Podcasts about thorny games

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.  

“I think games are excellent at building intuition for complex systems, and if you're trying to think through the future, trying to get a grasp of the system dynamics and second order effects and points of leverage are all super helpful.”--Randy LubinIn this episode of How To Write the Future podcast, host Beth Barany interviews game designer and entrepreneur, Randy Lubin. They discuss how games can be used as powerful tools for shaping the future and how world building games help you write stories.ABOUT RANDY LUBINRandy Lubin is a game designer and entrepreneur. He makes foresight games that help organizations explore the future via his studio Leveraged Play. He also makes lighter consumer storytelling games through Diegetic Games.Website: https://randylubin.com/X: https://twitter.com/randylubinLI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randylubin/Foresight games studio: https://leveragedplay.com/ Consumer storytelling games: https://diegeticgames.com/ Blog post on integrating foresight games into creative writing:https://blog.randylubin.com/foresight-workshop-games-creative-writingRESOURCESRandy Lubin's game: Premise: Setting, Character, Plot: https://randylubin.itch.io/premise-setting-character-plotDialect by Thorny Games: https://thornygames.com/pages/dialectYou're Gonna Need a Bigger Story: https://www.superstory.works/ourbooksSchool of International Futures (SOIF): https://soif.org.uk/retreat/soif-summer-foresight-retreat/Association of Professional Futurists latest COMPASS magazine: https://www.apf.org/apf-resources/compassGet your free World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers: https://writersfunzone.com/blog/world-building-resources/Henrietta The Dragon Slayer, A short film (We're in post-production and fundraising!) https://author.bethbarany.com/henrietta-short-film/SHOW PRODUCTION BY Beth BaranyCO-PRODUCTION AN SHOW NOTES by Kerry-Ann McDadec. 2024 BETH BARANYhttps://bethbarany.com/Questions? Comments? Send us a text!--CONNECTContact Beth: https://writersfunzone.com/blog/podcast/#tve-jump-185b4422580Email: beth@bethbarany.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethbarany/CREDITSEDITED WITH DESCRIPT: https://get.descript.com/0clwwvlf6e3jMUSIC: Uppbeat.ioDISTRIBUTED BY BUZZSPROUT: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1994465

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.

Tags: Hel'mith / Dialect Hello and welcome to Lapropo! We play Dungeons & Dragons and Dialect (a game by Thorny Games). We play Dialect to create our worlds and stories collaboratively, from nothing creating our world and characters. We later use this world, its words and our character to play Dungeons and Dragons, collaboratively continuing our story.  In this, our first ever recording, we create a location for our story's focus: an isolation. We brainstorm and find enthusiastic consent on what the place is, and its primary aspects.  This is the first of a series of Dialect episodes, which will transition into Dungeons and Dragons episodes. Imagine this as a mega session 0.  If you liked this, please leave a review and follow us on Instagram (@lapropodcast). We also have a patreon which will have exclusive and forever ad free content (patreon.com/lapropo) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lapropo/message

To learn more, visit https://www.futureofstorytelling.org/story/kathryn-hakan-ep-61--© 2022 Future of StoryTelling, Corp.Produced by Future of StoryTelling, Corp.124 West 13th StreetNew York, NY 10011Founder and CEO, Charles MelcherExecutive Producer, Carolyn MerrimanProducer, Sarah VitakAssociate Producer, Luke Gernertin collaboration with Charts & LeisureFounder, Jason OberholtzerExecutive Producer, Mike RugnettaEditor, Garrett Crowe Mix and Music, Michael SimonelliWith special thanks to Stephen Smith, Marina Kay, Fred Kolouch, Bonnie Eldon, Shannon Fanuko, Meghal Janardan, and Megan Worman.

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.

Dialect is a role-playing game about language and how it dies. Over the course of a game, players form an isolated community, create a private language, and watch it fade away as the community's isolation is breached. We're very pleased and honoured to play a game of Dialect, with game creator Hakan Seyalıoğlu of Thorny Games leading us through it.

Using our private bathrooms while working from home opened our eyes to how uncomfortable it can be to use public bathrooms at the office - especially when you have a digestive issue. Also this hour: "Familect" are the invented nicknames, references, and jokes shared by people who live together. For example, my husband calls me "diller," because I remind him of the hard-headed armadillo that kept crashing into our tent on our honeymoon. Lastly, the semiotics of unmasking. GUESTS: Angela Lashbrook is a health, tech, and books writer. Her work has appeared in OneZero, Refinery29, The Atlantic, Vice, Vox, The Outline, and other places. Dr. Neil Parikh is a gastroenterologist for Hartford Healthcare and Connecticut GI Kathryn Hymes is a computational linguist and the co-founder of Thorny Games, a game studio out of Washington DC Mignon Fogarty is the founder of the Quick and Dirty Tips network and creator of the Grammar Girl website and podcast. She’s the author of Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing. Glynnis MacNicol is a writer and the author of No One Tells You This: A Memoir. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Cut, and the New York Daily News among others. Emily Gardner Xu Hall is a musical theatre writer, composer and actor. Born in Tokyo and raised in London, she now lives in Harlem, New York City. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.

Enjoy this exciting episode as we chat with Hakan Seyalıoğlu, half of he creative team a Thorny Games,  the games Dialect, Sign, as well as the upcoming game Xenolanguage being kickstarted now! Visit the Thorny games Website by clicking here  And check out their new game, Xenolanguage on Kickstarter now! Want to join the conversation? Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/gPVH7a9  To help support the show, share it, or rate and review on your podcast service of choice. To support us financially, please donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thestorytold We are also affiliates with Metallic Dice Games: Follow this link: https://metallicdicegames.com/ref/2478/ and enter the promo code STORYTOLD10 to receive 10% off your order! Instagram: @thestorytoldpodcast Twitter: @storytoldpod Email: thestorytoldpodcast@gmail.com Our music is composed by James Horan. To contact him regarding composition, send him an email: jhoran99@optonline.net

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/

Con Oscar Biffi, Maria Guarneri e Chiara Locatelli parliamo del mondo italiano dei giochi di ruolo dal vivo da camera, dell’antologia Crescendo Giocoso e del loro nuovo progetto lanciato su Kickstarter: Crescendo Giocoso Ritornello. Scaletta [00:18] Introduzione [00:33] Presentazioni [03:34] Giochi di ruolo dal vivo da camera [07:50] La comunità italiana [11:42] Crescendo Giocoso [15:33] Crescendo Giocoso Ritornello [20:00] Contaminazioni tra giochi da tavolo e dal vivo [21:21] Allestimento sinfonico e color design [24:31] Il futuro di Crescendo Giocoso [25:38] Il circolo virtuoso di Laiv.it [31:18] Consigli finali [36:37] Saluti Link Oscar Biffi; Maria Guarneri; Chiara Locatelli; Laiv.it; Crescendo Giocoso; Francesco Rugerfred Sedda; Game Chef Pummarola Ediscion; Oggi, domani, mai; Q.B.; Giochi di ruolo dal vivo nordici; Dubbio; The Upgrade!; Raffaele “Rafu” Manzo; Iacopo Frigerio; LarpJam; Chambercon; Freeform; “Gioco di ruolo e improvvisazione teatrale”; Crescendo Giocoso Ritornello; Tape larp; Ten Candles; Cthulhu Dark; Infinite Minutes; Antonio Amato; Cantabile 2; Nullo Facchini; Thorny Games; Dialect; Segni. Crediti Voci: Oscar Biffi, Daniele Di Rubbo, Maria Guarneri, Chiara Locatelli. Editing audio: Daniele Di Rubbo. Copertina: © 2020 Maria Guarneri. Contatti E-mail: info@geeckoontheair.eu. Patreon: patreon.com/geeckoontheair.

We try out a new game (to us) Dialect from Thorny Games. One evening - two to three episodes :)   

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.

In the dumping ground known as The Yard, children thrive. Though they may have lost their parents, they yearn to make their mark by using The Yard to create art that expresses who they are. But no Isolation lasts for too long as those in the Greyout seek to impose themselves on these forbidden children... The Gauntlet and everything related can be found at https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/ Dialect is published by Thorny Games and can be found at https://thornygames.com/ Plugs! 1) The Gauntlet https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/ 2) Fictive Fun https://www.twitch.tv/fictivefun 3) More Kittens https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1321036815/more-kittens?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=more%20kitten 4) Short Rest, a game jam for cozy games https://itch.io/jam/short-rest

This is a brief overview that lays out the rules summary of Dialect by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalioglu. Purchase a copy here at Thorny Games. Recommended number of players: 3-5 players, Play time around 2-4 hours. To play you'll need: Index Cards (20-30), Writing Utensils, The Language Deck (Printable from the PDF or available for purchase from the publisher), A Surface to play on. Dialect is a GMless game where your will play an isolated community. You will grow a language based on your commonalities and that language will shift and eventually die along with the collapse of your isolated group. We recommend picking the PDF and or Physical copy from the publisher. Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld Our Bored Ghost theme song is by the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways. Bored Ghosts we hope you found distraction from your eternity in the void this week!

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.