Master Plan #10: Interview with Ken Hite, Playtesting at Go Play NW

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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