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The World of RPGs
@theworldofrpgs.bsky.social
Podcast about TTRPGs around the world. Irregular release schedule.

If you are from a non-English speaking culture and in any way involved in TTRPGs, I am looking forward to your message!

https://linktr.ee/worldofrpgs
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Dead channel? I beg to differ! Episode 23 takes us to Mexico and I would invite you to go check out all the amazing creators and publishers in the shownotes, because there's a lot! Interviews with @wingedlion.bsky.social, @cymorgan.bsky.social ‬and more! open.spotify.com/show/0z4WwX6...
Episode 23 - Mexico Part 2
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Finland is pretty awesome, also almost everyone I talk to knows what an RPG is and often has some gaming experience. And the language totally sounds like some kind of Elvish.
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Picture Monday: visiting a gaming/comic shop in Helsinki!
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Some gaming vocabulary from my six year old kid:
"dice game": Ganz Schön Clever! Kids
"pig game": Pass the Pigs
"pepee": Pepee'nin Çiftliği Kutu Oyunu (a memory based board game)
"elf game": Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (browser based)
"adventure game": Amazing Stories TTRPG
November 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Last days of a crowdfunding campaign for a gaming convention in Nigeria. I'd love this to work out to support board games and RPGs across the world! I am not connected to the organization or the funding, I am just in contact with one of the organizers and have seen interviews about the projects.
Southeast Boardgame Convention SEBCON 2025
Growing the African table-top games community.
www.kickstarter.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I am still editing the Brazil episode, so I honestly don't remember if this came up in the interviews - it sounds so familiar that I think it is actually in the next section I have to work on. 😀
The US wasn't the only country to pin an entire moral panic on tabletop RPGs. We spoke with players in Brazil and Spain about their own bookbound boogeymen.
The Other Satanic Panics
How RPGs become scapegoats for murders across the world.
www.rascal.news
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Charity Bundle to raise funds for a Ukrainian game designer, also the bundle is literally his games: itch.io/s/166115/bri...
Brighter Tomorrow Sale by Data Sparrow
A bundle by Data Sparrow, $12.00 for Fist World Volga, Sirius: Treacherous Reaches, Rebuilding Triunfo
itch.io
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Picture Monday: Was in Germany and just missed the 30th anniversary of the country's largest TTRP convention by one weekend (not that I would have had time to go there).
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I just played Amazing Tales with my kid and it got weird quickly. Also a bit squicky with all those references to needles and sharp points (kid got vaccinated last night and that bled into the game). I'd still say it's one of the best TTRPG for kids, because... (1/2)
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Hey, POC TTRPG writers, designers, professionals who are based in CONTINENTAL EUROPE, (sorry, but specifically NOT the UK this time)

Please holler so I can be your friend 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

#juegosderol #lodelrol #pnpde #jdr #giocodiruolo #dutchdnd #dndnl #rpgdemesa #jogos #rpgpolska #ttrpg
November 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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An interview with @montro.bsky.social, who led the Japanese-language localization of MÖRK BORG by @nohr.se and Stockholm Kartell, talking about all the the ways you can push design to translate graphically and grammatically.
Localizing MÖRK BORG required a deft hand and a dedication to the details
An interview with Malstrom’s Montro on translation, new fonts, and how to create an aesthetic.
www.rascal.news
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I just backed Southeast Boardgame Convention SEBCON 2025 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/seb...
Southeast Boardgame Convention SEBCON 2025
Growing the African table-top games community.
www.kickstarter.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Picture Monday: This is a character option for Nahual, whose author I interviewed in the new Mexico episode. And yes, it's also available in English.
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Dead channel? I beg to differ! Episode 23 takes us to Mexico and I would invite you to go check out all the amazing creators and publishers in the shownotes, because there's a lot! Interviews with @wingedlion.bsky.social, @cymorgan.bsky.social ‬and more! open.spotify.com/show/0z4WwX6...
Episode 23 - Mexico Part 2
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Gaming convention in Nigeria! (yes, I should interview them)
Coming soon: SEBCON 2025
Growing the African table-top games community.
www.kickstarter.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Going to Finland at the end of the month, so if you have any gaming related recommendations... (also not sure if I should learn even a single word because their English will probably be excellent anyways. yes, collective they)
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I especially like the localization of the title/ logo there.
ムルク・ボリィ
And lo, the black disk Yetsabu-Nech shall stand before the rising sun!
Stockholm Kartell and Malström bring DOOM to Japan with the official Japanese edition of MÖRK BORG, now live on Kickstarter. Link in comments.
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Picture Monday: busy week, because I finally finished producing an episode (yeah, this podcast is a one person show) and started editing the next one, also this weekend we went to the old shoe factory with their iconic d20 lamps.
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Good I am not in Lisbon right now because I would spend sooo much money at that booth. But related to that, I finally started editing the interviews for that other Portuguese speaking country (yes, I know there is more than two, my cousin works in Mozambique)
November 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
My kid just accidentally said "Jurassic Pony" and that sounds like a mash up that needs to be made.
November 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Hey I usually don't teaser upcoming episodes much because I rather want to get things done, but after a three month break - I finally got Episode 23 ready and I'm now proofing it. I interviewed people who worked on a bunch of games in this Humble Bundle: www.humblebundle.com/books/magpie...
Humble RPG Bundle: Magpie Games Extravaganza
Get tabletop role-playing games perfect for any occasion—laughs, suspense, action, and more—with the Magpie Games Extravaganza Bundle.
www.humblebundle.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Picture Monday: only three or four people on this planet will understand this.
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Since it's obligatory these days, here's a picture I took in July 2023. It's titled "reconnoitre", to use a French term.
October 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Picture Monday: most disappointing sword shop ever
October 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I have to say, regardless of your feelings towards WOTC and D&D (and I really don't care much for the game), that "gay D&D" image is an amazing litmus test. I've blocked so many homophobes on FB and Twitter over their reactions.
October 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I just found out this exists and it's so far out it could even be... no it's probably not good.
October 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM