E19 BBG Extras: Tabletop RPGs vs Video Games with Tyler Kamstra of RPGBOT.net

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Far from losing steam in the digital age, tabletop games are booming thanks to their collaborative and tactile nature. In fact, today’s guest believes that video games can learn a lot from tabletop RPGs – and vice versa!

Today, we’re joined by Tyler Kamstra, a software developer by trade who plays a whole lot of Dungeons and Dragons and other tabletop RPGs in his spare time. Tyler is also the founder and primary author of RPGBOT.net, an online resource for tabletop roleplaying games, including informative articles, online tools, and the RPGBOT.Podcast.

We discuss the crossover between video games, board games, and tabletop RPGs, whereTyler fills us in on some of the exciting developments taking place in the tabletop gaming world. We take a look at some of the joys and perils of leadership, how you can benefit from building an open and respectful corporate culture that promotes transparent feedback, and what the future holds for RPGBOT.net.

To learn all this and more from an expert from the tabletop world, make sure to tune in today!

Topics discussed in this episode:

- Overlap between video games and tabletop RPGs

- What pen and paper can learn from digital and vice versa

- Why collaborative storytelling makes games memorable – even if they suck!

- How RPGBOT.net has evolved from a solo passion project

- Areas of leadership that Tyler finds difficult

- The importance of building feedback into your culture

- Why professional leadership can be about breaking stuff The origin story of RPGBOT.net

- How Tyler became known for his character optimization content

- The role RPGBOT.net plays in the tabletop space today

- Developing needs in the space and how the ecosystem is evolving

- What the future of RPGBOT.net looks like

Follow Tyler on LinkedIn and Twitter. You can also visit his website and discover his Monstrous Races series on Dungeon Masters Guild.

Check out RPGBOT.net and listen to the RPGBOT.Podcast to learn more about tabletop roleplaying games and become a better player!

For more tips on how to staff your dev team, email us at info@valarinconsulting.com to set up a free 90-minute call!

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