Description

In this episode we do our game design homework of looking through game ludographies to chase down a chain of influence. It's a fun journey and we end up in very different places for our arcane gems! We also give an update on the Adventurer & Hobbyist Annual 2025, coming out soon!

Show Notes:

• You can still late pledge for the 2025 Annual
• Original Story Now Essay
• Atmosfear VHS/DVD Games
• Art & System: Games For Expanded Play is the upcoming project that includes a Dog Eat Dog re-release

Games Mentioned:

• Spione: Story Now in Cold War Berlin, by Ron Edwards (oh, and it is available auf Deutsch)
• Champions Now (Hero Games), Ron's take on Champions
• Gray Ranks (Bully Pulpit Games)
• Dog Eat Dog, by Liam Liwanag Burke
• Puppetland by John Tynes (1995 text/2013 edition from Arc Dream Publishing)
• Burning Wheel (Burning Wheel Gold is the current edition)
• My Life With Master (Half Meme Press)
• Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies (Thorny Games)
• Code of Unaris (Goldleaf Games)
• Sock Puppets: An RPG by A Smouldering Lighthouse

And there's more:

• Unwritten Earths Symposium
• Our Patreon
• Join the Discord
• Nathan's games
• Eppy's games
• Music by Will Jobst