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Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep:136. Modelling for Advantage.In Episode 136, the guys have been thinking about "cursed problems", and when they think about such things, they talk about them. Next up, we want minis to have a purpose in our games, but we don't want to allow modelling for advantage, while we want to give people freedom to use the minis they want. What to do about that?Late Pledge Boarders and Black Flags on Kickstarter:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manokentgames/boarders-and-black-flagsIf you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing...

2025-08-2532 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep:135. Fulfillment of your Kickstarter.In Episode 135, Glenn has fulfilled several Kickstarters, Mike is just fulfilling his first, they talk about some of the tips and pitfalls for that process.Late Pledge Boarders and Black Flags on Kickstarter:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manokentgames/boarders-and-black-flagsIf you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012You can pick up Pukeapocalypse from Exalted Funeral here:https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/pukeapocalypseOr if you're in the...

2025-08-1837 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 134: Nailing the PITCH for your tabletop game...In Episode 134, the guys have been at Salute pitching their games to strangers one and all and so they've been thinking about doing that, how hard it is, and how important.Late Pledge Boarders and Black Flags on Kickstarter:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manokentgames/boarders-and-black-flagsIf you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012You can pick up Pukeapocalypse from Exalted Funeral here:https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/pukeapocalypse

2025-08-1131 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 133: Cursed Problems, Experience Levels, Proscription and Impactful Failure.In Episode 133, the guys have been thinking about "cursed problems", and when they think about such things, they talk about them. First up, putting differing experience levels together, proscription VS prescription and making impactful failure without creating a win-more.The Boarders and Black Flags Landing Page:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manokentgames/boarders-and-black-flagsIf you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our upcoming book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012You can pick up Pukeapocalypse from Exalted Funeral here:https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/pukeapocalypseOr if you're in the...

2025-07-141h 31

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 132: Cursed Problems, Ending Early and List Building.In Episode 132, the guys have been thinking about "cursed problems", and when they think about such things, they talk about them. First up, "its possible to win until the last roll of the dice" vs "every decision matters" and then "list building matters" vs "you can't lose before getting to the table".You can pick up Pukeapocalypse from Exalted Funeral here:https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/pukeapocalypseOr if you're in the UK you might prefer to get it from Glenn here:https://www.manokentgames.com/product-page/pukeapocalypseThe...

2025-06-3059 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 131: PukeapocalypseIn Episode 131, Glenn recently released Pukeapocalypse, a punk skirmish game, with Exalted Funeral, here the guys talk about it.You can pick up Pukeapocalypse from Exalted Funeral here:https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/pukeapocalypseOr if you're in the UK you might prefer to get it from Glenn here:https://www.manokentgames.com/product-page/pukeapocalypseThe Boarders and Black Flags Landing Page:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manokentgames/boarders-and-black-flagsIf you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our upcoming...

2025-06-2331 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 130: Pledge ManagersIn Episode 130, since Mike just opened the Space Gits Pledge Manager for late pledges, the guys are having a chat about Pledge Managers.The Boarders and Black Flags Landing Page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manokentgames/boarders-and-black-flagsIf you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our upcoming book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012You can pick up Pukeapocalypse from Exalted Funeral here:https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/pukeapocalypseOr if you're in the UK you might...

2025-06-1639 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 129: Pukeapocalype!In Episode 129, Glenn's new game Pukeapocalypse has just come out from Exalted Funeral, so Mike is asking him a few questions about it.The Boarders and Black Flags Landing Page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manokentgames/boarders-and-black-flagsIf you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our upcoming book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012You can pick up Pukeapocalypse from Exalted Funeral here:https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/pukeapocalypseOr if you're in the UK you might...

2025-06-0222 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 128: How to run a Kickstarter.In Episode 128, okay, we've been away for a while partly this is because we've been running a couple of Kickstarters, the other is that we recorded several episodes on running a Kickstarter that I wanted to edit together into one episode. So, here we're back with an absolute monster of an episode going into everything you need to know about running your own Kickstarter.The Boarders and Black Flags Landing Page:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manokentgames/boarders-and-black-flagsIf you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our upcoming book about designing miniatures games, available...

2025-05-263h 34

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 123: Is Redwood the most important minis game of the year?In Episode 123 Mike and Glenn recently played the boxed non-violent minis game Redwood. They filmed themselves doing it and you can see the playthrough on YouTube. Sadly, their discussion of the game was lost due to technical issues, so they're discussing it again, here. Redwood playthrough video: https://youtu.be/3RS07WwdtJs Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join Mike's Patreon here: https...

2024-11-0426 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 122: Whatcha Workin' on Again?In Episode 122 its been a while since we last caught up with what the guys are currently working on, so this seems as good a time as any to do it. Mike has been contemplating a Gaslands RPG and a Gaslands Board game while Glenn is putting the finishing touches on Boarders and Black Flags. Follow the Boarders and Black Flags Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manokentgames/boarders-and-black-flags Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg...

2024-10-281h 05

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 121: One Box Wargame Challengers!In Episode 121 the One Box Wargames Challenge has been going great guns on our Discord with over 100 entrants. We've tried to take a look at some of them, this week, Mike has cast his eyes over Hakkiyoi, Circo Tartarus and Adventure Quest and Glenn has been checking out Gatling Camel Riders, Crazykoala Rampage and Scurrmish. They have a bit of a chat about them, if you like the sound of them or any other games, drop by the discord and check them out. Follow the Boarders and Black Flags Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manokentgames/boarders-and-black-flags Check...

2024-10-211h 08

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 120: Rad Pirates of the Toxic Sands - Concept chat.In Episode 120 thanks to our Discord member Malev, an amazing challenge has been running in the Rule of Carnage Discord server. The challenge is to select a single box of minis and base a game around it. Mike decided to base his game around the Black Seas Frigates and Brigs Flotilla set so he and Glenn started having a discussion on how that might look. Check out Wargames Atlantic to vote for Rad Pirates and many other designs in the One Box Wargames Contest! Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher...

2024-10-1440 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 118: NarrativeIn Episode 118 Mike has been thinking about how some games hand out pre-set and created narratives in their lists and scenarios. He chats with Glenn about whether or not this is a good idea. Glenn has doubts. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames If you want the number on Glenn's Patreon to go up...

2024-08-0532 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 117: MovementIn Episode 117 Mike has been thinking about games that use multiple different forms of movement, combining and contrasting them and considering their strengths and weaknesses. Probably some other c words too. Glenn was also there. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames If you want the number on Glenn's Patreon to go up one, you...

2024-07-2928 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 115: Do bag pulls ever work?In Episode 115 Mike has been trying out some new games and in so doing has encountered a bag pull initiative system that he found interesting. Glenn is unsure about bag pull systems, and voices some of his concerns. Then they talk about it. This is what we do here. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com...

2024-07-1531 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 111: The Social Contract and Magic Circle.In Episode 111 Glenn has been considering what we mean by the social contract in tabletop games. Quite a lot actually. When we play games we need to understand and agree to what degree we expect the game to offer us different social relationships and perspectives, but they very rarely actually tell us. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join Mike's Patreon here: https...

2024-06-1730 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 109: Miniatures Game Design - Pacific Command.In Episode 109 Mike has been working on his latest game, Pacific Command, and there have been some last minute developments. He and Glenn talk about them. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames If you want the number on Glenn's Patreon to go up one, you can join his Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com...

2024-05-2047 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 106.2: Miniatures Game Design - Why to make miniatures games: Part two.In Episode 106 Part 2 the guys have been considering the fact that sometimes they need to decide whether a game should be a minis game, or a card game or something else. Well, Glenn does, Mike just makes it into a minis game anyway. But if you're making the same considerations Mike has some reasons for why you might go one way rather than another. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want...

2024-04-1559 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 106: Miniatures Game Design - Why to make miniatures games: Part one.In Episode 106 Part 1 the guys have been considering the fact that sometimes they need to decide whether a game should be a minis game, or a card game or something else. Well, Glenn does, Mike just makes it into a minis game anyway. But if you're making the same considerations Glenn has some reasons for why you might go one way rather than another. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want...

2024-04-0147 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 105: Miniatures Game Design - Consuming prototypes.In Episode 105 part of Mike's process is to create small games and prototypes with the purpose of breaking them down into other games like some sort of Cronus of game design. Glenn doesn't really do this, but they chat about it here. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames If you want the number on...

2024-03-2534 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 104: Miniatures Game Design - Getting Published or Self-Publishing? Our stories.In Episode 104, Mike is now working towards self-publishing some games, having previously worked with a publisher. Glenn is just finishing off a book with a publisher having previously self-published some games. Why did they each make those choices, and can their reasons help you make your own choices? Well, hopefully. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon...

2024-03-1846 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 103: Miniatures Game Design - How to decide what to work on next.In Episode 103, Mike is pondering what to work on next, and wants to know how Glenn chooses what to work on next, and for that matter, maybe what all of you choose to work on next. Okay? Okay. What's next? Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames If you want the number on Glenn's Patreon...

2024-03-1135 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 102: Miniatures Game Design - I just want Closure.In Episode 102, Glenn has been thinking about the fact that games often offer, as things that life sometimes doesn't, freedom and closure. These two elements, however, seem almost directly contradictory. Also, minis games feel like they almost inevitably give closure, but hardly ever give true freedom. So, can we make a wide and free sandbox minis game? Should we try? All these questions and more remain entirely un-answered in the following conversation. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https...

2024-03-0433 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 101: Miniatures Game Design - Is horror a cursed problem?In Episode 101, Glenn has been pondering the idea of horror as an experience in tabletop games. Horror as genre is extremely popular from Universal movie style monsters to Lovecraftian entities, but very rarely as an experience. It is often based on surprise, but games require pre-knowledge, so how can it be achieved? If it can? Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join Mike's...

2024-02-2627 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 98: Miniatures Game Design - You don't have to have anything in your game.In Episode 98, Glenn has been thinking about Boarders and Black Flags, his game of high seas piratical action, and about how he hasn't allow players to stab or shoot each other in it, to make it more fun. Which seems counter intuitive for a game about pirates with cutlasses and muskets and all that, but the lesson he thinks he's learnt is, nothing has to be in your game, no matter how obvious it seems. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage...

2024-02-0526 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 97: Miniatures Game Design - Prototyping vs ProductionIn Episode 97, Mike recently watched this video: https://youtu.be/NsMHicoZTzQ?si=AZi0m-apY51LEmwv And was rather excited about the way in which it suggested a methodology for thinking about his creative process. Glenn watched it too and didn't really get it. So Mike's going to explain why it excited him. Then Glenn will probably explain why it didn't excite him. So that should be fun. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh ...

2024-01-2925 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 95: Miniatures Game Design - Your resolution system doesn't matterIn Episode 95, Mike has been considering resolution systems, many designers of miniatures wargames do, we find it quite comforting. In his consideration Mike has come to the conclusion that they don't really matter. Or rather, which one you use doesn't really matter. Glenn thinks sometimes they do, but yes, mostly they probably don't. Which is probably freeing or something. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially...

2024-01-1526 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 84: Miniatures Game Design - Utils.In this episode, Glenn has been considering list building and option balancing. He's tried a few times to formalize the idea of pricing things for "piloting" skill, and recently he's been thinking about an idea of "utils", units of utility, and how they might relate to balancing a game. So he talks about that for a bit. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews.

2023-10-0922 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 83: Miniatures Game Design - Repetition VS Definition.In this episode the guys have been thinking about rules, in particular, Glenn has been thinking about how they're presented. Particularly about the difference between repeating rules multiple times and placing them once in a reference and then referring to it. Both options have strengths and weaknesses so they examine those for a while. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews.

2023-10-0225 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 82: Miniatures Game Design - Repetition VS Definition.In this episode the Glenn's been thinking more about rules, in particular how they're presented, whether its best to repeat rules and concepts or to build a glossary to refer back to. Pretty much neither is best, but each has strengths and weaknesses, so they talk about those. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent...

2023-09-2525 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 78: Miniatures Game Design - How to design miniatures agnostic games.In this episode the guys chat about exactly how to design miniatures agnostic games. It might sound easy, but its actually not, and just saying that a game is minis agnostic because you don't have a range of minis to supply doesn't really cut it. Here Mike and Glenn talk through some of the specific problems, and even one or two solutions for them. Mostly just problems though. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to...

2023-08-2827 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 74: Miniatures Game Design - Hobgoblin Kickstarter Post Partum.In this episode Glenn asks Mike a few piercing questions about the highly successful Kickstarter for Mike Hutchinson's Hobgoblin, what lessons might be learned and what other people might get from it. Listen as Mike wilts under Glenn's journalistic integrity. Its basically Frost/Nixon. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: ⁠https://www.man...

2023-07-1036 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 71: Miniatures Game Design - Welcome to Pukeapocalypse.In this episode Glenn talks through his inspirations and design goals for his new game, Pukeapocalypse. Pukeapocalypse is a fast playing narrative skirmish game set in a nasty apocalyptic world, its also in its Beta test, so you can check it out by following the links below. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Pukeapocalypse beta: https://docs.google.com...

2023-05-2225 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 68: Miniatures Game Design - Extrinsic and Intrinsic information.In this episode Glenn has been thinking about the information that a miniatures game offers its players. They can see the tabletop like a god, the position of every trooper is public information. Some of that, as a general, they should have access to, and some they should not. At the same time, they are allowed to ask questions and check facts, some of which they would, again, not have access to. How, or should, you seek to control their access to information to better match their in game perspective? Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively...

2023-05-0120 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 67: Miniatures Game Design - Ludonarrative dissonance.In this episode the guys chat about ludonarrative dissonance, the tendency of games to have gameplay and mechanics that fail to match up with the story attached to them. Glenn suggests that in the case of tabletop games it has far more to do with a break between the "front end" experience of the players and the "back end" systems of running the game. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games...

2023-04-2426 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 65: Miniatures Game Design - Three great things about Saga.In this episode Glenn talks about Saga. Saga is a dark ages set Skirmish level combat game and it does a whole bunch of very clever and interesting things with its design, here Glenn goes into a bit of a deep delve on some of them with some analysis and suggestions. Glenn is the developer of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.c...

2023-04-1049 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 63: Miniatures Game Design - Miniatures Agnosticism.In this episode the guys talk about miniatures agnosticism. We all hear the term, but Glenn has recently been thinking more and more about how its used and what it means. Often it seems to be a negative term, defining what a game isn't, maybe its time to talk about what it means that they are. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. ...

2023-03-2727 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 59: Miniatures Game Design - Rough terrain.In this episode the guys discuss terrain, specifically rough terrain, specifically quite how much Glenn hates the standardized rough terrain rules. Rough terrain rules are often a fun sink in games, they chat about how and why games do this and what the alternatives are. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

2023-02-2721 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 49: Miniatures Game Design - What we're working on volume two.In this episode the guys talk about some projects they're working on, Glenn's projects Crash T.V. (a co-operative game where players are forced into competing in deadly gameshows in a dystopian future) and Pitch and Yaw (an asymmetrical game of high seas pirate boarding actions) and Mike's Berserker (a solo game with little random number generation about chaining kills in a hell dimension). Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games...

2022-09-1957 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 48: Miniatures Game Design - Why do we keep designing campaign systems?In this episode the guys try to figure out exactly why they keep writing campaign systems for their games. Campaign systems are hard to playtest, tough to balance and rarely played, all of which are excellent reasons to never write another one, and yet write them they do. Why do they choose to do such a thing and why won't they ever stop? They're not really sure, but they're happy to talk about it irrespective. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk...

2022-09-1216 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 47: Miniatures Game Design - Why we love Man O' War by Games Workshop.In this episode the guys chat about what they like so much about Games Workshop classic game Man O' War. They try to figure out what clicks about this game despite its significant failings and why it holds a special place in their hearts, and a little bit about what that can teach us for our own designs. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews.

2022-09-0546 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 46: Miniatures Game Design - Narrative Imperative.In this episode the guys discuss putting plot armour on your games. When players are battling each other they will often do the "wrong thing" in narrative terms. Without wanting to restrict player choices game designers will want to guide and assist them in creating a satisfying story, how to do that is what this episode is all about. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and...

2022-08-2933 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 45: Miniatures Game Design - ThemeIn this episode the guys discuss theme in game design, firstly they spend a while discussing a more accurate and specific definition of theme than is generally used in the description of tabletop games, extending it to include conceit, background and genre. Having more clearly and usefully defined their terms they go on to discuss some elements involved in creating more thematic rules and, in turn, games. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design...

2022-08-2257 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 44: Miniatures Game Design - Solo Mode and AI DesignIn this episode the guys discuss designing solo mode systems and tabletop AI. They chat about the differences between creating a set of scenarios and systems for a pre-existing game or a whole bespoke solo mode system. In the later part of the chat they talk through some of the issues and possible solutions for designing an AI system for a game, whether as part of a bespoke solo system or to drop into an existing favourite game. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and h...

2022-08-151h 10

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 43: Miniatures Game Design - Activation AdvantageIn this episode the guys talk about activation advantage, the powerful situation where one player has more activations than their opponent in an alternating activation system. They suggest a handful of possible ways of lessening its effects while alerting people to its problems. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com C...

2022-08-0826 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 42: Miniatures Game Design - CardsIn this episode the guys talk about using decks of cards for random number generation in your designs, they have a huge breadth of affordances and uses, despite being quite rarely used. They then go on to suggest some uses for cards other than just random number generation. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://w...

2022-08-011h 04

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 41: Miniatures Game Design - ShootingIn this episode Glenn presents the idea that most shooting in most skirmish games is basically not very good. He suggests that shooting is hard to make interesting and that a lot of games don't really bother, and that its almost always a long way from accurate as a simulation. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games h...

2022-07-2635 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 40: Miniatures Game Design - Template or Tape measure movement.In this episode Glenn and Mike respond to a comment asking for their opinion on movement templates as opposed to movement based on measured distances. They talk about the use of templates in Gaslands and measurements in A Billion Suns and all sorts of other systems. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.c...

2022-07-1834 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 39: Miniatures Game Design - Hobgoblin List Building.In this episode Glenn and Mike take a closer look at the army list building process in the game Mike is currently working on, Hobgoblin. As they do they talk about the nature of the designer and developer relationship, talk about defining the purposes of a design and consider who army building can or should work. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. C...

2022-07-111h 23

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 38: Miniatures Game Design - World Building.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about world building, creating a story to explain where your game is happening, and often why. They talk about why you might want to world build, what you should put in when you do and just a little bit about how to actually do it. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' K...

2022-07-041h 12

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 37: Miniatures Game Design - Cognitive Load.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk cognitive load and complexity budget. Complexity budget being the mental strain that learning your game puts players under and cognitive load the mental strain that playing it puts them under. They talk about good ways to lessen both and why you should care about them. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' K...

2022-06-271h 03

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 36: Miniatures Game Design - Damage modelling.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about representing damage in your game, whether forces should degrade with damage, how to note it and whether you should even have it at all. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games T...

2022-06-2029 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 35: Miniatures Game Design - Synergy and Emergence.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about synergy and emergence in games, hopefully with a few tips on how to engineer them into your designs. They suggest that synergy is something you want players to see so that they can engage with and enjoy building it and that emergence is an unseen bit of story building for players. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and i...

2022-06-1346 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 34: Miniatures Game Design - Inherent Truths.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about whether there are some things that absolutely must be true about miniatures games design, or designs. A lot is up for grabs here and there's not a lot that they conclude is sacred. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out P...

2022-06-0659 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 33: Miniatures Game Design - Audience question time.In this episode Glenn and Mike answer questions from comments left by viewers of their YouTube channel. More of it is about D4s than is probably usual in life, but that's just how the pyramid tumbles. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: h...

2022-05-3035 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 32: Miniatures Game Design - Dice Mechanics.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk dice mechanics, how dice can be controlled, moderated and modulated in your game. They even talk about some of the odd and interesting uses dice can be put to other than just random number generation. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check o...

2022-05-231h 20

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 31: Miniatures Game Design - Terrible rules.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about some rule that often come as assumptions in the world of miniatures gaming but that probably shouldn't be assumptions anywhere, or even anything anywhere. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games T...

2022-05-1633 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 30: Miniatures Game Design - Game or Process.In this episode Glenn and Mike get quite philosophical and ramble on about the line between game and process, what makes something one or the other, when a game is a puzzle and when a puzzle is a game. They try to relate it back to narrative miniatures games and the difference between sit forward and sit back gaming, but they might not really have succeeded. It might all just be an example of process podcasting. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they t...

2022-05-0942 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 29: Miniatures Game Design - Activation and Initiative.In this episode Glenn and Mike chat about activation and initiative systems, beginning with the differences between IGOUGO and alternating activations. They discuss the many, varied and fascinating ways to decide the order of player activations and that of their units. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out P...

2022-05-021h 15

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 28: Miniatures Game Design - Psychology.In this episode Glenn and Mike chat about psychology effects in miniatures games, fear, terror, disorder, panic, frenzy and all sorts of methods for simulating the psychology of troops on the tabletop and removing control from players. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: h...

2022-04-251h 10

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 27: Miniatures Game Design - Something out of Nothing.In this episode Glenn and Mike investigate how to make something out of nothing in your designs. Chaos over control and turning everything up to eleven rather than shutting down the fun. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games T...

2022-04-1839 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 26: Miniatures Game Design - Dice Pools.In this episode Glenn and Mike take a deep dive into dice pools, methods for controlling the spread of probability within a game's design. They talk about how pools work and the different dice that might be used in them. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet S...

2022-04-1137 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 25: Miniatures Game Design - Victory Conditions.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about victory conditions, what form they might take, what they're for and if you really need them or not. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games Take a look at the podcast a...

2022-04-0437 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 24: Miniatures Game Design - Bloat.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about bloat in games, what it is, how to recognise when its creeping into your games and how to stop it. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games Take a look at t...

2022-03-2839 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 23: Miniatures Game Design - Features and Flaws.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about flaws in games, how to recognise them, when to accept them and the ways in which they can become some of the best and most popular features in your game. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games h...

2022-03-2128 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 22: Miniatures Game Design - Gaslands RnD: ResilienceIn this episode Glenn and Mike talk about some recent tinkering and testing that they've been doing in relation to some possible alternative version rules tweaks for Gaslands, in this case for the making cards more resilient and able to finish races more consistently. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

2022-03-1435 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 21: Miniatures Game Design - A Billion Suns: Warzone.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk the recent release of a new set of contracts for A Billion Suns, the Warzone contracts, built to encourage massive battles with gargantuan spaceships. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games Take a...

2022-03-0731 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 20: Miniatures Game Design - Gaslands RnD: EvadesIn this episode Glenn and Mike talk about some recent tinkering and testing that they've been doing in relation to some possible alternative version rules tweaks for Gaslands, in this case for the Evade rule. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.g...

2022-01-1034 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 19: Miniatures Game Design - Gaslands RnD: Wipeouts.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about some recent tinkering and testing that they've been doing in relation to some possible alternative version rules tweaks for Gaslands, in this case for the Wipeout phase. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.g...

2021-12-2031 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 18: Miniatures Game Design - Luck and Skill.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about luck in games and how it aligns, or sits contradictory to, skill. They discuss types of randomness, and to a degree types of skill and chat a little about why tabletop miniatures games are so obsessed with luck. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.co...

2021-12-131h 05

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 17: Miniatures Game Design - Hobgoblin, development diary.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about Mike's project Hobgoblin, particularly the design principles that have been developed for it since their last conversation on the subject. They talk a bit about design principles in general, while applying them in practice to a live design. In the second half of the chat they engage in a live development discussion for the game. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with dis...

2021-11-291h 18

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 16: Miniatures Game Design - List Building and Metas.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about designing list building for tabletop miniatures systems. They discuss the strengths and weaknesses of a faction system, why people like asymmetry in the options and the thorny issue of netlists. They then go on to get into the world of Metas and tournaments, how to keep the meta of your game healthy and what the important points to get right for your community are. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and...

2021-11-151h 20

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 15: Miniatures Game Design - Campaigns.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about designing campaign systems for tabletop miniatures games. They talk about linear, branching and map campaigns with or without a strong narrative. They also talk about progression systems, their problems and a range of solutions and whether or not your game needs them. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games he...

2021-11-011h 38

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 14: Miniatures Game Design - Catch Up Mechanics.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about catch up mechanics, popular in board games but traditionally absent from tabletop skirmish miniatures games. Why is this the case, and should you consider changing it for your design? They talk about the very clear catch-up mechanic in Gaslands and the possible presence of one in A Billion Suns. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. ...

2021-10-251h 08

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 13: Miniatures Game Design - The Challenge.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about the results of their various attempts to meet a challenge that Mike set back in Ep 06. Glenn designed a game based on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson while Mike based his on City of Glass by Paul Aster. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Too Weird To L...

2021-10-151h 04

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 12: Miniatures Game Design - Playtesting.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about playtesting, what it is, how to do it and who to do it with. Playtesting is one of the most vital parts of any game's development and needs to be tangled with at some point, and sooner rather than later. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://w...

2021-10-0955 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 11: Miniatures Game Design - Combat Phases.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about the combat phase, if you actually want to include such a thing or not, what it might consist of if you do and what it might look like if you don't. They'll discuss things you can do to make your combats interesting and effective rather than just two bunches of models kicking each other in the shins until they're raw and bloodied. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes i...

2021-10-0258 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 03: Miniatures Game Design - From Notebook to Product.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about the process of going from a first idea through development to a prototype and then to getting a product out into the world. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games Take...

2021-09-2954 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 02: Miniatures Game Design - What we're working on.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about what it is that they're currently working on and might be releasing in 2021. Once they're done with that they engage in a brutal Pitch Battle with a set of five ideas each to be shot down or thumbed up. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.ma...

2021-09-291h 02

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 01: Miniatures Game Design - What it is that we make.In this episode Glenn Ford and Mike Hutchinson talk about firstly, what the podcast series is about and then, at some length, what the hell a tabletop miniatures game is. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games Take a l...

2021-09-2949 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 10: Miniatures Game Design - Hobgoblin.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk Hobgoblin, the game that Mike was pitching when Gaslands got picked up, a fantasy mass battle game. Neither of them have really looked at Hobgoblin in a few years but Mike has gotten interested in it again, in this episode they talk through what the game needs and start in on some development. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews a...

2021-07-171h 09

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 09: Miniatures Game Design - A Billion Suns.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk A Billion Suns, the hit game from Osprey that Mike designed and Glenn developed, specifically some of the parts that are most unusual, interesting and that they're super proud of along with some behind the scenes stories of development. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames...

2021-07-031h 08

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 08: Miniatures Game Design - Scenarios.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about Scenarios, the basics of designing basic ones and some elements of designing more advanced one, they then discuss why scenarios aren't as popular as maybe they deserve to be. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here...

2021-06-191h 30

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 07: Miniatures Game Design - Movement, Terrain and Line of Sight.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about movement rules and how they interact with terrain and then in turn how terrain interacts with Line of Sight. They discuss true line of sight as opposed to abstract line of sight and squad as opposed to unit movement and all manner of other things. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O...

2021-06-051h 04

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 06: Miniatures Game Design - Theme.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about theme, setting, genre, fluff, whatever you want to call the none-gameplay background parts of a game. Both how it integrates with designing games and then in the later half of the podcast a little about why skirmish games have such a limited range of topics. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O...

2021-05-2257 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 05: Miniatures Game Design - Deployment.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about deployment, including chats about terrain deployment, unit deployment, deployment zones from the more standard versions found in most games to the weird and wonderful. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games T...

2021-05-0856 min

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games Ep 04: Miniatures Game Design - The Rule Of Carnage.In this episode Glenn and Mike talk about catch-all rules such as the legendary Rule of Carnage itself along with a discussion on rules as written versus house rules and edge cases. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews. Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games ...

2021-04-2454 min

disciple disciplines How to debunk false doctrines.Ep. 29 How To Debunk False Doctrines. Free Download. https://bit.ly/DiscipleDisciplinesEp29 If you want to avoid false doctrines and have a clear understanding of what the Lord is teaching you through His Word, then you need to know and apply basic principles when reading the bible. In this episode, I will explain the 9 principles, and then apply them to a portion of scripture so we can see how they work together to give us a clarity of the Word of God, I have also made some resources available for you t...

2020-07-2452 min

disciple disciplines False Doctrine #8 The Baptism of Fire.Ep. 28 False Doctrine #8 The Baptism of Fire. FREE DOWNLOAD. Have you or your church been praying for the "baptism of fire"? Matt 3:11 If you're born again and have been so for long while, then you properly have at some time. The reason many are praying for this is that this baptism of fire has been taught that it is a baptism that enables us to live and walk in the supernatural power of God. This is a false doctrine that is dis-enabling many who are hungry for a...

2020-07-1021 min

disciple disciplines False Doctrine #7. The Spirit within and the Spirit upon.Ep. 27 False Doctrine #7 Get Born Again, Then Get Baptised With The Holy Spirit Ep 27. Free Download. Are you waiting for God to baptize you with the Holy Spirit? Are you waiting for the anointing to come upon you so that you can minister for God? Are you still waiting to speak in tongues? If you have answered "yes" to these questions, you are not alone. In fact the greater majority of people in the church answer yes to this question. The reason for this is because of a false doctrine th...

2020-07-0333 min

disciple disciplines Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church - What does that mean?Ep. 26 False Doctrine #6 Husbands Love Your Wives Like Christ Loved The Church. What does that even mean? Are you married? Have you had counselling from a pastor or a church elder? If you have, then you have probably heard the advice that says husbands, love your wives like Christ loved the church. Ephesians 5:25 The problem we have here is that advice given from this one verse does not give us insight into what that actually means. How does Christ love the church - His body? Does it me...

2020-06-2442 min

Disciple Diciplines How to walk in the love and peace of God.Ep 17. How To Walk In The Love And Peace Of God. Today there are many beloved brethren who do not have a real sense of God's love for them. Because of this so many of God's people are depressed and anxious, and have no peace in their hearts or minds. In this episode I explain why that is and how to change it. There are principles that we must understand and live by in order to walk in all the fullness of God. (including the love of God...

2019-05-1228 min

Disciple Diciplines Exercising godliness. It's profitable for all things.Episode 16. Exercising Godliness. It's profitable for all things! Today there is so much emphasis on physical exercise, ( the health and wellness industry is a billon dollar industry ). Download the episode HERE. It a great thing that more and more people are wanting to improve their health. I truly believe in being diligent in our health is important, so that we can have the energy and strength to serve the Lord and our fellow man. For the apostle Paul said that bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness i...

2019-04-0839 min

disciple disciplines Exercising godliness. It's profitable for all things.Episode 16. Exercising Godliness. It's profitable for all things! Today there is so much emphasis on physical exercise, ( the health and wellness industry is a billon dollar industry ). Download the episode HERE. It a great thing that more and more people are wanting to improve their health. I truly believe in being diligent in our health is important, so that we can have the energy and strength to serve the Lord and our fellow man. For the apostle Paul said that bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness i...

2019-04-0839 min

Disciple Diciplines What About The Thief On The Cross.Ep.14 What About The Thief On The Cross? He was not baptized! This is a question that almost always comes up when I am speaking to people (church people) about the importance of being baptized to be saved. Note. To get the full teaching on what baptism is and why Jesus and His apostles commanded it. Download the full episode on 'the power of baptism' HERE. To download this episode click HERE. Jesus said 'Those who believe and are baptized shall be saved.' Mark 16:16 The apostle Peter on the...

2019-01-2421 min

Disciple Diciplines Prayer and Fasting Does Not Remove Unbelief. So what Does.Episode 11. Prayer and Fasting DOES NOT Remove Unbelief. So What Does? Today a lot of people believe that in order to remove unbelief we must be praying and fasting. That is not so. Download the episode here. This teaching has come from Matthew 17. Were because of the disciples unbelief they could not cast out a demon from a child. (even though they had cast out many demons before that). Then Jesus replied to His disciples with the words, 'this kind does go out except...

2018-10-1327 min

disciple disciplines The gospel pt.3 The Holy Spirit. Episode 4 The Gospel pt. 3 The Holy Spirit. The Spirit of Christ. In this episode I conclude our series on the gospel with the wonderful Holy Spirit. Our teacher, our comforter, our helper, our friend. Download This Episode Here. I begin the episode with a review on what we have covered so far in the previous episodes. You Download The Previous Episode On The Power Of Baptism Here. There are many today who will not submit to the Holy Spirit because of a la...

2018-07-0952 min

Disciple Diciplines The gospel part 2. The power in baptismEpisode 3 The gospel Part 2. The Power In Baptism. One with Him and Freedom from sin. In this episode I continue with our series on the gospel. I review what was covered in the previous episode, that the gospel is repent, believe in the Lord Jesus, be baptized and receive the Holy Spirit. In that episode I taught what is repentance and what does it mean to believe. You Can Download That Episode Here. In this episode I teach on biblical baptism, not a traditional baptism or a re...

2018-06-3045 min

disciple disciplines The gospel part 2. The power in baptismEpisode 3 The gospel Part 2. The Power In Baptism. One with Him and Freedom from sin. In this episode I continue with our series on the gospel. I review what was covered in the previous episode, that the gospel is repent, believe in the Lord Jesus, be baptized and receive the Holy Spirit. In that episode I taught what is repentance and what does it mean to believe. You Can Download That Episode Here. In this episode I teach on biblical baptism, not a traditional baptism or a re...

2018-06-3045 min