This week, Ryan gets gaming luminary Kenneth Hite on the show. They start by talking about Ken's upcoming book, Adventures Into Darkness, and then go into talking about designers notes, pulling from other games and the continuing evolution of game design. Afterwards, Ryan talks about his experiences playtesting at Go Play NW, helping out with A Penny For My Thoughts & Sea Dracula as well as testing his own game, Know Thyself.

Games mentioned:

• Adventures Into Darkness available soon at Ronin Arts
• Ken Hite's Dubious Shards
• Ken Hite's Tarot of Cthulhu: Major Arcana
• d20 by Wizards of the Coast
• Dogs in the Vineyard by Lumpley Games
• Dungeons & Dragons by Wizards of the Coast
• FASERIP
• Ghostbusters by West End Games (Wikipedia entry)
• GUMSHOE by Robin Laws
• Monte Cook Presents: Iron Heroes
• The Mountain Witch by Timfire Publishing
• Mutants & Masterminds by Green Ronin Publishing
• Sorcerer by Adept Press
• Spycraft 2.0 by Crafty Games
• Star Trek Roleplaying Gameby Dechiper
• Thirty by Wicked Dead Brewing Company
• Truth & Justice by Atomic Sock Monkey Press
• Vampire: The Requiem by White Wolf Publishing
• Requiem Chronicler's Guide by White Wolf Publishing
• Wild Talents by Arc Dream Publishing
• World of Darkness by White Wolf Publishing
• Unknown Armies by Atlas Games

Other mentions:

• Ronin Arts
• The Forge
• GNS Theory (WikiPedia article)
• Story Games for Everybody
• Master Plan

Playtesting at Go Play NW:

• Go Play NW
• A Penny For My Thoughts by Paul Tevis @ Master Mines
• Know Thyself by Ryan Macklin @ Master Mines
• Sea Dracula by Jake Richmond & Nick Smith (link to PDF)
• Talk about Sea Dracula
• Go Play NW aftermath including Sea Dracula talk
• Photos of us playing Sea Dracula (I'm the guy in the gray sweatshirt)

Plugs & Bumps:

• Finis: A Book of Endings to Give People New Beginnings
• GOBLIN: Gaming Broadcast Network
• Canon Puncture
• Atomic Sock Monkey Press
• The Ashcan Front

Running time: 30 minutes, 16 seconds / File size: 21.2 MB

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Ryan interviews Matt Snyder and Paul Czege from The Ashcan Front. They talk about what an ashcan is when it comes to a game development, how to better achieve design goals with ashcans, and about what they're trying to accomplish with The Ashcan Front. Afterwards, Ryan talks briefly about his book now available for pre-order, Finis: A Book of Endings to Give People New Beginnings.

The Ashcan Front:

• The Ashcan Front
• Interview with Paul Czege on Theory From The Closet
• Interview with Paul Czege on Canon Puncture

Finis:

• Finis: A Book of Endings to Give People New Beginnnings
• A PDF of Paul Tevis' story, The Tome (700K PDF)
• Pre-order now at Indie Press Revolution
  The pre-order includes a signed copy & a PDF. It ends July 18, 2007.

Other Mentions:

• Gaming Podcast Network
• Game Chef
• Paul Tevis's podcast, Have Games, Will Travel

Running time: 29 minutes, 24 seconds / File size: 11.7 MB

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