Crunch... or Flow?

-- Description -- New topic, new name, same spirit! Talking gaming, there is a perpetual debate between how many rules you need or how much crunch you prefer - but are we asking the wrong question? Do we actually care about the mechanics of the game, or do we care about the way it handles at the table? Then - some voicemail conversation: folks are interested in maps, drawing maps, and whether or not they should be taken away! Passionate, as well, and want to get in on the conversation, yourself? New! Send in a voicemail on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/WhisperingGMPodcast Or join the conversation on Spotify for Podcasters: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/message Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog: https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/ ...or come hang out with all of us on Discord: https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn Delve on! -- Show Notes -- 00:00 - Intro & State of the Podcast 05:38 - Theme 06:08 - Crunch... or Flow? 12:31 - Flow in ACKS 17:06 - Flow in DCC 23:33 - What do y'all think? 24:24 - Call In! Ricardo the OSR Lurker on Min-Maxing 28:51 - Call In! Nerds Variety Jason will Take Your Maps 36:07 - ...but will he trap your scroll cases? 38:54 - ...an epiphany about scroll case traps 40:01 - Call In! First Time David: Maps as a Player Tool 46:29 - Call In! Bandit's Keep Daniel 49:56 - Outro -- Links -- Monsters & Treasure: How Simple is Too Simple? https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monsters-and-treasure/episodes/How-simple-is-too-simple--Game-design-chat-e206no6 ACKS - https://www3.autarch.co/?page_id=128 DCC - https://goodman-games.com/dungeon-crawl-classics-rpg/ Hobbs' Gamerhood: - https://discord.gg/d6BmmAa - https://hobbsnfriends.com/ - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason-hobbs - https://www.youtube.com/@JasonHobbs - https://www.twitch.tv/hobbs665 Nerd's Variety Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376 Bandit's Keep: - Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-norton/ - Solo OD&D: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLWlyyPUNLSxVSJUJ5hxyqKMDZnE5LQ9M