Lures (Heaven in the Dust) with Barclay Travis and Bee Alexander
From Dice Exploder by Sam Dunnewold
March 31, 2026 · 28 min · Season 6 · Episode 8
About this episode
The episode discusses the concept of lures in the context of the game Heaven in the Dust with guests Barclay Travis and Bee Alexander.
Transcripts are available at diceexploder.com Bee and Barclay are the hosts of Tabletop Book Club, a podcast that is exactly what it sounds like. It’s a show with such fun energy, and of course good design talk. Because Barclay has a new belonging outside belonging game that's just come out - Begin Again, check the link below - today I'm talking with them about lures, maybe my favorite part of the belonging outside belonging engine, and specifically how they're implemented in Heave in the Dust... Further Reading Heaven in the Dust by Luke Jordan Begin Again by Barclay Travis Dream Askew / Dream Apart by Avery Alder and Benjamin Rosenbaum Socials Tabletop Book Club , Bee , and Barclay on Bluesky Sam on Bluesky and itch The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.com Our logo was designed by sporgory , our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey, and our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer. Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show! Credits Our logo was designed by sporgory , our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey. This episode was edited by Em Acosta.
People in this episode
Host: Sam Dunnewold
Guests: Barclay Travis, Bee Alexander
Topics covered
- tabletop games
- belonging outside belonging
- game design
- podcast discussion
- lures
Keywords
- lures
- Heaven in the Dust
- Begin Again
- tabletop games
- game design
- podcast
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Tabletop Book Club, Dice Exploder
Products: Begin Again
Books & works: Heaven in the Dust, Dream Askew / Dream Apart
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