Reading The F**king Manual (w/ Max Lander & Aaron King)

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English - March 14, 2024 10:30 - 56 minutes - 52.7 MB
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Today we're talking to Max and Aaron from RTFM. Maxwell Lander is a game designer, photographer, visual artist, and also musician with an album of dungeon synth. Aaron King is a game designer whose works including Patchwork World Sixth Edition. They are both the co-hosts of RTFM, an RPG book club podcast.

Show Notes:

[00:02:49] Why start an RPG bookclub podcast?

[00:14:43] What each person brings to the table

[00:28:47] Critiquing RPGs as an artform

[00:41:24] Infectious Enthusiasm: Sagas of the Icelanders, Bloodfeud

[00:45:03] Tyranny of Numbers

[00:50:08] RePlay

[00:53:13] All Advice is Advice For Myself: Prep more, be less?