Intro
Tom Bloom is the designer of Lancer RPG, author of Kill Six Billion Demons, and self-proclaimed 4e sicko. Tom made some comments about Draw Steel on Bluesky, and I thought it would be interesting to hear his thoughts on Draw Steel, as a designer of a well-liked tactical RPG. We also talk about games not appologizing for their design, how testing makes games better, and how Draw Steel is not an appealing game.
I'm Jon de Nor and this is Goblin Points.
Interview
Transcript imminent
Outro
Thanks again Tom for coming on Goblin Points. My own personal takeaway from our conversation was that Tom and I share a lot of the same preferences in how games should be designed. "I like games that tell you how to play them", is probably my favorite quote from Tom... I should get that on a t-shirt...
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Next episode is on the 5th. That's the news roundup for September.
See you next time. Snakkes.