About this episode

Victor and Nadia discuss Dread Delusion and Entropy with James Wragg, exploring various themes in RPGs and game design.

Don't hate The Player, hate the thing wherein you'll catch the conscience of the king.Victor and Nadia are joined by the creative director of RPG developer Lovely Hellplace, James Wragg, to discuss the critically acclaimed Dread Delusion, AND the recently-released-into-early-access Entropy. It's a fantastic conversation that nearly reaches the 2-hour mark and dips into just about every topic you can imagine. So enjoy this perma-death-filled episode of Axe of the Blood God! Subscribe for bonus episodes and discord access at ⁠https://www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod⁠ and get merch at ⁠https://shop.bloodgodpod.com⁠Topics Discussed:- The inherent impressionism of early 3D- How to push back against climate change- The power of quoting Shakespeare- Small number RPGs vs Bigger number RPGs and the importance of numbers- Perma-death Further Reading: Lovely Hellplace - Lovely Hellzine on Patreon Dread Delusion Lost In Cult EDITION Hamlet on the Holodeck Mordheim Mork Borg Game Studies Study Buddies Timestamps: 9:50 - Main Topic - Entropy, Dread Delusion and more w/ James Wragg of Lovely Hellplace 31:28 - The "Player" 40:40 - Shakespeare 51:18 - Fixed camera angles and learning from Dread…

People in this episode

Hosts: Victor, Nadia

Guest: James Wragg

Topics covered

• early 3D impressionism
• climate change
• Shakespeare
• RPG mechanics
• perma-death

Keywords

• Dread Delusion
• Entropy
• RPG
• James Wragg
• game design
• Shakespeare
• perma-death

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lovely Hellplace

Books & works: Dread Delusion, Entropy, Hamlet on the Holodeck, Mordheim, Mork Borg

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