Reading 1000 RPG Books (w/ Layla Adelman)

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Layla Adelman, who goes by the handle pandatheist in RPG spaces, is a rpg designer, writer, and serial twitter thread writer. She's one of the co-designers of the Illuminated Worlds system for Critical Role's Darrington Press. This is the system which powers Candela Obscura and potentially other unannounced games. She was an Ennies judge two years. She blogs over at Bone Box Chant at wordpress.com, including a major series collating and analysing statistics around Kickstarter's ZineQuest and a series of interviews with TTRPG editors. You can follow her on BlueSky and Mastodon.
Show Notes:
01:04 - Layla's Introduction
08:18 - Masks of Nyarlathotep and GMing like an editor
15:53 - Layla's approach to reviewing
29:26 - Tips for writing a good rulebook
35:48 - Games Layla is excited about
39:54 - Tyranny of Numbers
41:11 - All Advice Is Advice For Myself

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