metatopia

Bill and I are in the last night of Metatopia 2018.  We're excited about the result of our playtest of Dying is Easy.  In many ways, the evolution of Dying is Easy over the past two Metatopias and particularly this weekend shows how Metatopia helps designers finish their games.  Have a listen!  

Mel

Bill and are continue our Metatopia special episodes with a discussion about and excerpt from a game Bill wrote called "the Indie Scene".  The game will be a chapter in Bill's book on the Forge, which was an online discussion forum for RPG design, publication and play.  
Mel

Bill and I are at Day 1 of Metatopia, the Game Design Festival in Morristown NJ.  We briefly discuss the games we are here to playtest, including an excerpt from a moment of play in a game that inspired our thinking about the design of one of those games.  The excerpt is from a game in development by E. Tage Larsen called "Roughhouse", featuring the voices of dutiful listener Jim Crocker and Eric's friend, Dave.

Mel

Brian had the pleasure of interviewing Vincent Salzillo, President of Double Exposure, Inc. His company organizes Gen Con events such as First Exposure Playtest Hall and the new First Encounter Designer Showcase (publisher speed dating) events. They also organize conventions such as DEXCON, DREAMATION, and METATOPIA. Plus they run the Envoy programs. It's a lot! This is what we cover in 30 minutes:

• METATOPIA - A convention for game designers.
• First Exposure Playtest Hall - A Gen Con event for playtesting.
• First Encounter Designer Showcase - A Gen Con event where you pitch your game to publishers in a "speed dating format".

Resources

• First Exposure Playtest Hall - https://www.gencon.com/experience/feph2018
• First Encounter Designer Showcase - https://www.gencon.com/experience/2018feds
• Double Exposure Envoy Program - https://www.dexposure.com/envoy/
• Double Exposure - https://www.dexposure.com/home.html
• Vincent Salzillo's Email: - salvius@dexposure.com