Dice Exploder

Sam Dunnewold
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Dice Exploder

A show about tabletop RPG design. Each episode we bring you a single mechanic and break it down as deep as we possibly can. Co-hosted by Sam Dunnewold and a rotating roster of designers. diceexploder.com

  1. -1 J · BONUS

    2024 Year End Bonanza

    Transcripts can be found at diceexploder.com It's the Dice Exploder 2024 year end bonanza! This year I'm joined by Aaron Voigt, Rowan Zeoli, and MintRabbit plus a cavalcade of friends of the show to go over games and adjacent things we loved from 2024. Come reminisce about the year with us! Aaron on Youtube and Bluesky Rowan on Bluesky MintRabbit on Tumblr Aaron’s picks Last Train to Bremen by Caro Asercion  Fealty by Michael Elliot and Galen Pejeau Helvetia by Bully Pulpit Games/Jason Morningstar  Rascal News/Scrying on Iran's Tabletop Scene The Most Important Essay in RPG History  Rowan’s picks The Time We Have by Elliot Davis Seven Part Pact by Jay Dragon Oceanie 2084 Voices in The Wood, a Void 1680 Actual Play. Rowan’s article on Voices in the Woods. Former World of Game Design Employees Claim Tabletop Company Exploits Workers and Clients Mint’s picks The Gas Station, by DNGNCLUB shadow/giant by PsychHound Games Flyover Country, by Headstone Hills In Defense of Fiction, by MeatCastle Games Mint Plays Games: Rotted Capes (And the Lesson I Keep Learning This Year) Sam’s picks Two Hand Path by Mikey Hamm Florilegium by Nick Wedig A Visit to the Lonely Oak by Victor Lane The Disc 2 jam, organized by Ken Lowrey, and specifically the Wanderhome designer commentary Kiss Me If You Can by Sam Dunnewold, and actual play from Third Floor Wars Other Picks Kurt Refling’s pick: Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast by Possum Creek Games Michael Elliott’s pick: Two Hand Path by Mikey Hamm Alex Roberts on The Highlander II: The Quickening Unofficial Roleplaying Game by Adam Decamp Jason Morningstar on The Big Store by Nathan D. Paoletta Randy Lubin’s pick: the Dice Exploder Discord Hendrik ten Napel on Eat the Reich by Rowan Rook and Deckard Sharang Biswas’s pick: Combat in Dungeons & Dragons by Evan Torner Audrey Stolze’s pick: Band-Aids & Bullet Holes by Sam Dunnewold Sydney Icarus’s pick: Working the Case by Randy Lubin Seraphina’s pick: Triangle Agency Socials Sam Dunnewold on Bluesky and itch. The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.com Our logo was designed by sporgory, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey. Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!

    1 h 35 min

  2. 26 NOV. · BONUS

    The Challenge Deck (Wickedness) with Audrey Stolze and Seraphina Garcia Ramirez

    Transcripts available at diceexploder.com A few weeks back, a conversation on the Dice Exploder discord lead to a new game jam: the Femininomenon Jam, a jam about femininity and whatever that means to you, happening now on itch.io through February 11th. To help kick off your thinking on what a game in this theme might look like, today two of the hosts of that jam sit down to talk about the challenge deck from Wickedness by M. Veselak. In this game about a coven of three witches, the challenge deck is a bespoke oracle for conflict resolution. And right out of the gate we get to dive into the deep end with this jam's topic as we ask: is this mechanic "feminine"? What would that even mean? Further Reading: Wickedness by M. Veselak The Femininomenon Jam Socials Audrey Stolze / Lady Tabletop on itch and tumblr Seraphina on itch and bluesky Audrey’s solo games podcast Alone At The Table Sam D on Bluesky and itch The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.com Our logo was designed by sporgory, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey. Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!

    33 min

  3. 12 NOV. · BONUS

    AMA with Merrilee Bufkin

    Transcripts available at diceexploder.com I usually like to think of Dice Exploder as a pretty focused show with a pretty tight format. Yeah we may sprawl sometimes, but we’re not here shooting the shit, we’re here to talk game mechanics. But sometimes, a guy wants to stretch out like a dog in the sun, hang out for a while, and just yap the day away while answering a bunch of listener questions. And there’s no one I like yapping with more than my friend Merrilee Bufkin. So this week, it’s casual times on Dice exploder as the two of us answer a bunch of listener questions. Further Reading: Aaron Voigt’s youtube essays Kurt Riefling on itch Sam's favorite games blogpost Exiles by Ema Acosta Jiangshi by Banana Chan and Sen-Foong Lim Fiasco by Jason Morningstar The Forge book by William J. White Secco Creek Vigilance Committee by Keith Stetson Killing Time by BrewistTabletopGames Socials Merrilee on Bluesky and itch. Sam on Bluesky and itch. The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.com Our logo was designed by sporgory, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey. Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!

    1 h 1 min

  4. 4 NOV. · BONUS

    Deep Cuts with John Harper

    Transcripts available at diceexploder.com It’s a Dice Exploder EMERGENCY POD! Less than 24 hours ago as of recording, John Harper, designer of Blades in the Dark, released a brand new official supplement for the game: Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts. It’s 110 pages packed full of new setting and new mechanic ideas, and I really wanted to talk about it! I love Apocalypse World’s concept of “advanced fuckery,” and I’ve never seen such a good and extended example of it all in one place. Further Reading: Deep Cuts by John Harper How to Overcome Your Hyperdiegesis Allergy by Idle Cartulary Errant by  Otherkind Dice on Dice Exploder, with John Harper Socials John on Bluesky and Twitter. Sam on Bluesky and itch. The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.com Our logo was designed by sporgory, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey. Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!

    50 min

  5. 22 OCT. · BONUS

    Dice Forager: a Dice Exploder zine

    Transcripts available at diceexploder.com Hello from the between-season malaise! Today I'm joined by Aaron King, back again, who interviews me about my new zine Dice Forager: a 50 page collection of games, manifestos, and mini written-out episodes of Dice Exploder. We talk about how setting goals is great and people should do it for, what counts as a manifesto, and how making art meant just for your friends can be just as if not more rewarding than for any other reason. Preorder Dice Forager now! (if you live in the US, otherwise DM me and maybe we can work something out) Further Reading: Dice Exploder blog: Hospitality, Safety, and Calibration  Traffic Lights are Communication Tools by Meguey Baker World Ending Game by Everest Pipkin Your public library Socials Aaron King on itch and the RTFM podcast. Sam on Bluesky and itch. The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.com Our logo was designed by sporgory, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey. Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!

    35 min

  6. 18 SEPT.

    The Sooth Deck (Invisible Sun) and Custom Oracles with James D'Amato

    Transcript This week I’ve got James D’Amato (Campaign: Skyjacks, the Ultimate RPG book line, and the upcoming Oh Captain, My Captain) here to talk about custom oracle decks. Yeah a Tarot deck is cool, and great for doing Tarot, but James makes the case that it’s the “custom” in “custom oracle deck” that will really bring the not-quite-but-feels-like magic of an oracle to your table. But before we get into that, we dig deep into a mysterious black cube to get to our specific custom oracle deck: the Sooth Deck of Invisible Sun. Further Reading Invisible Sun Invisible Sun on the One Shot podcast Spindlewheel by Sasha Reneau Campaign: Skyjacks Oh Captain, My Captain preorder link Socials James on Bluesky and Twitter Sam D on Bluesky and itch The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.com Our logo was designed by sporgory, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey. Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show! Ad Links Characters Without Stories, including my episode Indie Press Revolution

    1 h 1 min

  7. 12 SEPT.

    Keys (Keymaster) with Caro Asercion

    Transcript Today, Caro Asercion (i'm sorry did you say street magic) brings us a game and mechanic all about instinct and physical embodiment: Keys from the larp Keymaster. This game isn't like most games. It’s so much about physical embodiment and exploring group identity rather than pesky shit like “storytelling”. Physicality! Larp! The Golden Cobra Challenge! We've got it all. Further Reading Keymaster by J Li The Golden Cobra Challenge i’m sorry did you say street magic by Caro Asercion Socials Caro on itch Sam D on Bluesky and itch The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.com Our logo was designed by sporgory, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey. Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show! Ad Links Oh Captain My Captain by James D’Amato Stout Stoat Press

    50 min

  8. 4 SEPT.

    Love Letters (Apocalypse World) with Aaron King

    Transcript Thrilled this week to have on one of my favorite movewrights, it’s Aaron King of the RTFM podcast. Aaron brought on Love Letters from Apocalypse World, a kind of custom move the GM can write when it’s been a while since we played and everyone might need a refresher on what was going on to get the ball rolling again. I think custom moves are a wildly overlooked part of Apocalypse World, and today we go deep on why that is and how and when to write your own. Further Reading Apocalypse World by Vincent and Meguey Baker Aaron King’s Worksheet Manifesto The SF Ultra podcast Reading the Apocalypse by Aaron King Socials RTFM podcast and Patreon Sam D on Bluesky and itch The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.com Our logo was designed by sporgory, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey. This episode was edited by Chris Greenbriar. Thanks Chris! Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show! Ad Links Jukebox by Jar of Eyes Oh Captain My Captain by James D’Amato

    1 h 1 min
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A show about tabletop RPG design. Each episode we bring you a single mechanic and break it down as deep as we possibly can. Co-hosted by Sam Dunnewold and a rotating roster of designers. diceexploder.com

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  • Création
    Sam Dunnewold
  • Années d’activité
    2023 - 2024
  • Épisodes
    56
  • Classification
    Contenu explicite
  • Copyright
    © Sam Dunnewold
  • Site web de l’émission
    Dice Exploder

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