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Game Master's Book Club

Game Master's Book Club

Using speculative fiction to create great ttrpg experiences

Eric Adrian Jackson

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Show overview

Game Master's Book Club launched in 2025 and has put out 34 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 25 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 36 min and 47 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Leisure show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 12 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Eric Adrian Jackson.

Episodes
34
Running
2025–2026 · 1y
Median length
42 min
Cadence
Fortnightly

From the publisher

Talented Gamemasters read speculative fiction to provide advice on how to run games within those worlds, borrow elements from those worlds for your own games, and recommend similar media to inspire your table top games.

Latest Episodes

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GMBC ep34 - Sapphic Steampunk Shennanigans - Elizabeth Bear's Karen Memory at Rising Phoenix Game Con

May 8, 202648 min

GMBC ep33 - Crimes, Competence, and Clever Banter: Insights from Scott Lynch at Rising Phoenix Game Con

May 1, 202650 min

GMBC032 -From Graphic Novels to Gaming Tables: How Monstress Inspires Adventure

Apr 24, 202649 min

GMBC ep031 - Kaiju, Murders, and Mysteries: Unpacking 'The Tainted Cup'

Apr 10, 202638 min

GMBC ep30 - Secrets and Soceities: A Dive into Genevieve Cogman's *The Invisible Library*

Mar 27, 202634 min

GMBC029 - Exploring a Post-Apocalyptic Tabletop: A Journey Through Sterling Lanier's Classic - Heiro's Journey

Mar 13, 202643 min

GMBC ep28 - Total Con 40 Chronicles: D-List Villains Take the Stage

Mar 6, 202650 min

GMBC ep27 The Thrills of the Rocketeer: A TTRPG Pulp Exploration

Feb 27, 202644 min

GMBC ep26 - Soaring Through Cinderspires: Unpacking Jim Butcher's Aeronaut's Windlass

Feb 13, 202642 min

GMBC ep25 - Adventures in Daevabad: A Dive into the City of Brass

Jan 30, 202637 min

GMBC ep24 - Roleplaying Resistance: How 'Bitch Planet' Inspires Subversive Storytelling

Jan 16, 202659 min

GMBC ep23 - From Goblins to Game Masters: Navigating Political Intrigue with Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor

Jan 2, 202642 min

GMBC ep22 - Unveiling the Crescent Moon: A Dive into Saladin Ahmed's The Throne of the Crescent Moon

Dec 26, 202553 min

GMBC ep21 - From Page to Play: How Anne McCaffrey’s World Inspires Game Masters, with guests The Feral Ladies

Dec 12, 202542 min

GMBC ep20 - Navigating Magic and Romance: The Allure of The Sundered Realms by Casey Blair

Nov 28, 202542 min

GMBC ep19 - Unpacking the Unwilling Recruit: Military Strategy Meets Roleplay in Sentence to War

Nov 14, 202530 min

GMBC ep18 - Biotech Horrors and Tabletop Adventures: A Deep Dive into Borne

Oct 31, 202559 min

GMBC ep17 - Tabletop Adventures in Corp-Space: Exploring the Murderbot Phenomenon with the Game Master's Book Club

Oct 17, 202544 min

GMBC ep16 - Superhero Genre Redefined: Lessons from Astro City

Oct 3, 202543 min

GMBC ep15 - Desert Dreams and Reality Distortions: TTRPGs Inspired by Hunter S. Thompson

Sep 19, 202545 min
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