Brain Trust

Adam Vass & Will Jobst
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Brain Trust

Indie tabletop RPG designers Adam Vass and Will Jobst make roleplaying games, chat theory, and be friends online.

  1. 10/09/2024

    Competitive TTRPGs and Bingo

    Season 1, Episode 11: In this episode, we tackle a question from Ethan Yen about creating competitive TTRPGs.  Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more!  Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/.

    44 min

  2. 10/02/2024

    Q&A: Monsters, Art, and Quiet Innovation

    Season 1, Episode 10: In this episode, we answer listener questions, specifically about monster design, art, and “quiet innovation”.  Appendix N:  https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/rock-paper-scissors---a-method-for-competitive-game-play-design Made Out Of Meat: Health Systems In Video Games Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more!  Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/.

    46 min

  3. 09/24/2024

    Approachability and Free Radicals

    Season 1, Episode 9: In this episode, we talk about how we communicate what our games even are, and how we can meld minds with people who run games via the page.  Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more!  Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/.

    44 min

  4. 09/17/2024

    Gen Con Recap and Cryptids

    Season 1, Episode 8: We were both… ACTUALLY… at Gen Con. Here’s our report!  Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more!  Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/.

    46 min

  5. 09/10/2024

    Kickstarter and Disgusting Butterflies

    Season 1, Episode 7: In this episode we join our hosts mere minutes after the end of a successful Kickstarter.  Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more!  Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/.

    37 min

  6. 09/02/2024

    Plasmodics and the Human Inside the Game

    Season 1, Episode 6: In this episode, we talk everything Plasmodics, a big update on our lives and project, and how we highlight the usness of our games. Find Plasmodics: mutant freaks in the weird future here. Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more!  Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/.

    56 min

  7. 02/01/2024

    Graphic Design and Born to Die

    Season 1, Episode 5: In this episode, we talk about shock jocks, graphic design, and studying adventures, and in the middle we design the Born to Die TTRPG! Listen to part two of this episode only on Ko-Fi, on 2/6.  Find the Born to Die RPG at https://worldchampgameco.itch.io/. Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more!  Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/. Appendix N:  ⁠Born to Die⁠ Ali on TikTok Sinix Design Elliotisacoolguy Shannon Swales Struthless Electric Bastionland I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Lancer Kill Five Billion Demons Ten Million HP Planet Hardspace Shipbreaker Good Friends of Jackson Elias

    58 min

  8. 01/25/2024

    Save Points and Research

    Season 1, Episode 4: In this episode, we chat about IKEA, save points in TTRPGs, and how we research games, and who our “game parents” are.  Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more!  Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/. Appendix N: Baldur’s Gate 3 big Grave Fashion Fantasy Vampire the Masquerade One Thousand Year Old Vampire Blood Borg A Guide to Casting Phantoms in the Revolution Black Mass Mork Borg Vaults of Vaarn

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Indie tabletop RPG designers Adam Vass and Will Jobst make roleplaying games, chat theory, and be friends online.

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  • Creator
    Adam Vass & Will Jobst
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    122
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Adam Vass & Will Jobst
  • Show Website
    Brain Trust

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