This podcast is about tabletop role-playing games around the world. In every episode, I interview RPG enthusiasts and professionals from a non-English speaking country about what games they play, what unique RPGs exist in their country, and how new people get into the hobby. Interviewees include regular gamers, club organizers, game shop owners, creators of actual play videos, RPG authors, and gaming studios. While some places are known for their large role-playing scene and have a lot of local RPG systems, other regions of the world have smaller scenes and might not even have a single RPG in the local language. Every regular episode ends with a teaser for the next country – an excerpt from an actual play recording in that country’s language. The aim of this podcast is to broaden our horizon and find out about RPGs from all over the world. Enjoy!
The first episode from the American continent!
Bonus episode about a new Portuguese game, because the regular episode was just getting too long...
Conclusion of the two two-parters on the Iberian Peninsula.
Part 1 of the second country on the Iberian Peninsula, which I guess I didn't mispronounce this time...
We return to Europe with a miniseries on the Iberian Peninsula, which I totally mispronounced in this episode...
This is a quick bonus episode about what kind of games I like to play, because I usually delete my rants about games in the interviews.
In this episode, we cover another island in Asia with a vibrant role-playing scene.
And we are back in Asia, on some islands for the next few episodes...
A bonus episode about a conference I attended this September.
We stay in the German-speaking part of Europe with a shorter episode on role-playing games in Austria.
In the final part of the Germany episode, we look at some unique current German systems and the world of indie publishers.
In Part 2 of 3 we look at diversity and sustainability in German games and at the dozens of adaptations of English language games into German.
This is part 1 of the massive three parter that almost broke my back. Part 1 is a general overview of TTRPGs in Germany and about the history of games in the 1970s and 1980s.
Surprise episode to round of the East Asia mini-series!
The final of the big three, but not the last of the East Asia episodes, is Japan!
In the first episode of 2024 and our second part of the visit to the East Asian countries, we take a look at the gaming scene in (South) Korea. Also, yes, I had a cold while recording the introduction.
We start our trip to East Asia with an episode about the role-playing scene in China.
Part 2 of the two-part Hungary episode. In this one we go into more specific projects.
We conclude the Central- and Eastern Europe miniseries with another two-parter, because this country just has such a large gaming scene.
Another bonus episode in which I talk about what is new in different places and explain how I make this podcast.
In this second part of the Poland double episode, we look in more detail at specific games.
In this first part of a double episode, we explore parts of the Polish TTRPG scene.
We continue the Eastern European countries with a surprise candidate from the South Caucasus - Georgia. Probably the number one country I still want to visit, but before I do that, we first get this episode.
We begin a new regional mini-series vaguely themed Central & Eastern Europe with Ukraine.
In this conclusion of the three-part season on role-playing games in Western Asia, we get a glimpse into the TTRPG scene in Israel. We discuss translation issues, investigate urban legends about the Israeli army, and learn about a role-playing game theory that has only been partly translated into English.
In this bonus episode, I talk about what has happened since October 2022 and the future of the podcast.
We continue to explore the role-playing scene in Western Asia with a little cheat - because I recorded one interview in person on the European side of Istanbul. The Turkey episode is a little bit different than previous ones since I currently live there and have met most of the fine people I interviewed.
In the first episode of the "second season" of The World of RPGs, we cover three Arab Gulf States - Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. We talk about how to present Western Asian inspired cultures respectfully in RPGs and how to translate monster names that have no equivalent in Arabic.
We end our short trip through the role-playing scene in South-Eastern Europe with the land that brought us such words as mythic and fantasy. Will this also be an epic podcasting episode? OK, enough Greek vocabulary for now, on to Episode 3!
In Episode 2, I interview five Croatian role-players, including an actual play creator and authors of games in English and Croatian.
In this first bonus episode, the author of the Bulgarian RPG "Na Onya Svyat" gives a detailed description of his game.
In Episode 1, we begin the regular podcast with a trip to Southeastern Europe. I interview a Bulgarian gamer, an RPG author, a game shop owner, and the creator of an actual play.
A short introduction on what this podcast is all about. Includes a teaser for Episode 1.
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