Maxwell Lander is an educator and photographer in eastern Canada. Aaron King is an editor and collage artist in the Midwestern US. They're both game designers, and together, they read RPG books, find the good bits, and discuss them critically. Welcome to RTFM.
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The More of Us, The More of them
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A book club and movie review podcast covering some of the most well regarded book to movie adaptations
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Podcast about the state of Magic, spoilers, winning decks and hidden gems.
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RTF, 3 lettres pour une émission qui se consacre aux Relations entre Taiwan et la France. Dans ce programme inédit enregistré depuis la France, nous aborderons ensemble les relations entre les deux pays, qu'elles soient économiques, culturelles, universitaires, scientifiques, politiques et autres. Nous irons pour cela découvrir les nombreux événements franco-taïwanais qui prennent place dans l’hexagone. Ces échanges ne seraient pas possible sans celles et ceux qui y conrtribuent par leurs ac ...
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Join Jay, Nic, and Phil as they discuss the Tech Lifestyle.
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Sed bienvenidos a Read the Fucking Manual, el podcast donde hablaremos de videojuegos, pero que también abarcara temas como manga, anime , series , peliculas y "ocio alternativo" ( wargames, rol , juegos de mesa...). Y todo esto con un humor muy... nuestro.
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RTF Sports Talk is live on YouTube every Tuesday/Thursday at 1 pm EST and Sunday at 9:45 am EST. Podcast are uploaded the same day! Give us a subscribe on YouTube and a follow here! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rtfsportstalk/support
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Parlez-vous hakka ? Des langues formosanes ? Formez-vous avec une plateforme de l'Inalco pour apprendre les langues taïwanaises
Nous retrouvons Liu Chan-yueh, enseignant chercheur à l'INALCO et titulaire de la chaire en études taïwanaises. Il développe une plateforme pour apprendre les langues taiwanaises gratuitement. L'idée est de mettre en lien des enseignants potentiels et de futures élèves intéressés pour découvrir la profondeur des langues taïwanaises, en plus du mand…
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You have been selected to work at the Triangle Agency. Game designer Sam Leigh joins us to talk about this corporate horror RPG by Caleb Zane Huett. Is corporate horror for the youths? Does metafiction have a place in RPGs? And who is the yellow voice?! Max Lander and Aaron King dig thr…
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Prepare to enter The Zone by Raph D'Amico. We compare the gamefeel of cards versus tables. We talk mutations. And we talk shit about the Southern Reach Trilogy. We're talking the Possible Worlds series by Tyler Crumrine, six discreet games boxed together. We have them fight to the death until only the best emerges victorious. Just kidding, we lov…
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Découvrir la culture taïwanaise et la langue à travers des spectacles de marionnettes à gaine, c'est ce que propose l'INALCO durant tout le mois de mars. Exposition, projections, conférences... les événements vous permettront de mieux connaître cette pratique taïwanaise. Pour discuter du programme des rencontres, nous recevons Liu Chan-yueh, enseig…
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RTFM Interview: Austin Walker & Tyler Crumrine
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1:27:39The RTFM interview series continues. We talk to Austin Walker and Tyler Crumrine about Realis, the meaning of "ashcan," and Wawa versus Sheetz. Max Lander and Aaron King dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fucking manual so that you don't have t…
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Detention : le forum des images à Paris accueille une soirée commémorative de l'incident du 28 février
Ce vendredi 28 février, l'Association Formose en France commémore l'incident du 28 février 1947 au forum des images à Paris. L'événement tragique a marqué le début des années du régime autoritaire à Taïwan. Une projection du film d'horreur DETENTION, tiré du jeu vidéo éponyme, est proposé. Ce film prend place dans les années 60, en pleine période d…
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We're talking the Possible Worlds series by Tyler Crumrine, six discreet games boxed together. We have them fight to the death until only the best emerges victorious. Just kidding, we loved them all. Max Lander and Aaron King dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, …
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Fantasy soap opera in a box? That's what you get in Dragonlance: Fifth Age. We talk about Dragonlance in general, card-based RPG mechanics, and kender genitals. Max Lander and Aaron King dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fuckin…
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wT RTF Abril de 2025 - 06
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The RTFM Show! 054 - First Show of 2025
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RTFM: A Guide to Casting Phantoms In the Revolution
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1:17:31Box season continues with A Guide to Casting Phantoms In the Revolution by Adam Vass & Will Jobst. We're talking mechanical crunch in narrative structure, scene-based roleplaying, and breaking Kickstarter. Max Lander and Aaron King dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lo…
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Election présidentielle, Jeux Olympiques de Paris 2024, nouvelle ambassadrice de Taïwan en France, échanges culturels... 2024 a été une année exceptionellement riche concernant les échanges entre Taïwan et la France. Dans RTF, nous avons essayé de suivre cette actualité depuis l'hexagone. A quelques heures du passage en 2025, il est temps de dresse…
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It's a holiday miracle! This Christmas, we're covering Pendragon, the classic RPG of chivalric knighthood. Can the game split the difference between history and fantasy? What can you learn by staring at bees? And would you like to roll on the cuck table? Max Lander and Aaron King dig through RPGs of yore t…
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One Shot - Nothing Lasts Forever / Die Hard
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1:02:17Wherein we talk about a seminal Christmas Classic Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp, and its movie adaptation Die Hard. We also talk about: If this is a Christmas movie?, 80's Movie Trope Nostalgia, the Inspiration for the book, a much darker ending in the book, favorite scenes, and other Christmas movies to check out this year.…
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The RTFM Show! 053 - Thats a Wrap for 2024
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Just Aaron today with a stopgap episode covering session planning and playing Traveller. Why run an incomplete game? Is the military bad? How can you get a horse with an exoskeleton? Max Lander and Aaron King dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They r…
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Wherein Travis talks to his mom, an OG Dune fan, about her reaction to the Dune movies and they also discuss: Mom's SciFi Bone Fides, Star Trek reviews, Other SciFi Books, Mom's reactions to reading Dune back in the 70s, if the movies were how she envisioned them, and environmentalist themes.بقلم JudyRowe, Travis Rowe
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Today we're covering Mausritter: The Estate, a box set of adventures and setting materials for teeny tiny mice adventures. What makes for a good adventure? Are you a filler-inner or a chipper-awayer? How do you deal with an evil cat wizard? Max Lander and Aaron King dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuab…
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The RTFM Show! 052 - is AI ruining our world?
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The RTFM Show! 050 - New Studio discussion, CPU talk and More!
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Today, we interview game designer and podcast Daniel Kwan. We talk games in museums, wuxia movies, and smelly Toronto. Max Lander and Aaron King dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fucking manual so that you don't have to. If you want to chat ab…
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Wherein we talk about the movie version of The Postman and we also talk about: restarting social media after the apocalypse, Kevin Costner and the female gaze, just rolling all the women into one character, Tom Petty as himself, Bill the pony - master swordsman, Giovanni Ribisi as himself, getting a status made of you for the wrong thing, and Danie…
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Quand Taïwan célèbre sa fête nationale en France : Premier Double-Dix pour l'ambassadrice Hao Pei-chih
Ce 9 novembre, avait lieu, quelques heures en avance, la célébration de la fête nationale taïwanaise, vulgarisée par le nom Double-Dix (10 octobre) au bureau de représentation de Taipei à en France dans son bureau parisien. Des sénateurs, des députés et d'anciens ministres français ont fait le déplacement. Cet événement marque aussi la première gra…
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We're back with another box set. This time, it's the Swedish Drakar och Demoner, or as it's known in English, Dragonbane. Who is this game for? Why can't indie devs get a big box budget? And why am I now keeping track of every person who's ever harmed me? Max Lander and Aaron King dig through RPGs of yore to b…
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Le breaking, discipline sans doute la plus controversée des Jeux Olympiques de Paris 2024, s'est retrouvé sous les feux des projecteurs. Découvrez avec Rti le témoignage de Chen Bo-jin (陳柏均Bojin Chen), le directeur du tournoi dont la scène a été décorée en faisant référence à cet objet devenu iconique de la culture hip hop dans les années 80-90 : l…
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Le breaking, discipline sans doute la plus controversée des Jeux Olympiques de Paris 2024, s'est retrouvé sous les feux des projecteurs. Découvrez avec Rti le témoignage de Chen Bo-jin (陳柏均Bojin Chen), le directeur du tournoi dont la scène a été décorée en faisant référence à cet objet devenu iconique de la culture hip hop dans les années 80-90 : l…
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A guest had to reschedule, so Max and Aaron had to scramble and invent a whole new schema through which to observe RPG discourse. Max Lander and Aaron King dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fucking manual so that you don't have to. If you want…
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Wherein we talk about the second half of The Postman and we also talk about: Olympic foley artists, if theSociety of Cincinnatus was a real thing, emperor naming conventions, women in STEM roles, conmen and the Big Lie, and what to do with super soldiers after the war.بقلم Chris Hamm, Chris Jacobsen, Travis Rowe
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Wherein we talk about the first half of The Postman by David Brin and we also talk about: Patreon rewards (that no one wants), Predictions of the Future from the Past, reactions to the book, Deceased postmen as ultimate wingmen, Gordon constantly rolling for deception checks, Vague advice from powerful computers, and what might happen next.…
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