While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). Rock, paper, scissors, protect, load, gun. We learn about Adam’s poker opinions and bluffstyle. There is a strong potato energy in this episode. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst . Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find th...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 8 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). Procedural generation, Signs of the Sojourner, and more! We go deep on an upcoming game and the procedural tools used to explore every avenue of play. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst . Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! F...
Apr 23, 2021•1 hr 6 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). In this episode, we brainstorm a new type of jam, the Tech Jam! Join here: https://itch.io/jam/tech-jam . Also, we figure out what games want, airdrop violence, and more! Cannot call this the slurp episode, but that won't stop you, will it. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst . Music by Will Jobst, available...
Apr 06, 2021•1 hr
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). Captain. Fellows. The games begin. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst ....
Mar 30, 2021•59 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). In this episode: we design a Fallout game inspired by our reverse funnel conversation last episode. We chat about half-remembered Boston locations, Cait from the Combat Zone, and perks. Perks... perks never changes. S. E. H. M. E. T. A. E. R. E. E. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, ava...
Mar 23, 2021•1 hr 1 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . In this episode: the reverse funnel, dungeon spirits, multiplayer AI, and the a LOT of Wizard of Oz. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst ....
Mar 16, 2021•1 hr 3 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . In an attempt to assist future attempts to catalog this podcast, the actually good stuff we talk about are hexing a story map, storying a hex map, and a visual description of something complicated. We bash a game about Starship Troopers within a complicated hex framework. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.c...
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . On this episode: ASAC Schrader, the self-soothing of a game designer’s brain, and the strongest all time animal. Get Aether Operations right here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/floatingchairclub/aeops Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst ....
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 7 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . We mention a TON of Zine Quest 3 projects in this episode--please direct your dollars toward those projects, and check pages for preorder links! Thanks to everyone who sent a voice message recommending your favorite zines. Get TORQ: rallyraid roleplaying right here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/willjobst/torq Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by...
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 8 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . Send us your zinequest picks! Send us your Spiral: Book of Saw picks! Send us your very best medicine because we are metaphysically sick! Get TORQ: rallyraid roleplaying right here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/willjobst/torq Get Babes in the Wood 2e right here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adamxvass/babes . Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst M...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 6 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . This is a big “catching them all” episode. Also Psycho Goreman, Kickstarter’s interpretation of itself, and more! We bash together a game of legendary proportions. Get Babes in the Wood 2e right here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adamxvass/babes . Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst ....
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 7 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . Go out and watch Speed Racer (2008) right now. Also, we put up a bounty board for zines we want. Get Babes in the Wood 2e right here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adamxvass/babes . Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst ....
Jan 20, 2021•1 hr 1 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . Anxiety podcasting like the best of them. We’re excited on this one! Predictions for the short and long-term, Control inspirations, and Vasstradamaus. Get Babes in the Wood 2e right here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adamxvass/babes . Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst ....
Jan 14, 2021•1 hr 6 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . Adam Vass and Will Jobst are two game designers making a podcast! If you're new, start here—we'll catch you up. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst . Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discordapp.com/invite/SgnU8ZB ....
Jan 06, 2021•13 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . Fighting bats, finding fun, and brain storming Cybermetal and Torq. We talk about modern/violent settings that don’t use guns, debt as a core activity, and making alt-futures. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst ....
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 3 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . We’re just looking at a bunch of marble. That’s what a podcast is--it’s just wave forms and chisels. We talk about meta metacurrencies, micro and mecro transactions, and bloon. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst ....
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 4 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . I'm moving y'all, no time for shownotes. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst ....
Dec 17, 2020•59 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . In this one, we talk about Open World RPG, available on itch.io right now! We chat special sauces, play experiences starting from the rules or from the head, and shirts that fell off the truck. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst ....
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 2 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . Craigslist, pickup truck space, Yahtzee, and more. Adam reveals a mysterious new type of nostalgia. We make table games, not computer games for computer and gameboy. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst . Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discordapp.c...
Dec 02, 2020•57 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . Tweeting is hard. Moving is challenging. Adam and Will have to take a big break in the middle of the episode. Fuck an episode decsiption, go to the Brain Trust Science Fair and pick up the 23 coolest games out of the Brain Trust for $40! https://itch.io/b/681/the-brain-trust-presents-science-fair Here’s the panel from Working on a Dime where Adam discusses anticipate in RPGS: https:...
Nov 26, 2020•56 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . Torq, Cyber Metal, serialized rpgs, instragram endless scroll, Norman Reedus, box QWOP, and more. We really don’t stop until we’re done on this episode. Plans for ZineQuest 2021, Will’s moving tips, and applying comix publishing to game zines. This year has felt slightly longer than other years, no? Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, avail...
Nov 17, 2020•1 hr 19 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . It’s our fiftieth episode! No celebration. Will and Adam talk about bespoke RPG items and how making small runs and micro runs and runs of one is good. Also minecraft. Is Steve smiling? Or is it a beard. I’m not asking you to tell me the answer. I’m suggesting you think long and hard. We also talk about games that don’t take for granted the hangups of the medium. Find Adam on Twitte...
Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 3 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . It’s like an attract mode of an arcade cabinet but for a headstone. That headstone is for Adam Vass, inventor of Reggs. We create two games to play on another podcast, both with [R]eggs. Look it’s election day and I just want to get this podcast to you. The box has a name. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud....
Nov 03, 2020•57 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . AN ILLUSIVE NIGHT RECORDING. Spoilers for the $tranger Thing$ 3 in-car soiree.Drive-in experiences. 11 casting call. The quarry. Cars. This episode is wheeling and dealing, just like the D&D drive through. What rules minutiae question would you ask? I would ask if Tensor’s Floating Disk could hold another Tensor’s Floating Disk on it. Then you could just multiply the weight requ...
Oct 27, 2020•59 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . Game vacation is what we talk about today. What is a vacation anyway? Do we live our anti-lives, or is it an expression of the interior true life? Quincy or Quoncy? Adam and Will discuss what their two-weeks off looks like, what are the goals or the non-goals? Also Will plays a tiktok on air. Yikes! What else. We also talk about stretch goals theory--the theory is that they’re bad. ...
Oct 20, 2020•1 hr
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . Bottoms up, and the devil laughs. We crack cold ones (caffeinated drinks) before we crack gold ones (ideas). We’re talking about pseudo-live games with artboards and demon blood and boxing machines and all of that. It's the day of the big meat and I know this judge likes minions. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soun...
Oct 14, 2020•52 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . With this episode we know the layout, the bosses, the nooks and crannies of the level. It’s a roguelike run and we’re making our way through. We know we won’t make it all the way, but the information we get, the skill we gain… it’s all worth it. On this one the big guy gets it, and by that I mean Adam and Will talk about roguelikes, adapting games for online play, and jolly ranchers...
Oct 07, 2020•1 hr 5 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . Some St. Anger on this one. We talk more in-depth about bounty-board style crowdfunding, season of design, and licensing. We talk about our dream license, listening to a lot of Bastionland podcast, and giving our phone numbers to Robert Eggers. We chat about Will’s work-in-progress MORK BORG post-apocalyptic car world hack TORQUE [BORG]. How do we implement some system-doesn’t-matte...
Sep 29, 2020•1 hr 10 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . Pan-shot! Dinosaurs versus yetis. We’re talking about other methods of crowdfunding, looking at traditional publishing, pre-Kickstarter ransom projects, and more! How do we take Kickstarter mentality and not give 10% to unionbusters and credit card companies? What’s a creatively sustainable alternative to Patreon? Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Wi...
Sep 22, 2020•1 hr 8 min
While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ . Nobody extends a metaphor like tabletop game designers. It’s a survival tool, you play inside the metaphors. Metaphors, we call them. I truly hope any fish listening can understand where we’re coming from. I’m linking NONE of the tiktoks or pictures we mentioned on the show. I’m sorry. If you came here to check please @ me on twitter and I’ll try and find them. Find Adam on Twitter ...
Sep 17, 2020•1 hr 3 min
