Episode 62 – What We Learn From Each Other
Episode Notes We’re back from Metatopia and playtesting our games. We check in with the state of the industry and talk about how our playtesting went.
Episode 60 – Qualifying Race
In this episode Brandon and James do some real work on the Race Engine. This one is a little more raw than some of our episode because we were actually doing some game design live.
Episode 59 – Potent Parables
In this episode Brandon and James talk about how you balance storytelling in games of the strong story focused playbook style game.
Episode 58 – Demanding Evocative Moves
In this episode Brandon and James revisit James’s Wielder playbook. This time they focus on moves as James is specifically struggling to find evocative moves that aren’t too specific to his playbook.
Episode 57 – Doing The Impossible
In this episode Brandon and James work together to explore the topic of teamwork in games. James explains that he’s always been underwhelmed by the team mechanic so he and Brandon work together to create a move that enhances the experience.
Episode 56 – The Basic Basics and True Genre
In this episode Brandon and James talk through Brandon’s proposed order for game design.
Episode 55 – Authorial Authority
In this episode Brandon and James once again talk about the balance of power in a roleplaying game. Continuing a conversation started in the SHR Discord they brainstorm whether you could pass GM level narrative control between players.
Episode 54 – Take The Character Out of the World
In this episode Brandon and James talk about worldbuilding and how you can use good worldbuilding to create characters. They talk at length about Dark Heresy and then find a way to bring it back around to Apocalypse World.
Episode 54 – Take The Character Out of the World
In this episode Brandon and James talk about worldbuilding and how you can use good worldbuilding to create characters. They talk at length about Dark Heresy and then find a way to bring it back around to Apocalypse World.