{"podcast":{"title":"TABLETOP TALK - Third Floor Wars","slug":"tabletop-talk-third-floor-wars-340342","podcast_index_feed_id":340342,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/95ac93c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://thirdfloorwars.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/1469447/1469447-1704808445089-6aa27ce78021c.jpg","author":"Craig Shipman","episode_count":289,"summary":"Do you love tabletop gaming? This is your podcast. Who are the creatives behind your favorite games and content? How do they approach their work? I sit with designers, developers, artists, writers, and creators and learn how they approach their work. I try to understand their process, inspiration, and methods for crafting their creations. Craig digs deep into the work and uncovers the origins of your favorite tabletop games and the creative process that brought them to life.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tabletop-talk-third-floor-wars-340342"},"episode":{"title":"Ray Chou (Mythworks) ep. 278","slug":"ray-chou-mythworks-ep-278","published_at":"2026-06-01T20:36:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tabletop-talk-third-floor-wars-340342/ray-chou-mythworks-ep-278","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tabletop-talk-third-floor-wars-340342","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thirdfloorwars/episodes/Ray-Chou-Mythworks-ep--278-e3k6t2j","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1385206833.mp3","summary":"Ray Chou is a comic book and TTRPG creator--one of the talents behind the amazing Mythworks team, known for some of the last few years' most anticipated games--Wildsea, Slugblaster, Pico, and a whole lot more. Their studio defines the modern age of TTRPG development, and he walked us through his experience and process, offering a lot of insight into how it all works. Today’s episode focuses on Ray’s unique experiences breaking into the industry and a close look into what it means to work in the high-level indie space. Ray broke into game writing at a pivotal point in the industry. It was before the medium really blew up, but recently enough to ride the wave of Kickstarter just as it was beginning. We also talked in depth about Mythworks and how it operates as an organization, leveraging the team's creative strengths to create indie work that feels like blockbuster TTRPG gaming. You can find Mythworks here: https://www.myth.works/products And follow Ray on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/theraychou/ Mentions: Tower Defense DOTA Dungeons and Dragons Neverwinter Knights Blades in the Dark Pathfinder CBR+PNK The Wilds Punchbowl Farewell, My Concubine Vikings Starfall DTF St Louis Rashomon Seventh Samurai ************************************ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show for as little as $1 a month: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Add this to the end of your link on DriveThruRPG to support the show: ?affiliate_id=1044145 Example: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/397612/Court-of-Blades--Scandal-Forged-in-the-Dark ?affiliate_id=1044145 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our live-streaming content on ⁠⁠Twitch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…","meta_description":"Ray Chou is a comic book and TTRPG creator--one of the talents behind the amazing Mythworks team, known for some of the last few years' most anticipated g…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5342,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tabletop-talk-third-floor-wars-340342/episodes/ray-chou-mythworks-ep-278/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tabletop-talk-third-floor-wars-340342/ray-chou-mythworks-ep-278.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}