Master Plan #31: Designing from Other Games 3, Robin Laws on Mutant City Blues

Ryan talks with gaming luminary Robin Laws about his upcoming game, Mutant City Blues. Mutant City Blues is the latest GUMSHOE game, this one not focused on the horror genre but on police procedurals & super-powers. They talk about designing this game from the original GUMSHOE framework, what was changed to make the game focused on the new premise, and overall the experiences of making this game. Throughout the show, Robin also talks a bit about moments in GUMSHOE's design in general.



Robin Laws & GUMSHOE:
Mutant City Blues (You can get the Quade Diagram here)
The Esoterrorists
Fear Itself
Trail of Cthulhu by Kenneth Hite
Other mentions:
Call of Cthulhu by Chaosium
Campaign Cartographer by ProFantasy Software
Running time: 30:34 / File size: 21.1 MB



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