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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.
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- 5 days ago56 min
What Is There to Eat in Duskwall (Blades in the Dark) with Jeeyon Shim
Transcripts available at diceexploder.comNote: the "What Is There to Eat in Duskwall" pages of Blades in the Dark were written by Andrew Shields.Further ReadingBlades in the Dark by John HarperSocialsJeeyon on Patreon, Bluesky, and itchSam on Bluesky and itchThe Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.comJoin the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!CreditsOur logo was designed by sporgory, our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey.This episode was edited by Em Acosta.
- 1 weeks ago39 min
Duty Stations (Night Witches) with Ash Kreider
Transcripts available at diceexploder.comFurther ReadingThe Watch 2e is on Kickstarter nowNight Witches by Jason MorningstarSocialsAsh on BlueskyAsh's website, including listings for their games and booksSam on Bluesky and itchThe Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.comOur logo was designed by sporgory, our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey, and our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer.Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!CreditsOur logo was designed by sporgory, our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey.This episode was edited by Em Acosta.
- 2 weeks ago3 min
New Episodes Next Week + An Announcement
Transcripts available at diceexploder.com
- May 26, 202641 min
Deckbuilding (Signs of the Sojourner) with Lady Tabletop
Transcripts available at diceexploder.comFurther ReadingSigns of the Sojourner by Echo Dog GamesBand-Aids & Bullet Holes by Sam, on Kickstarter nowSlay the Spire 2 by Mega CritSocialsLady Tabletop on itchSam on Bluesky and itchThe Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.comOur logo was designed by sporgory, our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey, and our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer.Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!CreditsOur logo was designed by sporgory, our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey.
- May 19, 202652 min
Minigames (Firebrands) with Viditya Voleti
Transcripts available at diceexploder.comFurther ReadingBand-Aids & Bullet Holes on KickstarterMobile Frame Zero: Firebrands by Meguey & Vincent BakerThe King Is Dead by Meguey & Vincent BakerStewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern by Takuma OkadaSocialsViditya on Bluesky and itchSam on Bluesky and itchThe Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.comOur logo was designed by sporgory, our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey, and our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer.Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!CreditsOur logo was designed by sporgory, our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey.This episode was edited by Em Acosta.
- May 12, 20261h 5m
John Wick (2014) and Genre Emulation with Sam Roberts
Transcripts available at diceexploder.comMy new game Band-Aids & Bullet Holes is still on Kickstarter! Check it out today.In honor of BABH, this month on Dice Exploder I'm covering mechanics from other games that inspired it. In keeping with this show's increasingly loose definition of "mechanic," today I'm joined by Sam Roberts (Escape from Dino Island) to tackle one of this game's greatest influences: the 2014 Keanu Reeves movie John Wick.The first half of this ep is basically a movie podcast. We go deep on what makes John Wick tick (in brief: the first 30 minutes). But the back half we get into the extremely popular concept within indie rpgs of genre emulation: making games that evoke another piece of media or genre of media. What makes genre emulation work? What do we think most people get wrong when they attempt to do it? And is it even a worthy goal?Further ReadingBack Band-Aids & Bullet Holes on Kickstarter now!John Wick (2014)Escape from Dino Island by Sam Roberts and Sam TungSocialsSam Roberts on BlueskySam Dunnewold on Bluesky and itchThe Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.comJoin the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!CreditsOur logo was designed by sporgory, our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey.This episode was edited by Em Acosta
- May 5, 20261h 4m
Character Nonmonogamy (Space Post) with Sidney Icarus
Transcripts available at diceexploder.comToday is the launch of Band-Aids & Bullet Holes, my melodramatic action game of bloody revenge. It's a one shot, capsule game, box set, deckbuilder rpg. Check it out.In honor of BABH, this month on Dice Exploder I'm covering mechanics from other games that inspired it, starting today with the idea of character nonmonogamy. Traditionally in rpgs each player gets one main character. This is often true regardless of whether or not there's a GM: certain characters "belong" to each player. Not so in Band-Aids & Bullet Holes.But what does that look like? And what does it do to play? There's a lot of games that have played with other models, but to kick things off today we're digging into how it works in Jason Morningstar's Space Post, a game about delivering the mail in space, where main postman and space ship characters are passed around between players.And to do that I'm joined by Sidney Icarus, game design smarty, designer of Decaying Orbit, and former host of The Hard Move aka the podcast whose format I stole for Dice Exploder. Come on, let's get into it...Further ReadingBand-Aids & Bullet Holes on KickstarterSpace Post by Jason MorningstarBluebeard's BrideBand of BladesEveryone Is JohnArs MagicaSocialsSidney’s website, YouTube channel, and BlueskySam on Bluesky and itchThe Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.comOur logo was designed by sporgory, our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey, and our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer.Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!CreditsOur logo was designed by sporgory, our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey.
- Apr 28, 202632 min
Calling Cards (Band-Aids & Bullet Holes) with Lady Tabletop and Seraphina
Transcripts available at diceexploder.comMy first stand-alone print game, Band-Aids & Bullet Holes, goes live on Kickstarter next week on May 5th. I have a lot to say about it, and I'm gonna say a lot of it: May's going to be all episodes about mechanics from other people's games that inspired me in this design.Today I wanted to talk about Band-Aids & Bullet Holes straight up, but I didn't want you to just take it from me all the stuff I love about it, so I'm handing the show over once again to Lady Tabletop and Seraphina Garcia Ramirez. They're gonna tell you about Band-Aids & Bullet Holes through its core mechanic: take a marker, sharpie your character's core traits onto playing cards, then shuffle those up and flip them at each other, high card wins. As Sera says, somehow adding flavor to the classic card game War makes it so much better...Further ReadingBand-Aids & Bullet Holes on KickstarterSocialsSeraphina on Bluesky and itchLady Tabletop on Tumblr and itchThe Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.comOur logo was designed by sporgory, our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey, and our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer.Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!CreditsOur logo was designed by sporgory, our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey.
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