Design Doc

Conventions are an opportunity for us to get our games in front of a bigger audience, and ... more

Just a quick announcement that we'll be skipping a release cycle for the Thanksgiving holi... more

It's hard for us to make a hack that doesn't grow into a game of its own. In this episode,... more

Endings are hard. The ending of a roleplaying game isn’t just the culmination of the story... more

Is Design Doc a game design podcast? A saga about the challenges of making art for a livin... more

We conclude our discussion of Ready Player One with an updated review of the movie. In pon... more

We’re pulling an unaired episode from the archives this week! We talk about Ready Player O... more

Happy Design Doc episode 100! In this special episode, we take a field trip with our game ... more

In an impromptu recording, we decided to take turns setting a 6-minute timer and sharing w... more

We're going back to the park and taking Wonderland with us! To get the game off the table ... more

Even after years of working together, there are times where we just can’t agree. The work ... more

In the early stages of a game's design, it's hard to even know what questions to answer. W... more

After you’ve made the rules, you need to decide how you’re going to tell them. The right r... more

Story endings are hard! The epilogue of a game not only has to logically wrap up the story... more

This week, we talk about the unpredictable mechanical swings that can happen between diffe... more

We’re introducing a new dynamic to our latest roleplaying game! You all came to this amuse... more

Hannah had to get a full time office job. Since then, finding the time and energy for crea... more

Hannah and Evan discuss Wonderland's first four-player playtest. When a playtest goes wron... more

Slow and steady wins the race... but does it work in a one-session RPG? From what we've se... more

Sometimes a secret is worth more than gold. But how do you make concrete rules for somethi... more

Even when things are going wrong for your characters, you as a player might feel rewarded ... more

When people decide what art is worth looking at, they look for the very best. In a world t... more

Is playtesting more of a science, or more art? How prepared should you be for a playtest i... more

Our newest game, Escape from Wonderland, began as a hack of Questlandia. But what happens ... more

We often ask ourselves, "Do we need a mechanic for that?" In our newest game, Escape from ... more

We're taking a week off to recharge! We'll see you back in two weeks with a new episode of... more

We recently realized that we’ve drifted apart not just from our games community, but from ... more