In this episode the guys start talking about collaboration. Specifically, they talk about their own history of collaborating, how they started working together on the highly successful Gaslands and where they found common ground. They then move on to talking about Skulljacker, a lost game that suffered from more poorly defined collaborative goals and guidelines. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews.

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In this episode the guys talk about some projects they're working on, Glenn's projects Crash T.V. (a co-operative game where players are forced into competing in deadly gameshows in a dystopian future) and Pitch and Yaw (an asymmetrical game of high seas pirate boarding actions) and Mike's Berserker (a solo game with little random number generation about chaining kills in a hell dimension). Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews.

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

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

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In this episode the guys try to figure out exactly why they keep writing campaign systems for their games. Campaign systems are hard to playtest, tough to balance and rarely played, all of which are excellent reasons to never write another one, and yet write them they do. Why do they choose to do such a thing and why won't they ever stop? They're not really sure, but they're happy to talk about it irrespective. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews.

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

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

Take a look at the podcast as a video on YouTube: Rule of Carnage - YouTube

In this episode the guys chat about what they like so much about Games Workshop classic game Man O' War. They try to figure out what clicks about this game despite its significant failings and why it holds a special place in their hearts, and a little bit about what that can teach us for our own designs. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews.

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

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

Take a look at the podcast as a video on YouTube: Rule of Carnage - YouTube

In this episode the guys discuss putting plot armour on your games. When players are battling each other they will often do the "wrong thing" in narrative terms. Without wanting to restrict player choices game designers will want to guide and assist them in creating a satisfying story, how to do that is what this episode is all about. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews.

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

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

Take a look at the podcast as a video on YouTube: Rule of Carnage - YouTube

In this episode the guys discuss theme in game design, firstly they spend a while discussing a more accurate and specific definition of theme than is generally used in the description of tabletop games, extending it to include conceit, background and genre. Having more clearly and usefully defined their terms they go on to discuss some elements involved in creating more thematic rules and, in turn, games. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews.

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

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

Take a look at the podcast as a video on YouTube: Rule of Carnage - YouTube

In this episode the guys discuss designing solo mode systems and tabletop AI. They chat about the differences between creating a set of scenarios and systems for a pre-existing game or a whole bespoke solo mode system. In the later part of the chat they talk through some of the issues and possible solutions for designing an AI system for a game, whether as part of a bespoke solo system or to drop into an existing favourite game. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews.

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

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

Take a look at the podcast as a video on YouTube: Rule of Carnage - YouTube

In this episode the guys talk about activation advantage, the powerful situation where one player has more activations than their opponent in an alternating activation system. They suggest a handful of possible ways of lessening its effects while alerting people to its problems. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews.

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

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

Take a look at the podcast as a video on YouTube: Rule of Carnage - YouTube

In this episode the guys talk about using decks of cards for random number generation in your designs, they have a huge breadth of affordances and uses, despite being quite rarely used. They then go on to suggest some uses for cards other than just random number generation. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews.

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

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

Take a look at the podcast as a video on YouTube: Rule of Carnage - YouTube

In this episode Glenn presents the idea that most shooting in most skirmish games is basically not very good. He suggests that shooting is hard to make interesting and that a lot of games don't really bother, and that its almost always a long way from accurate as a simulation. Glenn and Mike are the developer and designer respectively of games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled and A Billion Suns and here they talk about how, why and sometimes if to design tabletop miniatures games with discussions, tips, reviews and interviews.

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

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

Take a look at the podcast as a video on YouTube: Rule of Carnage - YouTube