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Ludological Alchemy: The Hypothesis
From the brains in jars behind Ludological Alchemy come words for your ears! The Hypothesis is a monthly podcast about the whys and wherefores of games, how they're designed and developed, and what they mean. We release episodes the final Wednesday of each month at 11 AM, Eastern time.
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The Hypothesis Volume 3: Episode 06
Divers into the Abyss, We continue the third volume of this roiling experiment in grand style with a rollicking interview with the irrepressible Jared A…
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The Hypothesis Volume 3: Episode 05
Alchemically Minded Followers and Friends, Our guest for this month's episode is none other and the inimitable, indefatigable Paul Beakley. You may know this…
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The Hypothesis Volume 3: Episode 04
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…
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The Hypothesis Volume 3: Episode 03
Star Knights, Long ago, the people were dying at the end of the world. But hope was not yet lost, for Christopher and Luke discuss one of the most fascinating…
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The Hypothesis Volume 3: Episode 02
Humble Supplicants, Seekers of knowledge, I bring to you a conversation with one of our game design titans — Greg Costikyan. Greg is a designer of war games…
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The Hypothesis Volume 3: Episode 01
Fiends, There was no guarantee that we achieve this momentous step. And yet, through sheer grit and determination, we have arrived at the first episode of our…
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The Hypothesis Volume 2: Episode 12
Tyros, As by now you have detected, when we make promises we move our heavens and earths to deliver on those promises. This episode is one such example. We…
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The Hypothesis Volume 2: Episode 11
Hello seekers of knowledge, There exists a silent force at every table. It does not take turns. It has no victory condition. And yet, it determines whether…
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The Hypothesis Volume 2: Episode 10
Squad, Focus yon mind, tense thine muscles. Here in we explore forbidden and speculative lore. In this tenth episode of our second volume of recordings, Luke…
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The Hypothesis Volume 2: Episode 9
Tyros, Pour the ablutions, purify thyself and cast spells of warding for the words we speak in this episode are words of secret knowledge and power. To come at…
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The Hypothesis Volume 2: Episode 8
Hopefuls, On this eve of this pagan night, we pray we are unvisited by the terrible saint, punisher of children. To propitiate the saint, we present an…
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The Hypothesis Volume 2: Episode 7
One and all, Beyond the confines of our small, forlorn tower, Marraskuu, the Month of Death, is in full bloom. Life withers as the days grow ever shorter…
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The Hypothesis Volume 2: Episode 6
Greetings alchemists all, In this episode Christopher and Luke catch up and discuss game system design. Luke commits the sin of screensharing during the…
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The Hypothesis: Volume 2, Ep 5
Greetings my friends, In this episode Luke and Sam interview the legendary Mike "Papa" Holmes. Mike is an RPG designer—known primarily for his co-authorship of…
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The Hypothesis: Volume 2, Episode 4: GEN CON
Greetings, Alchemists. At the start of this month, we were at Gen Con, where we held our second annual Gen Con Ludological Alchemists panel, involving more…
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The Hypothesis: Volume 2, Episode 3
Hello seekers of knowledge, Here you will find the third installment of Volume 2 of the Hypothesis. Continuing our interview format, this month's victim is…
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The Hypothesis: Volume 2, Episode 2
Hello seekers of knowledge, We again apologize for the untimely unseemly delay in launching this our latest episode. We continue to stumble into a web of…
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The Hypothesis: Volume 2, Episode 1
Hello my seekers of knowledge, We apologize for the untimely unseemly delay in launching this our latest episode. Volume 2 Sam and Luke are way behind on their…
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Ludological Alchemy: The Hypothesis - Episode #12: Looking back on a year of Ludological Alchemy
Greetings astute alchemists, In this our twelfth episode, we ramble through our preamble discussing Christmas music, knock-knock jokes, online scams and modern…
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Ludological Alchemy: The Hypothesis - Episode #11: Designing to Teach Game Design
Greetings, alchemists. Once again, we dive into an arcane topic, but this one has a bit of a metatextual level: we speak of teaching the subject of game…
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Ludological Alchemy: The Hypothesis - Episode #10: Iron Hearts in Hearts of Iron
Players of Games, As a game designer, playing other games is important to the design process, especially games orthogonal to your area of expertise. In Episode…
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Ludological Alchemy: The Hypothesis - A Random Encounter with Tom Bombadil
Dearest listener, Here we present to a special episode. Normally, we limit such special episodes to paid subscribers, but we enjoyed this discussion so much we…
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Ludological Alchemy: The Hypothesis - Episode #9: In All Fairness
We know that for many, today is a day known as "Christmas Day", however, we here at Ludological Alchemy celebrate a more esoteric event: the final episode of…
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Ludological Alchemy: The Hypothesis - Episode #8: Ten Rules of Roleplaying Games
We return to undertake a challenge. What rules must one adhere to when crafting roleplaying games? We develop a list of ten of them. Listen to follow our…
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Ludological Alchemy: The Hypothesis - Episode #7: Players Playing
Are games truly games without those who play them? In this latest episode of our Ludological Alchemy podcast "The Hypothesis" we discuss the terms, personages…
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Episode #6: Ruminations and Consternations under the Shadow of Ursula
Greetings, alchemists, and welcome to another episode of our humble audio ventures into the unknown: a so-called "podcast", and it is so called "The…
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Episode #5: Golems LIVE at Gen Con 2024
Dearest listener, This episode of our Hypothesis contains a different outlook than our previous iterations. Herein, we present to you a live recording captured…
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Episode #4: Certain about Uncertainty
Welcome to yet another episode of The Hypothesis! Today, we discuss uncertainty! In all its myriad forms. Can we crack open any kernels of known unknowns? We…
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Episode #3: A Triumvirate of (Dis)Agreements
We begin by welcoming our third alchemist, Sam. We quickly dispense with introductions and go into history, music, and snake oil salespeople. These are our…
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Episode #2: Settings in Roleplaying Games
We're back! Did you miss us? It's only the second episode! We're off to a powerful start, getting into some notably macabre topics before talking about RPGs at…
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Episode #1: A Roleplaying Game is...?
Luke Crane and Christopher Badell launch this new podcast with a weighty question. Can they answer it? Tune in to find out! This was our first ever recording…