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On the Ninja Vs Pirates Podcast we discuss game design with game designers. Each episode we interview a designer of Card Games, Board Games, RPGs or Video Games. We have both main stream and independent developers as guests.
| Episode Name | Release Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NvP 4x06 - Mouse Guard with Luke Crane | 04/10/2010 | Mouse Guard is an RPG which is based on a comic book series of the same name. The game focuses on a patrol of guard mice who's job it is to defend the territories, keep the peace and deliver mail. The game has novel mechanics and solves some key problems of RPGs, or rather it embraces behavior that... |
| NvP 4x05 - Polaris with Ben Lehman | 03/31/2010 | Polaris is an RPG where each player has a Hero who's stories are separate from the other Heroes at the table. Each hero, in turn gets a scene about them, and the other players GM as a group. The game is very much about saying what you want to happen, and having it happen. We discuss with Ben the... |
| NvP 4x04 - Dungeons and Dragons with Mike Mearls | 03/21/2010 | Dungeons and Dragons is the grand-daddy of all RPGs. Its influence is so far reaching, its amazing. If you ever killed a monster, took its stuff, got experience points and then leveled up you owe DnD a huge debt. We interviewed Mike Mearls the current lead designer of Dungeons and Dragons. We... |
| NvP 4x03 - Pandemic with Matt Leacock | 03/10/2010 | Pandemic is a cooperative board game about saving the Earth from deadly diseases. We discuss with Matt Leacock the challenges unique to cooperative board games |
| NvP 4x02 - Poison'd with Vincent Baker | 02/28/2010 | In this episode we talk to Vincent Baker about his rpg Poison'd. We discuss with him the his intent in designing the game. We also talk about what its like to reuse / re-purpose ideas (like escalation) in a new RPG. Also we talk about the controversy (so listen to the end) |
| NvP 4x01 - Are you the Traitor with Andrew Looney | 02/21/2010 | In this episode we talk about Are You the Traitor with Andrew Looney of Looney Labs. Are You the Traitor is a party game for 4 - 10+ people where the object is to find the traitor. The game is very similar to the popular party game Werewolf(aka Mafia). In fact Are you the Traitor was inspired by... |
| NvP 3x06 - Munchkin with Steve Jackson | 01/01/2010 | In this episode we talk with Steve Jackson about his game Munchkin. Munchkin is a silly game that parodies RPGs. It exemplfies a method of play where killing stuff and getting loot is primary. We discuss with Steve the challenge of designing games with many expansion sets, the inspiration and... |
| NvP 3x05 - The Mountain Witch with Timothy Walters Kleinert | 12/12/2009 | We discuss the Indie RPG The Mountain Witch with its designer Timothy Walters Kleinert. We ask him about how he designed some of the very unique elements of the game; specifily how he turned player-vs-player conflict into a fun time, how he made splitting the party actually a good thing, and how he... |
| NvP 3x04 - Pirates of the Spanish Main with Mike Selinker | 12/03/2009 | We discuss the card game Pirates of the Spanish Main with its co-designer Mike Selinker. We discuss the challenges in creating a self-contained collectible card game. We learn about Mike Selinker's other passion: his blog, The Most Beautiful Things where Mike gives his opinion of some of the most... |
| NvP 3x03 - Zombies!!! with Todd Breitenstein | 11/21/2009 | We discuss the board game Zombies!!! with its designer Todd Breitenstein. We discuss with him all the diffrent versions of the game and the intention behind many of the rules. We also discuss how zombies should not run, ever. This didn't make it into the show, but you should check out his other... |