The Great Game Patrick Doyle

We finally sat down to chat with John Mizon, SW Megagames, about the infamous, iconic and world-renowened megagame of sci-fi politics and paranoia - Den of Wolves. Listen along if you'd like to hear about the game, how it came to be, and why it's so damned popular (well, I mean, we tried to answer that question)



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John is over running South West Megagames
Buy Den of Wolves here
Connect with, contact and follow us here
The Great Game logo by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ using Logo designed by Jack McNamee using ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Earth Vectors by Vecteezy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
The Great Game Theme: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie, Diablo Swing Orchestra⁠

We were joined by Nellie (Melbourne) and Justin (Adelaide) to talk about how we got our start and how we got our different megagame communities to where they are today.

In what ended up being a disjointed wander down memory lane, we ended up with more of a 'slice of life' than a 'megagame communities 101' and covered lots of ground - getting started, the terror of venues, burnout and community building.



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Connect with Justin over at ⁠Adelaide Megagames⁠
Connect with Nellie and the team at ⁠Melbourne Megagames⁠
Find us at The Great Game on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠, or send us an email
Connect with ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sydney Megagamers⁠⁠⁠⁠ on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠
Connect with the Brisbane Megagames community on ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠.
The Great Game logo by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠ using Logo designed by Jack McNamee using ⁠⁠⁠⁠Earth Vectors by Vecteezy⁠⁠⁠⁠
The Great Game Theme: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie, Diablo Swing Orchestra⁠

The lads take a break from international (and domestic) VIP guests to spend some time on their entirely underqualified analysis of crunch in megagames. Ever got tired of the word 'crunch'? No? Well, you will today! Bonus: hear the lads rag on those damn Brits!

Got a guest you want to hear from? A subject or game you need covered? Want to call us out on some of our nonsense? Why not send us an email!?


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Check out Jack's game ⁠here⁠
Grab a ticket (if you're fast!) for First Contact in Melbourne later in 2024
Check out the Megagame Assembly calendar of 2024 events
Read Tony's missive on play-believe and megagamer roles
Find us at The Great Game on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠
Connect with ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sydney Megagamers⁠⁠⁠⁠ on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠
The Great Game logo by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠ using Logo designed by Jack McNamee using ⁠⁠⁠⁠Earth Vectors by Vecteezy⁠⁠⁠⁠
The Great Game Theme: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie, Diablo Swing Orchestra⁠⁠

Cosmic horror and good game design! We spoke to Johan from Gothenberg megagames about Event Horizon.



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Connect with Johan at Gothenberg Megagames
Get a copy of the Event Horizon megagame for your local group (publishing this weekend, 23/24 March 2024!)
Find us at The Great Game on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠
Connect with ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sydney Megagamers⁠⁠⁠⁠ on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠
The Great Game logo by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠⁠ using Logo designed by Jack McNamee using ⁠⁠⁠⁠Earth Vectors by Vecteezy⁠⁠⁠⁠
The Great Game Theme: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie, Diablo Swing Orchestra⁠⁠

A long awaited (and re-recorded) conversation with Ciaran from True North, talking about The Generalissimo is Dead - the megagame that inspired The Death of Stalin (or maybe the other way around?)



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Connect with Ciaran and see more of his work
Purchase The Generalissimo is Dead game pack
Connect with True North Megagames
Check out Jack's game here and, if you're in Brisbane in March 2024, check out the live launch
Find us at The Great Game on ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠
Connect with ⁠⁠⁠Sydney Megagamers⁠⁠⁠ on ⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠
The Great Game logo by ⁠⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠⁠ using Logo designed by Jack McNamee using ⁠⁠⁠Earth Vectors by Vecteezy⁠⁠⁠
The Great Game Theme: ⁠⁠⁠Balrog Boogie, Diablo Swing Orchestra⁠

Tony (Dukes of Highland) schools the megagame community in megagame administration...!

We were lucky to welcome back Tony and Zane to chat about their experiences publishing megagames and getting their ideas out into the community. An insightful conversation with lots of good-practice nuggets on how to organise yourself and your megagame materials when looking at publication.



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Learn more about Zane and VLHG at ⁠Very Large Huge Games⁠
Follow all Tony's megagame shenanigans over at Dukes of Highland
Check out an example of Tony's megagame package rubrik at the bottom of this Gods of the Ancient World page
Find us at The Great Game on ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠
Connect with ⁠⁠Sydney Megagamers⁠⁠ on ⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠
The Great Game logo by ⁠⁠Jack McNamee⁠⁠ using Logo designed by Jack McNamee using ⁠⁠Earth Vectors by Vecteezy⁠⁠
The Great Game Theme: ⁠⁠Balrog Boogie, Diablo Swing Orchestra