State of the Network 2017

How to Start Writing A Playbook

Stop, Hack, and First Down

In this episode Brandon and James are joined by Elsbeth to sit down and play the Signal Light hack of Microscope that James wrote. In this episode they use Signal Light to create Protean City, home to the heroes of our new podcast Protean City Comics....

Episode 34 - Signal Lights In this episode Brandon and James talk an odd kind of hack designed to bridge the gap between two games. Specifically they chat about James’s game Signal Light, a hack of Microscope designed to build a setting for...

In this episode Brandon and James ramble about play by post games, but eventually get on point talking about nation states, kingly moves, and other faction tier movings and shakings. We talk about different tools and hacks you could use to either play...

In this episode Brandon and James reveal today’s special ingredient. It’s Special Ingredients! They chat about the Game Chef 2017 game jam and the games they did or did not submit to it. Starting with Game Chef and move on to talking about what a...

In this episode Brandon and James talk about the game Microscope by Ben Robbins and a few different hacks of the game they’ve considered writing. We low-key hype a new show we’re really seriously working on and make a lot of bad Inception...

In this episode Brandon and James talk about the action order economy and how games handle the very practical issue of dealing with sequence that events happen. They touch on structures for making sure every player gets the spotlight, but also...

In this episode Brandon and James talk about the Fiasco, the game they agreed to prep for, as well as Reflections, the game James read by accident. Then in a twist ending, James plans for a topic without telling Brandon anything. This is a good one....