Game Mechanics - A Critical Tabletop Podcast

Season 1 is done, but Game Mechanics will return!

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Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Orange Groves podcast network.

Welcome to Game Mechanics, a show about Tabletop Roleplaying Games from lots of different perspectives. I’m Logan Jenkins. Today, I’m talking to Marx Shepherd, an indy TTRPG creator, and member of the San Jenaro Co-Op, an organization that puts out a quarterly games digest collectively created by all its members. When Marx reached out to me, they were quick to point out that the co-op wears its communist mindset and values on its sleeve. I was interested in finding out how the Co-op works together to create these digests every three months, and how communism factors in. The conversation was incredibly interesting and I can’t wait to share it with you, so let’s get to it!

Follow Logan and Marx on Twitter:

• Logan: @LoganJenkins
• Marx: @IAmPhophos
• San Jenaro Co-op: @sanjenarocoop

Marx's other personal work can be found here:

• Yes Indie'd Pod
• Marx's Itch page

Also, check out the San Jenaro Co-op's digests:

• Digest 1
• Digest 2
• Digest 3
• Digest 4
• Digest 5

Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Orange Groves podcast network.

Welcome to Game Mechanics, a show about Tabletop Roleplaying Games from lots of different perspectives. I’m Logan Jenkins.

Today, I’m talking to Rees Bennett, also known as Sister Evelyn Tensions of the Grenville Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The Sisters are an order of drag nuns whose entire mission is to increase joy and decrease shame in the world. Rees puts on makeup, jewelry, and the Greenville sisters’ Habit, and transforms into Evelyn multiple times a week. I know Rees IRL, and I know he’s a little hesitant about RPGs in general, and I wanted to know more about that, and about the parallels between playing a character in a game, and playing Evelyn. This is a really different perspective on the hobby than I’ve featured before, and I’m so excited for you to hear it!

A quick note on audio quality: Rees’ mic was picking up some rustling noises (I think from his beard.) I tried to limit that as much as possible, but you will definitely hear some of it. The audio is still totally listenable, just wanted to let you know what that sound was! Alright, let’s get to it!

Follow Logan and Rees:

• Logan: @LoganJenkins
• Rees: Evelyn's Facebook, or The Greenville Sisters' Facebook

Find your closest chapter of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at thesisters.org

Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Orange Groves podcast network.

Welcome to Game Mechanics, a show about Tabletop Roleplaying Games from lots of different perspectives. I’m Logan Jenkins. Today, I’m talking to Will Uhl, a very prolific writer of mostly micro-RPGs... which are exactly what they sound like. Bite-size Roleplaying game concept explorations that only take up a few pages. I was curious to talk to Will about distilling concepts into that small of a space. We talked about advantages, disadvantages, and even the purpose of writing tiny games. I think you’ll really enjoy this conversation, so let’s get to it!

Follow Logan and Will on Twitter:

• Logan: @LoganJenkins
• Will: @RaffiTheOwl

Will’s games can be found at Merry Mancer Games

Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Orange Groves podcast network.

Welcome to Game Mechanics, a show about Tabletop Roleplaying Games from lots of different perspectives. I’m Logan Jenkins.

Today, I’m talking to Greg Leatherman, writer of Glitter Hearts, a Magical Girl anime inspired TTRPG. Greg is also one of my co-hosts on Very Random Encounters. We go way back! One thing I really like about interviewing folks from so many backgrounds is the different answers I get from the same questions I ask to each of them. Greg gives some really interesting takes on some of my standard questions that are nearly the exact opposite from some other guests’ responses! Also, wtf is wisdom? Anyway, let’s get to it!

Buy Greg’s game, Glitter Hearts, here!

Everything Classic Marvel Super Heroes RPG can be found here.

Follow Logan and Greg on Twitter:

• Logan: @LoganJenkins
• Name: @WhiteWing

Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Orange Groves podcast network.