Podcast appearances and mentions of kathryn hymes

This week, Dirk and David are joined by Kathryn Hymes, co-owner of Thorny Games and former co-host of the show. Together, they discuss Kathryn's new game Xenolanguage, a roleplaying game where players take the role of humans tasked with deciphering an alien language. They give their thoughts on designing GMless games, especially focusing on how to facilitate interesting experiences within the rules. Topics include an in-depth look at Xenolanguage's design, the breadth in experience of GMless games, approaching the business side of GMless games, and what future games may look like in the field of language.  

Live from this year's 3W6 Con we again invite all who participated and our guest of honor to talk about their games, glimmers and wishes for the next con.

Aktuell läuft die Vorbestellung für Dialekt bei System Matters. Das ist die deutsche Übersetzung des Erzählspielklassikers Dialect von Kathryn Hymes, unserer Guest of Honor bei der 3W6 Con 2024 und ebenfalls Autorin von Sign (siehe letzte Folge). Deshalb war Markus in seiner Rolle als Übersetzer des Spiels letzte Woche zu Gast bei 3P auf Twitch und hat gemeinsam mit Host Cassandra und Frank eine Runde Dialekt gespielt. Netterweise hat uns Cassandra den Ton zur Verfügung gestellt, so dass ihr das Actual Play auch hier im Podcast nachhören könnt. Kleiner Hinweis: Die Folge ist nicht ganz so detailreich geschnitten wie sonst, da wir vor allem schnell sein wollten. Hörbar sollte sie trotzdem sein. Viel Spaß!

This episode, and the next couple of episodes, are about word games! Today, Joshua Blackburn recounts how his sons' uninspiring English homework led to him inventing the language quiz game League of the Lexicon; and Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalıoğlu of Thorny Games explain how they make topics like language loss and deciphering alien language into creative play. Get the transcript of this episode, and find links to more information about the topics therein, at theallusionist.org/wordplay2. Word Play part 1, featuring Leslie Scott from Oxford Games, is nine years down your podfeed. This episode was produced by me, Helen Zaltzman, with Martin Austwick of palebirdmusic.com. We'll be playing a space-themed show in the planetarium at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver BC on 18 April 2024; get tickets via theallusionist.org/events. Become a member of the Allusioverse at theallusionist.org/donate and as well as keeping this independent podcast going, you get regular livestreams, insight into the making of this show, and watchalong parties - AND to hang out with your fellow Allusionauts in our delightful Discord community, where I am posting all my best/worst portmanteaus and portmantNOs. The Allusionist's online home is theallusionist.org. Stay in touch via facebook.com/allusionistshow, instagram.com/allusionistshow, youtube.com/allusionistshow, twitter.com/allusionistshow etc. Our ad partner is Multitude. If you want me to talk lovingly and winningly about your product or thing on the show in 2024, sponsor an episode: contact Multitude at multitude.productions/ads. This episode is sponsored by: • Squarespace, your one-stop shop for building and running your online empire. Go to squarespace.com/allusionist for a free 2-week trial, and get 10 percent off your first purchase of a website or domain with the code allusionist. • Babbel, the language-learning app designed by real people for real conversations. Get up to 60% off your Babbel subscription at Babbel.com/allusionist.• Wildgrain, the subscription box for sourdough breads, fresh pastas, and artisanal pastries that you can cook from frozen in 25 minutes. Get $30 off your first box, PLUS free croissants in every box, when you start your subscription at Wildgrain.com/allusionist or use promo code ALLUSIONIST at checkout.• HomeChef, meal kits that fit your needs. For a limited time, HomeChef is offering Allusionist listeners 18 free meals, plus free shipping on your first box, and free dessert for life, at HomeChef.com/allusionist.Support the show: http://patreon.com/allusionistSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dirk and Kathryn Hymes meet this episode to talk with Anna Anthropy, digital and tabletop designer known for her prolific work with non-traditional themes. They discuss Anna's career in game design, and her path into becoming an educator. Topics include why violence is an attractive game element, dealing with releasing art and it no longer being one's own, one page games, and the absence of sex as a theme or topic.

With T&B every day is a BEE-day! This episode we preach to the COIR about LINGUAL, AUGUR in a new age of pirate speak, and explore the fascinating phenomenon that is "home slang". (Our Wild Card segment is inspired by Kathryn Hymes' article "Why We Speak More Weirdly At Home", which you can read in full here.)

Dialect co-designer Kathryn Hymes joined us for an insightful and inspiring discussion about her design process and how her background in math and computational linguistics plays into it.

This week's special guest is Kathryn Hymes, who talks about her work for Thorny Games, a publisher dedicated to making games that explore language. Check out Thorny Games' work at https://thornygames.com/. Beyond Solitaire is now proudly sponsored by Central Michigan University's Center for Learning Through Games and Simulations, where learning can be both playful and compelling. Check them out here: https://www.cmich.edu/colleges/class/Centers/CLGS/Pages/default.aspxAll episodes of my podcast are available here: https://beyondsolitaire.buzzsprout.com/Enjoy my work? Consider getting me a "coffee" on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/beyondsolitaireContact Me: Email: beyondsolitaire at gmail.comTwitter: @beyondsolitaireInstagram: @beyondsolitaireFacebook: www.facebook.com/beyondsolitaireWebsite: www.beyondsolitaire.net

In this episode we are excited to welcome Kathryn Hymes, former Head of International Product Expansion for Slack. Prior, Kathryn held product leadership roles at Nextdoor and Facebook and currently runs Thorny Games, a company that builds games at the intersection of language and crytography. In our conversation, Kathryn offers some awesome insights into a vast number of topics: from how to be successful entering new markets (a hint being not to launch and leave, but to build for sustainability and scalability), the importance of curiosity, energy, passion and understanding a functional cross-section of the business in being an effective product leader; and the need for leaders to meet both customers and employees where they are at and to ask the right questions in order to be successful localizing your business for new markets. This episode is sponsored by our partner, ZEDRA. Learn more about how the ZEDRA team can support you in expanding to new markets @ https://www.zedra.com Find our entire podcast episode library at https://www.globalclassbook.com/podcast and learn more about our forthcoming book on global business growth at https://www.globalclassbook.com/ Interested in learning more about our book Global Class? Be the first to get a copy (coming out August 23, 2022), and get a ton of valuable free bonuses for pre-ordering. Learn more here: https://www.globalclassbook.com/pre-order-book

In today's episode we chat to the wonderful Kathryn Hymes. Kathryn is a computational linguist, co-founder of Thorny Games, and a writer whose work on language, technology, and music has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times and more recently Wired.On November 1st 2021, Kathryn wrote an article entitled, the ‘Great Resignation' Misses the Point, as around the world, people are quitting their jobs in record numbers and bosses are scrambling to figure out why. The phrase itself, originated in early May, at a time in which Professor Anthony Klotz, warned that “The Great Resignation is coming” as part of an interview held with Bloomberg.A few weeks later, the Bureau for Labour Statistics confirmed, a record 4 million Americans had left their jobs in April. The trend proved to be a global one, as within the UK, job vacancies grew to an all-time high in July and September, with available posts surpassing 1.1 million. Suddenly, people were reaching for ways to refer to this new phenomenon unfolding before them—to brand it and to make sense of it.Within this episode, Kathryn and I discussed the origins of her article, and how it forms part of a much wider transformation taking place within the global society today. We also discuss, how by embracing an era of narrative, we can derive more meaning by focusing on the root causes rather than a simple slogan.This is a truly wonderful conversation that you're not going to want to miss!! So without further ado, please sit back, relax and we do hope you enjoy.Links: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-10/quit-your-job-how-to-resign-after-covid-pandemichttps://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/09/4-million-people-quit-their-jobs-in-april-to-find-better-work.htmlhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58881124https://www.wired.com/story/great-resignation-misses-the-point/https://thornygames.comhttps://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/05/family-secret-language-familect/618871/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/arts/music/violin-music-chop.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/business/how-facebook-taught-its-search-tool-to-understand-people.html Join our tribe and lets grow together https://plus.acast.com/s/purpose-made-podcast. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Familects help us feel like family. Private in-group language fosters intimacy and establishes identity,” writes linguist Kathryn Hymes in her recent Atlantic piece, "Why We Speak More Weirdly at Home.” The in-group language of a ‘familect’ — comprising terms, phrases, inside jokes, gaffes and gestures — binds a family together. During the pandemic, with so many people spending extended time together in close quarters, these private lexicons took off as people innovated and riffed on language. We’ll talk with Hymes about the phenomenon and we’ll create a listener dictionary of the terms from your ‘familect.’

Game designer and computational linguist Kathryn Hymes joins us to talk about the games she's created and her process for making it happen! HOSTED by Moiya McTier (https://twitter.com/goastromo (@GoAstroMo)), astrophysicist and folklorist GUEST Kathryn Hymes is 50% of the indie studio Thorny Games, where she makes games about language and cryptography. She is a multiple time Indiecade Finalist and Award Winner, has spoken at GDC, and delivered keynote addresses at gaming conferences. She is also a co-host of the http://thegamedesignroundtable.com/ (Game Design Round Table) podcast and a 2016 GenCon Industry Insider. Follow her on twitter at https://twitter.com/chicalashaw (@chicalashaw) Search through the https://thornygames.com/ (Thorny Games) website to find Sign and Dialect and to preorder Xenolanguage! SPONSOR - Be sure to check out https://www.realm.fm/shows/machina (Machina), a new podcast from Realm Studios FIND US ONLINE - patreon: patreon.com/exolorepod - twitter: https://twitter.com/ExolorePod (twitter.com/ExolorePod) - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exolorepod/ (instagram.com/exolorepod) - website: https://www.exolorepod.com/ (exolorepod.com) - subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ExolorePod/ (reddit.com/r/ExolorePod) CREDITS - Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/ (https://www.purple-planet.com) - Cover art: Stephen J. Reisig, http://stephenjreisig.com/ (http://stephenjreisig.com/) - Editing: Mischa Stanton, https://www.mischastanton.com/ (https://www.mischastanton.com/)  - Transcript by Iesir Moss ABOUT US Have you ever wished you could travel to a different world? Exolore can help with that! In each episode, astrophysicist/folklorist Moiya McTier explores fictional worlds by building them with a panel of expert guests, interviewing professional worldbuilders, or reviewing the merits of worlds that have already been built. You'll learn, you'll laugh, and you'll gain an appreciation for how special our planet really is. Exolore is a member of Multitude Productions, an independent podcast collective and production studio. Support this podcast

If you love language, and you also love role-playing games with a sci-fi flair, then you're going to want to check out the new game Xenolanguage. It allows players to make first contact and decipher alien messages while working through their tangled personal relationships. Kathryn Hymes of Thorny Games joins us for this episode.

Emma and Gil welcome Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalıoğlu to the show to discuss the impact of language on play, and how to design games that revolve around the building, modification, and demise of a language. SHOW NOTES 2m52s: Here's the Kickstarter for Thorny's new game Xenolanguage. 6m45s: Among Us is a social deduction digital game that, after a quiet two years on the market, suddenly blew up on Twitch and is now extremely popular. US congressional representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made headlines when she played the game live on Twitch with several popular streamers (and fellow representative Ilhan Omar, who turned out to be very good at the game).  9m09s: Myst 9m36s: Here's our episode on the Incan Gold experiment, run by Dr. Stephen Blessing of the University of Tampa. 15m43s: Dialect (Watch a playthrough with Hakan here) 20m33s: The earliest instance that the OED has found of the singular "they" is from 1375. 38m47s: Gil, Geoff, and Scott dug deep into party game design in Ludology 190 - The Life of the Party. 45m15s: Sign 49m47s: More info about the fascinating instrument known as the theremin. 52m54s: The instrument called the ondes Martenot (Gil apologies profusely to all French listeners for his poor pronunciation skills!). You can see its inner workings discussed here (video in French with English subtitles). You can hear it as one of the instruments in this absolutely wild Edgard Varése composition. 55m18s: More info on Code Talkers and how they helped transmit encoded messages in wartime. 56m01s: Here's a thread with Magic fans playing the translation game on Jace. 56m35s: Kathryn's GDC talk on artifacts of play. 58m07s: A Fake Artist Goes to New York 58m48s: Fall of Magic 59m15s: Qwixx 1h08m18s: A Buzzfeed article (forgive me) on how red Solo cups are viewed outside the US as a uniquely American symbol.  1h08m38s: Thorny Games on the web and Instagram. Also, you can find Kathryn and Hakan on Twitter.

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we chat with Kathryn Hymes of Thorny Games about Xenolanguage. Thorny Games makes games about language (see the rather sublime Dialect for example) and their latest effort, currently on Kickstarter, draws inspiration from Arrival, Contact and "The Story of Your Life" to create an experience that is about first contact with an alien species, but also about learning to see the world differently.  And the game mechanic centers on a talking board! * * * Xenolanguage is up on Kickstarter now. Go back it and get the game in both its analog glory and as a module for Tabletop Simulator! New discount code from our friends at Noble Knight! In honor of the season, use HORROR at checkout in store or online for %10 off orders over $10. This one runs from October 12 through November 11 (Halloween is year round, honestly). Buy yourself something spooky. Hang out with us on the Vintage RPG Discord! If  you dig what we do, join us on the Vintage RPG Patreon for more roleplaying fun and surprises! Patrons keep us going! Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast! Available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and your favorite podcast clients. Send questions, comments or corrections to info@vintagerpg.com. Follow Vintage RPG on Instagram, Tumblr and Facebook. Learn more at the Vintage RPG FAQ. Follow Stu Horvath, John McGuire, VintageRPG and Unwinnable on Twitter. Intro music by George Collazo. The Vintage RPG illustration is by Shafer Brown. Follow him on Twitter. Tune in next week for the next episode. Until then, may the dice always roll in your favor!

Hello and welcome to  Show & Tell # 79 - Xenolanguage In this episode Tom sits down Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalıoğlu of Thorny Games to talk about their latest RPG, Xenolanguage. The minds behind the award winning game Dialect are continuing their study of language through RPGs with this exciting new game. Find out more about Thorny Games: https://thornygames.com/

Hello and welcome to  Show & Tell # 79 - Xenolanguage In this episode Tom sits down Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalıoğlu of Thorny Games to talk about their latest RPG, Xenolanguage. The minds behind the award winning game Dialect are continuing their study of language through RPGs with this exciting new game. Find out more about Thorny Games: https://thornygames.com/

Episode Notes A quick content warning: This issue and the next contains conversations pertaining to cults and emotional manipulation.Introduction voiced by Peter DeGiglio All music was composed by Jim Malloy Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies was written by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalioglu and Published by Thorny GamesThis podcast is created thanks to the financial support of backers on Patreon Join us at in our Discord or follow us on twitter @ProteanCity Subscribe to Protean City Comics on iTunes or anywhere podcasts are found.Join us next Wednesday to find out what thrilling adventures lie ahead!Find out more at http://proteancity.com

Episode Notes A quick content warning: This issue and the next contains conversations pertaining to cults and emotional manipulation.Introduction voiced by Peter DeGiglio Intro theme and outro music was composed by Jim Malloy Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies was written by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalioglu and Published by Thorny Games This podcast is created thanks to the financial support of backers on Patreon Join us at in our Discord or follow us on twitter @ProteanCity Subscribe to Protean City Comics on iTunes or anywhere podcasts are found.Additional Music Spring Thaw by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4409-spring-thaw Bittersweet by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3440-bittersweet Long note One by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3992-long-note-one Magic Forest by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4012-magic-forest Long Note Four by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3991-long-note-four Thunder Dreams by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4526-thunder-dreams Interloper by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3919-interloper All License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Join us next Wednesday to find out what thrilling adventures lie ahead!Find out more at http://proteancity.com

This is our 18th episode of Character Evolution Cast, and we’re here to talk about making your gaming experience better by adding MORE GAMES!AnnouncementsDescent into Midnight Kickstarterhttps://dimrpg.io/ksPrincess World Kickstarterhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1706590045/princess-worldDecuma Kickstarterhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/goldenlassogirl/decumaLeave us reviews in any, or all, of these places:Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1Character Creation Cast on Podchaserhttps://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCastCharacter Creation Cast on Stitcherhttps://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stprCharacter Creation Cast on Facebookhttps://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCastGames MentionedBlades in the Dark by John Harperhttps://www.evilhat.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=322&zenid=1b18f3aap8n7lkvc69t11mosi5Decuma by Golden Lasso GamesKickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/goldenlassogirl/decumaDialect by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan SeyaliogluWebsite: https://thornygames.com/pages/dialectDread by Epidiah RavacholDrivethru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/83854/Dread?affiliate_id=1601603For the Queen by Alex Robertshttps://www.evilhat.com/home/for-the-queen/Kids on Bikes by Jonathan Gilmour & Doug LevandowskiWebsite: https://www.renegadegamestudios.com/kids-on-bikesMicroscope by Ben RobbinsWebsite: http://www.lamemage.com/microscope/Drivethru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/91183/Microscope?affiliate_id=1601603Reflections by Jim McClureDrivethru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/202679/Reflections-A-Game-of-Dueling-Samurai?affiliate_id=1601603A Single Moment by Tobie AbadDrivethru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/174365/A-Single-Moment?affiliate_id=1601Star Crossed! by Alex RobertsWebsite: https://bullypulpitgames.com/games/star-crossed/Drivethru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/264925/Star-Crossed?affiliate_id=1601603603The Ward by Kevin PetkerWebsite: https://www.magpiegames.com/product/the-ward-acute-care-edition-print/Drivethru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/222793/The-Ward-Acute-Care-Edition?affiliate_id=1601603Shows MentionedA Horror BorealisWebsite: https://a-horror-borealis.simplecast.com/Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheCryptidKeeperCampaign: Skyjacks and CampaignWebsite: http://oneshotpodcast.com/category/campaign/Patreon: https://patreon.com/OneShotPodcastReflections Episode: http://oneshotpodcast.com/campaign/skyjacks-episode-46/Dread Episode: http://oneshotpodcast.com/campaign/episode-forty-two/One Shot PodcastWebsite: http://oneshotpodcast.com/Dialect Episode: http://oneshotpodcast.com/one-shot/168-dialect-part-1/Of Drow Origin: http://oneshotpodcast.com/one-shot/260-of-drow-origin-part-1/Protean City ComicsWebsite: http://proteancity.com/Patreon: https://patreon.com/stophackandrollMicroscope Episode: http://proteancity.com/episode/2ffc4174f97349e7/volume-0-special-signal-light-worldbuildingShe’s a Super GeekWebsite: https://sasgeek.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sasgeekDecuma Episode: https://sasgeek.com/podcasts/128-decuma/Timestamps:00:00:00 - Announcements00:06:31 - Introduction00:07:51 - Your mileage may vary00:09:04 - Story Building00:09:31 - Star Crossed00:17:09 - Kids on Bikes00:21:46 - Reflections00:28:11 - Dread00:35:30 - Blades in the Dark00:40:06 - World Building00:40:43 - Microscope00:46:10 - Dialect00:49:38 - Decuma00:53:31 - For the Queen00:57:02 - Character Building01:01:53 - Outtro01:02:44 - Closer01:03:56 - Showblurbs - Welcome to Warda01:04:46 - OuttakesTranscriptshttps://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/character-evolution-cast-e18-enhancing-your-games-with-games/transcriptMusic:Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)Clip 1: Inspired by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspiredLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Clip 2: Dreamer by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3676-dreamerLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Main Theme: Endless Motion (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/endless-motion-edm-electro) by Ben Sound (https://www.bensound.com/)Our Podcast:Character Creation Cast:Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast)Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCastAmelia Antrim:Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning)Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/)G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast)Ryan Boelter:Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune)Website: https://lordneptune.comChimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG)Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod)Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelterItch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io/Our Website:http://www.charactercreationcast.comOur Network:http://oneshotpodcast.comNetwork Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast

Dirk and David speak with former cohost and friend of the show Kathryn Hymes. Together, the three of them discuss important questions and lessons learned from the first four episodes in the Designing Thematic Games series.

Welcome to the Road to PARTIZAN, an interlude connecting Twilight Mirage to PARTIZAN, our next full season (where we’ll be playing Beam Saber by Austin Ramsay) which will begin later this year! On that note, please know that though there is one spoiler for the way a couple of Twilight Mirage factions end up, there are no spoilers about major Twilight Mirage characters or their arcs anywhere throughout these episodes. The Road to Season 6 started with a desire to try out new game systems before we committed to one for a full season, but after thinking about it for a bit, we realized that we could use a bunch of games to explore the history of the massive, fracturing empire that will be at the center of PARTIZAN. And to do that right, we needed to make sure to start outside of that empire. To that end, we kicked things off with Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalioglu. In this episode, we develop a new culture of nomadic space deer, and watch as they encounter an empire which aims to obliterate time and space themselves. As a quick follow up: This episode (and the rest of the Road to Season 6) all began as episodes in our Live at the Table series, a collection of one shot streams that we do for all $5+ Patrons! That means that you can go watch or listen to every episode of the Road right now if you head to our Patreon! They won’t have the intros (and they’ll all be unedited, with a lot more dead air), but if you’re desperate to know what comes next, you can learn that right now.  If all this world building isn’t your thing, and you’d rather skip these and rejoin us for the character driven drama and action of season six proper, then please know you can toatlly do that too. While these episodes will help fill in some blank spaces, they are not required listening for our next season! Either way, I hope you enjoy this series of episodes as much as we enjoyed making them. We’ll see you in a couple of months, in the shadow of the giant Girandole, on the holy moon of Partizan... This week on Friends at the Table: The Road to Season 6: Dialect Pt. 1 ////YEAR: 174 ASCENDANT MILLENNIUM ////LOCATION: VALENCE 4 | HYPHAN STRAND 170.2 ///RECORD TYPE: VISUAL On a misted grassland running the length of the continental shelf, seventeen capital ships, 1223 rated vessels, and 340 personal vehicles are prepared for launch. A pilot boards a personal corvette, pausing to look at the sky above her. An aide whispers words of comfort to a pair in grief, then steps away to direct the transfer of remains and grave goods. The ghostlike projection of a heretical oracle flickers, antlers transparent yet reflecting the sun’s light, and fades.   Hosted by Austin Walker (@austin_walker) Featuring Janine Hawkins (@bleatingheart) and Andrew Lee Swan (@swandre3000) Music by Jack de Quidt (@notquitereal) Text by Austin Walker (@austin_walker) Edited by Austin Walker and Produced by Ali Acampora (@ali_west) Cover Art by Craig Sheldon (@shoddyrobot)   A transcription is available for this episode here.A full list of completed transcriptions is available here. Our transcriptions are provided by a fan-organized paid transcription project. If you'd like to join, you can get more information at https://twitter.com/transcript_fatt. Thank you to all of our transcribers!!

In this episode Kathryn Hymes of Thorny Games talks about language and gaming. Plus we look back at the first games we reviewed when launching the site. The post S4E14 – The One About Language with Thorny Games appeared first on One Board Family.

Today I chat with Kathryn Hymes who makes games based on language! We chat about: Sign language and how it was spontaneously created Why story based games are so challenging to make and How to use Slack effectively

Where we get a wedding, a plot, and an invasion We played Dialect by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalioglu Find their other work here (http://thornygames.com/) The Music is by Tucker Lemos and performed by Tom Benz The Cover art is by Ariel Chu Caroline was Clover Henry was Captain Holden James Ryan was Mud (Billy) Special Guests: Caroline Weinberg, Henry Lane, and Ryan Taylor.

Wherein the Canaries find a new home, Trinity becomes more guilty, and Clover helps to build some bridges. We played Dialect by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalioglu Find their other work here (http://thornygames.com/) The Music is by Tucker Lemos and performed by Tom Benz The Cover art is by Ariel Chu Caroline was Clover Henry was Captain Holden James Ryan was Mud (Billy) Special Guests: Caroline Weinberg, Henry Lane, and Ryan Taylor.

Wherein Trinity is rightly accused, Ryan plays mean characters, and Clove is sad We played Dialect by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalioglu Find their other work here (http://thornygames.com/) The Music is by Tucker Lemos and performed by Tom Benz The Cover art is by Ariel Chu Caroline was Clover Henry was Captain Holden James Ryan was Mud (Billy) Special Guests: Caroline Weinberg, Henry Lane, and Ryan Taylor.

Wherein we meet Captain Flapjack briefly, Captain Flapjack's son even more briefly, and also the protagonists. We played Dialect by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalioglu Find their other work here (http://thornygames.com/) The Music is by Tucker Lemos and performed by Tom Benz The Cover art is by Ariel Chu Special Guests: Caroline Weinberg, Henry Lane, and Ryan Taylor.

Where Henry promotes class warfare, Ryan references a lot of movies, and Caroline displays a shocking level of arrogance We played Dialect by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalioglu Find their other work here (http://thornygames.com/) The Music is by Tucker Lemos and performed by Tom Benz The Cover art is by Ariel Chu Special Guests: Caroline Weinberg, Henry Lane, and Ryan Taylor.

Gauntlet Wednesday Morning Drama is a series I run for the Gauntlet Community. Like all games of the Gauntlet, it’s open table, everybody can join – just check the calendar. This is the second session of Dialect, a game by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyahoglu about language and how it changes in isolation.

We play Dialect by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalioglu. This is part of the Gauntlet Wednesday Morning Drama series in which I play story games with the Gauntlet community. Everybody can join through the Gauntlet Calendar.

Description In this episode, Elizabeth LaPensée joins Kathryn and Dirk and they discuss indigenous self-determination in game development and how a destructive pattern of colonialism is being addressed. --------------------- Elizabeth LaPensée - elizabethlapensee@gmail.com, elizabethlapensee.com Kathryn Hymes - @chicalashaw, thornygames.com Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer, artana.com, dirk@artana.com --------------------- Episode Outline 0:11 Welcome Elizabeth - Background 1:35 Elizabeth's voice and perspective as a game designer 3:07 Themes of culture; How does this impact Elizabeth's making of games 7:46 In the game Invaders, can a player win? Or is it inevitable that they will die? 9:09 How do Grandmother-mechanics fit into a game like Invaders with indigenous game mechanics? 11:42 Is there a larger message that is being told with these games? 12:36 Why might the holocaust in WWII Europe be see differently than the holocaust that was perpetuated on the native American peoples? 17:45 While there a lot of patterns of colonialism in games today, are there any positive themes to be found? 19:15 Serious Games - What is this about? 22:59 Game development as a form of self determination 27:52 Will games of assassination be seen in the future as smoking on planes is seen today?

This week, Martha has so much to talk about that she runs out of time, Stephen espouses the virtues of building your own gamedev tools, and Mark names the episode after a Star Trek thing because it's his birthday today so he gets to.Discuss this episode on Reddit using this thread in r/gamedev. Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers 0:03:31 Martha MegarryAudioGame DesignThe Legend of Zelda's Hylian Language - FandomThe Language Creation SocietyA list of constructed languages in video games. - WikipediaMyst's created language, D'ni. - FandomUK Professors Go Primal With 'Far Cry' - Gail Hairston, University of KentuckySIL's Glossary of Linguistics article on sonority scale - SILSkyrim's Dragon Shouts - Matt Miller, Game InformerOmniglot is an encyclopedia of writing systems and languages - OmniglotThe Conlangers Library game list - Conlangers LibraryNo Man's Sky guide: alien races, languages and Monolith puzzles - Jeffrey Parkin, PolygonThe Rosetta Stone in Fez (Pretty obvious clue in hindsight.) - mykwud, YouTubeTwitter Blowup Leads to Sudden Cancellation of Fez II -  Owen Good, KotakuPlaying the Birth and Death of Language in 'Dialect' - Alex Roberts, WaypointScientology's enturbulating lingo -  Britt Peterson, The Boston GlobeKathryn Hymes on Twitter - @chiclashaw, TwitterThe Language Construction Kit, a book Martha recommended, is available for free… - bookDescribing Morphosyntax: A Guide For Field Linguists is the other book Martha r… - bookSpeaking ‘Star Trek': Meet the Man Who Made Up the Klingon Language - Matt Blitz, Popular MechanicsThe Klingon Language Institute is a thing that exists.International Phonetic Alphabet - WikipediaMass Effect: Meeting the Elcor Ambassador - Thieving HIppo, YouTubeGaming's favorite VR mouse uses sign language in the cutest way - Allegra Frank, PolygonCantonese vs. Mandarin - Off the Great Wall, YouTubeFeast Your Eyes on This Beautiful Linguistic Family Tree - Arika Okrent, Mental FlossThe Conlangery Podcast is a neat podcast about linguistics and conlang. - Podcast Making Your Own Tools 0:44:57 Stephen McGregorTools We referenced a few of our episodes during the show: "75% sure.""The Stevechievement."GDC 2017 Special (Part 1)GDC 2017 Special (Part 2)Stephen's tool he recently made for Fingeance. - Stephen McGregor, TwitterTech Toolbox microtalks at GDC 2017 - GDCOur friends at Howling Moon made Super Fast Soft Shadow. - Unity

This week, Martha has so much to talk about that she runs out of time, Stephen espouses the virtues of building your own gamedev tools, and Mark names the episode after a Star Trek thing because it's his birthday today so he gets to.   Discuss this episode on Reddit using this thread in r/gamedev. Intro to Linguistics for game developers 0:03:31 Martha Megarry Category Audio Game Design The Legend of Zelda’s Hylian Language - Fandom wiki The Language Creation Society A list of constructed languages in video games. - Wikipedia Myst’s created language, D’ni. - Fandom wiki “UK Professors Go Primal With 'Far Cry'” - Gail Hairston , University of Kentucky SIL’s Glossary of Linguistics article on sonority scale - SIL “Skyrim’s Dragon Shouts” - Matt Miller, , Game Informer Omniglot is an encyclopedia of writing systems and languages - Omniglot The Conlangers Library game list - Conlangers Library “No Man’s Sky guide: alien races, languages and Monolith puzzles” - Jeffrey Parkin , Polygon The Rosetta Stone in Fez (Pretty obvious clue in hindsight.) - mykwud , YouTube “Twitter Blowup Leads to Sudden Cancellation of Fez II” - Owen Good , Kotaku “Playing the Birth and Death of Language in 'Dialect'” - Alex Roberts , Waypoint “Scientology’s enturbulating lingo” - Britt Peterson , The Boston Globe Kathryn Hymes on Twitter - @chiclashaw , Twitter The Language Construction Kit, a book Martha recommended, is available for free… Describing Morphosyntax: A Guide For Field Linguists is the other book Martha r… “Speaking ‘Star Trek’: Meet the Man Who Made Up the Klingon Language” - Matt Blitz , Popular Mechanics The Klingon Language Institute is a thing that exists. International Phonetic Alphabet - Wikipedia “Mass Effect: Meeting the Elcor Ambassador” - Thieving HIppo , YouTube “Gaming’s favorite VR mouse uses sign language in the cutest way” - Allegra Frank , Polygon “Cantonese vs. Mandarin” - Off the Great Wall , YouTube “Feast Your Eyes on This Beautiful Linguistic Family Tree” - Arika Okrent , Mental Floss The Conlangery Podcast is a neat podcast about linguistics and conlang. - Podcast Making your own tools 0:44:57 Stephen McGregor Category Tools We referenced a few of our episodes during the show: "75% sure." "The Stevechievement." GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) GDC 2017 Special (Part 2) Stephen’s tool he recently made for Fingeance. - Stephen McGregor , Twitter Tech Toolbox microtalks at GDC 2017 - GDC Our friends at Howling Moon made Super Fast Soft Shadow. - Unity Asset Store

David, Dirk, and Kathryn dive into the digital mailbag and take a shot at some listener questions. Topics include Kickstarter Cancellations, design organization and ways to pitch a game. --------------------- Kathryn Hymes - @chicalashaw, thornygames.com David Heron - @DavidVHeron Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer, artana.com, dirk@artana.com --------------------- Episode Outline 0:20 Everyone thinks it has been a good week. 0:26 Some listener comments 0:36 Listener Michael Hopkins - Kickstarter Cancellations 3:18 Q: Glen Slagel - Do you go back through old notes? 7:17 Q: Tristen Angeles & Ryan Sumo - How do you organize your design? 15:02 Q: Aaron Wilson & Trevor Willis - Pitching a game by video vs. at a convention? 18:15 Q: Tristen & Ryan - How do you organize play tests? 22:53 Art Quality of prototypes - How does high vs. low fidelity impact testing? 26:06 Events for designers 27:00 Q: Derek Tocaz - Score keeping mechanisms - what do you like? 34:23 Kathryn got some cool games while in Japan

In this episode, Mo Turkington from Unruly Designs joins Dirk and Kathryn to discuss LARPs and specifically chamber LARPs focused on women in WWII. The conversation also touches on the roles LARPs can have in understanding social privilege. --------------------- Mo Turkington - unrulydesigns.com, moyra@unrulydesigns.com Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer, artana.com, dirk@artana.com Kathryn Hymes - @chicalashaw, thornygames.com --------------------- Episode Outline 0:14 Mo introduced and background 0:49 What is a LARP? 2:02 How does the idea of a LARP fit into Nightingales? 4:18 What attracts Mo to the subject of historical LARP? 8:53 As a designer how do you approach the historical details? 11:43 What are the concrete goals a LARP player has? 17:20 Are LARP games meant to be replayed? 19:51 Differences between LARP and tabletop games 20:40 Onboarding and Offboarding mechanics 25:54 Privilege Lines 29:51 Debreifs 35:12 The changing narratives of LARP, RPG and tabletop games 40:17 What's the right way to play a LARP for the uninitiated? 44:00 Wrap up and contact information

Dirk, Kathryn, and Rob get together for the much anticipated game design axioms episode. Listen as they share their their top design principles.---------------------Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer, www.artana.com, dirk@artana.com Kathryn Hymes - @chicalashaw, thornygames.com Rob Daviau - @robdaviau---------------------Episode Outline 0:06 Greetings 0:22 Rob has a sultry voice 0:41 Kathryn and Rob are on the show together for the first time 0:57 Game design axioms 1:23 Axiom - Rob - Never make a person lose a turn 5:26 How Rob's experience at Hasbro contributed 6:45 Axiom - Kathryn - Design for the Human Animal 8:20 Heuristics - Group info and decisions in 3's 8:58 What are humans great at? 10:47 Insight - The Friction Is The Game 11:57 Flout Axioms with purpose 12:19 Kathryn background for her axiom 13:01 Axiom - Dirk - Know who you are designing for 16:29 User testing is core to knowing your audience 17:59 Tips for getting the right play testers 20:37 Axiom - Rob - Experience is more important than the rules 24:17 Rule design - people will do what they will do 25:19 Axiom - Kathryn - Rules relate to emotion 28:11 How to draw an emotional map 29:22 Axiom - Dirk - If you want them to like it, make sure they succeed. 34:12 Design Nuggets from the internet 34:37 Nugget - Design to guide for the right use 35:27 Nugget - Your politics or someone else’s 35:52 Nugget - Be specific 36:21 Nugget - Tell me why to play your game 36:48 Nugget - Prioritize projects that are exciting to you 37:38 Nugget - People value what you make them work for

This week, Dirk and Kathryn talk with Ross Cowman, owner of game design studio Heart of the Deernicorn. They discuss the game Fall of Magic.---------------------Ross Cowman- @rosscowman, www.heartofthedeernicorn.com Kathryn Hymes - @chicalashaw, thornygames.com Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer, www.artana.com, dirk@artana.com.---------------------Episode Outline 0:00:19 - Ross’ background 0:01.08 - Origin of company name 0:02:22 - company name SEO 0:02:57 - Origin of Fall of Magic 0:10:40 - Talking about a turn of the game 0:22:37 - What opportunities and difficulties have come from the game? 0:27:16 - What's next? 0:29:16 - Overseas reception of the game 0:33:22 - Translation of the game

This week, Dirk and Kathryn welcome veteran game designer Emily Care Boss to the show. Emily has a long history in designing RPG games and making tools available to players to challenge their views and expand their gaming horizons. Some of her games encourage players to examine uncommonly represented topics, such as romance and sexuality.--------------------- Emily Care Boss - @emilycare, www.blackgreengame.com Kathryn Hymes - @chicalashaw, thornygames.com Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer, www.artana.com, dirk@artana.com---------------------Episode Outline 0:00:19 - Emily’s background 0:03:25 - Tabletop games and sexuality 0:15:40 - Emily’s catalog 0:25:56 - RPG and game theory

Dirk and Kathryn are joined this week by designer John Harper, the mind behind Blades in the Dark. John’s transition to full-time developer has been helped by his fans that support him via Kickstarter and Patreon - this following allows him to fully concentrate on his multi-disciplinary craft and continue to release free, hackable material.---------------------John Harper - onesevendesign.com, @john_harper---------------------Kathryn Hymes - @chicalashaw, thornygames.com Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer, www.artana.com, dirk@artana.com Episode Outline 0:01:41 - Blades in the Dark 0:10:51 - Growing in tastes as a designer 0:20:49 - Supporting yourself with indie work 0:27:34 - Game development over several disciplines 0:32:19 - Hackable game designs 0:35:13 - Upcoming designs

Dirk, Harrison, and Kathryn dive into the mailbag once again to answer your game design questions. Is it really that difficult to get published in North America from other markets? What’s life on the digital side like when it comes to publishing? And what can you do when you (inevitably) get stuck?.---------------------Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer, www.artana.com, dirk@artana.com Harrison Pink - @gilespink, harrisonpink@gmail.com, harrisonpink.com Kathryn Hymes - @chicalashaw, thornygames.com.---------------------0:00:24 - The difference between design and development and getting stuck 0:06:05 - Publishing from non-American or European markets 0:10:04 - Linear narratives 0:16:03 - Game design and budget 0:21:53 - Self-publishing and digital games 0:26:02 - Players vs. The Game

Dirk, David, and Kathryn Hymes are here to answer your questions. This week they go over replayability, ambitious ideas, and the differences between design and development.---------------------Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer, www.artana.com, dirk@artana.com David Heron - @DavidVHeron Kathryn Hymes - www.thornygames.com.---------------------0:01:04 - Replayability and value 0:16:06 - Trimming game length 0:26:39 - IP creation and long-term goals 0:31:19 - The difference between design and development

Bonne année à toutes et tous !Au sommaire de ce numéro :Introduction (00m00s – 2m10s)Les vœux de l'équipe (2m11s – 24m19s)Coup de projecteur : Les aventureux (24m20s – 27m15s)Dossier : le POD (27m16s – 58m13s)Critique : Headspace (58m14s – 1h25m05s)Critique : The Last Days of Anglekite (1h25m06s – 1h36m16s)Les jeux et les sites mentionnés dans ce numéro :L'Anneau uniqueItras ByBlades in the DarkExilRnDHora de AventurasLa Justice des angesFragmentosFire of the Velvet HorizonViewscreamOracleLe SRD en français chez AideDHéros & Dragons chez BBEDragons chez Agate JdRLa gamme 7th sea en VOEN et le projet de traduction chez Agate JdRLa traduction de l'Oeil Noir chez BBEEcryme chez MatagotPrince Valiant, le kickstarter de la rééditionUnknown Armies 3rd ed. chez Atlas GamesKULT: divinity lost chez Helmgast AB (Suède)Paranoia chez Sans-DétourLaelith chez BBEThe Magical Land of YeldNoirlandia de Evan Rowland chez Make Big ThingsBluebeard's Bride de Whitney “Strix” Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, et Sarah Richardson, chez Magpie GamesDialect de Kathryn Hymes et Hakan Seyalioglu chez Thorny GamesCoriolis et Tales From The Loop chez Fria Ligan (Suède)The Black Hack (pdf) de David Black chez Gold Piece Publications et chez Squarehex – La traduction française de Bruno Bord (gratuite !)Macchiato Monsters d'Éric Nieudan chez Lost PagesLibreté de Vivien Féasson chez l'Homme OrchestreLes Sept Rois de Sacha Joubert et Lorient LafonMantra de BatronobanChannel Fear d'Anthony Combrexelle (Yno)Mordiou, 6&20, White Lies, Terra X, Le métal froid des anneaux de Cerbère par Le Grümph chez ChibiLa communauté du GauntletDiscern Realities (Dungeon World)+1 Forward (Jeux propulsés par l'Apocalypse)Comic Strip APMisdirected Mark Podcast : Street of Avalon ep. 1Les formats courts The Sprawl et Dungeon World sur 2d6pluscoolLe SRD en français chez AideDHéros & Dragons chez BBEDragons chez Agate JdRDriveThruRPGCreatespeaceRPG NowIndie Press RevolutionLuluLe Studio de BobLe dodécaèdreBatrogamesLe sujet de Casus NO sur le PODPerdus sous la pluie Bonne écoute ! Et n'hésitez pas à nous faire partager dans les commentaires vos coups de cœur 2016 et vos attentes pour l'année à venir

Bonne année à toutes et tous !Au sommaire de ce numéro :Introduction (00m00s – 2m10s)Les vœux de l'équipe (2m11s – 24m19s)Coup de projecteur : Les aventureux (24m20s – 27m15s)Dossier : le POD (27m16s – 58m13s)Critique : Headspace (58m14s – 1h25m05s)Critique : The Last Days of Anglekite (1h25m06s – 1h36m16s)Les jeux et les sites mentionnés dans ce numéro :L'Anneau uniqueItras ByBlades in the DarkExilRnDHora de AventurasLa Justice des angesFragmentosFire of the Velvet HorizonViewscreamOracleLe SRD en français chez AideDHéros & Dragons chez BBEDragons chez Agate JdRLa gamme 7th sea en VOEN et le projet de traduction chez Agate JdRLa traduction de l'Oeil Noir chez BBEEcryme chez MatagotPrince Valiant, le kickstarter de la rééditionUnknown Armies 3rd ed. chez Atlas GamesKULT: divinity lost chez Helmgast AB (Suède)Paranoia chez Sans-DétourLaelith chez BBEThe Magical Land of YeldNoirlandia de Evan Rowland chez Make Big ThingsBluebeard's Bride de Whitney “Strix” Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, et Sarah Richardson, chez Magpie GamesDialect de Kathryn Hymes et Hakan Seyalioglu chez Thorny GamesCoriolis et Tales From The Loop chez Fria Ligan (Suède)The Black Hack (pdf) de David Black chez Gold Piece Publications et chez Squarehex – La traduction française de Bruno Bord (gratuite !)Macchiato Monsters d'Éric Nieudan chez Lost PagesLibreté de Vivien Féasson chez l'Homme OrchestreLes Sept Rois de Sacha Joubert et Lorient LafonMantra de BatronobanChannel Fear d'Anthony Combrexelle (Yno)Mordiou, 6&20, White Lies, Terra X, Le métal froid des anneaux de Cerbère par Le Grümph chez ChibiLa communauté du GauntletDiscern Realities (Dungeon World)+1 Forward (Jeux propulsés par l'Apocalypse)Comic Strip APMisdirected Mark Podcast : Street of Avalon ep. 1Les formats courts The Sprawl et Dungeon World sur 2d6pluscoolLe SRD en français chez AideDHéros & Dragons chez BBEDragons chez Agate JdRDriveThruRPGCreatespeaceRPG NowIndie Press RevolutionLuluLe Studio de BobLe dodécaèdreBatrogamesLe sujet de Casus NO sur le PODPerdus sous la pluie Bonne écoute ! Et n'hésitez pas à nous faire partager dans les commentaires vos coups de cœur 2016 et vos attentes pour l'année à venir

Bonne année à toutes et tous !Au sommaire de ce numéro :Introduction (00m00s – 2m10s)Les vœux de l’équipe (2m11s – 24m19s)Coup de projecteur : Les aventureux (24m20s – 27m15s)Dossier : le POD (27m16s – 58m13s)Critique : Headspace (58m14s – 1h25m05s)Critique : The Last Days of Anglekite (1h25m06s – 1h36m16s)Les jeux et les sites mentionnés dans ce numéro :L’Anneau uniqueItras ByBlades in the DarkExilRnDHora de AventurasLa Justice des angesFragmentosFire of the Velvet HorizonViewscreamOracleLe SRD en français chez AideDHéros & Dragons chez BBEDragons chez Agate JdRLa gamme 7th sea en VOEN et le projet de traduction chez Agate JdRLa traduction de l’Oeil Noir chez BBEEcryme chez MatagotPrince Valiant, le kickstarter de la rééditionUnknown Armies 3rd ed. chez Atlas GamesKULT: divinity lost chez Helmgast AB (Suède)Paranoia chez Sans-DétourLaelith chez BBEThe Magical Land of YeldNoirlandia de Evan Rowland chez Make Big ThingsBluebeard’s Bride de Whitney “Strix” Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, et Sarah Richardson, chez Magpie GamesDialect de Kathryn Hymes et Hakan Seyalioglu chez Thorny GamesCoriolis et Tales From The Loop chez Fria Ligan (Suède)The Black Hack (pdf) de David Black chez Gold Piece Publications et chez Squarehex – La traduction française de Bruno Bord (gratuite !)Macchiato Monsters d’Éric Nieudan chez Lost PagesLibreté de Vivien Féasson chez l’Homme OrchestreLes Sept Rois de Sacha Joubert et Lorient LafonMantra de BatronobanChannel Fear d’Anthony Combrexelle (Yno)Mordiou, 6&20, White Lies, Terra X, Le métal froid des anneaux de Cerbère par Le Grümph chez ChibiLa communauté du GauntletDiscern Realities (Dungeon World)+1 Forward (Jeux propulsés par l’Apocalypse)Comic Strip APMisdirected Mark Podcast : Street of Avalon ep. 1Les formats courts The Sprawl et Dungeon World sur 2d6pluscoolLe SRD en français chez AideDHéros & Dragons chez BBEDragons chez Agate JdRDriveThruRPGCreatespeaceRPG NowIndie Press RevolutionLuluLe Studio de BobLe dodécaèdreBatrogamesLe sujet de Casus NO sur le PODPerdus sous la pluie Bonne écoute ! Et n’hésitez pas à nous faire partager dans les commentaires vos coups de cœur 2016 et vos attentes pour l’année à venir

This week Dirk is joined by new co-host Harrison Pink and guest Kathryn Hymes of Thorny Games. Kathryn brings a unique perspective to the tabletop world with games that take on the challenges of linguistics and the evolution (and death) of languages. She explains how Thorny Games takes on the challenge of games light on mechanics and heavy on intellectual stimulation. --------------------- Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer, www.artana.com, dirk@artana.com Harrison Pink - harrisonpink@gmail.com, @colonialpink Kathryn Hymes - @chicalashaw, www.thornygames.com --------------------- Episode Outline 0:03:31 - Sign 0:14:34 - Dialect 0:28:32 - Games light on mechanics 0:33:56 - Games vs. experiences 0:36:23 - The design process 0:53:37 - Games design and a day job

In this July episode, I talk with Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalioglu from Thorny Games about the business of making story-based games. Whether it's a game about developing your own sign language or making first contact with extraterrestrials, Kathryn and Hakan have a lot of insight into this up-and-coming genre of games. Join us as we bridge the gap between tabletop and RPG games, and discover more about ourselves in the process.

Game designer and computational linguist Kathryn Hymes shares her love of locksmithing, larpspotting, and the incredible power of play. Is this the golden age of gaming? We certainly think so. Thorny Games Star Wars RPG by West End Games The Battlestar Galactica Board Game Games on Demand CAT Sign The Golden Cobra Challenge Big Bad Con Dialect Conlanging J Li Jason Morningstar Metatopia Xenolanguage "Stories of Your Life" by Ted Chiang "The Dispossessed" by Ursula LeGuin Notre Dame de Paris (French Rock Opera) Agglutinative Language Living Games New World Magischola