We're back to our regularly scheduled format. Mark covers Dungeon Crawl Classics, the decidedly Old Skool TTRPG. Daniel discusses Xia Legends of the Drift System. Does it fail to deliver? Or is it a modern, pick-up-and-deliver classic?
Games Discussed
- Appetizer:
- Tariff update. Stonemeier joining a lawsuit to sue the government
- Final Frontier Games, Greater than Games, Boardlandia closed.
- Layoffs at Flat River, Polygon.
- BDS Microsoft Xbox Boycott
- Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Price hikes.
- Nintendo just closed a Switch game-sharing loophole in a new update. Sharing virtual game cards is limited to family members and local wireless connection.
- All but the most popular indie games are being deprioritized in the new eShop rankings.
- Epic Games Store completely eliminates revenue fees for smaller developers
- Main Course: Dungeon Crawl Classics TTRPG and Xia Legends of the Drift System.
- Dessert: William Gibson Sprawl Trilogy and the Shogun novel.
Timestamps
- Start: 00:00
- Appetizer 01:31
- Game 1: 15:25
- Game 2: 33:49
- Desert: 57:46
- Outro: 1:09:52
Links
Tariff Reporting
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/04/board-game-industry-reels-as-trump-tariffs-threaten-job-losses-company-extinctions/
https://www.rascal.news/small-tabletop-creators-already-feeling-squeezed-by-the-tariff-era/
Polygon layoffs
https://kotaku.com/polygon-sold-vox-media-valnet-layoffs-digital-gaming-1851778655
Xbox price increases
https://www.polygon.com/news/581992/xbox-price-increase-us
BDS Microsoft boycott
https://aftermath.site/microsoft-bds-games-journalism
Virtual game card changes
https://www.tomsguide.com/gaming/handheld-gaming/nintendo-just-closed-a-switch-game-sharing-loophole-in-new-update-what-you-need-to-know
Nintendo e-shop changes
https://www.inverse.com/gaming/nintendo-switch-eshop-update-indie-games-eslop
Epic store revenue fees
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/05/epic-games-store-completely-eliminates-revenue-fees-for-smaller-developers/
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