Brain Trust

Season 1, Episode 5: In this episode, we talk about shock jocks, graphic design, and studying adventures, and in the middle we design the Born to Die TTRPG! Listen to part two of this episode only on Ko-Fi, on 2/6. 

Find the Born to Die RPG at https://worldchampgameco.itch.io/.

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Appendix N: 

⁠Born to Die⁠

Ali on TikTok

Sinix Design

Elliotisacoolguy

Shannon Swales

Struthless

Electric Bastionland

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

Lancer

Kill Five Billion Demons

Ten Million HP Planet

Hardspace Shipbreaker

Good Friends of Jackson Elias

Season 1, Episode 4: In this episode, we chat about IKEA, save points in TTRPGs, and how we research games, and who our “game parents” are. 

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Appendix N:

Baldur’s Gate 3

big Grave Fashion Fantasy

Vampire the Masquerade

One Thousand Year Old Vampire

Blood Borg

A Guide to Casting Phantoms in the Revolution

Black Mass

Mork Borg

Vaults of Vaarn

Season 1, Episode 3: In this episode, we talk about companions and how we love to use them. 

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Appendix N:

Baldur’s Gate 3

Follow 

Imp of the Preverse

Plasmodics: mutant freaks in the weird future

Wastelanders

Cybermetal 2012

Big Grave Fashion Fantasy 

Cyberpunk 2077

Good Friends of Jackson Elias

Eternal Lies

Dracula Dossier

Night’s Black Agents

Mothership

Season 1, Episode 2b Bonus: In this episode, we enter the Therapy-G zone to talk about how to run dungeons while playing digitally!

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Appendix N:

Western Kabuki

Wolves Upon the Coast

Dungeons and Dragons (disrespectful)

Dungeon Robber

Season 1, Episode 2: In this episode, we talk about the meta roles at the RPG table, asymmetrical stats, and a playstorm where we go goblin mode. 

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Appendix N:

Sixth Sense

Scanners

Plasmodics: mutant freaks in the weird future

Disco Elysium

Among Us (amongus)

Dungeons and Dragons 3.5

Kim Diaz Holm

Robin’s Laws of Good Gamemastering

Campfire

Into the Odd

A Ship of Theseus RPG

Oblique Strategies

Occult Strategies

Season 1, Episode 1: In this episode we talk about the structure of the show, how we plan to make it, and what kind of things we’ll talk about. We introduce the Techlab with our first topic: what makes a good first sentence or intro paragraph of an RPG? 

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Appendix N:

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Wolves Upon the Coast

How to Summon a Spirit

TORQ: rallyraid roleplaying

Plasmodics: mutant freaks in the weird future

Cybermetal 2012

Season 1, Episode 0

Adam Vass and Will Jobst are back with another season of the Brain Trust podcast, starting this Thursday! In this preview episode, get to know our new format, release schedule, and how to support us. 

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We have an exciting new opportunity for you, and some tickets to sell. We chat about mentorship and how to knowledge share with others, and preview some upcoming games! 

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We’re over in sunny Fort Wayne for the latest and greatest Gen Con. We pick our BarbieHiemer games and talk about Dr. Adam Divorce. 

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We answer questions about reengaging with WIPS, designing the roleplaying out of rpgs, and the three new questions of design.

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We’re chatting about collaboration, Guns n’ Roses, and how we like to work with each other!

1978: The Night THEY Came Home. Go to 1978.games and reserve your copy today! 

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Today, we debut Adam’s newest RPG and crowdfunding campaign: 1978: The Night THEY Came Home. Go to 1978.games and reserve your copy today! 

We chat about all things 1978, the shared nightmare of being in school again, triangulating where a game fits in the world, and updates on our projects and lives. 

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We’re back! Talking about shirts, mousetrap, making zines, and Adam’s game Sweet Revenge. 

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Today we’re talking about zines, available across the internet for Zine Month 2023!

• The Lovers
• Plasmodics
• Sweet Revenge 
• Horse Girl
• Chiron’s Doom
• Electrum Archive #2
• Miru 2
• Strictly Between Us
• Contact
• Low-Res Futures

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On this episode, we talk about our 2023 goals, what vape carts go with what RPGs, the Jobst Style Guide, Adam’s consulting, giving back to the community, making a million dollars, and more!

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On this episode, we rank the best stuff of 2022! For spoilers and links to our favorites, check them out below:

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Most useful randomizer

Adam: hand-made oracle cards

Will: hand-churned google sheets randomizers

Character of the year

Will: John Locke from LOST

Adam: Pumpkin kid from @hh_toys_inc

Worst WIP

Adam: SOULBURNER

Will: Heckhead

Clutchest graphic design asset

Adam: Blkmarket dust and scratch pack (https://blkmarket.com/product/dust-and-scratches/)

Will: A ruler and a square

Shape of the year

Will: Pringle

Adam: Klein bottle

Best font

Adam: Glassure (https://www.behance.net/gallery/80102797/Glassure-Typeface-v10)

Will: Work sans (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Work+Sans)

Zoo animal (from Adira!)

Will: Emu

Adam: Capybara

Dice result

Adam: 1

Will: 0, 00

Snack (from Kayla!)

Will: Almonds

Adam: El Matador tortilla chips

Immaculate vibes (from Dan!)

Adam: Frankenstein (the doggie)

Will: Warhammer: Darktide clutch

Most tone (from Dan!)

Adam: Bloodbeam Badlands by Viditya Voleti (https://vidityavoleti.itch.io/bloodbeam-badlands)

Will: Cybermetal 2012 (https://www.worldchamp.io/store/cybermetal-2012)

Fav Brain Trust episode

Will: Gen Con episodes

Adam: Games jam

Fav game you read

Into the Odd, by Chris McDowall (https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/into-the-odd/)

Favorite video game

Adam: Horizon Forbidden West

Will: Citizen Sleeper

Favorite social media alternative

Adam: Coffee shop

Will: Playing rpgs with friends

Most outlaw rpg (from Dan!)

Adam: TORQ (https://goodluckpress.co/products/torq)

Will: ad&d

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On this episode, we talk about the new Pokemon, the differences between storage lockers and graveyards, and make a game after our favorite Cabinet of Curiosities episode!

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On this episode, we review a leaked copy of One D&D, that we absolutely acquired. It devolves into Adam and Will playing “keep one and leave one” for all the mechanics of D&D until it’s something we like. Wet dragon.

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On this episode, we talk to game designer, podcaster, and collage EXPERT Aaron King about Patchwork World, wonder cabinets, loud neighbors, and play a game of our own creation!

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On this episode, we talk about Halloween and make a game about the seasonal Halloween megastore: Spirit Halloween! We chat about Dragonball, Resident Evil, making small games and big games and the struggles with both!

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On this episode we talk about peripherals, solo games, what we love about them, what we personally find friction with. We make one, and answer some questions from the Brain Trust!

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On this episode, we talk about CYBERMETAL 2012, available now at https://www.worldchamp.io/store/cybermetal-2012. We make characters and a gang for you to put in your Cybermetal game!

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We’re still somewhere in Indy, plotting an anti-con. We talk about Action 5 News and make a game inspired by it!

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We’re live in Indy, tailgating for Gen Con 2022. We talk about the True Dungeon meta, the dentists that came before us, and answer questions from the Brain Trust.

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Today we’re talking about support for jams, as we’re in the Summer-long TORQ-toyathon! Sign up for the jam for TORQ today: https://itch.io/jam/torq-design-derby

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What would all our projects look like under a different lens? We look at A Guide to Casting Phantoms in the Revolution, This Discord Has Ghosts in It, and Campfire, and see if we can’t skew our view.

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We’re back, talking about monsters we could take on, Cybermetal, TORQ release, and an obtuse lifestyle.

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Back Soulburner right now at dying.day.

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We supercollide games together for the Game(s) Jam, running now! Find it here: https://itch.io/jam/games-jam-2022.

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BACK CYBERMETAL TODAY: https://gamefound.com/projects/draft/iu788d7wrgt8w71nb52tbyfwxfp#/. We talk 2022 trends, guns (or the lack thereof) in games, writing, a special word from BEANS, and more!

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BACK CYBERMETAL 2012 TODAY: https://gamefound.com/projects/draft/iu788d7wrgt8w71nb52tbyfwxfp#/. We talk CYBERMETAL, emo cowboys, macho man, metallica, and more!

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We talk about tabling zine fairs, Kickstarter, blockchain, memory rewrites, BEANS, and more!

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Lifepaths, maze paths, unboxing, and bank robberies.

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The Boston RPG takes shape, in this morphisode. We morph from Boston, to video games, to our ADND game, and keeping the writing spark going. Adam rolls up a random TORQ car.

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What If The Joker Could Beatbox, other Halloween costumes, reclaiming hobbies from our work, and more!

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Gen Content, we won an award!, and a game about found-footage horror.

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Playtesting! The work of game design that is not words-to-paper. That old stuff in your movie queue you will literally never watch. Things that make you Google like a king.

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Sandbox design, interpretive scene design and how do we approach both! Goalsetting within purely player driven games, and CYBERMETAL 2012 chat.

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Check out TECH JAM TACTICS here: https://itch.io/jam/tech-jam-2-tactics

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How we sleep, system reference documents (SRDs), a big burp, and the naked cowboy.

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Talkin’ tactics, our own special way. Fictional triggers for mechanics, circles in Minecraft, and a live playstorm of a new game!

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We're live, at the Olympics! We talk about things in threes, Boston glory, and make a game about rock docs called ROCK DOC. 

Adam's ARTIST STATEMENT bundle is available here--get it now: https://itch.io/s/54879/artist-statement-rpgs

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Imagine this: pickle talk. Phantom city. Prequels. Well, you don’t need to imagine it any more, because we recorded a podcast about it. Adam dives into the line design of DARTS, including their Y2K prequel.

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CAMPFIRE: the anthology horror storytelling game is live on Kickstarter now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/braintrust/campfire-0

In this episode, the agony of designing a playmat, Kickstarter mentality, and classic Coeus.

Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst

Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.

Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/Q6D7UTse

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CAMPFIRE: the anthology horror storytelling game is live on Kickstarter now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/braintrust/campfire-0

In this episode we chat about Campfire, boxed games, what we got out of everywhere we’ve lived, imaginary games, and then a BIG chunk on Wastelanders! If you want to get caught up with Wastelanders design, check out this episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brain-trust/id1473715893?i=1000514149278

Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst

Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.

Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/Q6D7UTse

While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks (https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/) and Black Lives Matter (https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/).

CAMPFIRE: the anthology horror storytelling game is coming to Kickstarter on June 1st! Click Notify me on launch.

In this episode, we talk about CAMPFIRE, our newest project and Brain Trust collaboration coming to Kickstarter. We visit the soundless sea, see the inner workings of Adam’s ears and Will’s mind, and chat publication strategies inspired by Mothership.

Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst

Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.

Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/wypnwWMn

While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks (https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/) and Black Lives Matter (https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/).

Rock, paper, scissors, protect, load, gun. We learn about Adam’s poker opinions and bluffstyle. There is a strong potato energy in this episode.

Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst

Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.

Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/wypnwWMn

While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks (https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/) and Black Lives Matter (https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/).

Procedural generation, Signs of the Sojourner, and more! We go deep on an upcoming game and the procedural tools used to explore every avenue of play.

Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst

Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.

Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/wypnwWMn

While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks (https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/) and Black Lives Matter (https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/).

In this episode, we brainstorm a new type of jam, the Tech Jam! Join here: https://itch.io/jam/tech-jam. Also, we figure out what games want, airdrop violence, and more! Cannot call this the slurp episode, but that won't stop you, will it.

Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst.

Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.

Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/wypnwWMn

While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks (https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/) and Black Lives Matter (https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/).

Captain. Fellows. The games begin.

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Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.

While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks (https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/) and Black Lives Matter (https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/).

In this episode: we design a Fallout game inspired by our reverse funnel conversation last episode. We chat about half-remembered Boston locations, Cait from the Combat Zone, and perks. Perks... perks never changes.

S. E. H. M. E. T. A. E. R. E. E.

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Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.

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In this episode: the reverse funnel, dungeon spirits, multiplayer AI, and the a LOT of Wizard of Oz. 

Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst

Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.