Ice or snow, Essential Builds is ready to go! Welcome to Essential Builds, the blog where no Essence20 build is too big, and no pup is too small. I’m Ryan Costello, one of the designers of the Essence20 system...
John and Ron talk about the various tools available for easily building Starfinder 2e Playtest characters. Listen Now! Ron Lundeen is an employee of Wizards of the Coast and his opinions are his own.
The crew travels to a swamp planet and faces a deadly oggdo bogdo as they seek to destroy an evil kyber crystal. Listen Now!(mp3)
In episode 97 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication we talk with Jason Lautenschleger and Barry McLaughlin about their design Game Night in a Can. Jason and Barry discuss what it means to be an “inventortainer”. How their...
Ron gives a detailed report about this year’s GenCon and all the cool stuff he saw! Listen Now! Ron Lundeen is an employee of Wizards of the Coast and his opinions are his own.
Alex and James give their gut reactions to the Starfinder Second Edition playtest rulebook. Listen Now! (mp3)
The crew of the Intrepid make their way to a lost Jedi city and must face the wrath of the dead! Listen Now!(mp3)
Despite frequent appellations by Avistani scholars as the “Dragon Empires,” Tian Xia is much more than a land of dragons and emperors. While draconic machinations and imperial ambitions have indeed hewn momentous paths, no wyrm or potentate can truly...
In episode 96 of Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication we talk with Ellie Dix about her design, A Midsummer Night’s Fayre, published by Gamewright. The mechanics were inspired by fairground games. As a kid into adulthood she would...
He’s the best there is at what he does, and what he does is combine the ruggedness of a jeep with the deployable blades of a knife block. Welcome to Essential Builds, bub, the blog that turns popular culture...