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RTFMRTFMRTFM: The EffiesWelcome to the only RPG awards in the world: the Effies.⁠⁠⁠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!2025-07-0958 minAdamantly Analog: A Board Game PodcastAdamantly Analog: A Board Game PodcastEp 58 - Worth the Weight (with Shea Parker of RTFM)This week we chat with Shea Parker of RTFM about his specialty, complex games.  Shea also shares a bit about the process behind the fantastic RTFM videos as well as a few recommendations from his recently played games.Shea’s Recently Played/RecommendedEarthborne RangersVantageTerminus FrontierFeatured TopicHeavy/complex games that are worth the effort.Corey's List Gaia Project (2017) / Feuerland SpieleA Feast for Odin (2016) / Feuerland SpieleHarrison's ListRevive (2022) / Aporta GamesScythe (2016) / Stonemaier GamesShea’s ListTwilight Imperium: Fourth Edition (2017) / Fantasy Flight...2025-07-0748 minRTFMRTFMRaFM: The Tome of NeverWorldDue to scheduling issues, we've been unable to record a traditional episode of RTFM. So Aaron decides to literally read a fucking manual out loud: The Tome of NeverWorld by Erin Laughlin and Craig Sheeley.⁠⁠⁠⁠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!2025-06-1336 minRTFMRTFMRTFM Interview: Kali LawrieWe interview game designer Kali Lawrie of Gem Room Games, talking Letters to Sandra, fiber arts, and curation and archival work.. ⁠⁠⁠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!2025-05-211h 32RTFMRTFMRTFM Season 6 Finale: Ranking of the GamesBox season is over, so now we must rank the games. Which boxes are best? Which are worst? (They're actually all pretty good.) Plus we announce next season's theme: no game only PDF.⁠⁠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!2025-04-301h 06RTFMRTFMRTFM: Triangle AgencyYou have been selected to work at the Triangle Agency. Game designer Sam Leigh joins us to talk about this corporate horror RPG by Caleb Zane Huett. Is corporate horror for the youths? Does metafiction have a place in RPGs? And who is the yellow voice?!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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!2025-03-261h 26RTFMRTFMRTFM: The ZonePrepare to enter The Zone by Raph D'Amico. We compare the gamefeel of cards versus tables. We talk mutations. And we talk shit about the Southern Reach Trilogy.We're talking the ⁠Possible Worlds series by Tyler Crumrine⁠, six discreet games boxed together. We have them fight to the death until only the best emerges victorious. Just kidding, we loved them all.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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 Pat2025-03-1258 minRTFMRTFMRTFM Interview: Austin Walker & Tyler CrumrineThe RTFM interview series continues. We talk to Austin Walker and Tyler Crumrine about Realis, the meaning of "ashcan," and Wawa versus Sheetz.⁠⁠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!2025-02-261h 27RTFMRTFMRTFM: Possible Worlds SeriesWe're talking the Possible Worlds series by Tyler Crumrine, six discreet games boxed together. We have them fight to the death until only the best emerges victorious. Just kidding, we loved them all.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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!2025-02-191h 05RTFMRTFMRTFM: Dragonlance Fifth AgeFantasy soap opera in a box? That's what you get in Dragonlance: Fifth Age. We talk about Dragonlance in general, card-based RPG mechanics, and kender genitals. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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!2025-02-051h 14RTFMRTFMRTFM: A Guide to Casting Phantoms In the RevolutionBox season continues with A Guide to Casting Phantoms In the Revolution by Adam Vass & Will Jobst. We're talking mechanical crunch in narrative structure, scene-based roleplaying, and breaking Kickstarter. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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!2025-01-081h 17RTFMRTFMRTFM: PendragonIt's a holiday miracle! This Christmas, we're covering Pendragon, the classic RPG of chivalric knighthood. Can the game split the difference between history and fantasy? What can you learn by staring at bees? And would you like to roll on the cuck table? ⁠⁠⁠⁠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!2024-12-251h 17RTFMRTFMRTFM No Promises: TravellerJust Aaron today with a stopgap episode covering session planning and playing Traveller. Why run an incomplete game? Is the military bad? How can you get a horse with an exoskeleton? ⁠⁠⁠⁠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!2024-12-1026 minRTFMRTFMRTFM: Mausritter—The EstateToday we're covering Mausritter: The Estate, a box set of adventures and setting materials for teeny tiny mice adventures. What makes for a good adventure? Are you a filler-inner or a chipper-awayer? How do you deal with an evil cat wizard? ⁠⁠⁠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!2024-11-271h 02CyberSecurity SummaryCyberSecurity SummaryRTFM - Red Team Field Manual v2This summary is talking about the Book "RTFM - Red Team Field Manual v2".This document, titled "RTFM - Red Team Field Manual," serves as a comprehensive guide for cybersecurity professionals conducting red team assessments. It encompasses a wide range of techniques and tools for penetration testing, focusing on Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems. The manual provides detailed information on operating system enumeration, user and group manipulation, file manipulation, network configuration, and common ports and protocols. It further explores scripting languages like PowerShell and Bash, post-exploitation techniques like privilege escalation and credential manipulation, and...2024-11-0115 minRTFMRTFMRTFM Interview: Daniel KwanToday, we interview game designer and podcast Daniel Kwan. We talk games in museums, wuxia movies, and smelly Toronto. ⁠⁠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!2024-10-301h 30RTFMRTFMRTFM: DragonbaneWe're back with another box set. This time, it's the Swedish Drakar och Demoner, or as it's known in English, Dragonbane. Who is this game for? Why can't indie devs get a big box budget? And why am I now keeping track of every person who's ever harmed me? ⁠⁠⁠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!2024-10-101h 01RTFMRTFMRTFM: Game Design as PracticeA guest had to reschedule, so Max and Aaron had to scramble and invent a whole new schema through which to observe RPG discourse. ⁠⁠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!2024-09-251h 05RTFMRTFMRTFM: The Green KnightBooks are out, boxes are in. That's the philosophy behind this latest episode, covering the Green Knight starter set, direct from A24. ⁠⁠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!2024-09-111h 06RTFMRTFMRTFM Interview: Will JobstRTFM is back from hiatus! And this time, it's personal. We'll be alternating our regular book reviews with interviews, and to usher in this new era, we have Will Jobst, designer of Torq and the currently crowdfunding Plasmodics. We talk about game design, learning new skills, and mutants mutants mutants. ⁠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!2024-08-271h 16RTFMRTFMRTFM: Game Design & Immersive ExperienceWho even has time to read? Not us! So today, we're talking about our own game design. Then we get sidetracked into discussing immersive experiences. ⁠⁠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!2024-06-191h 07RTFMRTFMRTFM: Let These Mermaids Touch Your Dick MaybeThis episode is brought to you by No-Tell Motel from Bannerless Games, a solo murder mystery game. It rules! Our sex game trend continues with Let These Mermaids Touch Your Dick Maybe from Riverhouse Games. Want to slap a dildo with a sticky hand? Is it a lyric game? Has anyone played it? ⁠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 episo2024-05-2844 minRTFMRTFMRTFM: Monsterhearts 2This episode is brought to you by VOID 1680 AM by Bannerless Games. It's a solo, playlist-building RPG, and it rules. We're talking Monsterhearts 2 by Avery Alder, and we're joined by Jay Dragon of Possum Creek Games. Jay claims to know the deep dark truth of Monsterhearts, so who were we to disagree? 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 ep2024-05-141h 02RTFMRTFMRTFM: Vice & ViolenceThis 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!2024-04-161h 16RTFMRTFMRTFM: Anal WizardsThis 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!2024-04-0256 minRTFMRTFMRTFM 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!2024-03-1950 minRTFMRTFMRTFM Season 4 Finale & Ranking of the Games⁠⁠⁠⁠Max 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!2024-03-061h 23RTFMRTFMRTFM: ErrantThis 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 fucking 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!2024-02-201h 24RTFMRTFMRTFM: VermisThis 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 fucking 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!2024-02-0750 minRTFMRTFMRTFM: Firebrands⁠⁠Max 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. It's Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands by Meguey Baker & D. Vincent Baker. Returning guest Essay joins us to discuss a game that has been pitched to Max as exactly what he wants. But is it?! If you want to chat about the episode, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠join our Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. And ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠check us out on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for extra episodes!2024-01-231h 06RTFMRTFMRTFM: Dream Askew/Dream Apart⁠⁠Max 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. We continue on our journey to cure our brains of D&D. This time, our delicious medicine is Dream Askew/Dream Apart by Avery Alder and Benjamin Rosenbaum. We recorded it a while back, so I don't remember what else we talked about. If you want to chat about the episode, ⁠⁠⁠⁠join our Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠. And ⁠⁠⁠⁠check us out on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for extra episodes!2024-01-161h 13bash_otagebash_otageRTFM stands for "Read The Friendly Manual".RTFM : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_terminology#RTFM Sexy Teacher Girl License (image): Is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. from : https://www.freevector.com/sexy-teacher-girl 2024-01-1000 minRTFMRTFMRTFM Brain Power One (PbtA)Hey, it's the darkest time of the year, and the light of knowledge refuses to shine on our cursed podcast. Thus, instead of reading, we think. In darkness. About what it means to (not) roll those bones. This one focuses on game design theory, disclaiming dice rolls, and getting out of your comfort zone. There's an episode 0 of this series over on our Patreon. If you want to do the homework, join us on Discord.2023-12-271h 06RTFMRTFMRTFM: D&D 4E⁠⁠Max 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. Look, it's Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition! The last good D&D. We talk digital tools, layout, and doing one thing well. If you want to chat about the episode, ⁠⁠⁠join our Discord⁠⁠⁠. And ⁠⁠⁠check us out on Patreon⁠⁠⁠ for extra episodes!2023-12-1256 minRTFMRTFMRTFM: Keep on the Borderlands⁠⁠Max 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. ⁠Dia Lacina is back to talk about more adventure modules. This time, it's that classic Gygax, Keep on the Borderlands. Is it good? Is it horny? Is it colonial? And what's with all these totally normal men? If you want to chat about the episode, ⁠⁠join our Discord⁠⁠. And ⁠⁠check us out on Patreon⁠⁠ for extra episodes!2023-11-281h 18RTFMRTFMRTFM: Troika!This episode is brought to you by ⁠The Lost Bay's Outer Rim Uprising⁠. Follow the Kickstarter for this cool set of Mothership scenarios and resources! ⁠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. Aaron Lim is here to chat about Troika! by Daniel Sell and the Melsonian Arts Council, where game mechanics are lore and inspirations are a compost heap from which oddness blooms. If you want to chat about the episode, ⁠j...2023-10-241h 07RTFMRTFMRTFM: Principia ApocryphaThis episode is brought to you by The Lost Bay's Outer Rim Uprising. Follow the Kickstarter for this cool set of Mothership scenarios and resources! 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. Game designer Chris Bissette joins us to talk about Principia Apocrypha, one of the cornerstone documents of the Old School Revival (OSR) movement. What is the OSR? What use can non-OSR gamers get from it? If you wan...2023-10-101h 22RTFMRTFMRTFM: RuneQuestThis episode is brought to you by The Lost Bay's Outer Rim Uprising. Follow the Kickstarter for this cool set of Mothership scenarios and resources! 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. This one starts as an episode about RuneQuest, but it quickly becomes about citation, ownership, and stewardship in the RPG industry. Like, almost solely about that. 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In the premier episode, Aaron talks about Free Kriegsspiel Revolution play, running short sessions, and running combat in PbtA games. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord. And check us out on Patreon for extra episodes. 2023-08-2227 minRTFMRTFMRTFM: Dungeons & Dragons Third EditionMax 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. Another trip to the dungeons with dragons. This time, it's the first outing from Wizards of the Coast. We're talking unified mechanics, feat trees, and Max's secret origin. Also, we conclude this season and rank the games. Note: we recommend some movies/shows that are maybe stricken materials under the current SAG-AFTRA/Writers Guild strike, so don't check them out! Instead, listen to this int...2023-08-151h 39RTFMRTFMRTFM: SlugblasterMax 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. We're talking Slugblaster by Mikey Hamm, and we're joined by Sean Harkin. We cover metacurrencies, skateboarding histories, and who's the chillest of them all. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord. And check us out on Patreon for extra episodes!2023-08-011h 09RTFMRTFMRTFM: Apocalypse KeysMax 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. We're joined by Aaron Voigt to talk Apocalypse Keys, mechanized feelings, hungry worms, and hurting God with your sins. This episode is sponsored by ⁠Ratti Incantati, an excellent distributor of RPGs, zines, and literary ephemera⁠. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord. And check us out on Patreon for extra episodes! 2023-07-181h 04RTFMRTFMRTFM No Promises 1Due to scheduling kerfuffles and holiday travels, here's a different kind of episode. No Promises focuses on campaign planning and running the game. In the premier episode, Aaron talks about picking a new game for a long-running two-player, one-GM group. The game is Sagas of the Icelanders by Gregor Vuga. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord. And check us out on Patreon for extra episodes and, in the case of this episode, game supplements.2023-07-0434 minRTFMRTFMRTFM: Thousand Year Old VampireMax 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. We're joined by Kait Tremblay to talk about Thousand Year Old Vampire, breaking rules, medium conventions, and "Lightning Crashes" by Live. Check out Kait's book, Collaborative Worldbuilding for Video Games! This episode is sponsored by ⁠Ratti Incantati, an excellent distributor of RPGs, zines, and literary ephemera⁠. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord. And check us out on...2023-06-201h 11RTFMRTFMRTFM: Bloodbeam BadlandsThis episode is sponsored by Ratti Incantati, an excellent distributor of RPGs, zines, and literary ephemera. 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. Adam Vass of World Champ Game Co joins us to talk about Bloodbeam Badlands by Viditya Voleti. Including: what it actually takes to put out an RPG putting yourself into your games T. rex with a gun face Check out Adam's Kickstarter, 1978 (a final girl two-player RPG...2023-06-061h 10RTFMRTFMRTFM: Mutants in the NowThis episode is sponsored by Ratti Incantati, an excellent distributor of RPGs, zines, and literary ephemera. 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. For Mutants in the Now by Julian Kay, we're joined by Aaron Fiskradatz and Pete (just Pete). These two educators talk to us about hidden curriculum, (dis)respecting churches, and game designer permissions. It's our most contentious episode since Fiasco. If you want to chat about the...2023-05-231h 25RTFMRTFMRTFM Zine Club: Amanda Lee FranckRTFM just learned about indie RPGs. Have you heard of this shit? They're so cool! RTFM's biweekly Zine Club will be hosted on Pateron, where hosts Max Lander and Aaron King each bring an RPG zine to discuss. Like show and tell but with swears. This episode is our little sampler for everyone, and it's all about Amanda Lee Franck's zines, focusing on Mouth Brood (a hex crawl mutant biome) and Vampire Cruise (a boat crawl monster vacation).2023-05-161h 10RTFMRTFMRTFM: Monster of the WeekMax 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. Sen Holiday joins us to discuss Monster of the Week. The game has a laser focus, but it's a popular D&D off-ramp. What's the deal with that? If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord. 2023-05-091h 04RTFMRTFMRTFM: Ghostbusters InternationalMax 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. Ghostbusters International! It's Ghostbusters. We talk about caving to audience demands, sex comedies through the decades, and how bustin makes us feel. (Spoiler warning: it feels good.) If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord.2023-04-2556 minluckypluc bookluckypluc book[KINDLE EBOOK EPUB] RTFM Red Team Field Manual v2 Read ebookDownload RTFM: Red Team Field Manual v2 Full Edition,Full Version,Full Book by Ben Clark Reading Now at : https://happyreadingebook.club/?book=1075091837 OR DOWNLOAD EBOOK NOW! 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If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord. 2023-04-111h 12RTFMRTFMRTFM: Bluebeard's BrideMax 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. Haunted house time! Natalie Zina Walschots joins us to talk about Bluebeard's Bride. What's the deal with men? Can you consent to a book? Can tone go too far? If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord.2023-03-281h 44RTFMRTFMRTFM: Wet GrandpaMax 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. As monster season continues, Dia Lacina joins us to talk about Wet Grandpa by Evey Lockhart. What's the best way to write an adventure? Do vibes rule everything? And why do we end up talking about '90s RPGs? If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord.2023-03-141h 36RTFMRTFMRTFM: Blood FeudMax 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. Dan Phipps of Gem Room Games is here to talk about Blood Feud from Blackfisk Publishing! It's the start of our new season. The theme is "monsters," and we talk about the biggest monster of all: toxic masculinity.  If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord.2023-02-281h 27RTFMRTFMRTFM Appendix Now: Kismet and The InvisiblesMax 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. This is the final mini-sode exploring the influences behind the games we're Kickstarting. First up is Kismet by Cezar Capacle, a deceptively simple game with revolutionary mechanics. Then we talk about The Invisibles, a comic by Grant Morrison and a whole host of artists. Discussion ranges from designer toolboxes to messy queer narratives and ends in an invitation to work sex magic so that our Kickstarter fun...2023-02-1456 minRTFMRTFMRTFM Appendix Now: Battle Royale & The MatrixMax 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. With our Kickstarter running, we wanted to do a series of shorter  episodes focusing on the various inspirations for our games. It's movie night! With Battle Royale and The Matrix. We talk about subtext, text, and supertext and just sort of compliment both movies. Check out our Kickstarter here. If you want to chat about the episode, join our D...2023-02-111h 06RTFMRTFMRTFM Appendix Now: Cybermetal 2012Max 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. With our Kickstarter running, we wanted to do a series of shorter episodes focusing on the various inspirations for our games. First up is Cybermetal 2012 by Adam Vass. What has Max repeatedly saying "Fuck you, Adam" (respectfully)? How can a game be both inextricable from its mechanics but webbed to them? Why should we make weird & personal shit? Check out our Kickstarter here. If you...2023-02-0346 minRTFMRTFMRTFM: Ranking of the Games Season 2Max 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. We look back at this season's games, rank them, and chat about our upcoming season three. Check out our Kickstarter here. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord!2023-01-3144 minRTFMRTFMRTFM: CyberGenerationMax 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. We return to R. Talsorian Games and Mike Pondsmith in order to talk about CyberGeneration! We cover regretting and correcting their creative decisions, punk and optimism, and malls. Also, R. Talsorian keeps their out-of-print books available as print-on-demand, so you can get CyberGeneration and read along. Check out our Kickstarter here. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord!2023-01-241h 08RTFMRTFMRTFM: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons First QuestMax 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. We continue our slow exploration of D&D editions with the First Quest box set for AD&D 2nd Edition. Is the box set the ultimate expression of the RPG? Do more RPGs need to hire child actors to pretend to play the game?  If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord!2023-01-101h 21RTFMRTFMRTFM: Patchwork WorldMax 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. Our holiday extravaganza concludes as Max is joined by return guests KeganExe, Rae Nedjadi and new guest Josh Hittie to talk about Patchwork World. Is it the real D&D? What's up with all the whales and parents? If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for limited-run zines and merch. If you want to chat about the episode, jo...2022-12-271h 38RTFMRTFMRTFM: Himbos of Myth & MettleMax 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. Actually, that's a lie. Max isn't here this time, because we're talking about the game he wrote, Himbos of Myth & Mettle. Aaron is joined by previous guest Izzie Colpitts and himbos extraordinaire Adam Guzkowski and Ivory. We talk about light game structures, the meaning of camp, and hashtag fries. If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for limited-run zi...2022-12-1255 minRTFMRTFMRTFM: Edge of the EmpireMax 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. Christian Sorrell of MeatCastle GameWare joins us for another Star Wars episode. This time, it's Edge of the Empire from Fantasy Flight Games. We talk about proprietary components, walls of text, and play experiences. If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for limited-run zines and merch. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord!2022-11-221h 20RTFMRTFMRTFM: Star Wars (West End 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. Christian Sorrell of MeatCastle GameWare joins us for the first of two episodes about Star Wars. Here, we discuss the Star Wars RPG published in 1987 by West End Games. Topics include genre emulation, morality in roleplaying, and scripts in RPGs. Also, Aaron does a Yoda voice. If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for limited-run zines and merch. If...2022-11-151h 22RTFMRTFMRTFM: Witch—The Road to LindisfarneMax 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. Join us on a pilgrimage to a northern island with Witch: The Road to Lindisfarne. Author Natalie Zina Walschots joins us to talk about LARP adjacency, GMing in GMless games, read-aloud ritualism, and more. It's a long episode for a short game! If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for limited-run zines and merch. If you want to cha...2022-11-011h 28RetraiceRetraiceRe28: What's Good? RTFMIs the world model right, true, fit and mixed?   Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com   Details: Is the world model good?; Why do you ask?; How would we know? RTFM; two problems with RTFM. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re28 Air date: Monday, 24th Oct. 2022, 11 : 50 PM Eastern/US.   0:00:00 Is the world model good?; 0:00:53 Why do you ask?; 0:02:24 How would we know? RTFM; 0:11:00 two problems with RTFM. Copyright: 2022 Ret...2022-10-2513 minRTFMRTFMRTFM: The Quiet YearMax 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. Shh, it's time for reflection. Rev. Haven Green joins us to talk about The Quiet Year by Avery Alder. Is it a mapmaking game or a game about community? How do radical organizations make decisions? And learn about a game so good that Max won't play it. If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for limited-run zines and mer...2022-10-181h 02RTFMRTFMRTFM: Eclipse PhaseMax 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. Come with us to the future! KeganExe joins the podcast to talk about transhumanist sci-fi RPG Eclipse Phase. Who imagines the future? How do we free ourselves from the present? And when do we all get to start purring? If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for limited-run zines and merch. If you want to chat about the epi...2022-10-041h 26RTFMRTFMRTFM: Apocalypse WorldMax 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. We finally break our streak of fighting about books! We're talking Apocalypse World with 0sarahXfrank0. How did it revolutionize game design? How do you untrain your brain from bad game habits? How much can we talk about sex before our listeners get uncomfortable? Small programming note: Max's recording setup got messed up, so some of the audio isn't of the usual quality. Our apologies! ...2022-09-201h 32RTFMRTFMRTFM: AgoneMax 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. Tyler Crumrine of Possible Worlds Games has brought us Agone, a French fantasy RPG. We talk about "what is an RPG?" sections, horny satyrs, and Aaron's favorite actual play podcast, Friends at the Table. If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for limited-run zines and merch. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord!2022-09-061h 34The RTFM Show!The RTFM Show!The RTFM Show! 19The RTFM Show! is BACK! Weekly Podcast revolving around Tech, Lifestyle and anything else we considering interesting! Submit your listener questions to rtfm@jayztwocents.com2022-09-031h 36RTFMRTFMRTFM: FiascoMax 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. This episode, we're joined by Essay Mnktl, audio engineer and player on the Three of Hearts podcast. We talk about the first edition of Fiasco by Jason Morningstar. What's up with these "story games"? How can a designer set tone and expectations for potentially problematic material? And who wins the first out-and-out argument between Max and Aaron? If you want to support the hosts, ch...2022-08-232h 07RTFMRTFMRTFM Season Finale: The Ranking of the GamesMax 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 you don't have to. This episode is the season finale! We rank the 12 games we've read so far in an intense hour of judgment and argument. (Not really; most of them were pretty easy.) We also answer listener questions! If you want to make your own ranking before you listen, here's the list of games we've read: Traveller, Cyberpunk 2020, AD&D's Complete Book of Humanoids, 13th Age, Gamma World, Cha...2022-08-0950 minRTFMRTFMRTFM Lost Episode: TravellerNOTE: This was the first episode we ever tried to record. As such, the audio isn't great! But we wanted to release it so that we could reference it in future episodes. Plus, Traveller is a cool game! 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. This episode, we look at the classic sci-fi game Traveller. You can also probably hear Aaron open beers throughout. We were so bad at recording. :( I...2022-08-0239 minRTFMRTFMRTFM Live at Exalted Funeral ConMax Lander and Aaron King do live game design at Exalted Funeral Con! By reading random excerpts from random RPG books (along with some audience participation), they put together an aquatic game of genetic manipulation and rebel resistance. And lots of juice and milk and ooze. If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for limited-run zines and merch. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord! Music by will jobst. Sound effect attribution: FX128 by jalastram.2022-07-271h 07RTFMRTFMRTFM: ChromebookMax 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. This episode, we're joined by Izzie Colpitts as we return to our roots, taking another look at Cyberpunk 2020. This time, we're discussing the Chromebook "style guides." Is RPG layout the same as UX? Can a confusing book be redeemed by looking cool? How can we modify our meat hands? We also talk about Izzie's cool game design nonprofit, DMG Toronto. If you wan...2022-07-121h 13RTFMRTFMRTFM: Star FrontiersMax 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. This episode, we're joined by JP Robichaud, and he brought Star Frontiers with him! What's up with this 1982 sci-fi game from TSR? What are the differences between the sci-fi subgenres? And why don't these games ever get horny for aliens the way Diego Luna gets horny for Jabba the Hutt? If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for l...2022-06-281h 08RTFMRTFMRTFM: GURPSMax 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. This episode, we're joined by game designer Adira Slattery to talk about GURPS! The Generic Universal Roleplaying System is supposed to be able to handle everything, but can it handle criticism? We discuss its history, its potential shortcomings, and the place of generic RPG systems. CONTENT WARNING for discussion of gun violence. We don't get too gruesome, but given recent events, I wanted to menti...2022-06-141h 09RTFMRTFMRTFM: Warhammer Fantasy RoleplayMax 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. This episode, we're joined by John Geary, game designer and Warhammer knower. Listen to us talk about fans of ideas vs fans of companies, how to write a tutorial adventure, and the beautiful turtle lizard centaur creature known as the zoat. And buy Sledgehammer, the grimdark rules-lite RPG that is much easier to play than Warhammer! If you want to support the hosts, check out...2022-06-011h 16RTFMRTFMRTFM: Rules to the Game of DungeonMax 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. This episode, we're joined by Adam Waldron-Blain to talk about Minneapolis Dungeon, a set of rules recorded by a 14-year-old in 1974. Was it the first D&D hack? What's it mean to build community through RPGs? And how can we relate to the problematic material of the games of yesteryear? You can get a free & legal copy of Rules to the Game of Dungeon v...2022-05-181h 12RTFMRTFMRTFM: Original D&DIn this episode, Max and Aaron talk about the original Dungeons & Dragons trio of booklets by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, published in 1974. RTFM is a roleplaying game book club podcast. Other sources mentioned in this episode: - Playing at the World by Jon Peterson - Trying to Be Kind podcast - OD&D's Implied Setting by Wayne Rossi If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for limited-run zines and merch. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord!2022-05-031h 24RTFMRTFMRTFM: Meet the HostsWe're taking it easy this month. So easy that we don't even talk about a game this episode. We're just talking about ourselves, uncovering our biases and histories with games, reading, and critique. So I guess we're sort of talking about the most dangerous game: human beings. If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for limited-run zines and merch. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord!2022-04-191h 30RTFMRTFMRTFM: Changeling The LostMax 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. This episode, we're joined by Rae Nedjadi of Sword Queen Games to talk about Changeling: The Lost. We cover the White Wolf sexuality rubric, faesonas, and butt tattoos. If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for limited-run zines and merch. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord! Music by will jobst. Sound e...2022-04-121h 24RTFMRTFMRTFM: Gamma WorldMax 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. This episode, we're joined by will jobst of Good Luck Press. We talk about Gamma World, the 1978 post-apocalyptic RPG. Learn about game archaeology, artifact diagrams, and zoo-pessimism. And check out will's new post-apocalyptic driving RPG, TORQ! If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for limited-run zines and merch. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Disc...2022-03-221h 18RTFMRTFMRTFM: 13th AgeMax 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. This episode, we're joined by Dan Phipps of Gem Room Games to talk about 13th Age. We cover fantasy heartbreakers, lore incorporation, and using your forum voice. If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for limited-run zines and merch. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord! Sound effect attribution: FX128 by jalastram.2022-03-081h 13RTFMRTFMRTFM: The Complete Book of HumanoidsMax 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. This episode, we're joined by special guest Matt Fennell to read The Complete Book of Humanoids by Bill Slavicsek. Nasty freaks and funky little dudes for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. We eschew our normal review process in order to rank our top three humanoids. Also, we started a Ko-Fi! This money pays Max for all their hard editing work, and the site will eventually be ho...2022-02-221h 08RTFMRTFMRTFM: Cyberpunk 2020Max 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. This episode: Cyberpunk 2020 by Mike Pondsmith. Learn what it takes to survive in the future-past of Night City! Learn to be...a cyberpunk. Lifepaths to love. Hackers to hate. The perfect adventure format? Related reading: Balikbayan by Rae Nedjadi Arcon by Kienna Shaw The Veil by Fraser Simon Asians Represent: Asian Representation, Techno-Orientalism, & Cyberpunk 2077 Cyborg Memoirs by M. Téllez If you w...2022-02-0854 minWorking Class AudioWorking Class AudioWCA #360 with Bryan Matheson - Keeping a Studio In Business, Always Learning, Good Landlords, and RTFM!Today, my guest is studio owner, engineer, composer, and vocalist Bryan Matheson who owns and runs Skyline Studios in Oakland, California.  In this episode, we discuss: Teac 2340 PCM Beta Leos Pro Audio Skyline Studios Converting A Warehouse Chips Davis Ad Work Keeping Outside Noise Out Client Growth Keeping a Studio In Business Always Learning RTFM Covid Survival UVC Lights Good Landlords Live Streaming Sustaining Waves Work/Life Balance Matt's Rant: Use It or Lose it!Links and Show Notes Skyline Studios Site WCA on...2021-11-0849 minPicture This: Photography PodcastPicture This: Photography PodcastSTOP SAYING RTFM!!!Tony & Chelsea Northrup talk about the term RTFM (Read the F@$%ing Manual) and how blaming the user for every error hinders photography tech and has kept dedicated cameras from competing with camera phones. Go to http://squarespace.com/chelsea & save 10% off your first website or domain with code "chelsea"2020-08-2823 minHackaweek Coast2CoastHackaweek Coast2CoastHackaweek Coast-2-Coast Episode 4 - Flintstones house, creative brains, screaming roomba, RTFM, VFDsGood times this week as Emily & Dean discuss Flintstones architecture, poofy LED dresses, the Pololu Maestro, the Netflix series "The Creative Brain", a screaming roomba, RTFM, a strand beast bicycle and wiring up a VFD.2019-05-1155 minOnbezorgd OndernemenOnbezorgd OndernemenSneak Preview RTFMSneak Preview RTFM by Benno Rijpkema2018-09-0113 minInternet SlangInternet SlangRTFM#slang RTFM  {v.} "Read the fucking manual". Often said to noobs. Gonna write a search engine. Anytime the query starts with "how to" or "how do I", the results page just links to what RTFM stands for. 2018-02-0800 minMassage Business Blueprint®Massage Business Blueprint®E70: Applying "RTFM" to Your Massage Practice MarketingAnd what does "RTFM" mean?2016-11-1116 minPodcast | A Match Made In Halo | Love At First FightPodcast | A Match Made In Halo | Love At First FightAMMIH Podcast #2: RTFMWeek #2 kicks off and this time we changed a few things with the audio. Let us know if this is an improvement and give us some feedback by commenting below. Make sure you listen carefully, it could be rewarding… In this Podcast: Desirai Labrada, GT= SickNdehed John Henry, GT= PsychoVandal Jeffrey Pia, GT= Xx […] The post AMMIH Podcast #2: RTFM first appeared on A Match Made In Halo | Love At First Fight.2010-09-0700 minPolyamory WeeklyPolyamory WeeklyPoly Weekly #157: RTFM!RTFM! Write and read the user's manual for YOU! Email cunningminx@gmail.com, call 206-202-POLY, Twitter cunningminx or visit the blog at www.polyweekly.com or the forums at forum.polyweekly.com2008-06-0125 min