Rule Of Carnage

Rule of Carnage is a game design podcast, available on Youtube and as a podcast feed, in which tabletop designers Mike Hutchinson (Gaslands, A Billion Suns, Hobgoblin) and Glenn Ford (Man O’ Kent Games) explore Designing Better Miniatures Games.

In Episode 137 part 6, the guys have been thinking about "cursed problems", and when they think about such things, they talk about them. Next up, we want minis to have a purpose in our games, but we don't want to allow modelling for advantage, while we want to give people freedom to use the minis they want. What to do about that? The Boarders and Black Flags Landing Page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manokentgames/boarders-and-black-flags If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our upcoming book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012 You can pick up Pukeapocalypse from Exalted Funeral here: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/pukeapocalypse Or if you're in the UK you might prefer to get it from Glenn here: https://www.manokentgames.com/product-page/pukeapocalypse Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames or Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames
Is modelling for advantage a game breaker?
Here miniature games developer (in that he's a developer of miniature games, not that he's very small) Glenn Ford runs through the best of what Kickstarter has to offer to the tabletop miniatures gamer, including full games, miniatures campaigns, terrain, accessories, STLs and more. 00:00 Intro 00:20 Games 02:14 Accessories 05:02 Minis 08:20 STLs Kickstarter links: Flames of Orion: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flames-of-orion/flames-of-orion Maxton Drybrush: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redbeardboss/maxton-dry-brush-for-miniature-painting The Art of...: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1560579763/the-art-of-volumes-13-15 Sci-Fi and Steampunk Dwarves: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scibor/sci-fi-and-steampunk-dwarves Fall of Castograd: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/warscenery/fall-of-castograd-3d-printable-grimdark-terrain-and-minis Street Stands: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zsurvivors/street-stands-terrain-set-in-stl Small Urban Cleaning Vehicles: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zsurvivors/street-stands-terrain-set-in-stl Grimdark Terrain: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/warscreamforge/grimdark-terrain Wraith Pilgrims: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crabminiatures/wraith-pilgrims SteamPunk House: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/npc3dgamingmodels/steampunk-house-city Daughters of Redmoon: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/level50miniatures/daughters-of-redmoon-aos-compatible-stl-army Mad Carz 2.0: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/polywizard/mad-carz-20-the-road-of-pain The Boarders and Black Flags Landing Page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manokentgames/boarders-and-black-flags If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our upcoming book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012 You can pick up Pukeapocalypse from Exalted Funeral here: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/pukeapocalypse Or if you're in the UK you might prefer to get it from Glenn here: https://www.manokentgames.com/product-page/pukeapocalypse Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames or Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames
May 2025- Tabletop Miniatures Kickstarter Round-Up
In Episode 141 as usual the guys are working on a range of games, on this one Mike asks Glenn about what he's working on. Turns out he's working on Blackheart, a cyberpunk style game based on an independent comic book and Dauntless, a survival horror game about a doomed arctic expedition. The Boarders and Black Flags Landing Page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manokentgames/boarders-and-black-flags If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our upcoming book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012 You can pick up Pukeapocalypse from Exalted Funeral here: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/pukeapocalypse Or if you're in the UK you might prefer to get it from Glenn here: https://www.manokentgames.com/product-page/pukeapocalypse Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames or Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames
Whatcha workin' on, Blackheart and Dauntless.
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