The Megagame Report: Recent Episodes
Megagame Report
This week on the pod we have Leslie Loy and Jay Cleveland from West Coast Megagames on to talk about the WCM's rendition of Sengoku - a feudal era Japan Megagame that involves an actual court to roleplay in!
GenCon 2018 Lineup: Watch The Skies by Chicago Megagames Watch The Skies by Grey Squirrel Games World Turned Upside Down by Ironmark Games Sworn To Serve by Minnesota Megagames Night Falls by Ben Kanelos Survival System by Ohio Gaming Brigade
This week is a two for one special of hot and steamy megagame action!
First Evan Lewis and Clayton Hughes of Seattle Megagames discuss how to manipulate player behavior, how the corporations module for Watch The Skies outsources some control responsibility to the players.
Then Noah Crow of 10th Dimension Games comes on to recap his innovative Watch The Skies variant and the feedback he got from players. Always innovating, this Watch The Skies pushed possibly unsuspecting players towards cooperation and emergent gameplay, and the response was VERY HIT for many and VERY MISS for a small few. The overall breakdown of the feedback can be seen in pie chart form here:
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This week we have Evan Lewis and Clayton Hughes of Seattle Megagames on to talk about Evan Lewis's originial megagame design, Age of Flint.
This was the standout megagame at SHUX this year and we discuss what made it great and what motivated players to collectively lose their sh*t in the craziest case of Last Turn Madness in Seattle Megagame History!
This week we have Noah Crow of 10th Dimension Games and Game Designer Ben Kanelos (Red Scare, Pocket Adventures Card System)on to talk about Night Falls!
Night Falls is a "mini" megagame designed to be an intro game for the megagame-illiterate board game-playing masses - pitting vampires and humans in a no-holds-barred Gangs of New York-style one night grudge match! It's been picked up by Everything Epic Games and the kickstarter will be launching soon. Currently, Ben along with Everything Epic is giving out discounted alpha copies of the game as a promotion. Grab 'em while their hot!
Follow Ben Kanelos on Twitter, Instagram, and facebook as @BKGameDesign and stay tuned for the Night Falls Kickstarter! www.bkgamedesign.com
Join the facebook group "Megagame Makers" to see updates from Noah Crow and 10th Dimension Games! https://www.facebook.com/groups/mmakers/