Games Need Communities (w/ Aaron Lim)

2025-11-17

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You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!In this episode, I talk to Aaron Lim, a game designer from Malaysia. His work includes sad village-building game An Altogether Different River, very sad journey game Itchaca on the Cards, and tragic mecha game Spectres of Brocken. He's also the organizer of Playtest Zero, a fortnightly RPG playtesting community that's been going on since 2021. Aaron Lim on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ehronlime.bsky.social Aaron’s itch page: https://ehronlime.itch.io/Show Notes:Playtest Zero FAQMy article about v...

You can support this show on Patreon⁠⁠!

In this episode, I talk to Aaron Lim, a game designer from Malaysia. His work includes sad village-building game An Altogether Different River, very sad journey game Itchaca on the Cards, and tragic mecha game Spectres of Brocken. He's also the organizer of Playtest Zero, a fortnightly RPG playtesting community that's been going on since 2021.

Aaron Lim on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ehronlime.bsky.social

Aaron’s itch page: https://ehronlime.itch.io/

Show Notes:

Playtest Zero FAQ

My article about visiting Malaysia for the Asian Board Games Festival

Only Yesterday (1991)

Games Mentioned

Ithaca on the Cards: Second Expedition

Microscope

Big Grave Fashion Fantasy

Desperation

Zhenya’s Wonder Tales