Modifier

Meghan Dornbrock
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Modifier sits down with designers of all stripes and looks at what it takes to make a great game! With a focus on homebrewing and otherwise modifying existing games to meet your storytelling needs, these interviews dig deep into how changing the rules enables better storytelling. Hosted by Meghan Dornbrock.

  1. 10/23/2020

    83. Sig: City of Blades

    Jason Pitre is back with more Sig, this time a Forged in the Dark reimagining titled Sig: City of Blades. Here us chat about this new take on Sig, life in the Hellyear 2020, and the online incarnation of Metatopia!

    44 min

  2. 10/16/2020

    82. Brinkwood (It's a Metaphor)

    Brinkwood: The Blood of Tyrants is a Forged in the Dark game about Robin Hood vs Vampires, created by Erik Bernhardt. Come join us as we talk about eating money, making deals with the fae, and fighting for justice.

    47 min

  3. 03/06/2020

    81. Princess World with Kevin Petker

    Princess World, be Kevin Petker, is a PbtA game about cooperative world building, storytelling, problem solving, and being girls who rule. We chat about how the game evolved out of a request from his daughter into this clever, colorful, collaborative adventure.

    47 min

  4. 03/05/2020

    80. Descent into Midnight

    Rich Howard, Richard Kreutz-Landry, and Taylor LaBresh are the design trio behind Descent into Midnight. This aquatic PbtA game about community and emotion defies genre, so we make a bunch of ocean puns and get really heartfelt about stuff.

    1h 16m

  5. 12/12/2019

    79. Burnout with Tracy Barnett

    Return guest Tracy Barnett is here in friend capacity this week for a heart-to-heart with Meghan about burnout, asking for help, and where they are right now in that journey.

    1h 3m

  6. 09/26/2019

    78. Into the Heart with Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor

    Grant and Chris are back, and things have only gotten weirder. Below the Spire lies the Heart, an ever-changing district of chaos and horror where you really shouldn't be going. You're going anyway? Of course you are. We talk about why that's a terrible, terrible idea. (CW: Body horror)

    59 min

  7. 07/25/2019

    77. The San Jenaro Co-Op with Dyer Rose

    Dyer Rose is a member of the San Jenaro Co-op, a creator-owned group that makes RPGs together. Dyer fills me in on how the structure works, what games they have in production, and what industry issues they're trying to address with their approach.

    43 min
  8. 76. Quietus with Oli Jeffery

    06/13/2019

    76. Quietus with Oli Jeffery

    Quietus is a melancholy horror RPG that uses the Blades in the Dark system to tell heart-wrenching narratives in a one-shot. Game designer Oli Jeffery shares how he utilized the system to take full advantage of the genre.

    43 min
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Modifier sits down with designers of all stripes and looks at what it takes to make a great game! With a focus on homebrewing and otherwise modifying existing games to meet your storytelling needs, these interviews dig deep into how changing the rules enables better storytelling. Hosted by Meghan Dornbrock.

Information

  • Creator
    Meghan Dornbrock
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2020
  • Episodes
    83
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Modifier