Hannah and Evan discuss the trials and tribulations of offering a "deluxe" version of a game on Kickstarter. How do you balance the quality, the complexity, and the pressure to compete with mass-produced games?

Theme song by Pat King

Editing  by Jeff Stormer of Party of One Podcast

We sold out of Questlandias, and have decided to revamp it for the next print run! We talk about returning to our first game with both appreciation for what it is, and an intention to improve it.

Theme song by Pat King

Editing by Jeff Stormer of Party of One Podcast

We talk about what makes a game's scope big or small, why Q2 has taken so long, and all the projects we've made in the meantime.

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We talk about how we've redesigned the structure of our workday, because boundaries around work are important even when—and ESPECIALLY when—it's work you love.

Design doc intro/outro theme: by Pat King

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We sit down for an unplanned recording of Design Doc when Evan says something sad.

Note: This episode discusses the toll that work can take on physical and mental health.

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In this episode we talk about completing a project that made us our own worst bosses and what it's like coming back from burnout.

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Its purpose, the act of creation. Its destiny, unknowable. Today's episode is about a bike on skis.

Character creation in Questlandia 1 lasted two hours. Character creation in Questlandia 2 is five minutes. What changed?

Intro/Outro music: by Pat King

The junk poets are changing again. This time, maybe in a spoooooky way.

We talk again about the junk poets as GMing tools and making them less corporeal, but more present than ever.

Questlandia 2 is a campaign game with no Game Master. Without a designated person in the GM role, that responsibility must be distributed among all players. We talk about how the Junk Poets can support every player in the GM role.