Minigames (Firebrands) with Viditya Voleti

About this episode

In this episode, Sam Dunnewold interviews Viditya Voleti about minigames and the Firebrands system.

Transcripts available at diceexploder.com Further Reading Band-Aids & Bullet Holes on Kickstarter Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands by Meguey & Vincent Baker The King Is Dead by Meguey & Vincent Baker Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern by Takuma Okada Socials Viditya on Bluesky and itch 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

Guest: Viditya Voleti

Topics covered

• minigames
• Firebrands
• game design
• tabletop games
• role-playing games

Keywords

• minigames
• Firebrands
• tabletop RPG
• game design
• role-playing games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: diceexploder.com, Dice Exploder

Books & works: Band-Aids & Bullet Holes, Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands, The King Is Dead, Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern

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