The Hypothesis Volume 3: Episode 04

Ludological Alchemy: The Hypothesis · Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 35m

Seekers of Truth,

This year at Gen Con Christopher and I altered our traditional format and instead ran a traditional game design advice panel at Gen Con in the guise of your humble Ludological Alchemists. We had a fair turnout, many of whom had not heard of our stygian recordings of our maundering.

For the topic, we elucidated nine questions that Alchemist Luke had posed to his students regarding their final assignments for his Tabletop RPG Design class in April.

9 Questions for RPG designers

What is the game about? What's the concept? What genre or format does the game take? What materials…