The Aesthetics Episode

In this episode we get fancy and talk about the aesthetics of truly-true game mechanics. The same probabilistic outcomes and mechanical functions can be served by many different styles of rule. We talk about different ways to appreciate the form of a game mechanic as well as think about how the expression or description of rules can be a fruitful design space.

Show Notes:

• Balanced Ternary(a base 3 numeral system using -1, 0, 1)
• Amadeus (1984)

Games Mentioned:

• FUDGE/FUDGE Dice
• FATE (Evil Hat Productions)
• How We Came To Live Here (Galileo Games)
• The Time We Have (moreblueberries)
• Moonsailors (Annamyriah de Jong)
• Bacchanal (Half Meme Press)
• Oh Fuck, The Killer!(That House)
• Agon (Revised/PARAGON edition)
• Usagi Yojimbo Role-Playing Game (First Edition)
• Burning Wheel / Mouse Guard
• Violent Delights (Kickstarter preview page)
• HeroQuest / Hero Wars
• Megadamage in Palladium/RIFTS
• Dread
• Imp of the Perverse

And there's more:

• Unwritten Earths Symposium
• Our Patreon
• Join the Discord
• Nathan's games
• Eppy's games
• Music by Will Jobst