Ryan brings the first of many guests on the show. This week, he talks with Chad Underkoffler of Atomic Sock Monkey Press about his Prose Descriptive Qualities (PDQ) system, specifically about the strange way damage is handled and what he went through to create and revise it.

Chad Underkoffler's Games:

• Atomic Sock Money Press
• PDQ Core Rules -- Free Download
• Dead Inside
• Monkey Ninja Pirate Robot Deluxe
• Monkey Ninja Pirate Robot the RPG
• Truth & Justice
• The Zorcerer of Zo

Games Mentioned During Interview:

• Ars Magica, Fifth Edition by Atlas Games (Later edition than referenced on the show)
• Castle Falkenstein by R.Talsorian Games
• FUDGE by Grey Ghost Press
• Go Fish (Wikipedia entry)
• GURPS by Steve Jackson Games
• Marvel Super Heroes by TSR (Wikipedia entry)
• Over the Edge by Atlas Games
• Poker (Wikipedia entry)
• Risus: The Anything RPG by S. John Ross
• Unknown Armies by Atlas Games

Other Mentions During Interview:

• Spider-Man (Wikipedia entry)
• World's Finest -- Batman & Superman animated story (Wikipedia entry)

Design Watch:

• The BibliOdyssey RPG Design Challenge
• Grey Ranks by Bully Pulpit Games
• The Voice of the Revolution -- Brennan Taylor's bits on game design

Confession:

• Interconnected game notes
• Prisoner's Dilemma (Wikipedia entry)
• Master Plan Web Column

Other Games Mentioned:

• carry. a game about war. by Hamsterprophet Productions
• Mortal Coil by Galileo Games
• The Shab-al-Hiri Roach by Bully Pulpit Games

Upcoming Conventions:

• Endgame Minicon -- April 7th, 2007 / Oakland, California
• Conquest Sacramento -- April 13th-15th, 2007 / Sacramento, California

Podcasts Mentioned:

• The Butcher Block
• Geek Fu Action Grip
• Have Games, Will Travel
• I Should Be Writing
• The Voice of the Revolution

Miscellaneous Mentions:

• iPod by Apple

Running time: 24 minutes, 39 seconds / File size: 22.5 MB

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