Emotionality in Gameplay with Kyle Tam

About this episode

Kyle Tam discusses emotionality in gameplay and the impact of dice rolls on play.

Profilic game designer and writer KYLE TAM sat down with Colin to talk about games where dice rolls don’t interrupt play, bringing emotionality and deep conversations into gameplay, and a brief tangent to the new pope. Find Kyle on the interwebz at https://whatkylewrites.carrd.co/# and Kyle’s games at https://urania-games.itch.io/ Support The Roll Report on ⁠ ⁠Patreon⁠⁠ for EXTENDED AND AD-FREE INTERVIEWS! Follow us on ⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠ ⁠Tiktok⁠⁠ for news & exclusive content! The Roll Report is: ⁠⁠ ⁠Colin⁠⁠⁠ (Creative Director), ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Uriah Findley⁠⁠⁠ (Audio Producer), and ⁠⁠ ⁠Hannah Bradshaw Lozier⁠⁠⁠ (Producer). Cover art by ⁠⁠ ⁠Annaleise Gray Theme song: "Adventures in Adventureland" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

People in this episode

Host: Colin

Guest: Kyle Tam

Topics covered

• emotionality in gameplay
• dice rolls
• deep conversations
• game design
• Kyle Tam

Keywords

• game design
• emotional gameplay
• dice mechanics
• Kyle Tam
• The Roll Report

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Urania Games, The Roll Report

Books & works: Adventures in Adventureland

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