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E5 Let's Not Talk About AI

2026-02-18

thumb Wightbred and Brine definitely don't talk about AI, zine page counts, future warfare weapons that make you a wizard, whether Dark Secrets needs a hopeful counterpart and migrating off Discord. They also don't talk about AI some more.

E4 I Won the Podcast

2026-01-10

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Wightbred and Brine bring in the new year by talking about why systems are awesome! They then accidentally stress this point by systemizing the podcast itself. No spoilers on who won the podcast. By a lot.

E3 System Bashing Matters

2025-12-27

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Wightbred and Brine get in the holiday spirit and wrap up 2025 by bashing systems. Coal for every stocking! But also our plea for the new year: unless you need the money, stop trying to fix D&D and instead, make cool stuff we can steal!

E2 Too High To Trust

2025-12-06

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Wightbred and Brine talk about trust... why real trust at the table isn't about verification or "high trust" frameworks... it's about creating a normal conversational environment where everyone collaborates to tell interesting stories together. We're NOT talking about story games... though we do talk about story games 🤔

E1 Unnamed Worlds, Tarot Magic, and Conversation-First Design

2025-11-24

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This is the first episode in a new series of conversations between myself, Wightbred and whomever else. We talk about Wightbred's new zine, Unnammed Worlds; the magic system in brine's game Of Yarn and Bone; why we like narrative-first, conversation-driven ttrpgs, and a number of other rambling topics.

  1. By the powers vested in me (which are none), I give you permission to do anything, change anything or ignore anything that results in a better game for you and your players. Forever.