RTFM Podcast
1) RTFM: Doll.Bod
Doll.Bod by Wendy Ribston Pippin is a cyberpunk game about exploited bodies, but what do you focus on in a queer cyberpunk RPG? How do you mechanize non-combat gaming while focusing on other aspects o...Show More
2) RTFM: This is Where the Stars Died
This is Where the Stars Died by Scott Malthouse is a narrative war game, but what the heck does that mean? What is a war game even? Is it where you have to paint small men?Max Lander...Show More
3) RTFM: Praise the Hawkmoth King
Praise him like you should! We're talking about Praise the Hawkmoth King by Sage the Anagogue, a PbtA game about teenagers, demons, and messed up sex. So yeah, there are some trigger warnings. (Praise...Show More
4) RTFM: The Effies
Welcome to the only RPG awards in the world: the Effies.Max Lander and Aaron King dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. Th...Show More
5) RaFM: The Tome of NeverWorld
Due to scheduling issues, we've been unable to record a traditional episode of RTFM. So Aaron decides to literally read a fucking manual out loud: The Tome of NeverWorld by Erin Laughlin and Craig She...Show More
6) RTFM Interview: Kali Lawrie
We interview game designer Kali Lawrie of Gem Room Games, talking Letters to Sandra, fiber arts, and curation and archival work.. Max Lander and Aaron King dig t...Show More
7) RTFM Season 6 Finale: Ranking of the Games
Box season is over, so now we must rank the games. Which boxes are best? Which are worst? (They're actually all pretty good.) Plus we announce next season's theme: no game only PDF.Max Lander ...Show More
8) RTFM: Triangle Agency
You have been selected to work at the Triangle Agency. Game designer Sam Leigh joins us to talk about this corporate horror RPG by Caleb Zane Huett. Is corporate horror for the youths? Does metafictio...Show More
9) RTFM: The Zone
Prepare to enter The Zone by Raph D'Amico. We compare the gamefeel of cards versus tables. We talk mutations. And we talk shit about the Southern Reach Trilogy.We're talking the Possible Worlds serie...Show More
10) RTFM Interview: Austin Walker & Tyler Crumrine
The RTFM interview series continues. We talk to Austin Walker and Tyler Crumrine about Realis, the meaning of "ashcan," and Wawa versus Sheetz.Max Lander and Aaron King...Show More