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This time round we discuss our experiences at the recent September 2013 Warhammer Battle Brothers at Warhammer World. We’d like to thank all of our opponents and the tournament organisers for giving us such an enjoyable weekend.   0:00:00 Introduction 0:02:30 The day before – practice match and first impressions of Warhammer World 0:14:05 Tournament Day 1 and the Pub Quiz 0:38:45 Tournament Day 2 and results 1:08:30 Outro   Discussion topics: Battle Brothers Warhammer World Warhammer Fantasy Battles Warpack Dungeon Duellists The post Ep 14 – Warhammer Battle Brothers: A Report from the Biggest Wargaming Tournament Around appeared first on Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design Podcast.

0:02:00 Updates, Including: Kromore 2145 Kickstarter, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Space Hulk computer game, Warhammer Fantasy Battles, Vassal Engine, Chainsaw Warrior, Dreadball, A Game of Thrones LCG, Space 1889,   0:15:45 Battle Brothers and Warhammer Tournaments – Our preparations for the tournament at Warhammer World and tournament design in general, including: Warhammer Fantasy Battles, Warhammer 40K, Heelan Hammer,   0:49:20 Warhammer 9th edition and Wargame Design, including: Warseer News and Rumours, Warhammer Fantasy Battles, Warpack   1:34:50 Outros Dicing with Design Podcast The post Episode 13 – Warhammer is broken and we’re going to fix it appeared first on Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design Podcast.

Hey folks – this week we have a continuation of last week’s interview with T. Julian Bell. Last time you found out about the RAEX system, and this time we hear from Julian’s experience in getting games published and sold. If you’re an aspiring games designer, or even if you’ve been in the industry a little while, you should find something interesting here. Julian gives us his thoughts on Kickstarter too and his plans to use the platform for their current project. Later in the Podcast we also have a recording Grant and Colin made after a Warhammer Fantasy battle a few weeks back. They give a short battle report and what they think went right and wrong during the game. Hear how Grant thinks he misused his multiple demon princes! Colin, Grant and Joe are all practicing for the Battle Brothers tournament in Warhammer world in September, so if any of you might be there, let us know. It’d be great to meet up and have a beer. In other news, Colin chats briefly about XCom: Enemy Unknown – his attempt to get nostalgic and the old Amiga days – and he gives a quick update on recent games of Eternal Contenders. We’ve been trying to play a few different games online recently, using Google Hangouts and the Roll 20 system, but haven’t found anything perfect so far. We’d love your on what you use to play remote games. What have you found that works well? We’d love to know – please drop a comment below. The post Ep 12 – How to Sell Your Role Playing Game: The Business of Games Design appeared first on Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design Podcast.

In this episode Colin’s talking to T. Julian Bell from RAEX Games. They’re soon releasing a new setting for their RAEX gaming system called Kromore 2145, a Cyber-Steam setting as they call it. It’ll be coming out in Q1 2014. You can try out an abridged version of the game in the meantime though – there’s free public version of their Core Rulebook available on the RAEX games website. In the interview Julian takes us through the RAEX system and tells us his thoughts on game design, and how to make an engaging game. Here are a couple of links to find out a bit more information on both Julian and RAEX Games, and make sure to look out for the Kromore 2145 Kickstarter when it releases later this month. This is actually only part 1 of the interview – Julian and I had a pretty long chat! Part 2 will be released soon and is all around how to go about setting yourself up as a pro games designer. Julian tells us his tips and tricks for getting into the games industry, getting a producer and getting yourself published. Make sure to check back for that in the next episode. In the meantime enjoy the interview! Episode Guide: 00:10 to 15:00 – Colin, Grant and Julian talk about their thoughts on the RAEX System. 15:00 to 1:00:04 – I nterview with T. Julian Bell The post Ep 11 – Talking to RAEX Games About Kromore 2145, a New Cyber Steam Role Playing Game (RPG) appeared first on Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design Podcast.

0:00:00 Competition Announcement 0:01:35 Introduction and updates 0:12:50 Contenders 0:40:45 Eternal Contenders   Episode number 10 is here and Joe is giving us the inside scoop on his new game, Eternal Contenders. After our updates, Joe talks to us about the evolution of the award winning Contenders boxing game, through to its new incarnation about fantastic gladiatorial combat. Don’t forget to put up a review on itunes then email us at [email protected] for your chance to win the ultimate Contenders package: Eternal Contenders by Prince of Darkness Games, published by Chronicle City The original Contenders by Prince of Darkness Games An official Contenders T-shirt (subject to availability) Good luck, and enjoy your gaming! Eternal Contenders at Chronicle City Eternal Contenders at rpgnow Contenders at Prince of Darkness Games The Struggle for Stirland Pretenders Campaign Eternal Contenders Actual Play report by Grant Fortress America Lord of the Rings Board Game My Life with Master Impro ,Impro for Storytellers Blink by Malcom Gladwell Nearly Enough Dice Podcast Street Fighter: The Storytelling Game The post Ep 10 – Eternal Contenders Special: Release of a GMless Fantasy Role Playing Game appeared first on Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design Podcast.

0:00:00 Intro and updates 0:11:50 Our favourite characters 0:43:20 Character creation systems   Another episode in quick succession! This time it’s all about characters. First of all we talk about our own favourite characters from games and fiction and what makes them so great. Then we move on to character creation systems, including Joe’s brand new hotness Eternal Contenders! Apologies for the dip in audio quality in this episode, there were a couple of technical issues that were sorted for tomorrow’s (yes, that fast!) episode. Enjoy! Things what we talked about today: Warhammer Fantasy Battle Agricola Dungeon Duellists Wappinshaw Space Hulk The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen Rolemaster The Wheel of Time Feng Shui Sorcery My Life with Master Enjoy your burrito, everyone. The post Ep 9 – Character Design in Role Playing Games appeared first on Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design Podcast.

0:00:00 Intro and updates 0:06:30 Main topic: deg the game In this episode we continue to hammer out our live design of Cthulu’s Cosmic Kobold Commandos. We’re aiming for a light-hearted comedy game, so we spend some time discussing just what makes a comedy game. We’re still putting the game together, so if you have any ideas for the game we’d love to hear from you – get us on [email protected], @grantsensei, @joejprince and @gamercolin. I won’t lie, this episode won’t be for everyone as there’s a lot of brainstorming and hammering out of details. For those of you brave enough to come along, here’s a list of things we talked about today: Stitch by Iain McAllister Dwarf King’s Hold Tweet RPG Joe on Indie+ Hangouts: GMless Games Mortal Coil Space Pirates Inspectres Impro ,Impro for Storytellers Archipelago Play Unsafe Pantheon 3:16 Hungry Troll and the Gobbos   The post Ep 8 – Live Games Design Part 2 appeared first on Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design Podcast.

Episode 7 – Mobile Frame Zero and Rules Heavy vs Rules Light In this episode Joe and Grant discuss their experiences at Conpulsion, followed by a review of the rules-light Lego-based minis game, Mobile Frame Zero (16:15). This leads onto a discussion of rules light vs. rules heavy games (38:20) Things we discussed in this episode: Warhammer Fantasy Battles Blood Bowl Dungeon Duellists Pro Wrasslin’ Battle Royal Game of  Thrones LCG Conpulsion Mobile Frame Zero Eternal Contenders Hell for Leather Knights of Trinity Aberdeen Elder Sign Malifaux Tartan Skirmish Radio Nearly Enough Dice Podcast Memoir 44 Warhammer 40,000 Dreadball Magic: The Gathering Dungeons and Dragons Ygdrassil Over the Edge Leave us a comment to let us know what you think of the episode, hope you enjoy!     The post Ep 7 – Mobile Frame Zero and Big Rules vs Small Rules for Role Playing Games & Wargaming appeared first on Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design Podcast.

A Monopoly “variant”, from boardgamegeek.com Our main topic this week is starting deg a game LIVE on air! We need YOU to help us, so make sure and let us know what you think of our design as it stands. Here are some things we talk about: XCOM – Enemy Unknown Civilization – Revolution Alas Vegas Hell 4 leather Tweet RPG Nearly Enough Dice Podcast Monopoly Eternal Contenders Yggdrasil Burning Empires Vassal Lackey CCG Bearswarm Podcast play Hell 4 Leather The Mighty Boosh Radio Series Prime Time Adventures Aye, Dark Overlord Baron Munchausen Central Belt Pick-Up Gamers Knights of Trinity The post Ep 6 – Live Game Design appeared first on Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design Podcast.

In this episode we discuss what games we’ve been playing recently, before launching into our main topic:  The Role of the GM. I broke it down into 8 roles: Scenario designer Monster player (the evil wizard) Rules designer Referee Director RL leader / skivvy Keeper of secrets World builder We talked about a huge number of games this episode, here are the links: Joe’s article: Is the Era of the GM over? On Geeknative Joe’s article: Dicing with Design on Geeknative Sedition Wars Project Pandora X-COM: Enemy Unknown Eternal Contenders by Chronicle City Games Eternal Contenders Actual Play thread by Grant Knights of Trinity, Aberdeen Facebook page Legacy of Frankenstein Nearly Enough Dice Podcast Warhammer Fantasy Battle Hamlet’s Hit Points by Robin D.Laws at drivethru rpg Hill Folk by Robin D. Laws on Kickstarter World War by Harry Turtledove Magic the Gathering Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying Game Battlestar Galactica the board game The D6 Generation Shadows over Camelot Wrath of Ashardalon Rolemaster Inspectres A Taste for Murder Over the Edge Descent Heroquest 3:16 Labyrinths and Lycanthropes Alas Vegas on Kickstarter Hell 4 Leather Hell for Leather Episode 5 – What do we need a GM for The post Ep 5 – What do we need a GM for in RPGs? appeared first on Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design Podcast.

Episode 4 – Advanced Heroquest Advanced Welcome to another episode of the Dicing with Design podcast, with Colin, Grant and Joe. In this episode we start off with an update on our recent gaming, followed by our main topic: Heroquest! We begin the discussion with a history of Games Workshop / MB Games’ classic Heroquest. That’s followed by GW’s own Advanced Heroquest and a comparison with other dungeonbash games. Then we explain our homebrew rules which we’ve been working on and playing with recently, before some in-depth examples of actual play. We round off with news of exciting future topics on the show. We love , so please get in touch on Twitter: @grantsensei, @gamercolin and @joejprince, leave a comment on our website, www.thepodcasthost.com/dicingwithdesign or leave a positive review on itunes. Enjoy your games!   Joe’s Article on Geeknative Battlestar Galactica Advanced Heroquest Master Builder Static Games, Glasgow Magic the Gathering Prince of Darkness Games Forbidden Island Texas Hold ’em Poker Warhammer Fantasy Battle Warhammer 40K Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Space Crusade Advanced Space Crusade Space Hulk Wrath of Ashardalon Warhammer Quest Dwarf King’s Hold Project Pandora The post Ep 4 – Advanced Heroquest – Advanced! The King of Tabletop RPGs Returns appeared first on Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design Podcast.

  DWD-Episode-3-PvP In this episode Colin, Grant and Joe talk about the most recent session in their epic Rolemaster roleplaying campaign. This is followed by the main topic of PvP. We discuss, “What if” conflicts we play for fun, examples where PvP has arisen in our games, managing nonphysical conflicts between party , traditional D&D PvP conflicts, deliberately deg PvP into games, PvP in digital games, balance between character classes and LARPing We hope you enjoy the show. Please don’t hesitate to us with any – you can get us on Twitter: @gamercolin, @grantsensei and @joejprince or post a comment on our website, www.thepodcasthost.com/dicingwithdesign   The post Ep 3 – Player v Player in Role Playing Games & Board Games appeared first on Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design Podcast.

Smallworld – check out that cardboard It’s Episode 2 and we’re talking Smallworld, board game design, online gaming and, for some reason cardboard… What’s We’re Talking This is a live episode, recorded after Grant and I met up for a few drinks and a lot of games. Mostly, we played Smallworld, with a couple of games of Dwarves of King’s Hold and a spot of Game of Thrones. But, like all good cardboard fetishists, we were stuck on Smallworld and the sheer quality of the game. Listen to the Podcast to see what we thought. Let Us Know What You Think As always, we’d love some , and ideas for future episodes. Let us know your thoughts on the podcast series so far. What are we doing right? What could we do better? We’d love to make this something that you love listening to, and the only way to do that is to get in touch. us through any of the following: Twitter: @gamecolin – @grantsensei – @JoeJPrince Our Page: Send us an email through the page Podcast comments: At the bottom of this post you can drop us a comment. iTunes Review: Put a review on our Podcast in the iTunes store The post Ep 2 – It’s all about the cardboard… Fetishising Over Smallworld & Other Board Games appeared first on Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design Podcast.

Welcome to the first ever episode of Dicing with Design! This podcast hopes to cover all aspects of games design, from creating a brand new game from scratch to deg a campaign to run as a GM. We’ll be talking about creating characters, creating storylines, creating rules and creating entire games systems. We’ll be discussing existing games, how they’re designed and how they can be changed with a bit of creative house ruling. We’ll also be talking a bit more generally about games we’re playing right now, and what we like. So, we hope you like it – us for spot of Dicing with Design! Time and Games Design: Dicing With Design – Episode 1 The post We’ve Got None! Time & Games Design – Episode 1 appeared first on Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design Podcast.