Most Recent Episode
Composure (Antiquarian Adventures) with Michael Elliott Time: 34:34
You can find a plain text transcript of this episode here.
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 example
* Passing the spotlight at the table
Sam’s blog post whether conflict is necessary in RPGs
James Mendez Hodes’ website and blog
Pam Punzalan’s blog post “The Unbearable Otherness of a Global South Creator”
Asians Represent podcast on Twitter
Michael’s on Twitter, dice.camp, itch.io, and other places @NotWriting
Sam is @sdunnewold on Twitter, dice.camp, and itch.io
You can find Antiquarian Adventures at https://acegiak.itch.io/antiquarian-adventures
The Dice Exploder logo is by sporgory, and the theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey
Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!
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
GUID: substack:post:125227710
Release Date: 01/06/2023, 12:30:00
