Rolling The Dice (Lasers & Feelings) with Ray Chou

Transcript

This week’s cohost is Ray Chou, who brings Rolling The Dice from John Harper’s iconic one page RPG Lasers & Feelings.

Topics discussed include:

* Minimalism

* Underlining genre through mechanics

* Episodic vs serialized stories

* When you should roll dice

* Randomness and fate in real life

* Beer & pretzels gaming

Games mentioned:

* Lasers and Feelings

* Cows and Boys

* Honey Heist

* 316 Carnage Amongst the Stars

* Heart: The City Beneath

* Couriers

Sam’s designer commentary on his own Lasers & Feelings hack, Couriers, can be found here.

You can find Ray's publishing company at myth.works.

You can find Sam @sdunnewold on Twitter, dice.camp, and itch.io.

The Dice Exploder logo is by sporgory, and the theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey.