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Undesign

Vincent Venturella & T.A. Lambert

Join Vince & Travis for Undesign as they talk about the really important things in life, like Ability Scores, Random Tables, and Giant Robots . Take a deep dive in each episode as they cover often overlooked elements of designing, playing and running tabletop games.

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00:26:22

Undesign - Ep39 - Designing Upper Limits

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2016/12/02

Join Vince and Travis as they get into some nitty-gritty of design and talk about the value of upper limits in games. What exactly are the greatest characters in your world capable of? When the PCs in your world face challenges - how great are the powers they bring to the table to resolve them? What do these limits say about the themes and tones of your game? How much can Superman lift? All of this and less will be answered within. Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land

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00:28:05

Undesign - Ep 38 - Is Fantasy Boring

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2016/11/25

Join Vince and Travis as they ask the ultimate question - Is Fantasy Boring? Well, is it! Talk! Why does Travis think Fantasy is boring? How do we define fantasy versus how most see the genre? Is there any way to make fantasy interesting if it is boring? Is Travis just wrong? All of this and less will be answered within. Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land Games? Check out the website for more information or direct downloads - www.venturelandgames.com. You can also

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00:24:29

Undesign - Ep 37 - The Right Size Group

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2016/11/18

Join Vince and Travis as they discuss the right number of players to have at your table for a great game. Is there a golden mean, a perfect number of players? What is the floor and ceiling of group size? What does having the right amount of players allow you to achieve and how do the player types figure into this? How does the two for one pizza deal figure into all of this? All of this and less will be answered within! Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land Games? Check

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00:28:03

Undesign - Episode 36 - Restrictions and Creativity

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2016/11/11

Join Vince and Travis as they discuss the value of restriction and how it can lead to additional creativity for both GMs and players. What does restriction mean for game design? How do you best use it as a game designer? How can the GM be empowered to use restrictions to tell a story? Won't player's revolt if you place too many restrictions on them? All of this and less will be answered within. Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land Games? Check out the website for more

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00:27:56

Undesign - Ep35 - Timeline Advancement in RPGs

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2016/11/04

Join Vince and Travis as they discuss the nature of advancing timelines in RPGs. Why do they advance slowly or suddenly? What reason does a designer have for advancing the timeline of their worlds hundreds or thousands of years? Why do these changes in the world often coincide with massive changes in rules? All of this and less will be answered within. Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land Games? Check out the website for more information or direct downloads -

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00:25:25

Undesign - Ep34 - Best Loot in RPGs

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2016/10/28

Join Vince and Travis as they discuss the best loot they have received in games and why that loot is so good. What makes great and memorable loot? What are Vince and Travis' favorite items they have received and how did it make their character's stories better? What about those cool items in the book? Who cares about a sword +5 anyway? Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land Games? Check out the website for more information or direct downloads - www.venturelandgames.com

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00:23:21

Undesign - Ep33 - Luck in RPGs

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2016/10/21

Join Vince and Travis as they discuss Luck and it's use in RPGs. We aren't talking about a good dice roll, we are talking about your character having a luck mechanic and using it to shape the world. Should luck be a currency or a static effect? What do we expect of luck in a mechanic? How can it best be deployed to shape your player's experience? All of this and less will be covered in this episode! Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land Games? Check out the website for

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00:18:00

Undesign - Ep32 - Can a game have too many books

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2016/10/14

Join Vince and Travis as they talk about an avalanche of books. Can an RPG publish too many books? What does too many mean? How do you define too many? What does happens if you have too many? What are the upsides for the players? All of this and less will be answered within. Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land Games? Check out the website for more information or direct downloads - www.venturelandgames.com. You can also follow Vince on Youtube if you are into that sort

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00:28:22

Undesign - Ep31 - Why Superhero Games Fail

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2016/10/07

Join Vince and Travis as they discuss the hidden problem that makes all Superhero games fall flat. What is the big problem? What does Vince have against superhero games? What about the original medium doesn't translate? Are there any exceptions? What is the best superhero RPG? All of this and less will be answered within. Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land Games? Check out the website for more information or direct downloads - www.venturelandgames.com. You can also

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00:26:04

Undesign - Ep30 - Using Humor in RPGs

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2016/09/30

Join Vince and Travis as they talk about the use of Humor in RPGs. Should every RPG game have some humor and levity in it? What genres work best with humor? How do you organically add humor to your games without it feeling forced? Are clowns funny or scary? All of this and less will be covered in within. Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land Games? Check out the website for more information or direct downloads - www.venturelandgames.com. You can also follow Vince on

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00:21:48

Undesign - Ep29 - Playing Religious Characters

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2016/09/23

Join Vince and Travis as they have an intervention. Vince has always had a problem with playing religious characters (deeply religious characters) and he is trying to figure out why? What is it about clerics that make them challenging to play? Can a cleric or paladin have a distinct personality away from the tenants of their faith? Are divine characters just following a pre-set template? All of this and less will be answered within. Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land

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00:22:20

Undesign - Ep 28 - Favorite Player Types

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2016/09/16

Join Vince and Travis for another week of RPG discussion. This week they are talking about their favorite types of players at the table. They have talked about the worst players at the table, but who is the best and why? What players make the game truly memorable and enjoyable and why? All of this and less will be answered within. Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land Games? Check out the website for more information or direct downloads - www.venturelandgames.com. You

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00:19:40

Undesign - Ep27 - Random Encounters

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2016/09/09

Join Vince and Travis as they discuss Random Encounters. Are they a black mark on the history of RPGs or a springboard for new adventure and story? How can you as a GM use them best? What are the pitfalls to avoid? What is the dumbest random encounters we have seen? All of this and less will be answered within. Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land Games? Check out the website for more information or direct downloads - www.venturelandgames.com. You can also follow Vince

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00:28:06

Undesign - Ep26 - Marathon Gaming

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2016/09/02

Join Vince and Travis as they discuss the idea of Marathon Gaming. What exactly is Marathon Gaming and why does Vince blame Travis for getting him into this life long obsession? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this type of game? What sets of skills do you need to run a good marathon game? All of this and less will be answered within! Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land Games? Check out the website for more information or direct downloads -

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00:31:49

Undesign - Ep25 - MIniatures in RPGs

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2016/08/26

Join Vince and Travis as they talk about the use of miniatures in RPGs. When did miniatures and battlemats become a thing and why? What do the guys think about miniatures being used in RPGs vs. the theater of the mind? What are the advantages and disadvantages of miniatures in RPGs? Why is Vince so angry? All of this and less will be answered within! Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land Games? Check out the website for more information or direct downloads -

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00:22:12

Undesign - Ep24 - Designing Adventures as a Group

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2016/08/19

Join Vince and Travis as they explore the concept of designing adventures as a group. They have long been advocates of group character and world design, but can you design an adventure that you are all supposed to play together and still have it be exciting? What is the value of doing this activity as a group? What can you learn from it about being a DM and your players? All of these questions and less will be answered within. Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land

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00:22:23

Undesign - Ep23 - The Value of Hate in Game Design

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2016/08/12

Join Vince and Travis as they discuss why you should always try to make sure that someone, heck, everyone, should hate something in your game design. Why does having elements that people hate make sure that people also have stuff to love? What does this have to do with psychographic profiling? What is the right ratio of love to hate? What is the value of neutral boring design in the middle of all this? All of this and less will be answered within! Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis

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00:26:59

Undesign - Ep22 - Playing the Bad Guys

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2016/08/05

Join Vince and Travis as they get evil. Today, they are talking about playing the bad guys, going to the dark side, getting down with sin. How do you play an evil character in an otherwise good group? How do you play a group of evil characters without all killing each other? What are the benefits to playing an evil character? Does every evil character need to be on an arc of redemption? All of this and less will be discussed within. Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land

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00:39:12

Undesign - Ep21 - Does Balance Matter

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2016/07/29

Join Vince and Travis as they discuss the thorny topic of Balance, something everyone seems to want and scream about all the time. What are people really asking for when they want balance, and would they really be happy if they got it? What does it mean for a game to be balanced? What are some balanced games? What is the dark side of balance? Why does everyone seem to want to break the balance they have cried so loudly to attain? All of this and less will be answered within. Want to follow

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00:24:43

Undesign - Ep20 - Behind the Scenes Boxes in RPGs

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2016/07/22

Join Vince and Travis as they discuss Behind the Scenes boxes in RPGs. Those little boxes where the designers share their notes and directly communicate with the players of their games. Why should you include these boxes in your games? What is the best information to place in them? How should they be laid out through the book? All of these questions and less will be answered within. Want to follow everything related to Vince, Travis and Venture Land Games? Check out the website for more information

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