After many months of asking, we bid you a ca-ca-cordial welcome to the audio podcast version of Inside the Rookery
For the last five years, Rookery Publications (https://www.rookerypublications.com/products) has hosted Inside the Rookery, a live videocast streamed to all major platforms featuring special guests drawn from across the games industry.
The show takes deep dives into the process of designing and developing your favourite games, and also offers insights into why games are built the way they are and how we can engage with them in different ways. Viewers are invited to post questions live, allowing you to lead the conversation in fresh, unexpected directions.
Join us on our friendly Discord to join the clamour. And support us creating new live episodes on our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/InsideTheRookery?utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan).
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First streamed on 23rd October, 2021. Join the Rooks as they take you Inside the Rookery to discuss games conventions with David Wright, organiser of AlbaCon and Tabletop Scotland. For the latest on our streams and how you can support them, check our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/InsideTheRookery (https://www.patreon.com/InsideTheRookery)
5 Sept 2026
The Cogs of a Game with Phil Harris
Originally streamed on 16th October 2021. Hosted by Lindsay Law, the Rooks (Andy Law and Andy Leask) gather to discuss the Cogs of Game, with game designer and lecturer Phil Harris. They answer pre-submitted questions and live ones from the chat as they go Inside the Rookery to draw back the curtain on tips and tricks of games design.
31 Aug 2026
Building The Well of Bones
Originally streamed on 9th October 2021. The Rooks (Andy Law, Graeme Davis, Andy Leask, Mark Gibbons, and Lindsay Law) gather to discuss the production process of their first supplement, The Well of Bones. The Well of Bones was created to support AlbaCon, a charitable RPG con raising money for Penumbra. For more on this, see their website here: https://albacon.co.uk/ (https://albacon.co.uk/)
15 Aug 2026
Narrative Design with Cara Ellison
Originally streamed live on 2nd October, 2021. Join the Rooks (Lindsay Law, Andy Leask, and Graeme Davis) as they take you Inside the Rookery to discuss Narrative Design with BAFTA-winning writer Cara Ellison.
18 Jul 2026
Switching RPG Rulesets with Matt Forbeck
Originally broadcast on September 25th, 2021, the Rooks discuss switching between RPG rulesets with Matt Forbeck, author and games designer. Host Lindsay Law is joined by Graeme Davis and Andy Law to talk with Matt and answer viewers’ questions about everything from generic settings to the golden age of geek culture.
11 Jul 2026
Imagining the Fantastic with Henrik Rosenborg
Originally live streamed on September 18th, 2021, in Season 1, Epsiode 2 the Rooks met artist Henrik Rosenborg to discuss Imagining the Fantastic. How do fantasy artists and authors find ideas and keep their quills fresh with inky inspiration? Where do they start? How do they find the words or the brushstrokes to create horrors and dreams? The Rooks and Henrik answer the Patreons’ questions.
If you enjoyed the discussion, why not help us make more of them by joining our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/InsideTheRookery)? It can cost you nothing to join our mailing list or as little as one-third of a cup of coffee each month to become a fledgling Rook, but it makes a big difference to us!t
4 Jul 2026
Building Better Books with Steve Savile
Join the Rooks as they take you Inside the Rookery to discuss Building Better Books with Steve Savile, including planning, dealing with writer's block, software used, handling publishers, and more.
If you enjoyed the discussion, why not help the Rookery make more of them by joining our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/InsideTheRookery)? It can cost you as little as one-third of a cup of coffee each month, but it makes a big difference to us!
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