The State of Games
A board game podcast that tackles the industry from both inside and out! The State of Games is hosted by Chris Kirkman, the head of publishing house Dice Hate Me Studio and co-owner of Greater Than Games, and features regular co-hosts Darrell Louder, resident grump and designer of Compounded, Bottom of the 9th, and Fate of the Elder Gods, and TC Petty III, gaming hipster and designer of VivaJava and VivaJava Dice, Xenon Profiteer, and Spires. Presented by the website www.dicehateme.com - the board game blog with worse luck than you.
The State of Games
The One About Telling Stories
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In this episode Chris, Darrell, and TC talk about games that tell stories, either through dedicated mechanics and thematics, or by emergent gameplay. All this, plus Darrell’s 40th birthday shindig at Dice Hate Me HQ, Arkham Horror 3.0 versus Arkham Horror 2.0, Beta Colony, news of TC’s big move, more Modern Art, Gugong, volcanoes, fishing, My Father’s Work, Jeeps, sand worms, coal mining, & so much more!
Darrell wishes for a beard
Fathead Pizza
Fleet Dice
Coal Baron
Downfall of Pompeii
Modern Art
Arkham Horror 3.0
Darrell bought a car
TC's Big Move News
Unpub breaking news
Beta Colony
Gugong
The Meat of the Podcast
Defining the types of games that tell stories
Arkham Horror 3.0 versus Arkham Horror 2.0
RPGs and Open Storytelling
Open and Negotiation Systems
Improv Games
Which types of games are more successful at telling stories?
Which types of story games are more approachable?
Mysterium
My Father's Work
Legends of Sleepy Hollow
Do you like playing games that tell stories?
The Backside of the Podcast
Notable Kickstarters
Unpub news
More TC News