TwistedSpoon Studio

     Welcome back to TwistedSpoon Studio! This week, we're taking a break from custom Magic and instead debuting a new game. Secrets within Secrets  is a tabletop RPG powered by the apocalypse set in a dark folklore-inspired world where everyone has secrets. Today we're going to talk about the inspirations for the game, it's mechanical origins, and its current state of design.     It starts with another roleplaying game: the OG, DnD (specifically 5e, you see). Not in the sense that Dungeons and Dragons is the progenitor of modern Western tabletop role-playing games and the wider genre of RPGs altogether, although that is also true; no, our story actually starts with an actual play podcast. You know, one where they actually play DnD. It's one you might have heard of.      If you're not familiar, The Adventure Zone  features the McElroy brothers-- three funny boys from West Virginia who also do another show called My Brother, My Brother, a...

     Welcome to TwistedSpoon Studios! My name is notKingCole, and I'll be talking about game design projects that I'm currently working on, plan to work on soon, or have worked on. To kick things off, this week I'll be introducing my first custom Magic: the Gathering set, FUR .       If you're not familiar with Magic, what are you doing with your life Magic: the Gathering is the world's premier trading card game. Created by Richard Garfield and first published in 1993, Magic has defined the genre of card games for over 20 years. And Mark Rosewater, the lead designer of MtG, is a truly generous soul when it comes to sharing the design process. (Seriously, the man is so passionate about what he does that he makes a podcast about it on his drive to work. It's called Mark Rosewater's Drive to Work.) He also writes articles for the Magic website, including an annual series on the nitty-gritty of design called Nuts & Bolts. Back in 2012, Nuts & Bolt...