While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). On this episode, we talk about our 2023 goals, what vape carts go with what RPGs, the Jobst Style Guide, Adam’s consulting, giving back to the community, making a million dollars, and more! ____ Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst . Also, the...
Jan 24, 2023•54 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). On this episode, we rank the best stuff of 2022! For spoilers and links to our favorites, check them out below: . . . . Most useful randomizer Adam: hand-made oracle cards Will: hand-churned google sheets randomizers Character of the year Will: John Locke from LOST Adam: Pumpkin kid from @hh_toys_inc Worst WIP Adam: SOULBURNER Wi...
Jan 03, 2023•1 hr 18 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). On this episode, we talk about the new Pokemon, the differences between storage lockers and graveyards, and make a game after our favorite Cabinet of Curiosities 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’...
Dec 14, 2022•45 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). On this episode, we review a leaked copy of One D&D, that we absolutely acquired. It devolves into Adam and Will playing “keep one and leave one” for all the mechanics of D&D until it’s something we like. Wet dragon. ____ Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://s...
Nov 22, 2022•50 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). On this episode, we talk to game designer, podcaster, and collage EXPERT Aaron King about Patchwork World, wonder cabinets, loud neighbors, and play a game of our own creation! ____ Find Aaron’s games at https://erinking.itch.io/ and listen to RTFM at http://www.rtfmcast.com/ Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jo...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 1 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). On this episode, we talk about Halloween and make a game about the seasonal Halloween megastore: Spirit Halloween! We chat about Dragonball, Resident Evil, making small games and big games and the struggles with both! ____ Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundclo...
Oct 19, 2022•48 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). On this episode we talk about peripherals, solo games, what we love about them, what we personally find friction with. We make one, and answer some questions from the Brain Trust! ____ 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 dis...
Sep 21, 2022•58 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). On this episode, we talk about CYBERMETAL 2012, available now at https://www.worldchamp.io/store/cybermetal-2012 . We make characters and a gang for you to put in your Cybermetal game! 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 dis...
Aug 17, 2022•39 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). We’re still somewhere in Indy, plotting an anti-con. We talk about Action 5 News and make a game inspired by it! 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://discord.gg/...
Aug 09, 2022•48 min
Vote for BABES IN THE WOOD for Best Family Game in this year’s ENnies: https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2022/ballot.php?category_id=9 While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). We’re live in Indy, tailgating for Gen Con 2022. We talk about the True Dungeon meta, the dentists that came before us, and answer questions from the Brain Trust. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgamec...
Jul 19, 2022•49 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). Today we’re talking about support for jams, as we’re in the Summer-long TORQ-toyathon! Sign up for the jam for TORQ today: https://itch.io/jam/torq-design-derby 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 ...
Jul 12, 2022•58 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). What would all our projects look like under a different lens? We look at A Guide to Casting Phantoms in the Revolution, This Discord Has Ghosts in It, and Campfire, and see if we can’t skew our view. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst . Also...
Jun 10, 2022•54 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). We’re back, talking about monsters we could take on, Cybermetal, TORQ release, and an obtuse lifestyle. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst . Back Soulburner right now at dying.day . Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find th...
Apr 06, 2022•57 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). We supercollide games together for the Game(s) Jam, running now! Find it here: https://itch.io/jam/games-jam-2022 . 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://discord....
Feb 15, 2022•54 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). BACK CYBERMETAL TODAY: https://gamefound.com/projects/draft/iu788d7wrgt8w71nb52tbyfwxfp#/ . We talk 2022 trends, guns (or the lack thereof) in games, writing, a special word from BEANS, and more! Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst . Also, th...
Jan 26, 2022•55 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). BACK CYBERMETAL 2012 TODAY: https://gamefound.com/projects/draft/iu788d7wrgt8w71nb52tbyfwxfp#/ . We talk CYBERMETAL, emo cowboys, macho man, metallica, and more! 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...
Jan 11, 2022•51 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). We talk about tabling zine fairs, Kickstarter, blockchain, memory rewrites, BEANS, and more! Get CAMPFIRE at https://www.worldchamp.io/store/campfire-anthology-horror-storytelling Presave CYBERMETAL 2012 HERE: https://gamefound.com/projects/draft/iu788d7wrgt8w71nb52tbyfwxfp#/ Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jo...
Jan 04, 2022•50 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). Lifepaths, maze paths, unboxing, and bank robberies. Get CAMPFIRE at https://www.worldchamp.io/store/campfire-anthology-horror-storytelling Presave CYBERMETAL 2012 HERE: https://gamefound.com/projects/draft/iu788d7wrgt8w71nb52tbyfwxfp#/ Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at ht...
Nov 24, 2021•56 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). The Boston RPG takes shape, in this morphisode. We morph from Boston, to video games, to our ADND game, and keeping the writing spark going. Adam rolls up a random TORQ car. Preorder CAMPFIRE at braintrust.rocks Presave CYBERMETAL 2012 HERE: https://gamefound.com/projects/draft/iu788d7wrgt8w71nb52tbyfwxfp#/ Find Adam on Twitter a...
Nov 02, 2021•57 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). What If The Joker Could Beatbox , other Halloween costumes, reclaiming hobbies from our work, and more! The Good Luck Press Halloween Zine Goodie Bag is here: https://goodluckpress.co/products/halloween-game-goodie-bag?variant=41018502250690 . Preorder CAMPFIRE at braintrust.rocks Presave CYBERMETAL 2012 HERE: https://gamefound.c...
Oct 13, 2021•55 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). Gen Content, we won an award!, and a game about found-footage horror. Preorder THIS DISCORD HAS GHOSTS IN IT at https://goodluckpress.co/products/ghosts . Preorder CAMPFIRE at braintrust.rocks . Presave CYBERMETAL 2012 HERE: https://gamefound.com/projects/draft/iu788d7wrgt8w71nb52tbyfwxfp#/ Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and W...
Sep 22, 2021•54 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). Playtesting! The work of game design that is not words-to-paper. That old stuff in your movie queue you will literally never watch. Things that make you Google like a king. Preorder CAMPFIRE at braintrust.rocks Presave CYBERMETAL 2012 HERE: https://gamefound.com/projects/draft/iu788d7wrgt8w71nb52tbyfwxfp#/ Find Adam on Twitter at...
Sep 15, 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/ ). Sandbox design, interpretive scene design and how do we approach both! Goalsetting within purely player driven games, and CYBERMETAL 2012 chat. Preorder CAMPFIRE at braintrust.rocks Check out TECH JAM TACTICS here: https://itch.io/jam/tech-jam-2-tactics Presave CYBERMETAL 2012 HERE: https://gamefound.com/projects/draft/iu788d7wrg...
Sep 07, 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/ ). How we sleep, system reference documents (SRDs), a big burp, and the naked cowboy. Preorder CAMPFIRE at https://campfire.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Check out TECH JAM TACTICS here: https://itch.io/jam/tech-jam-2-tactics Presave CYBERMETAL 2012 HERE: https://gamefound.com/projects/draft/iu788d7wrgt8w71nb52tbyfwxfp#/ Find Adam ...
Aug 26, 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/ ). Talkin’ tactics, our own special way. Fictional triggers for mechanics, circles in Minecraft, and a live playstorm of a new game! Check out TECH JAM TACTICS here: https://itch.io/jam/tech-jam-2-tactics Presave CYBERMETAL 2012 HERE: https://gamefound.com/projects/draft/iu788d7wrgt8w71nb52tbyfwxfp#/ Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgamec...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 1 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). We're live, at the Olympics! We talk about things in threes, Boston glory, and make a game about rock docs called ROCK DOC. Adam's ARTIST STATEMENT bundle is available here--get it now: https://itch.io/s/54879/artist-statement-rpgs Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https:/...
Jul 29, 2021•57 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). Imagine this: pickle talk. Phantom city. Prequels. Well, you don’t need to imagine it any more, because we recorded a podcast about it. Adam dives into the line design of DARTS, including their Y2K prequel. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst...
Jul 07, 2021•1 hr 2 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). CAMPFIRE: the anthology horror storytelling game is live on Kickstarter now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/braintrust/campfire-0 In this episode, the agony of designing a playmat, Kickstarter mentality, and classic Coeus. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://so...
Jun 23, 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/ ). CAMPFIRE : the anthology horror storytelling game is live on Kickstarter now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/braintrust/campfire-0 In this episode we chat about Campfire , boxed games, what we got out of everywhere we’ve lived, imaginary games, and then a BIG chunk on Wastelanders ! If you want to get caught up with Wastela...
Jun 11, 2021•57 min
While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks ( https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ ) and Black Lives Matter ( https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ). CAMPFIRE: the anthology horror storytelling game is coming to Kickstarter on June 1st! Click Notify me on launch . In this episode, we talk about CAMPFIRE, our newest project and Brain Trust collaboration coming to Kickstarter. We visit the soundless sea, see the inner workings of Adam’s ears and Will’s mind, and chat publication...
May 19, 2021•56 min
