Revolution Comes to the Podcast

A new installment of Malandros Design Notes , talking about what I think are the best bits of character creation game-design tech in Dramasystem and why you should use them for everything. This podcast is made possible thanks to my kind supporters at patreon.com/porcupinepublishing/

This episode of the Malandros design notes is examining the section entitled "The People You Meet" – basically the section on playbooks/character archetypes – and how it uses specific choices in imagery and text to engender the atmosphere of Malandros and nudge players toward the kind of gameplay that it's designed for. To get pod episodes as soon as they come out, and access to all...

Where you live, what you eat, and the other places you go. All covered in this bit of the Malandros book. But how and why?

A look at two of the more difficult pages to write, one for the heavy subject matter, one for the specificity of the concepts involved.

Beginnings are always difficult. Here's this one.

Commentary on the RPG Malandros .

Commentary on the RPG Malandros .

Comments on games I have played in 2024! This podcast is supported on Patreon by attractive, wise people who make good decisions. If you would like to join their ranks, visit https://www.patreon.com/porcupinepublishing Games mentioned: The Eternal Grind Cafe written by Olga N. Patijn, illustrated by Anna K. Molla https://mottokrosh.com/machinations/the-eternal-grind-cafe/ Cyberpunk 2020: Land of t...

A podcast exploring the Appendix N of Revolution Comes to the Kingdom . This episode is about the point-and-click adventure game Chinatown Detective Agency .

A podcast exploring the Appendix N of Revolution Comes to the Kingdom. This episode is about the first-person shooter Far Cry 3 .

Goodbye 2022. 

A podcast exploring the Appendix N of Revolution Comes to the Kingdom. This episode is about the turn-based alien-zapping computer games of the X-Com franchise.  RCTK Player's Guide: https://porcupinepublishing.itch.io/rctk-playing-the-game  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/porcupinepublishing 

This episode is about two games of desperate soldiers in outlandish situations.

Exploring the Appendix N of the roleplaying game Revolution Comes to the Kingdom . This episode is about the video game Far Cry 6 , which is not actually in the Appendix N of Revolution Comes to the Kingdom .

Exploring the Appendix N of the roleplaying game Revolution Comes to the Kingdom. This episode is about the tabletop wargame Gi'ac My .

Exploring the Appendix N of the roleplaying game Revolution Comes to the Kingdom . This episode is about the tabletop RPG Troika .

Exploring the Appendix N of the roleplaying game Revolution Comes to the Kingdom . This episode is about the 1993 film Sniper and the miniatures wargame AK-47 Republic .  Since the time of recording, I have watched a further Sniper sequel – Sniper: Assassin's End, Berenger-yes, Zane-no installment of the series. It is, rated on a scale of one to ten, fine. I have also figured out how to buy a...

Exploring the Appendix N of the roleplaying game Revolution Comes to the Kingdom . This episode is about the tabletop RPGs Into the Odd and Electric Bastionland by Chris McDowall.

Exploring the Appendix N of the roleplaying game Revolution Comes to the Kingdom. This episode is about a popular YouTube channel that features visual essays on video game design. You can find it at youtube.com/MarkBrownGMT

Exploring the Appendix N of the roleplaying game Revolution Comes to the Kingdom. This episode is about manuals of guerrilla warfare: the Swiss book Total Resistance (Der totale Widerstand ) from 1957, and the two quite different editions of the IRA " Green Book" from 1956 and 1977.

Exploring the Appendix N of the roleplaying game Revolution Comes to the Kingdom. This episode discusses comics: Rampokan, a story set in the Indonesian Revolution, and Tintin, a series that needs little introduction. 

A podcast exploring the Appendix N of Revolution Comes to the Kingdom. In this episode, an open-world first-person shooter.

A podcast exploring the Appendix N of Revolution Comes to the Kingdom. In this episode, a WW2 resistance memoir and a film set during the Congo Crisis.