Dragon Heresy Podcast Roundup
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Dragon Heresy Podcast Roundup

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I was on a lot of podcasts this week. All different. Our discussion with Eric F on “martial arts in old-school games” was a different type of discussion than the “get deep into the mechanical weeds” with Chris S. Matt and David were both very interested in specifics on shields, while the second part of…

The Murder-Hobo Lifestyle
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The Murder-Hobo Lifestyle

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Murder-hobos. Heavily armed vagrants, wandering from town to town. Tempers flare, and corpses lie still on the barroom floor. Like a samurai granted kiri sute gomen, the permission to cut and depart, only the presumed wailing of friends and relatives is left in their wake. Weeks later, they return, bloodied themselves, with heaping mounds of gold and…

Designer’s Notes, Shields, and Viking
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Designer’s Notes, Shields, and Viking

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Viking, Shields, and Design Intent Over the weekend and the last few days, I filmed a bit of “Doug talking, mostly about Viking” as something like a “Designer’s Notes,” or really, just talking about the inspiration for the game. In this particular case, shields had to be more useful than the +5-10% decrease in hit…