Episodes: 47
Frequency: Every two weeks
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Gender skew: Neutral
Listener location: USA
Publicly listed emails
provost@unwrittenearths.com
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Nathan D. Paoletta - Tabletop RPG designer focused on independent roleplaying game design and development.
Epidiah Ravachol - Tabletop RPG designer focused on independent roleplaying game design and development.
Vincent Baker - Party Games And The Changing Relationship With Convention Attendance And Boothing
Gene Koo - Cultivating Communities Of Practice In Game Design
Elliot Davis - Boothing At Origins And Independent Tabletop Game Promotion
Brian Flaherty - Boothing At Origins And Independent Tabletop Game Promotion
Viditya Voleti - Boothing At Origins And Independent Game Promotion
The Other Tracy Episode
September 30, 2026
We welcome friend and fellow Tracy Barnett (the Other Tracy) to the show! We discuss his games (Iron Edda, School Daze, and more), his trajectory as a game designer, changing practices for getting games out into the world, the many benefits of zines and low-fi creation, writing directly into layout, and more. Turns out, making things is good for the soul! Find Tracy's games at theothertracy.itch.io and on rpgtrader. He's also on Bluesky. Show Notes: Long Tail Shoutout to John Harper MICE ...
The Gregor Hutton Episode
September 16, 2026
We welcome long-time friend and crackerjack game designer Gregor Hutton to the show! This far-ranging discussion includes his games (3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars, Remember Tomorrow), all the ways we work on games while not Working On A Game, keeping the joy alive, the evolving landscape for the kinds of games we make, maths and managing spotlight, and being a good actor in your local community, among so many other things. Find Gregor's games (Best Friends, Remember Tomorrow, 3:16, Solipsi...
The Aesthetics Episode
August 26, 2026
In this episode we get fancy and talk about the aesthetics of truly-true game mechanics. The same probabilistic outcomes and mechanical functions can be served by many different styles of rule. We talk about different ways to appreciate the form of a game mechanic as well as think about how the expression or description of rules can be a fruitful design space. Show Notes: Balanced Ternary(a base 3 numeral system using -1, 0, 1) Amadeus (1984) Games Mentioned: FUDGE/FUDGE Dice FATE (Evi...
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Unwritten Earths Symposium is hosted by Nathan D. Paoletta and Epidiah Ravachol. Its publicly listed email is provost@unwrittenearths.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
The publicly listed email for Unwritten Earths Symposium: provost@unwrittenearths.com.
Podseeker estimates Unwritten Earths Symposium reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
Unwritten Earths Symposium typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: Independent tabletop RPG designers, publishers, game studies academics, GMs, convention professionals, and community organizers with direct experience in game design, playtesting, publishing, events, or tabletop communities. Common among recent guests: Designed or published independent tabletop games; Conducted or organized playtesting; Presented, exhibited, or worked at tabletop gaming conventions. Recent guests include Vincent Baker, Gene Koo, and Elliot Davis.
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Recent episodes cover Game Design, Tabletop Rpg, Indie Games, Playtesting, and Game Publishing. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.
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