Podcast Episodes

Episode 198: Stab Them in the Peninsula

Matters come to a head in the Gaming Hut, where we talk about writing scenario climaxes.

In Ask Ken and Robin, Patreon backer Eric Jeppesen asks Ken …

9 years, 6 months ago

Episode 197: Obviously She Fought Radium Ghosts

Ever-prolific Ken dons a knit cap like all the youngsters wear to bring us the scoop on Bubblegumshoe in Among My Many Hats.

In the Gaming Hut, we sa…

9 years, 6 months ago

Episode 196: Conspicuously Non-Assassinated

In Ask Ken and Robin, Patreon backer Philip asks for ways to incorporate the beat cycle from Robin’s book Hamlet’s Hit Points into game systems that …

9 years, 6 months ago

Episode 195: All Its Guns in Norman Rockwell

Patreon backer Trung Bui asks us to assemble in the Gaming Hut to tell him who the murderer is, and also to discuss the challenges of investigative s…

9 years, 7 months ago

Episode 194: Knocking Off Early For Gin and Lemonade

The Gaming Hut becomes a boat we might just die in as Patreon backer Luke Wassink asks us to make environmental obstacles suspenseful and compelling.…

9 years, 7 months ago

Episode 193: Bonaparte Eyes

In Ask Ken and Robin, Patreon backer Andrew Jones asks about working with Greg Stafford.

The History Hut looks at the post-WWI occupation of Istanbul…

9 years, 7 months ago

Episode 192: Emulating a Genre That Doesn’t Exist

In the Gaming Hut we ponder a meta-terminology games designers might use to describe the purpose and function of the various sub-systems they build i…

9 years, 7 months ago

Episode 191: In Case I Trip Over a Sand Dune

Patreon supporter Tim Brandis kicks us off with an Ask Ken and Robin question about which of our core design beliefs might have evolved over time.

In…

9 years, 7 months ago

Episode 190: Boy Meets Manifestation

Patreon backer Graham Wills starts us off in the Gaming Hut by asking how to balance conspiratorial genres, like the spy thriller, with group trust.

9 years, 8 months ago

Episode 189: It Won’t Fix Me But It Will Fix That

Patreon backer Kevin J. Maroney gets us started with an Ask Ken and Robin question about other designers’ mechanics we consider to be under-stolen.

9 years, 8 months ago