
About this episode
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:
* 316 Carnage Amongst the Stars
* 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.
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