Episode 07 - Ukraine

The World of RPGs

In this episode, we talk about publishing games in Ukrainian, discover some exiting new games in the making, and of course hear about the Russian invasion and its impact on the TTRPG scene.

Disclaimer: All links are to the websites or social media presence of RPG publishers, creators, gaming stores, gaming clubs, or actual play channels. I take no responsibility for the content behind those links. I received no compensation for linking to any of these pages.

• The actual play excerpt from Dice and Bones with Ivan as GM can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@diceandbonesdnd/featured Other Ukrainian actual play channels are https://www.youtube.com/@Zabuly_Charnyk and https://www.youtube.com/@felixora
• The Archeterica teaser comes from yet another Ukrainian actual play channel: https://www.youtube.com/@idearoll/videos
• Recordings of the presentations at Role Play Ukraine are here: https://www.youtube.com/@RolePlayUkraine
• The publisher Geekach has their own website: https://geekach.com.ua
• The (English language) Vaesen supplement on Mythic Ukraine is available on DrivethruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/435733/Vaesen-Spirits-and-Monsters-of-Mythic-Ukraine
• Super 8 has their mini-games on itch.io here: https://8super8.itch.io
• The game Space Cowboy has a fanpage (in Ukrainian) on Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/spcecwboyttrpg
• The Imaginary Worlds podcast has two episodes on genre literature from Ukraine from 2022 and 2023: https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/episodes/a-nation-dreams-of-itself and https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/episodes/a-nation-dreams-to-survive
• The music is by Thomas Mutiu, you can find his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GmlxnkpjsEMAq1deN5aeR?si=g822wgdISJWrX0_6Sjc-Tw&fbclid=IwAR1zyWd9vEAOQlG-L_8Ym1N1cuiQMKdOGn5xDYgUU-bPGmHavvhEeDO9cDE&nd=1
• The logo is by Ayberk Karakaş who you can find here: https://www.instagram.com/ayberkarakas/