D is back in the studio with me today to deliver on our promise to discuss exceptions-based rules design. We talk about Exalted: Essence an awful lot, but also talk about Malifaux, Chronicles of Darkness, and some upcoming games. We talk about good examples of how to build strong exceptions and an equal number of bad ones, and point out games that don’t do this at all.
Category: Podcasts
MM Plays 21 – Smarty Pants Part Three (CotS AP)
We join the Children of the Shroud as they delver deeper into the mystery surrounding the death of their friend Morris and how it relates to the magical drug dealer Samia.
GNOMECAST #166 – The Quantum Ogre
It’s here. It’s there. It’s every bleeping where. Quantum Ogre. Quantum Ogre.
TwA 21. Campaign Parameters
Welcome to THAC0 . . . with Advantage! We’re two friends that have been playing D&D a long time. While we both love lots of other RPGs, D&D is the metaphoric pizza topping we both agree on.
No you can’t play the bunny boy from Final Fantasy XIV in my Curse of Strahd game. That sentence says it all. We’re talking about campaign constraints. We share some of our tools surrounding the topic so you can better collaborate with your game group so everyone gets the experience they want out of the campaign.
PTG 317 – To GMPC or not to GMPC
Show us how you use a GMPC! GMPCs get a bad wrap a lot, and for good reason. Phil and Senda talk when they’re actually pretty great and helpful, and the circumstances you might want MORE
MM Plays 20 – Cortex Primer Traits
We join the Children of the Shroud as they pursue Lowell Thorton and the magical Altoid situation
BXP 6×08 Monica and Hiromi Demystify Accessibility
Today Monica sits down with friend and colleague Hiromi Cota to discuss how you can improve the accessibility of your tabletop RPG. We talk about making things accessible to folks with physical issues, but mental ones as well. We also talk about math a lot.
GNOMECAST #165 – Scheduling Difficulties
On today’s Gnomecast we talk problems with scheduling. To cover that we have Ang, along with Tomas and Phil to talk about the true BBEG of ttrpgs. Time to break out the +4 calendars.
MM Plays 19 – Smarty Pants Part Two (CotS AP)
We join the Children of the Shroud as they pursue Lowell Thorton and the magical Altoid situation