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In this very special episode Harrison is joined by Jon Gracey from Treehouse Entertainment. You may know him from his Werewolf: Live! shows, No Rolls Barred or lots of Blood on the Clocktower shows and events, but did you know he’s also written a Megagame? Bring Them Home is a mini Megagame in which the space agencies of the world have to put aside…
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Players at Zane’s game Aftermath Harrison talks with Zane from Diversionary Games and Very Large Huge Games. Zane was started young on D&D by his father and when he discovered megagames, the stars aligned. Zane talks through his experience running a game in a new area having only watched a certain YouTube video, designing his first game, refining h…
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Harrison talks Tony from the Dukes of Highland who runs us through his megagame journey, from attending his first game, to running a heavily modified version of Watch The Skies. Tony talks in detail about some of the issues he faced, like setting up a megagame group in an area where there have been no megagames before, running a game at a con and h…
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In this Very Large episode, Harrison is joined by Matt, Tom and Zane who are three quarters of Very Large Huge Games, the group that ran the epic 200-player game First Contact in June 2022 in London. Together they run through some of the design challenges faced with such a massive game, as well as the issues they wrestled with in design and on the …
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We're back baby! Yes it would seem that as life returns to normal, megagames are back on the menu, so we figured it was time to dust off our microphones and return to the Megagame Assembly podcast. In this episode, Harrison is joined by Patrick Rose from Pennine Megagames and John Keyworth to discuss their game Fae's Anatomy. With a pun that strong…
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This month, Matty and Harrison are joined by Becky from BeckyBecky Blogs to discuss the casting questionnaire that Becky sends out for the megagames she designs. The gang go through Becky's questionnaire point by point and discuss the goals and aims that Becky sets herself for casting her games. As we've said many times on this podcast, casting is …
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On this month’s episode, Matty is joined once again by LJ and Ed Silverstone to discuss Andrew Shiel Dods’ game, Red Planet Rising. LJ and Ed were both control for the game so are able to provide some great insights. As well as going through the game, from preparation to the actual day, they also go off on a few little tangents discussing, among ov…
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Deborah Southwell (pictured centre) playing ‘By the Grace of God’, a historic megagame written by Ed Silverstone. (Picture by: Jim Wallman) This month Matty is joined by Deborah Southwell and Peter Nixon to tackle the tricky but important subject of gender in historical games. They discuss some of their own experiences from playing in games where t…
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This month Harrison and Matty were joined by Leslie from West Coast Megagames and the Megagame Coalition. They discussed what techniques and approaches Leslie has used and encourages others to use, to better promote inclusivity and improve a player’s experience in a megagame. This is often a common goal, but Leslie approaches this through logistics…
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Alex runs Horizon Megagames, a group based in London who specialise in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror games. Alex joins Harrison and Matty to discuss the thought and design process of designing his three games, each of which has slowly strayed further from the "traditional" megagame genres. They discuss why he chose the themes he chose and lot…
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Harrison & Johan, wearing appropriate eyewear, during Horizon Megagame’s run of Mirrorshades This month Harrison and Matty are joined by Johan Olofsson from Gothenburg Megagames to discuss how to run a game you haven't written or designed, as well as the challenges of running your first game, online or in person. Johan dispenses his wisdom to us al…
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Matty talks with Steph and LJ, who both played the admiral role at the Friday and Saturday runs of Den of Wolves at Gen Con Online. You'll hear about trade embargoes and subterfuge, how they found the online format, and each player's favourite moment from the day. If you’d like to suggest any other topics you’d like to hear discussed in future epis…
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Matty and Harrison chat to Kurt LaRue from Splinted Realities about their run of the popular and enduring Den of Wolves at Gen Con Online. Kurt explains his experience of converting the game for online play and the challenges and opportunities presented by the format. *Kurt has asked us to point out that when he said Ed Greenwood, he did in fact me…
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Your ears are not deceiving you, after a bit of a hiatus we're back with a one off special edition of the podcast, featuring Harrison, Matt & Chris recorded live at the OMG Con organised by The Megagame Coalition from September 2020. The boys discuss the results of a survey we put out, discussing the price of Megagame tickets. A spicy subject indee…
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Harrison is joined by Chrissy Sliney Biss, the new admin for Megagame Makers, and Alex Beck, from Horizon Megagames, to discuss play testing and its many benefits, not only for game designers and players but also for organisers. If you’d like to suggest any other topics you’d like to hear discussed in future episodes, drop us an email, or use the c…
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What stories are these megagamers creating? (Photo by: John Mizon) With the end of 2019 almost upon us, we’re releasing a collection of stories from megagamers from around the world! What were their favourite moments and games from the year? Listen now to find out more. Thanks to everyone for your support throughout 2019 and don’t forget, if you’d …
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Matt and Harrison are joined by Alex Beck to discuss his recently run megagame Monsterville Mansion which celebrated all things Halloween. Check out our Megagame Report podcast about the game here. You can find other games being run by Horizon Megagames here and if you want to discuss this episode, head over to our Facebook Page. We’d love to hear …
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Harrison and Matt are joined by Jack McNamee to discuss his game, God Emperor. If you would like to find out more about God Emperor, including how to purchase it to run it yourself, check out this link. If you enjoyed this episode please check out our other interviews and Megagame Reports, all available on this feed or on the Podcast page of our we…
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In this month’s Megagame Report, Harrison is joined by Becky from BeckyBecky Blogs and John from South West Megagames to discuss Monsterville Mansion which was run by Horizon Megagames in October, 2019. Don’t forget to head along to our Facebook Group to continue the discussions. Thank you for listening and we will see you next time!…
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Apologies for the dip in audio quality about half way through, Seumas was kicked out of the room he was recording in. We can only guess why… In this month’s episode, Matt is joined by Kneace and Seumas Bates from True North Megagames, to discuss his game, Kingdom of Seasons, which was held in Glasgow in August 2019. If listening to Seumas has inspi…
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