Dice Exploder

Transcript This week, Sam talks with Michael Elliott about Composure, a player resource mechanic from Ash McAllen’s game Antiquarian Adventures. Michael is currently Kickstarting his game Nasty Brutish and Long, a simple RPG about lives complicated by revolution. Some topics discussed today: * Failure and conflict, why they're great, and mechanics that encourage players to embrace them * Genre and mechanics that support it * Simplifying mechanics when hacking, with Blades in the Dark as an

Transcript This week’s cohost is Ray Chou, who brings Rolling The Dice from John Harper’s iconic one page RPG Lasers & Feelings. Topics discussed include: * Minimalism * Underlining genre through mechanics * Episodic vs serialized stories * When you should roll dice * Randomness and fate in real life * Beer & pretzels gaming Games mentioned: * Lasers and Feelings * Cows and Boys * Honey Heist * 316 Carnage Amongst the Stars * Heart: The City Beneath * Couriers Sam’s designer commentary on

Coming June 2023: DICE EXPLODER, a new podcast where each week we break down a tabletop RPG mechanic as deep as we possibly can, with Sam Dunnewold and a rotating co-host.Produced by the Fiction First Network. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit diceexploder.substack.com