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.
Tag: TTRPG
MM Plays 18 – Story inside of Combat
Combat one. Combat two. Combat three. Combat four. We want no more. But your game is all about the fight so how do we get everyone having fun when fighting is the primary activity of MORE
BXP 06×07 – Monica and the Scoundrels Discuss Content Creation
Today Monica is joined by the hosts of the Malifaux podcast, Steampowered Scoundrels, to have a lively discussion about being small content creators in a niche field, being the microest of micro celebrities, having relationships with tabletop game designers, and a lot, and I really mean a lot, of talk about Malifaux.
BXP 06×06 – MTP Crossover 2: Design Directives Mechanics Workshop
Here’s another crossover with Mage: The Podcast. This time Danielle Lauzon joins us as we discuss the concept of design directives in games.
MM Plays 16 -Fixing Rules on the Fly
This rule just doesn’t work the way we want it to. So what do we do? Change it. Ok. So how do we do that without messing up the game? That’s what we’re talking about MORE
MM Plays 14 – Player Engagement
We discuss a variety of examples and tools for how to get players to engage with multiple parts of a game
BXP 06×05 – Monica and Elliott Dissect Character Sheets
Today Monica is joined by Exalted developer, Elliott Freeman, to break down their favorite (and least favorite) characters sheets: what works, what doesn’t, what they like to see, and so on.
Public Access with Jason Cordova
Game Crush is a conversation between folks who love a game. Sometimes it’s with two people who just enjoy the game and sometimes it’s between a fan and the designer. Today Chris is talking with MORE
MM Plays 12 – NPC Groupings
We love those side characters in our RPGs but how do you introduce many of them in one scene. That’s a large part of the discussion today along with some other advice on how to MORE
BXP 06 x 04 – Monica and MJ Examine Competitive Game Design
Monica is joined by freelance author and designer, MJ Monleon, to discuss the ins, outs, and pitfalls of designing a competitive game. We focus mostly on traditional games like tabletop RPGs and card or board games and then wander off into the weeds of some of our favorite video games.