as well as being a member...

A short introduction to Yes, Indie'd Pod, where I talk about why I want to make this podcast. I also introduce my guest for next week,...