Rule of Carnage: Designing Better Miniatures Games

Rule of Carnage: Designing Better Miniatures Games

By Glenn Ford and Mike HutchinsonLeisureHobbies
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Rule of Carnage: Designing Better Miniatures Games episodes

  • Ep 172: How To Keep Players Playing

    How can you retain your player base? Is that something we should be focused on as indie designers? Can the way we design our games make player more or less likely to stick around?

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    If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

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    Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

    Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

    The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

    If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

    Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

    Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames


    22 min
  • Ep 171: Getting Data From Playtesting

    Can you get actual data from your playtesting? What sort of data? Can I trust it?

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    If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

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    Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

    Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

    The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

    If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

    Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

    Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames


    29 min
  • Ep 170: Narrative miniature games

    What is a narrative miniatures game?

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    If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

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    Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

    Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

    The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

    If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

    Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

    Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames


    37 min
  • Ep 169: Let's Redesign... Judge Dredd: The Miniatures Game

    Episode 169. The guys have been wondering about how they might redesign some popular games based on the imagined brief they might be based on. Next up, Judge Dredd!

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    If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

    ===

    Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

    Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

    The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

    If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

    Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

    Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames


    34 min
  • Ep 168: Gubbins

    Does your game need gubbins? And widgets? Mike seems to like them more than Glenn. They might be a good idea. They might not.

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    If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

    ===

    Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

    Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

    The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

    If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

    Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

    Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames


    36 min
  • Ep 167: Non-Combat Miniatures Games

    Glenn is a big believer in the power of miniatures games without violence and the stories they can tell. Mike struggles to find interesting stories in them. Let's talk about it.

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    If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

    ===

    Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

    Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

    The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

    If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

    Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

    Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

    35 min
  • Ep 166: What is your game's Core Loop?

    Loops are very important in your game's design, but what are they? How do you make a good one?

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    If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

    ===

    Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

    Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

    The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

    If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

    Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

    Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

    31 min
  • Ep 165: Let's Re-design... Battlefleet Gothic

    The guys have been wondering about how they might redesign some popular games based on an imagined brief. Next up: Battlefleet Gothic.
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    If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

    ===

    Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

    Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

    The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

    If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

    Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

    Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

    41 min
  • Ep 164: Let's Redesign... X-Wing Miniatures Game

    In Episode 164 The guys have been wondering about how they might redesign some popular games based on the imagined brief they might be based on. Next up, Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game.

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    If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

    ===

    Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

    Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

    The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

    If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

    Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

    Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

    55 min
  • Ep 163: Chain reactions & emergent gameplay

    Ep 163. Mike has been reading some very old battle reports, and he's been thinking about how everything was just much better in the good old days. Glenn thinks this is a load of rose tinted old bunkum, but is willing to humour the old boy.
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    If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

    ===

    Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

    Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

    The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

    If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

    Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

    Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

    36 min

About Rule of Carnage: Designing Better Miniatures Games

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Game designers Mike Hutchinson and Glenn Ford talk about the craft of designing tabletop miniatures games. In depth discussions into a wide range of game design topics and tips.

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