Season: RPG - Exploring RPGs with Rob Daviau
From The Game Design Round Table by Dirk Knemeyer & David V. Heron
January 20, 2026 · 57 min · Season 1 · Episode 381
About this episode
Rob Daviau joins the hosts to discuss the practicalities and challenges of RPGs and GMing.
Today, Rob Daviau joins us again after a year to contribute to a conversation about RPGs. Dirk, David, and Rob talk about some of the practicalities of RPG's and GMing, as well as some of the problems that have arisen through both the tariffs and the lack of face to face gaming. A meaningful conversation that opens up some deeper ideas in the RPG and GM world.
People in this episode
Hosts: Dirk Knemeyer, David V. Heron
Guest: Rob Daviau
Topics covered
- RPGs
- game mastering
- face to face gaming
- tariffs
- game design
Keywords
- RPG
- game mastering
- tariffs
- face to face gaming
- game design
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