Lectures on Tap - "How to Design Your Own Tabletop RPG"

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🧠 Lecture: "How to Design Your Own Tabletop RPG"

🎤 Speaker: Eric Silver

Tabletop roleplaying games don’t start with rulebooks—they start with having fun and making choices that delight everyone at the table. Join award-winning podcast producer, TTRPG designer, teacher, and artistic developer Eric Silver for a creator-first look at how to turn your DM skills into real game design.

Drawing on his work as a game designer, educator, and longtime Dungeon Master, Eric breaks down how the skills D&D DMs already use—worldbuilding, encounter design, improvisation, and audience awareness—translate directly into designing your own games. He’ll walk through the practical first steps of tabletop design, from identifying the core emotional experience of a game to choosing mechanics that truly support that story.

Eric is the Dungeon Master and co-creator of the actual-play podcast "Join the Party," with over 10 million downloads, and designer of “Model Our Nations,” "Clear Eyes Full Hearts," and “No Capes: A D&D Superhero Guide.” Whether you’re a DM with a notebook full of ideas or a storyteller curious about mechanics, you’ll leave ready to start building your own TTRPG.

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Agenda

6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.

6:55 PM – Host introduction

7:00 PM – Lecture begins

7:45 PM – Audience Q&A

8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

8:30 PM – Wrap up.

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