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Maxwell Lander is an educator and photographer in eastern Canada. Aaron King is an editor and collage artist in the Midwestern US. They're both game designers, and together, they read RPG books, find the good bits, and discuss them critically. Welcome to RTFM.

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    • 4.4 • 15 Ratings

Maxwell Lander is an educator and photographer in eastern Canada. Aaron King is an editor and collage artist in the Midwestern US. They're both game designers, and together, they read RPG books, find the good bits, and discuss them critically. Welcome to RTFM.

    RTFM: Vice & Violence

    RTFM: Vice & Violence

    This episode is brought to you by ⁠Cloud Empress: Life & Death by watt⁠. Back it on Kickstarter now!

    The sex continues with Vice & Violence by Rapscallion, an explicitly horny and lewd RPG. The art is great, but is it a good game? (Yes, it's a very good game.)

    About the show: ⁠⁠Max Lander⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aaron King⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fucking manual so that you don't have to. If you want to chat about the episode, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠join our Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. And ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠check us out on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for extra episodes!

    • 1 hr 16 min
    RTFM: Anal Wizards

    RTFM: Anal Wizards

    This episode is brought to you by Cloud Empress: Life & Death by watt. Back it on Kickstarter now!

    Max Lander⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aaron King⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fucking manual so that you don't have to.

    Today, we cover ANAL WIZARDS by the Genchi Brothers. It's a comic book, but it's a game. We talk about transgressive art and sex sex sex.

    If you want to chat about the episode, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠join our Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. And ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠check us out on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for extra episodes!

    • 56 min
    RTFM Brain Power Corollary (Tunnel Goons)

    RTFM Brain Power Corollary (Tunnel Goons)

    We're currently on hiatus, so here's a Patreon episode that ended up being a sort of prequel to our "Brain Power One" episode. It's about Tunnel Goons by Nate Treme at Highland Paranormal Society.

    Thank you to our patrons for making this episode possible! We'll be back in a couple weeks with more content here and in the Patreon.

    Also, Thomas Manuel invited us onto the Yes Indie'd podcast! We talked about criticism and reading in the RPG field. Go check it out!

    • 50 min
    RTFM Season 4 Finale & Ranking of the Games

    RTFM Season 4 Finale & Ranking of the Games

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠Max Lander⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aaron King⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fucking manual so that you don't have to.

    A freewheeling discussion of the themes and lessons of the season: ownership, games criticism, social versus mechanical rules. We discuss what's next for the podcast and, as always, we rank the games.

    If you want to chat about the episode, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠join our Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. And ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠check us out on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for extra episodes!

    • 1 hr 23 min
    RTFM: Errant

    RTFM: Errant

    This episode is sponsored by ⁠The Lost Bay RPG, on Kickstarter now⁠.

    ⁠⁠⁠Max Lander⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aaron King⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the f*****g manual so that you don't have to.

    We're joined by Sam Dunnewold of Dice Exploder to cover Errant by Ava Islam, an OSR game that is "rules light, procedure heavy."

    If you want to chat about the episode, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠join our Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. And ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠check us out on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for extra episodes!

    • 1 hr 24 min
    RTFM: Vermis

    RTFM: Vermis

    This episode is sponsored by The Lost Bay RPG, on Kickstarter now.

    ⁠⁠Max Lander⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aaron King⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the f*****g manual so that you don't have to.

    Today, we're talking about Vermis, which isn't an RPG. Or is it? We discuss channeling inspirations, prose quality, and why you should read things that are like other things.

    If you want to chat about the episode, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠join our Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. And ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠check us out on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for extra episodes!

    • 50 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
15 Ratings

15 Ratings

Geddingsworth ,

This show rocks

If you like RPGs you should listen to it

antafein ,

Can’t wait to hear more!

I can’t get enough of rpg chat shows. This is doing something different and I like it. Not just a chiller version of system mastery. Lol. Thx y’all.

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