I migliori Roll Again podcast (2025)

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S2E4 - Does Narrative Matter? (ft. Thomas Manuel) 35:00

16d ago35:00

35:00

Alex ran a playtest, but how did it go? One of the playtesters, Thomas, comes aboard the show to share his reactions and discuss the connections between narrative, gameplay, and our assumptions as players. The season comes to a close! Thanks so much to Thomas for coming on the show! Please check out his excellent newsletter, his podcast Yes Indie'd…

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S2E3 - Playtesting, and A Telling Off (ft. Sam Dunnewold) 38:01

23d ago38:01

38:01

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S2E2 - Reach Across the Screen (ft. Em Acosta) 30:08

1M ago30:08

30:08

Alex needs to tackle the blank pages that don't contain rules for running the game, but Em Acosta has ideas! Special Thanks to Em Acosta for coming along to talk about game design! You should check out their latest games EXILE and Crescent 2e, and be sure to follow their newsletter for the latest updates here. As a follow up, check out Em's Dice Ex…

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S2E1 - Moments and Mechanics as Toys (ft. Cezar Capacle) 31:56

1M ago31:56

31:56

Designing Fight or Fright returns! Alex feels lost after a break from designing games, and Cezar comes to the rescue! Special Thanks to Cezar Capacle for coming on the show! You can find his latest project, Everspark, here on itch. You can also find his patreon here! For his newsletter, and all his other games, check out quirky.games. Fight or Frig…

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Season Two Trailer - Designing Fight or Fright! 0:58

1M ago0:58

0:58

Season Two is coming your way, starting Jan 30th! I've got a game to finish, and I'm recruiting four talented designers to help me get across the finish line. Will I make it! Who knows? Look forward to hearing from Cezar Capacle, Em Acosta, Sam Dunnewold, and Thomas Manuel on this four-episode season of Wait Roll That Again! AND check out the game …

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Iterative Design on Paint The Town Red (Ft. JellyMuppet) 32:50

5M ago32:50

32:50

Wait, Roll That Again! Return's with a discussion about SoulMuppet Publishing's latest game, Paint The Town Red, with director and designer Zach Cox aka JellyMuppet! Check out the game here on Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/soulmuppet/paint-the-town-red Huge thanks to Zach for coming along to talk about their game! And thanks for l…

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[FEED DROP] Dice Exploder S3E1: The Risk Sheet with John Harper 38:33

1y ago38:33

38:33

Alex here! Today, I'm sharing the first episode of Dice Exploder's Third Season, a discussion on the Risk Sheet from Psi*Run by Meguey and Vincent Baker. Dice Exploder is a podcast that invites a different co-host to bring a game mechanic on and discuss why it works, or even why it doesn't! It's been an awesome podcast so far, super educational for…

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Designing Fight or Fright: S1E8 - Looking in the Game Design Mirror (SEASON FINALE) 17:17

1+ y ago17:17

17:17

It's the Season Finale! On this episode, we break down the playtest with Zoe, Freya and Liam, and talk about the work on the game so far, and what's happening on Wait, Roll That Again! in the future! You can find out where to follow the show here: https://waitrollthatagain.carrd.co/ This Podcast is a part of KiwiRPG! For information on Kēmu Whakata…

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Designing Fight or Fright: S1E7 - Playtesting Fright or Fight! 40:59

1+ y ago40:59

40:59

Welcome back to Wait, Roll That Again! This week, I run a playtest of the Spooky Game I’ve been developing, now called Fright or Fight! My goal is to test the central mechanics, and see how the story-world of the game comes across! Thanks to Zoe, Freya and Liam for being my amazing playtesters in this episode and creating such wonderful characters.…

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Designing Fight or Fright: S1E6 - Layout, Design, and New Dice (Ft. Clayton Notestine) 31:06

1+ y ago31:06

31:06

Welcome back to Wait, Roll That Again! On this episode, big challenges arise in the game design process, which leads to a step in adifferent direction. But first, Clayton Notestine from Explorer’s Design joins the show to talk about layout and visual design. These elements are really important to a game’s final presentation, so I felt like it was t…

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Designing Fight or Fright: S1E5 - Character Creation 30:50

1+ y ago30:50

30:50

Welcome back to Wait, Roll That Again! On this week’s episode, we continue desiging options for player characters for the game. We hear from Michael Sands (Monster of The Week) before diving into the first ever character creation for the game with Zoe, who we last heard from in the first episode! You can find out where to follow the show here: http…

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Designing Fight or Fright: S1E4 - That's Character Development (Ft. Jay Dragon) 29:48

1+ y ago29:48

29:48

Welcome back to Wait, Roll That Again! On this week’s episode, I start the process on the biggest part of design so far - the character options. I want the players to feel like they've got lots of options to explore in the game, and meaningful choices to make. To start this conversation, I brought on designer and editorial director at Possum Creek …

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Designing Fight or Fright: S1E3 - Many-Faced Math Rocks: (Ft. Michael Sands) 32:10

1+ y ago32:10

32:10

Welcome back to Wait, Roll That Again! On this week’s episode, I take the tips from the last few weeks and apply them to my first pieces of design for my TTRPG project. There’s one key conversation I felt like I needed to have before I sat down to design some mechanics. I wanted to learn about resolution and dice, so I spoke to Aotearoa-based desig…

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Designing Fight or Fright: S1E2 - Studying the Books (Ft. Ashley Warren) 28:02

1+ y ago28:02

28:02

We're making a game together - but first, we've got to learn from the experts. That's right, we're talking about study, how it can be fun, and why it's an important step in TTRPG design. To talk about study as part of our designer creative process, Alex talks to Ashley Warren, a designer and director of the Storytelling Collective! To find Ashley's…

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Designing Fight or Fright: S1E1 - The TTRPG Design Rainbow (feat. Morgan Davie) 32:47

1+ y ago32:47

32:47

It's our first episode! Lets talk TTRPG Game Design, and we'll start at the basics. This episode, Alex speaks to some players at his game table about their experiences getting into gaming, and then with Game Designer Morgan Davie (a|state, paranormal wellington) about how we can get into designing games ourselves! Morgan can be found at his twitter…

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TRAILER - Wait, Roll That Again! Season One! 1:16

1+ y ago1:16

1:16

Let's Make a Game Together! A TTRPG Design podcast that takes you through your first steps to building a game alongside Alex, a brand new game designer. You'll hear from leading, award winning and vastly experienced designers as they help Alex get a better idea of how to make a game from the ground up. Coming June 15th 2023, and releasing fortnight…

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Ep. 3 Playing for Gold 2:45:50

2y ago2:45:50

2:45:50

The Party goes through with their attempt at heisting The Golden Pouch.

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Ep. 2 The Welcoming Party 1:19:41

2+ y ago1:19:41

1:19:41

The group finds themselves in the presence of the Tabaxi (Alexander) and Warfirged (R.E.G.I.No.17) who offer the group a source of income and artifacts for working alongside them in their pursuit to eliminate some of the corruption in the world of Ta’ Rashal.

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Ep. 1. Breaking and Entering 3:08:15

2+ y ago3:08:15

3:08:15

Nagai, Randal, Sly, and Yodiggity set off in search for the alleged town cannibal and well known researcher, Thadeus Bidswell. The group finds themselves having to break into his mansion in order to retrieve his head, but it doesn’t go as they expected it to.

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Tales From Ta’ Rashal (Lynnon) 3:04:09

2+ y ago3:04:09

3:04:09

Ader, Gorath, and Silas are recruited to obtain a few eggs. Not your typical eggs, Wyvern eggs specifically. High jinx ensues and they have a change in plans.

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Tales From Ta’ Rashal (Delmire pt. 2) 46:34

2+ y ago46:34

46:34

This only takes a few minutes

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Tales From Ta’ Rashal (Delmire pt. 1) 2:58:22

3y ago2:58:22

2:58:22

Four investigators are called in to solve the murder of William Graft, the chairman of financial distribution. Can they solve the case or will they get the wrong guy?

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Tales From Ta’ Rashal (Moonscrest) 4:09:33

3y ago4:09:33

4:09:33

A bounty hunter and his compatriots are tasked with taking care of Bandit Leader, Giles Ne’Ville. Things don’t exactly go to plan and the group bites off more than they can chew.

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World Building (Finale) 1:04:16

3y ago1:04:16

1:04:16

After hours of building, the group is exhausted with continuing and work to end it ASAP.

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World Building (part 2) 3:03:24

3y ago3:03:24

3:03:24

We continue playing Dawn of Wolds, reaching the end of Age 2 this session. Next week will begin Age 3, the era of alliances and wars.

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World Building (Part 1) 2:33:13

3y ago2:33:13

2:33:13

We explore a new world building system called Dawn of Wolrds where we work through “ages” to establish landscapes, races, cities, and history itself.

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Off The Rails 2:41:19

3+ y ago2:41:19

2:41:19

Still not going to plan.

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Off The Rails 2:33:42

3+ y ago2:33:42

2:33:42

Things definitely don’t go to...

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Off The Rails 2:58:20

3+ y ago2:58:20

2:58:20

Fuckoff, Sofa, and Lucian are hired by their mutual benefactor, Gundren Rockseeker, to escort a carriage of mysterious goods. Things don’t go exactly to plan.

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The Tale of Crystal Plains: Ep 8 (Split Decisions) 2:53:22

3+ y ago2:53:22

2:53:22

Everyone gets preoccupied doing their own thing.

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The Tale of Crystal Plains: Ep. 7 (Beginning a New Hunt) 2:22:41

4y ago2:22:41

2:22:41

The party is surprised when a new face shows in town asking about the supernatural. They give him a slight tour of the town and stall him from searching to determine whether or not to clue him in on what’s been going on.

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The Tale of Crystal Plains: Ep 6 (Chapter 1 Finale) 2:56:08

4y ago2:56:08

2:56:08

The group finally traps and kills the spider and learn the truth behind what has been happening.

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The Tale of Crystal Plains: Ep. 5 (Beginning of End) 2:15:34

4y ago2:15:34

2:15:34

The Dick and Gus find Cain and the group makes a plan I guess, if you can call it a a plan.

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The Tale of Crystal Plains: Ep. 4 (The Aftermath) 2:39:34

4y ago2:39:34

2:39:34

Having seen Cain for the first time in a while, Dick attempts to locate him with the help of Gus.

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The Tale of Crystal Plains: Ep. 3 (The Descent) 2:50:47

4y ago2:50:47

2:50:47

Gus is pulled down into the spider’s lair underneath the earth. Can Dick, Cain, and sheriff Ross save Gus before he becomes a midnight snack?

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The Tale of Crystal Plains: Ep. 2 (The Search Begins) 2:55:37

4y ago2:55:37

2:55:37

Dick and Gus individually decide to go looking for any clues that might lead to Randy. Will they find something that will help or maybe something far from helpful?