Reading with Hacking in Mind

In this episode Brandon and James talk about reading new and old games in a way that helps to unmask design choices. James has been reading Cypher and taking notes on how he reads games for the first time knowing that he’ll want to come back and hack the system. Brandon has been contemplating what mechanics he could borrow for his game.     Notes We mention our friend Troy and Darcy. Check out their fantastic Cypher Speak podcast   Games mentions in this episode: Hot Guys Making Out Dungeons and Dragons Urban Shadows Dungeon World 7th Sea Night's Black Agents   Tweet at us @StopHackandRoll or use #SHRpod For more information about the podcast or either of the hosts check us out at StopHackandRoll.com   We make this podcast with the support of Patreon backers like Rob Harvey, Blake Ryan, Vi Brower, Stephen Mitchel, Declan Chadbourne, Ryan, Troy Pichelman, Riverhouse Games, Nic Clark, Robert Kosek, Rob Abrazado If you’d like to help support this show and future shows check us out at Patreon.com/stophackandroll Music for the show is There It Is Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/