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News and interviews about Draw Steel and MCDM. New episodes twice a month. Hosted by Jon de Nor.
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Draw Steel has been out for a month. It's been well received and new people are picking up the game and entering the community all the time. There's also been an update to the released adventures, errata for the core rules, more Djordice are coming, 50 leveled treasure has been released, the kobold ancestry is happening, the vampire class in on pre-order, and more! Links to everything: https://GoblinPoints.com/2517#links Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:47 Jams of the Timescape 01:33 Draw Steel 02:54...
James Introcaso. Lead designer of Draw Steel. Need I say more. I was really excited to have him on, and it was a delight. James talks about going to GenCon, the value of showing that the core rules aren't sacred, how the victory and respite system is core to the Draw Steel experience, and his adventure design philosophy. Links: Shadow of the Demon LordShadow of the Weird WizardPIRATE BORGAn Architectural Approach to Level DesignTaskmasterGuy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Chapters: 00:...
It's here! It's finally here! Draw Steel is out! Next is the physical books. There's also the summoner and beastheart classes; the gnome, shadow elf and four more ancestries; an extended version of Fall of Blackbottom, a thorn dragon adventure, and a suicide mission adventure; and details on the Codex VTT. Then there's the crowdfunded weapons collection and kobold ancestry; and two other third-party adventures. And even that's not all! There's so much! Links: https://GoblinPoints.com/2515#lin...
This episode I'm joined by Hannah Rose. She's had a busy career and has worked on the Taldorei setting for Critical Role, worked on multiple Wizards of the Coast books, and maybe most famously in the MCDM community, been the managing editor for Arcadia. We talk about her new venture, the quarterly magazine Horizons, trying to maintain a viable freelance market in TTRPGs, and what ever Deathmatch Island is. Links: Subscribe on the website: https://wildmagepress.com/subscribeSubscribe on Patreo...
June has come and gone, and Draw Steel might be releasing in less than two weeks. But before that happens, I'll tell you about the release candidate of the rules, the updated Monsters manuscript, the summoner playtest and the fantastic community projects that are being published. Links to everything: https://GoblinPoints.com/2513#links Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:41 Draw Steel Release Candidate 03:11 Fresh Monster Manuscript 03:56 The Summoner 04:47 The Blacksmith's Guild - Issue #1 06:17 Ratcat...
In this episode I speak with Onslaught Six. He's currently crowdfunding the community magazine Ratcatchers, which features articles from multiple people in the Draw Steel community. We do talk about the magazine, the permissive license they're publishing under, but we start off with the space cowboy RPG he designed, how to find the right game for the right play group, and the OSR megadungeon he recently published, Ruins of Castle Gygar. Links: Ratcatcher MagazinePhysical StoreDriveThruRPGItch...
Looks like we might be drawing steel in July, we know more about the adventures MCDM plans to release in the coming months, we got details on the beastheart class, there'll be more djordice, the third party vampire class got funded, The Dice Society interviewed James. And More! Links to everything: https://goblinpoints.com/2511#links Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:44 Steel Will Be Drawn in July 02:17 Book Three 04:41 Future Adventures 07:43 The Beastheart 10:03 The Codex 11:38 More Dice 12:06 Mot's...
My guest this time is Paul Ligorski, also known as Heart of Arcana. Paul has written quite a few advenuters, not only for Draw Steel, but for D&D 5e, Mausritter and Cypher. He also runs a local game night multiple times a month. We talk about writing adventures for different systems, which TTRPG systems work well for teaching new players, how interacting with gods is different in Draw Steel, and how watching Draw Steel being designed has made him reimagine what can be used for inspiration...
The Delian Tomb is being tested by patrons, the layout for the core rules is nearing completion, and an adventure to run at conventions is in the works. Also, the dice from the crowdfunder is shipping, and Flee, Mortals! and Where Evil Lives is out on Foundry. Links to everything: https://www.goblinpoints.com/2509#links Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:42 The Delian Tomb 01:06 The Conventure 02:20 The Clounns 03:34 Warfare 04:33 The Layout 05:47 Initial Support 07:48 Draw Steel Actual Play 08:13 The ...
I'm joined by Ananam of Triglav Games. They are at the time of publishing this episode crowdfunding a vampire class for Draw Steel. It's an ambitious project and they've pulled out all the stops with professional art, playtesting and layout. In the interview we talk about how they're designing the vampire class, what it's like to designing classes for Draw Steel, and the decisions for the crowdfunder and what they've learned from it. Links: The Vampire on BackerKitTriglav Games on BlueskyAnan...
It's the silence before the storm. News about Draw Steel is sparse. MCDM is working on new products, but they've barely made into testing. Some more exciting news is the new third party crowdfunder that just launched, for a vampire class. And, of course, I have some highlights from the community creations. Submit questions to Ananam: https://www.patreon.com/posts/questions-for-125475621 Links to everything: https://www.goblinpoints.com/2507#links Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:47 Burrowing Conundru...
I'm visited by Andie Margolskee, the author of the first crowdfunded adventure for Draw Steel: The Great Thaw of Gryzmithrak Spire. We talk about the adventure, sure, but with Andie having designed adventures for multiple systems, we end up talking a bunch about what different systems are good at. Links Website that links to Andie's previous projectsThe Great Thaw of Gryzmithrak Spire CrowdfundrExoecology for Monster Hunters Kickstarter Two favorite Alexandrian blog articles:Node-Based Scenar...
MCDM is working on the core rules, the monsters, new classes and the Codex, but nothing is ready to be published yet. The community is of course ever flowing with great creations. In this episode I cover the known rule changes, the new classes and the news about the Codex. Links to everything: https://www.goblinpoints.com/2505#links Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:46 Rule Changes 02:19 New Classes 02:57 Summoner 04:24 Beastheart 04:41 The Delian Two-mb 05:51 Omund's Land 06:41 Physical Release 07:31...
In this episode I'm joined by Iron Monocle. He's a serial creator of worlds and keeps a blog about his most recent one. We talk about how game rules influence assumptions in the world, about world building as a hobby, and how players can be a fantastic source and contributors of lore and ideas in your world. Links: BlogBlueskyIronswornMidst Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:48 Interview 44:45 Recommendations 00:48:48 Outro Support the show MCDM Discord MCDM Subreddit Draw Steel Subreddit Matt's ...
This is a bit of a weird one. Less than a week before the release of this episode, James basically posted what could've been the script for this episode in a post on Patreon. So in addition to news about the state of the Draw Steel core rules, and future products for Draw Steel, which was also outlined by James, I've got a bunch fantastic creations from the community. Links to everything: https://www.goblinpoints.com/2503#links Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:28 Fuck What's Happening in the US...
Is the Draw Steel podcast universe going to implode? This episode, I have The Dice Society on! I really have to give him credit for taking so many of the questions without any preparation or warning, and I think he pulled it off really well. We had a great time talking and I hope you do as well when listening. Links: YouTubeBlueskyChapters: 00:00 Intro 00:46 Interview 57:14 Outro Support the show MCDM Discord MCDM Subreddit Draw Steel Subreddit Matt's YouTube Channel MCDM's YouTube Channel ...
This is a shorter episode. It's weird, because in some ways not much new happened in December, but on the other hand, the biggest thing also happened in December: Draw Steel is content complete. All the rules, systems, mechanics and monsters that are supposed to be in the final game are in. Now it's time to polish. Links to everything: https://www.goblinpoints.com/2501#links Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:51 Draw Steel 02:47 Vasloria Box Set 05:04 Draw Steel Adventures 06:01 Mini Monday 06:...
In this episode I'm joined by Dojikaan. You might know him from the art that he posts in the MCDM community, I know him from the awesome time raider portrait he did a while back. In the episode we talk about art in the MCDM community, the importance of official art for a product, and how fanart self-sustains communities. Links: Dojikaan IllustrationsDojikaan's InstagramDojikaan's PatreonDojikaan's Twitter/XSupport the show MCDM Discord MCDM Subreddit Draw Steel Subreddit Matt's YouTube Chan...
Feature changes in Draw Steel is slowing down, it's mostly tweaking and balancing from here. Codex is getting some exciting features related to elevation on battle maps. The Illrigger has arrived on D&D Beyond. Trenchworx is making more MCDM minis. And we talk about Derelict. Links to everything: https://www.goblinpoints.com/2418#links Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:43 Draw Steel 00:47 Shields 01:33 Surges 03:17 Potencies 04:13 Vasloria Box Set 05:41 Pencils Down 06:09 Creator License 06:39 M...
Welcome to the one year anniversary episode! It's wild to me that it's already been a year. Seems only like yesterday I recorded the 90 second trailer, and the retrospective episode about MCDM. My guest for this episode is the composer of the new theme music, Patrick Haesler. Links: YouTubeMusic InstagramMini Painting InstagramWebsiteSpotifyBandcampApple MusicSupport the show MCDM Discord MCDM Subreddit Draw Steel Subreddit Matt's YouTube Channel MCDM's YouTube Channel GoblinPoints.com Le...
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