System Mastery

By Jef Aldrich and Jon TaylorLeisure Games Hobbies

System Mastery episodes

February 16, 2016 Synnibarr 3rd Edition – System Mastery 63
We stop by the realms of Raven “Combat Spanking” McCracken once more to see if there’s still the fires of mad genius behind his eyes. Will we find more incredible […]
1 hr 10 min
February 09, 2016 Alternate History – Afterthought 25
We take a little time to discuss our own favorite alternate histories, like what might have happened if the Kennedy assassination didn’t, and so on. We also answer a great […]
1 hr 3 min
February 09, 2016 Alternate History – Afterthought 25
We take a little time to discuss our own favorite alternate histories, like what might have happened if the Kennedy assassination didn’t, and so on. We also answer a great […]
1 hr 3 min
February 02, 2016 Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex – System Mastery 62
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/dinosaur-planet-broncosaurus-rex-system-mastery-62.mp3
It’s become apparent over time that there are a few archetypes of bad games. You’ve got Vision of a Madman, as seen in Synnibarr or Skyrealms of Jorune. Fun-Hating Deathslog, as seen in any number of heartbreakers and serious business games. Then there’s Boring Trifle, a catch-all category that covers any game that is too boring or derivative to hold the imagination. Today’s game is a category we think of as the One Weird Thing, which is a game that would be perfectly serviceable, except the author has this one weird thing. What’s the one weird thing about Broncosaurus Rex, a game that sounds like it’s probably about cowboys riding space dinosaurs? Well if you guessed a ludicrous amount of Confederacy apologia, give yourself a prize and then ask yourself why that was your first guess.

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1 hr 11 min
February 02, 2016 Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex – System Mastery 62
It’s become apparent over time that there are a few archetypes of bad games. You’ve got Vision of a Madman, as seen in Synnibarr or Skyrealms of Jorune. Fun-Hating Deathslog, […]
1 hr 11 min
January 26, 2016 Peevish – Afterthought 24
In this episode we discuss our pet peeves in game design. Yes, I know that’s the theme of the whole podcast. We were just being more specific this time. Tell […]
1 hr 6 min
January 26, 2016 Peevish – Afterthought 24
In this episode we discuss our pet peeves in game design. Yes, I know that’s the theme of the whole podcast. We were just being more specific this time. Tell […]
1 hr 6 min
January 19, 2016 Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards – System Mastery 61
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/system-mastery-61-ralph-bakshis-wizards.mp3
Someone must have really liked our review of the movie, because the demand for this was pretty high. Today we present Wizards: the RPG. The game that finally tells us the name of the movie’s famous horseballs (which we reject because they are called horseballs).

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1 hr 8 min
January 19, 2016 Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards – System Mastery 61
Someone must have really liked our review of the movie, because the demand for this was pretty high. Today we present Wizards: the RPG. The game that finally tells us […]
1 hr 8 min
January 12, 2016 Randomized – Afterthought 23
Please find enclosed one discussion regarding random elements in games. Can there be too much randomization? Where’s the balancing point and how to find it? Could we perhaps abandon that […]
1 hr 7 min