11 - Sandboxing in RPGs - featuring John Harper

In this episode of RPG Heroes, we delve into our main topic: "Sandbox RPGs" with the help of the very creative John Harper, creator of "Blades in the Dark", an award-winning sandbox RPG that revolves around heists. We talk about sandbox RPGs, letting players drive the game, hacking games and of course who John's RPG heroes are. If you are reading these show notes in a podcast player, please go to rpgheroes.buzzsprout.com for all the links etcetera.

Useful links 

Buy Blades in the Dark on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/170689?affiliate_id=74770One Seven design (John Harper): http://www.onesevendesign.com/List of Forged in the Dark games: https://www.reddit.com/r/bladesinthedark/comments/d9u8fa/list_of_all_forged_in_the_dark_based_games/Actual Play of Blue Coats (future BitD expansion): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNuXiEYyM4isWQ8hhybnDAj3Xjz87Si5GSeth Skorkowsky on heists: https://youtu.be/147qkWA3-xw GreatGM on heists: https://youtu.be/Ow26wZLzidg FATE: https://www.evilhat.com/home/fate-core/Gamma World RPG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_WorldStars without Numbers RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/94621?affiliate_id=747707Dogs in the Vineyard RPG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_in_the_VineyardGirl by Moonlight RPG: https://www.evilhat.com/home/girl-by-moonlight/Band of Blades RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/243347?affiliate_id=747707Copperhead County RPG: https://zzzwizard.itch.io/copperheadSteve Sechi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Michael_SechiVincent Baker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Baker Sons of Kryos podcast: https://archive.org/details/SonsOfKryosPodcastSean Nitnter: https://seannittner.com/

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Intro and outro music used with permission from the artist: "To Storm the Cyclopean Gates of Byzantium" by Bal-Sagoth. Check them out, EPIC band! http://www.bal-sagoth.com/ 

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