The Doc & Krueger Cast

Adam "Doc" Brackin and Chris Krueger of Doc & Krueger Games discuss Powered by the Apocalypse by Vincent and Meguey Baker of Lumpley Games: the underlying system behind some of their favorite games — games that have strongly influenced them as designers and The Role With It System in particular.

Adam "Doc" Brackin and Chris Krueger of Doc & Krueger Games discuss one of the games that most influenced the design of the Role With It System: Fiasco by Jason Morningstar of Bully Pulpit Games.

Adam "Doc" Brackin and Chris Krueger of Doc & Krueger Games discuss one of the games that most influenced the design of the Role With It System: Lady Blackbird by John Harper of One Seven Design. The Role With It System is available now! You can find it through our website: bit.ly/play-rwis. Have a question? Want to discuss? Shoot us an email at [email protected]. You can also find us around social media and at docandkrueger.com.

Adam "Doc" Brackin and Chris Krueger of Doc & Krueger Games discuss the FATE Core System from Evil Hat Productions, one of the games that most influenced the design of the Role With It System. The Role With It System is available now! You can find it through our website: bit.ly/play-rwis. Have a question? Want to discuss? Shoot us an email at [email protected]. You can also find us around social media and at docandkrueger.com.

Adam "Doc" Brackin and Chris Krueger of Doc & Krueger Games discuss one of the games that most influenced the design of The Role With It System: Primetime Adventures by Matt Wilson of Dog-Eared Designs. The Role With It System is available now! You can find it through our website: bit.ly/play-rwis. Have a question? Want to discuss? Shoot us an email at [email protected]. You can also find us around social media and at docandkrueger.com.

Adam "Doc" Brackin and Chris Krueger of Doc & Krueger Games discuss one of the games that most influenced their design philosophy: Burning Wheel by Luke Crane. The Role With It System is available now! You can find it through our website: bit.ly/play-rwis. Have a question? Want to discuss? Shoot us an email at [email protected]. You can also find us around social media and at docandkrueger.com.

Adam "Doc" Brackin and Chris Krueger of Doc & Krueger Games share one of their favorite books on storytelling — "Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting" by Robert McKee — and relate how the takeaways within can be applied to tabletop roleplaying. The Role With It System is available now! You can find it through our website: bit.ly/play-rwis. Have a question? Want to discuss? Shoot us an email at [email protected]. You can also find us around social media and at docandkrueger.com.

Adam "Doc" Brackin and Chris Krueger of Doc & Krueger Games explore the complex relationship between players and the characters they play by overlaying Freud's structural model of the psyche (id, ego, and superego) as a starting point. This leads into a number of related topics including safety, bleed, and the potential therapeutic benefits of RPGs. The Role With It System is available now! You can find it through our website: bit.ly/play-rwis. Have a question? Want to discuss? Shoot us an email at [email protected]. You can also find us around social media and at docandkrueger.com.

Adam "Doc" Brackin and Chris Krueger of Doc & Krueger Games discuss the separation between players and their characters. It begins practically with the difference between player knowledge and character knowledge then eventually gets philosophical with ideas such as wish fulfillment and the extent to which players put themselves into their characters. The Role With It System is available now! You can find it through our website: bit.ly/play-rwis. Have a question? Want to discuss? Shoot us an email at [email protected]. You can also find us around social media and at docandkrueger.com.

Adam "Doc" Brackin and Chris Krueger of Doc & Krueger Games discuss what happens when roleplaying games don't use dice, from removing randomness to swapping randomness for distributed probability. What possibilities can this open up for your game, and what are the potential pitfalls of different approaches? The Role With It System is available now! You can find it through our website: bit.ly/play-rwis. Have a question? Want to discuss? Shoot us an email at [email protected]. You can also find us around social media and at docandkrueger.com.