This Should Be A Game!

This Should Be A Game!

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This Should Be A Game! episodes

  • The Thing (1982) - 01 - with Alyssa

    Talking with Alyssa (@adisasterqueer) about how to turn 1982's The Thing into a TTRPG.

    Follow the show at thisshouldbeaga.me to keep up with game jams & mechanical mailbag submissions. Logo by Cris Viana. Theme song by Nicky Flowers.

    Find satah at gaygothvibes.online & Jess at jessfrom.online.

    Games referenced: Mothership, Orbital Blues, Hearts, The Quiet Year, Galactic, Going Rogue, Masks: The New Generation, Apocalypse World, The Locked Room Murder Mystery Game, Seven-Part Pact

    Other references: folio's Furyya series

    1 hr 39 min
  • In the Mouth of Madness (1994) - 03 - Mechanical Mailbag

    Responding to listener submissions about how to make 1994's In the Mouth of Madness into a TTRPG.

    Join the second This Should Be a Game Jam! & get ready for submissions to open up next month!

    Follow the show at thisshouldbeaga.me to keep up with game jams & mechanical mailbag submissions. Logo by Cris Viana. Theme song by Nicky Flowers.

    Find satah at gaygothvibes.online & Jess at jessfrom.online.

    Games referenced: Anyone Can Wear the Mask, Downfall, Good Society, Blackout, Blades in the Dark, Architect, Realis, Kubrick: A Post Adaptation Game

    1 hr 9 min
  • In the Mouth of Madness (1994) - 02 - with Briar Sovereign

    Talking with Briar Sovereign (weregazelle.com, @weregazelle) about how to turn 1994's In the Mouth of Madness into a TTRPG.

    Follow the show at thisshouldbeaga.me to keep up with game jams & mechanical mailbag submissions. Logo by Cris Viana. Theme song by Nicky Flowers.

    Find satah at gaygothvibes.online & Jess at jessfrom.online.

    Games referenced: Realis, Blades in the Dark, Roll for Shoes, Fiasco, Sleepaway, Live. Love. Die. Remember., Architect

    Other references: Mood Machine: The Cost of a Perfect Playlist, There is No Antimemetics Division

    1 hr 27 min
  • In the Mouth of Madness (1994) - 01 - with Kendrick Smith

    Talking with Kendrick Smith (talesyettold.com, @kendomakesfilms) about how to turn 1994's In the Mouth of Madness into a TTRPG.

    Follow the show at thisshouldbeaga.me to keep up with game jams & mechanical mailbag submissions. Logo by Cris Viana. Theme song by Nicky Flowers.

    Find satah at gaygothvibes.online & Jess at jessfrom.online.

    Games referenced: Variations On Your Body, Death of the Author, SPINE, Like Skyscrapers Blotting Out The Sky, Highway Haunt, Void 1680, Game Lamprey, Kubrick: A Post Adaptation Game, Triangle Agency, Disco Elysium, Abnormal, Under the Autumn Strangely, Dream Askew/Dream Apart, Realis, Pandemic, Brindlewood Bay

    Other references: The Hobb's End Horror cover, the Hearing Voices Network

    1 hr 47 min
  • Happy Death Day (2017) - 03 - Mechanical Mailbag

    Responding to listener submissions about how to make 2017's Happy Death Day into a TTRPG. Join the inaugural This Should Be A Game! Jam & make a game inspired by any of the movies we've covered on the show so far! The submission period is August 3rd to September 3rd.

    Join the Haunted Table Patreon at $3 or above to playtest The House Edge, a roguelike time loop Triangle Agency/FIST: Ultra cross-over TTRPG.

    Games referenced: Firebands, It's Been A Long Long Time, It's Been A Long Time Coming, Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast, Triangle Agency, Citizen Sleeper, Time After Time

    Logo by Cris Viana. Theme song by Nicky Flowers.

    Check out the show on Bluesky, Patreon, and Discord.

    Follow satah on Bluesky & find their work at gaygothvibes.online.

    Follow Jess on Bluesky & find her work at jessfrom.online. Late pledge for Galactic & Going Rogue on Kickstarter.

    59 min
  • Happy Death Day (2017) - 02 - with Marn S.

    Talking with Marn (marns.itch.io, corpserevivers on Bluesky) about how to turn 2017's Happy Death Day into a TTRPG. Check out the playtest edition of MetaFiction and find Batman: Bump in the Night wherever you get your podcasts.

    Join the Haunted Table Patreon at $3 or above to playtest The House Edge, a roguelike time loop Triangle Agency/FIST: Ultra cross-over TTRPG.

    Games referenced: Tragedy Looper, Time to Drop, Action Movie World, Time After Time, FIST: Ultra, Roll for Shoes, Realis, The Sexy Brutale, Up Is Out, Cage of Sand

    Other references: Ben Robbins' The Star-Pattern: A Pitfall of GMing

    Logo by Cris Viana. Theme song by Nicky Flowers.

    Check out the show on Bluesky, Patreon, and Discord.

    Follow satah on Bluesky & find their work at gaygothvibes.online.

    Follow Jess on Bluesky & find her work at jessfrom.online. Late pledge for Galactic & Going Rogue on Kickstarter.

    1 hr 30 min
  • Happy Death Day (2017) - 01 - with Caleb Zane Huett

    Talking with Caleb Zane Huett (calebzanehuett.com, @calebzane on Bluesky) about how to turn 2017's Happy Death Day into a TTRPG.

    Join the Haunted Table Patreon at $3 or above to playtest The House Edge, a roguelite time loop Triangle Agency/FIST: Ultra cross-over TTRPG.

    Games referenced: Firebrands, Survivor i guess, 999 (Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors), D&D 4e I GUESS

    Logo by Cris Viana. Theme song by Nicky Flowers.

    Check out the show on Bluesky, Patreon, and Discord.

    Follow satah on Bluesky & find their work at gaygothvibes.online.

    Follow Jess on Bluesky & find her work at jessfrom.online. Late pledge for Galactic & Going Rogue on Kickstarter.

    1 hr 58 min
  • Looper (2012) - 04 - Mechanical Mailbag

    Responding to listener submissions about how to make Looper (2012) into a TTRPG.

    Choose the theme for the movies we cover next over at the TSBG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/thisshouldbeagame "Cable TV Hallowe'en repeats", "John Carpenter's Horrors", or "Found Footage"? The poll closes July 13th!

    Plus, join the Haunted Table Patreon at $3 or above to playtest The House Edge, a roguelite time loop Triangle Agency/FIST: Ultra cross-over TTRPG.

    Games referenced: Triangle Agency, Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands, Fiasco, Last Shooting, Follow, DIE RPG, Blades in the Dark, Fate, A Land Once Magic, Live. Love. Die. Remember., Variations on Your Body

    Other references: folio series trailer: live. love. die. remember., Luka Brave's Designing Spiritkeep: A New Text to Harness the Emotional Benefits of the Therapeutically Applied RPG Genre

    Logo by Cris Viana. Theme song by Nicky Flowers.

    Check out the show on Bluesky, Patreon, and Discord.

    Find satah at gaygothvibes.online.

    Find Jess at jessfrom.online. Late pledge for Galactic & Going Rogue on Kickstarter.

    1 hr
  • Looper (2012) - 03 - with Sean Ireland

    Talking with Sean Ireland (seanire.land, seanireland on Bluesky) about why Looper (2012) should be a game. Catch Sean's live show in NYC on July 11th & Philadelphia on July 18th-- find out more at thelegendofyou.show 🐉

    Join the Haunted Table Patreon at $3 or above to playtest The House Edge, a roguelike time loop Triangle Agency/FIST: Ultra cross-over TTRPG.

    Games referenced: Dixit, Triangle Agency, Nomic, Judge My Vow

    Other references: Game Changer: Bingo, Mr. Show: 24 Is The Highest Number

    Logo by Cris Viana. Theme song by Nicky Flowers.

    Check out the show on Bluesky, Patreon, and Discord.

    Follow satah on Bluesky & find their work at gaygothvibes.online.

    Follow Jess on Bluesky & find her work at jessfrom.online. Late pledge for Galactic & Going Rogue on Kickstarter.

    1 hr 29 min
  • Looper (2012) - 02 - with Sebastian Yūe

    Talking with Sebatian Yūe (sebastianyue.ca, sebastianyue on Bluesky) about how to make 2012's Looper into a TTRPG.

    Join the Haunted Table Patreon at $3 or above to playtest The House Edge, a roguelike time loop Triangle Agency/FIST: Ultra cross-over TTRPG.

    Games referenced: Triangle Agency, Star Crossed, Fiasco, Apocalypse World, Deathmatch Island, Sleepaway, Dream Askew/Dream Apart

    Other references: Dice Exploder: Weak, Strong, and Regular Moves (Dream Askew/Dream Apart) with Austin Walker

    Logo by Cris Viana. Theme song by Nicky Flowers.

    Check out the show on Bluesky, Patreon, and Discord.

    Follow satah on Bluesky & find their work at gaygothvibes.online.

    Follow Jess on Bluesky & find her work at jessfrom.online. Late pledge for Galactic & Going Rogue on Kickstarter.

    1 hr 20 min

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