General Ironicus posted:

It's generally not a show on the topic, but the two latest episodes of Game Studies Study Buddies are on RPG history and communities, and I think people here would get a lot out of them. The show is a book club for the academic field of Game Studies, but they've just finished a matched pair of episodes on books specifically about TTRPGs.

46 – Peterson – The Elusive Shift
Jon Peterson's history of the earliest days of the RPG hobby through his exhaustive library of fanzines from the 70s and 80s. Really shows that every argument about RPGs going on today is older than most of the people having it.

45 – Schleiner – The Player’s Power To Change the Game
A history and distillation of The Forge, which is, necessarily, in part a look at Ron Edwards. Featuring guest host Austin Walker.