Gamestorm
Gamestorm is a podcast all about tabletop game design! Join us for our first season as we bring on guests from here in the Chicago area, spin a random prompt and design a game based off of it over the course of an episode! Logo by CapacityForWonder and music by Reece E Ryan.
Episodes
What do games look like when you integrate crafting?? What if that crafting is a physical element of the play? Sit down with Seren Briar and I as we make a game about death, emotion and manifesting a physical representation of those emotions.
As always you can find the game that accompanies this episode on our Itch.io page or on Patreon!
Further Reading: Find More:from Seren Briar on Blues...
In this episode, Courtney and I talk about asynchronous games we've played. What types of games work well asynchronously and how can we best connect players that aren't sitting down together.
As always you can find the game that accompanies this episode on our Itch.io page or on Patreon!
Further Reading: Find More:from Courtana on Bluesky
from Chase on Bluesky
In this episode, Ryan Zenith to dive into the confluence of religion and games. What are rituals? How can we gamify them?
As always you can find the game that accompanies this episode on our Itch.io page or on Patreon!
Further Reading:Wake Up Dead Man - Knives Out 3
Find More:from Ryan on Bluesky
from Chase on Bluesky
Storygames Chicago on Itch and DTRPG
In the first episode of our second season, Ryan Lynch joins us to ponder what a game where players bank dice looks like.
As always you can find the game that accompanies this episode on our Itch.io page or on Patreon!
Further Reading:Clayton Notestine's The Jackian Magic System
Find More:from Ryan on Itch
from Chase on Bluesky
Storygames Chicago on Itch and DTRPG
Hello everyone, just a quick announcement!
We're running a Game Jam from today to mid March! The focus is to make games based on the Season 1 Prompts. What game ideas came to your mind while listening that you would like to explore deeper?
Go checkout the Game Jam page here. Join in and start making games!
This time Charlie joins me as we think about what a game that needs to use a d1 might look like! Not to mention all the other wacky dice from there to 20! We'll talk old video games and Kids on Bikes as we look to find inspiration for an admittedly weird mechanic.
As always you can find the game that accompanies this episode on our Itch.io page or on Patreon!
Further Reading:Come along for our weird Biopunk ride, as Kat and I build a game that focuses on Rolling any Number of Dice! We'll take a trip through a host of indie games, and we'll stop by our old friend Blades in the Dark for inspiration too!
As always you can find the game that accompanies this episode on our Itch.io page or on Patreon!
Further Reading:Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator
Cyberpunk - Games, RPGs and o...
Join us again as we dive into building a game with bingo as a core mechanic. We'll explore medieval lore and games with freeform resolution mechanics!
As always you can find the game that accompanies this episode on our Itch.io page or on Patreon!
Further Reading: Find More:from Chase on Bluesky
from Erica Bridges on Bluesky and itch.io
Storygames Chicago on Itch and DTRPG
In our fourth episode of the season, I'm joined by Adelheid as we explore ideas around building games that repurpose physical media as an element of play. Come follow along as we build a VERY different game than any of our other episodes!
As always you can find the game that accompanies this episode on our Itch.io page or on Patreon!
Further Reading: Find More:from Chase on Bluesky
In our third episode Sean and I dive into a mechanic this time! We discuss games that use dice pools as clocks for events in-game and we build a fun, chaotic superhero game that leans into the Villainy of it all. Join us as we jot down trope-y supervillain things, build some fun mechanics and generally have a great time!
As always you can find the game that accompanies this episode on our Itch.io page or on Patreon!
Further Read...In our second episode Jesse and I tackle the idea of co-opting the pieces of existing games to build an RPG, similar to games like Dread and its iconic use of a Jenga tower. Join us as we talk about everything from Chess to Gloomhaven and spend some time hammering out the semblance of a game.
As always you can find the game that accompanies this episode on our Itch.io page or on Patreon!
Further Reading:Join us for our first episode of Gamestorm as we dive deep on our first prompt, a game for whoever can show up! Follow along as we tease out different ideas and talk through the design of our game. If you like what you hear, head on over to the itch page or Patreon where you can get access to the game we made!
Find More:From Chase on Bluesky
From Collin on Bluesky
Storygames Chicago on Itch and DTRPG
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