In today’s episode, Monica sits down with James Mendez Hodes (game designer, developer, friend of the show, and author of this excellent blog) to talk about avoiding orientalism and outright racist language in your martial arts MORE
Category: Bonus Experience
A deeper look at the play experience and the finer details of running and writing tabletop games from two queer experts with sparkling water.
BXP 2×18 – [Live Episode] Design Goals feat. Danielle Lauzon
Monica and Danielle Lauzon (Letters Edged in Black GM, Vampire: the Requiem line developer, Storypath systems developer) discuss making sure your game has goals. What do characters do in your game? What kind of conflicts MORE
BXP 2×17 – [Genre Study] Tension and Release
Here’s the last entry in our genre series: Tension and Release! Specifically, how those things apply to horror and comedy, as well as how you can use these elements to build mood and tone in MORE
The Lounge – Josh Fox of Black Armada on Last Fleet
Welcome to Season 3! We start off with a bang with Josh Fox of Black Armada, the creator of the amazing Lovecraftesque, is on and chatting about his new game, Last Fleet, currently in Kickstarter! MORE
BXP 2×16–Metatopia Wrap-Up
BXP went to Metatopia together! We attempt to summarize the things we played, but mostly talk about the things we ate. Also discussed: the definition of an apple fritter. All this and more in Margaret’s MORE
BXP 2×15–How (Not) to Be a Heartbreaker
Monica and Rai break down the anatomy of infamous “heartbreaker” games. We focus on fantasy games and the conventions of the genre. Rai schools us on setting concepts and Monica has a lot to say MORE
BXP and the 6 Month Patreon Update!
Can you believe it’s been six months since our Patreon went live? Let’s check in and see where we’re AT with this thing. Monica and Rai talk business about changes being made to the tiers MORE
BXP 2×13–Playtesting! With Jessica Hammer
The brilliant Jessica Hammer makes her triumphant return to our show and lends us her expertise in the realm of playtesting! We’ve always said you SHOULD do it… but HOW do you do it? How MORE
BXP 2×14–You’re Not Punk and I’m Telling Everyone
Do you like my new mohawk? I just got it done at the mohawk store. Check out my patches. Oh no, did you find out I’m not actually punk? Please don’t tell anyone! Listen to MORE
BXP 2×12–RPG101: Safety Tools
In our last installment of RPG 101, we’re talking about safety tools. You’ve probably seen them, or heard about them. Here’s why you should use them! And here’s a few different toolkits we recommend! Nobody’s MORE