Why does D&D’s own Creative Manager include “Throw out what the rulebooks say about building encounters” in his advice to new DMs? Because the rulebooks have been leading us wrong for years. Tune in to find out how you can shake things up and make your players scream. Whether it’s in delight or terror is up […]

About half a year ago I had a chance to record a design stream with my good friend Alex. We chose to analyze the opening sections of my favorite platformer ever: An Untitled Story. If you liked episode one of Intelligent Design, you should enjoy this too.  

Episode 45 of Remaking Magic is up! In this episode of the podcast all about game design and Magic the Gathering, we take a look at one of the most interesting set of spoilers we’ve ever seen. The sixth color?! Or something even more intriguing? Want to find out?  You can listen to it here.

Two weekly podcasts on game design and monthly articles? Nowhere near enough. I’ve just launched my new youtube series Intelligent Design. Here we dig into a truly great game and analyze what makes it so intelligently designed. I’m recording an Undertale series with my friend Gabe, but that’s still in editing. No need to wait […]

The third episode of my increasingly-inaccurately-labeled weekly podcast is out! Yep, that’s three episodes in three days. I’m sure I’ll settle into a more steady rhythm soon. In any case you can check it out here.

The second episode of the DMG Podcast is up! You can listen to it here.

After an epic struggle with severe food poisoning, I’ve finally gotten time to set up my podcast feed. I’ll be posting episodes of the Dungeon Master’s Guide, where I talk about applying game design techniques to the challenge of creating an incredible RPG adventure. Now with online hosting! So you won’t have to download future […]

The first episode of the Dungeon Master’s Guide is up on Remaking Magic’s hosting. This weekend I also recorded the raw footage of the first five episodes of a new youtube series with my friend Gabe. We’ll be playing great videogames and talking about their design. It’s awesome. The first episode should be up sometime early next […]

My latest Design 101 is up. It’s about playtesting this time. Sounds simple, right? Don’t you just play the game and see what happens? Not if you want to do it well. You can find the full article here: Design 101: Playtesting.

Hey everyone, I’ve decided to start a second weekly podcast in addition to my Remaking Magic series with Reuben Covington. This one will feature Tabletop RPGs, which are basically the fruit fly science of game design. You can build and test hours of content so quickly, it’s an amazing place to improve your craft. If […]