Composure (Antiquarian Adventures) with Decemeber

Transcript This week, Sam talks with December (this episode was recorded while she used an old name and pronouns) about Composure, a player resource mechanic from Ash McAllen’s game Antiquarian Adventures. December is currently Kickstarting his game Nasty Brutish and Long, a simple RPG about lives complicated by revolution. Some topics discussed today: * Failure and conflict, why they're great, and mechanics that encourage players to embrace them * Genre and mechanics that support it * Simplifying mechanics when hacking, with Blades in the Dark as an example * Passing the spotlight at the table Games mentioned: * Antiquarian Adventures * Blades in the Dark * Fiasco Sam’s blog post whether conflict is necessary in RPGs James Mendez Hodes’ website and blog Pam Punzalan’s blog post “The Unbearable Otherness of a Global South Creator” Asians Represent podcast on Twitter Michael’s on Twitter, dice.camp, itch.io, and other places @NotWriting Sam is @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 Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!