Malandros Design Notes: The People You Meet

A new installment of Malandros Design Notes, talking about what I think are the best bits of character creation game-design tech in Dramasystem and why you should use them for everything.This podcast is made possible thanks to my kind supporters at patreon.com/porcupinepublishing/

This episode of the Malandros design notes is examining the section entitled "The People You Meet" – basically the section on playbooks/character archetypes – and how it uses specific choices in imagery and text to engender the atmosphere of Malandros and nudge players toward the kind of gameplay that it's designed for.To get pod episodes as soon as they come out, and access to all the stuff I publish there, support my design work on Patreon: www.patreon.com/porcupinepublishing

Where you live, what you eat, and the other places you go. All covered in this bit of the Malandros book. But how and why?

A look at two of the more difficult pages to write, one for the heavy subject matter, one for the specificity of the concepts involved.

Beginnings are always difficult. Here's this one.

Commentary on the RPG Malandros.

Commentary on the RPG Malandros.

Comments on games I have played in 2024! This podcast is supported on Patreon by attractive, wise people who make good decisions. If you would like to join their ranks, visit https://www.patreon.com/porcupinepublishing Games mentioned: The Eternal Grind Cafe written by Olga N. Patijn, illustrated by Anna K. Molla https://mottokrosh.com/machinations/the-eternal-grind-cafe/ Cyberpunk 2020: Land of the Free written by William Moss, Michael MacDonald, Lisa Pondsmith https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/121809/land-of-the-free Capes and Cloaks and Cowls and a Park by Frank Reding, Diogo Nogueira, Katie Wakelin https://mottokrosh.com/machinations/capes-and-cloaks/ Any Planet is Earth written by Jim Parkin https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/318283/any-planet-is-earth Eat the Reich written by Grant Howitt, illustrated by Will Kirkby https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/eat-the-reich/?v=ae4171856a75 Dune 2d20 by a panoply of authors – the "Kernel of Something" adventure is in fact "Kernels of Doubt" https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/4329/modiphius/category/37485/dune-adventures-in-the-imperium?keyword=dune Der Sänger von Dhol by Florian Hardt, Steffen Schütte, Andreas Melhorn https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/113007/cthulhu-der-saenger-von-dhol PUSH by Cezar Capacle https://capacle.itch.io/push Road Racers, Paris du Look, The Last Laugh, Mountain Bus Trip – see the Patreon feed!

A podcast exploring the Appendix N of Revolution Comes to the Kingdom. This episode is about the point-and-click adventure game Chinatown Detective Agency.

A podcast exploring the Appendix N of Revolution Comes to the Kingdom. This episode is about the first-person shooter Far Cry 3.