[FEED DROP] Dice Exploder S3E1: The Risk Sheet with John Harper

Wait, Roll That Again!

Alex here! Today, I'm sharing the first episode of Dice Exploder's Third Season, a discussion on the Risk Sheet from Psi*Run by Meguey and Vincent Baker.
Dice Exploder is a podcast that invites a different co-host to bring a game mechanic on and discuss why it works, or even why it doesn't! It's been an awesome podcast so far, super educational for a new designer like myself. The podcast's community has also been really supportive and have given me lots of ideas worth exploring in my own projects.
I'm stoked to give you the chance to listen to this episode while I keep gearing up for the future of Wait, Roll That Again! this year. Stay tuned!
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On the season 3 premiere, I’m joined by John Harper, designer of many games featured on past episodes of Dice Exploder including Blades in the Dark, Lasers & Feelings, and Agon 2e.

John brought in the Psi*Run risk sheet, a fairly complex dice resolution mechanic, known generically as Otherkind Dice. The risk sheet is such an elegant piece of design, packing essentially a whole game onto a single sheet of paper, and being so clear in both how it works and how you might tear it apart for your own ends. If you’re a new designer, or even just looking to get back in touch with the basics, John and I agree that hacking this thing is a great place to look.

It’s good to be back.

Further Reading:

Psi*Run’s risk sheet

Vincent Baker’s original 2005 post on Otherkind Dice

Vincent’s 2022 Otherkind Dice SRD

Psi*Run

Annalise

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Chapter

1. Dice Exploder: John Harper (00:00:00)

2. ad break begins (00:23:34)

3. ad break ends (00:24:41)

4. Why there's only one Otherkind dice gam e (00:29:58)

5. Sam and John get excited about Hacking (00:33:52)

6. Freewheeling creativity discussion (00:36:39)