{"podcast":{"title":"The Ultimate RPG Podcast","slug":"the-ultimate-rpg-podcast-6977554","podcast_index_feed_id":6977554,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ultimate-rpg","website_url":"https://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/the-ultimate-rpg-podcast/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f3e521b6-4914-11ef-86a4-8bb705186b31/image/0b682ed9ab6c4af8c5ee9ee93d4d071d.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"James D'Amato","episode_count":35,"summary":"James D'Amato, the creator of One Shot and Author of The Ultimate RPG series for Adams Media invites you to join him in getting to know some of your favorite creative people by listening to them create. Every other week he invites a new guest to discuss their latest work and creative process before joining him in a character or worldbuilding exercise from the Ultimate RPG series. Gain insight and watch inspiration with The Ultimate RPG Podcast!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T14:19:21.453715+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ultimate-rpg-podcast-6977554"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 21 - Collaboration and The Rise of PDFs With Aram Vartian!","slug":"episode-21-collaboration-and-the-rise-of-pdfs-with-aram-vartian","published_at":"2025-05-06T11:19:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ultimate-rpg-podcast-6977554/episode-21-collaboration-and-the-rise-of-pdfs-with-aram-vartian","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ultimate-rpg-podcast-6977554","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/OSPN8890883456.mp3?updated=1746530895","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/OSPN8890883456.mp3?updated=1746530895","summary":"EPISODE SUMMARY James is joined by Aram Vartian in a discussion about setting professional standards for yourself, the future of TTRPG publishing, the power of collaboration and how it has influenced his work. They also talked about Aram's upcoming projects including Dragon Age: In Darkness Eternal. In the worldbuilding half of the episode, James and Aram create an outer space human civilization with moral AI gods, the discovery of magic, and how it changed everything. SHOW NOTES Aram Vartian is a photographer, designer, writer, and long time podcast producer. Aram co-founded Dead Ghost Productions co-produces Kill Every Monster. Watch the trailer for his upcoming show Dragon Age In Darkness Eternal here. ----------------------------------------- ⁠Check Out the Ultimate RPG Line of Books and Products!⁠ ----------------------------------------- The Ultimate RPG Podcast is a production of the One Shot Podcast Network, with permission from Adams Media. The podcast is hosted by James D'Amato and is edited by Shaghik Mané. Music for the podcast is Venturing, by Reveille, courtesy of ⁠Soundstripe⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"EPISODE SUMMARY James is joined by Aram Vartian in a discussion about setting professional standards for yourself, the future of TTRPG publishing, the pow…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5207,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ultimate-rpg-podcast-6977554/episodes/episode-21-collaboration-and-the-rise-of-pdfs-with-aram-vartian/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ultimate-rpg-podcast-6977554/episode-21-collaboration-and-the-rise-of-pdfs-with-aram-vartian.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}