The Developer's Stories: Recent Episodes
TheDevilsSyndicate
A podcast by the folks currently creating "The Devil's Syndicate," an upcoming table-top RPG that combines fantasy and absurdist elements with a modernized corporate setting. Follow our adventures as we attempt to develop an RPG system from the ground-up, sharing our insights and design philosophies as we go along.
We continue playing The Devil's Syndicate and conclude our quest to stop a villainous panty thief! Featuring special friend, Cameron, from the Useful NPCs podcast!
Zach, Logan, and new friend, Cameron from Useful NPCs, take a break from the show's usual format to play The Devil's Syndicate! We attempt to stop a nefarious panty thief and discuss several of the game's core mechanics, in action! Part I of II.
Emily is back in this very special episode. She only falls asleep for a little, while Logan and Zach talk about their philosophies as GMs, magic, drugs, and magical drugs.
In this episode we talk office rumors and their systemic application in Table-Top RPGs, the background of the TDS world, the right way to play Super Smash Bros Melee, and architectural theses. Logan was sick, but laboriously edited out all his gross coughing - for your enjoyment!
The creators of The Devil's Syndicate, an upcoming Table-Top RPG, talk skill systems, the benefits of a 401(k), and Poppy, the schizophrenic half-skeleton-half-octopus who fundamentally changed the way Zach thought about TDS.
Creativity forged in the fires of banality and frustration. We discuss the original creation of "The Devil's Syndicate," a Table-Top RPG that we're all working on.