Brain Trust

Brain Trust

By Adam Vass & Will JobstLeisureGames
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Brain Trust episodes

  • Roles and Oubliette Strategies

    Season 1, Episode 2: In this episode, we talk about the meta roles at the RPG table, asymmetrical stats, and a playstorm where we go goblin mode. 

    Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more! 

    Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/.

    Appendix N:

    Sixth Sense

    Scanners

    Plasmodics: mutant freaks in the weird future

    Disco Elysium

    Among Us (amongus)

    Dungeons and Dragons 3.5

    Kim Diaz Holm

    Robin’s Laws of Good Gamemastering

    Campfire

    Into the Odd

    A Ship of Theseus RPG

    Oblique Strategies

    Occult Strategies

    59 min
  • New Starts and Firestarters

    Season 1, Episode 1: In this episode we talk about the structure of the show, how we plan to make it, and what kind of things we’ll talk about. We introduce the Techlab with our first topic: what makes a good first sentence or intro paragraph of an RPG? 

    Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more! 

    Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/.


    Appendix N:

    Texas Chainsaw Massacre 

    Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

    Wolves Upon the Coast

    How to Summon a Spirit

    TORQ: rallyraid roleplaying

    Plasmodics: mutant freaks in the weird future

    Cybermetal 2012



    54 min
  • Season Preview

    Season 1, Episode 0

    Adam Vass and Will Jobst are back with another season of the Brain Trust podcast, starting this Thursday! In this preview episode, get to know our new format, release schedule, and how to support us. 

    Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more! 


    Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/.

    6 min
  • Live Outside Gen Con (Gen Con 2023)

    We have an exciting new opportunity for you, and some tickets to sell. We chat about mentorship and how to knowledge share with others, and preview some upcoming games! 

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    Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst

    Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.

    Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/vGB9UYYveK

    40 min
  • Live at a Conference (Gen Con 2023)

    We’re over in sunny Fort Wayne for the latest and greatest Gen Con. We pick our BarbieHiemer games and talk about Dr. Adam Divorce. 

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    Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst

    Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.


    Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/vGB9UYYveK

    42 min
  • Three More Questions

    We answer questions about reengaging with WIPS, designing the roleplaying out of rpgs, and the three new questions of design.

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    Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst

    Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.


    Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/vGB9UYYveK

    45 min
  • Don't Scam Yourself

    We’re chatting about collaboration, Guns n’ Roses, and how we like to work with each other!

    1978: The Night THEY Came Home. Go to 1978.games and reserve your copy today! 

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    Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst

    Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.


    Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/vGB9UYYveK

    48 min
  • Triangulating

    Today, we debut Adam’s newest RPG and crowdfunding campaign: 1978: The Night THEY Came Home. Go to 1978.games and reserve your copy today! 

    We chat about all things 1978, the shared nightmare of being in school again, triangulating where a game fits in the world, and updates on our projects and lives. 

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    Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst

    Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.

    Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/vGB9UYYveK


    59 min
  • How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Zine

    We’re back! Talking about shirts, mousetrap, making zines, and Adam’s game Sweet Revenge. 

    Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst

    Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.
    Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/vGB9UYYveK

    56 min
  • Zines and Mushrooms

    While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks (https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/) and Black Lives Matter (https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/).

    Today we’re talking about zines, available across the internet for Zine Month 2023!

    • The Lovers
    • Plasmodics
    • Sweet Revenge 
    • Horse Girl
    • Chiron’s Doom
    • Electrum Archive #2
    • Miru 2
    • Strictly Between Us
    • Contact
    • Low-Res Futures
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      Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst

      Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.

      Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/vGB9UYYveK

      59 min

    About Brain Trust

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    Indie tabletop RPG designers Adam Vass and Will Jobst make roleplaying games, chat theory, and be friends online.