Brain Trust

While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/. Adam Vass and Will Jobst are two game designers making a podcast! If you're new, start here—we'll catch you up. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst. Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discordapp.com/invite/SgnU8ZB.

While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/. We revisit A Guide to Casting Phantoms in the Revolution (https://worldchampgameco.itch.io/guide) and the results may shock you (we still love it). In this episode Adam dials it in, Will goes Mads, and we both talk about games that let you do mean things. With a return to setpiece gaming, we chat about experiencing big worlds as an amusement park. And Sid Meier’s big amusement park: the world. The Brain Trust is hosting a shared world Lancer RPG, if you’re reading this, come check it out in the discord! Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst. Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discordapp.com/invite/SgnU8ZB.

We’re back, we’ve been back. While you’re here, contribute to Black Lives Matter in whatever way you can: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/. In this episode, we’re talking all about hexes, inspired by Adam’s hex jam (https://itch.io/jam/hexjam) and his hex pack (https://worldchampgameco.itch.io/world-champ-hex-kit)! Hexes are a type of gon. Gon is math for shapes. Different gons mean different things. We’re going to get pretty technical here, so buckle up. Will gets caught in a roll and Adam is in a plain old good mood. We talk about bees. We know we’re wrong. There’s nothing you can do. We don’t mention solitaire on this episode, but the rules are like this: see what you can do on a community level to support BIPOC LGBTQIA+ lives. In your town, city, or state, see what you can do and do it. Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst. Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst. Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discordapp.com/invite/SgnU8ZB.

Adam Vass and Will Jobst are a weird hand gesture. We are sundials on your walk. We are apples and milk, but worse. In this episode, we talk about layout, failure, and building a relationship with your work. Will might still be in an infinity library of their own design. Adam chats his new game, Aurora, available today at https://worldchampgameco.itch.io/aurora. What fruits do lizards like? We don’t talk about solitaire, but here’s how I’d describe it: the goal solitaire is to build a canon of saints. Cards are revealed and placed into mismatched columns, representing their mortal lives. When they are ascended into the four suites, describe their saintly works. What was the context of their lives? When you’ve filled heaven, stop playing. Here’s a list of graphic design resources to help you on your journey:  https://www.shillingtoneducation.com/blog/50-essential-free-resources-graphic-designers-2020-update/ Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst. Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discordapp.com/invite/SgnU8ZB.

Adam Vass and Will Jobst are two big fangs. We’re Weezer now. Life’s going to be a little different, out here in the g’rage and Beverly Hills. Adam unveils 500 years of vegan secrets and outlines new editions of Babes in the Wood and Protest Singer. Will recounts a citrus meltdown and makes an enemy of Frank. We made a game on this episode that really asks: what that mouth do? This is our Green Album. This is our Vampire RPG. (㇏(•̀ᵥᵥ•́)ノ) Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst. Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discordapp.com/invite/SgnU8ZB.

Season 1, Episode 5: In this episode, we talk about shock jocks, graphic design, and studying adventures, and in the middle we design the Born to Die TTRPG! Listen to part two of this episode only on Ko-Fi, on 2/6.  Find the Born to Die RPG at https://worldchampgameco.itch.io/. Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more!  Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/. Appendix N:  ⁠Born to Die⁠ Ali on TikTok Sinix Design Elliotisacoolguy Shannon Swales Struthless Electric Bastionland I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Lancer Kill Five Billion Demons Ten Million HP Planet Hardspace Shipbreaker Good Friends of Jackson Elias

Season 1, Episode 4: In this episode, we chat about IKEA, save points in TTRPGs, and how we research games, and who our “game parents” are.  Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more!  Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/. Appendix N: Baldur’s Gate 3 big Grave Fashion Fantasy Vampire the Masquerade One Thousand Year Old Vampire Blood Borg A Guide to Casting Phantoms in the Revolution Black Mass Mork Borg Vaults of Vaarn

Season 1, Episode 3: In this episode, we talk about companions and how we love to use them.  Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more!  Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/. Appendix N: Baldur’s Gate 3 Follow  Imp of the Preverse Plasmodics: mutant freaks in the weird future Wastelanders Cybermetal 2012 Big Grave Fashion Fantasy  Cyberpunk 2077 Good Friends of Jackson Elias Eternal Lies Dracula Dossier Night’s Black Agents Mothership

Season 1, Episode 2b Bonus: In this episode, we enter the Therapy-G zone to talk about how to run dungeons while playing digitally! Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more!  Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/. Appendix N: Western Kabuki Wolves Upon the Coast Dungeons and Dragons (disrespectful) Dungeon Robber

Season 1, Episode 2: In this episode, we talk about the meta roles at the RPG table, asymmetrical stats, and a playstorm where we go goblin mode.  Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more!  Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/. Appendix N: Sixth Sense Scanners Plasmodics: mutant freaks in the weird future Disco Elysium Among Us (amongus) Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 Kim Diaz Holm Robin’s Laws of Good Gamemastering Campfire Into the Odd A Ship of Theseus RPG Oblique Strategies Occult Strategies

Season 1, Episode 1: In this episode we talk about the structure of the show, how we plan to make it, and what kind of things we’ll talk about. We introduce the Techlab with our first topic: what makes a good first sentence or intro paragraph of an RPG?  Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more!  Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/. Appendix N: Texas Chainsaw Massacre  Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Wolves Upon the Coast How to Summon a Spirit TORQ: rallyraid roleplaying Plasmodics: mutant freaks in the weird future Cybermetal 2012

Season 1, Episode 0 Adam Vass and Will Jobst are back with another season of the Brain Trust podcast, starting this Thursday! In this preview episode, get to know our new format, release schedule, and how to support us.  Visit https://ko-fi.com/thebraintrust and throw us a few bucks a month to hear seasonal bonus episodes, get access to merch sales, and more!  Find us at https://braintrust.rocks/.

We have an exciting new opportunity for you, and some tickets to sell. We chat about mentorship and how to knowledge share with others, and preview some upcoming games!  ____ Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst. Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/vGB9UYYveK

We’re over in sunny Fort Wayne for the latest and greatest Gen Con. We pick our BarbieHiemer games and talk about Dr. Adam Divorce.  ____ Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst. Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/vGB9UYYveK

We answer questions about reengaging with WIPS, designing the roleplaying out of rpgs, and the three new questions of design. ____ Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst. Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/vGB9UYYveK

We’re chatting about collaboration, Guns n’ Roses, and how we like to work with each other! 1978: The Night THEY Came Home. Go to 1978.games and reserve your copy today!  ____ Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst. Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/vGB9UYYveK

Today, we debut Adam’s newest RPG and crowdfunding campaign: 1978: The Night THEY Came Home. Go to 1978.games and reserve your copy today!  We chat about all things 1978, the shared nightmare of being in school again, triangulating where a game fits in the world, and updates on our projects and lives.  ____ Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst. Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/vGB9UYYveK

We’re back! Talking about shirts, mousetrap, making zines, and Adam’s game Sweet Revenge.  Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst.Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/vGB9UYYveK

While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks (https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/) and Black Lives Matter (https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/). Today we’re talking about zines, available across the internet for Zine Month 2023! The Lovers Plasmodics Sweet Revenge  Horse Girl Chiron’s Doom Electrum Archive #2 Miru 2 Strictly Between Us Contact Low-Res Futures ____ Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst. Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/vGB9UYYveK

While you’re here, contribute to AAPI support networks (https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/) and Black Lives Matter (https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/). On this episode, we talk about our 2023 goals, what vape carts go with what RPGs, the Jobst Style Guide, Adam’s consulting, giving back to the community, making a million dollars, and more! ____ Find Adam on Twitter at @wcgameco and Will at @will_jobst Music by Will Jobst, available at https://soundcloud.com/willjobst. Also, there’s a discord! We’d love for you to join! Find the link here: https://discord.gg/vGB9UYYveK