by RTFM
Maxwell Lander is an educator and photographer in eastern Canada. Aaron King is an editor and collage artist in the Midwestern US. They're both game designers, and together, they read RPG books, find the good bits, and discuss them critically. Welcome to RTFM.
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2/8/2022
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March 26, 2025
<p>You have been selected to work at<a href="https://www.hauntedtable.games/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> the Triangle Agency</a>. Game designer <a href="https://blinkingbirchgames.itch.io/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Sam Leigh</a> joins us to talk about this corporate horror RPG by Caleb Zane Huett. Is corporate horror for the youths? Does metafiction have a place in RPGs? And who is the yellow voice?!</p><p><a href="https://maxwellander.itch.io/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Max Lander</a> and <a href="https://erinking.itch.io/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aaron King</a> dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fucking manual so that you don't have to.</p><p>If you want to chat about the episode, <a href="https://bytes.rip/rtfm" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">join our Discord</a>. And <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rtfmcast" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">check us out on Patreon</a> for extra episodes!</p>
March 12, 2025
<p>Prepare to enter <a href="https://thezonerpg.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Zone by Raph D'Amico</a>. We compare the gamefeel of cards versus tables. We talk mutations. And we talk shit about the Southern Reach Trilogy.</p><p>We're talking the <a href="https://itch.io/c/1583959/possible-worlds-series">Possible Worlds series by Tyler Crumrine</a>, six discreet games boxed together. We have them fight to the death until only the best emerges victorious. Just kidding, we loved them all.</p><p><a href="https://maxwellander.itch.io/">Max Lander</a> and <a href="https://erinking.itch.io/">Aaron King</a> dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fucking manual so that you don't have to.</p><p>If you want to chat about the episode, <a href="https://bytes.rip/rtfm">join our Discord</a>. And <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rtfmcast">check us out on Patreon</a> for extra episodes!</p>
February 26, 2025
<p>The RTFM interview series continues. We talk to <a href="https://friendsatthetable.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Austin Walker</a> and <a href="https://www.possibleworldsgames.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Tyler Crumrine</a> about Realis, the meaning of "ashcan," and Wawa versus Sheetz.</p><p><a href="https://maxwellander.itch.io/">Max Lander</a> and <a href="https://erinking.itch.io/">Aaron King</a> dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fucking manual so that you don't have to.</p><p>If you want to chat about the episode, <a href="https://bytes.rip/rtfm">join our Discord</a>. And <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rtfmcast">check us out on Patreon</a> for extra episodes!</p>
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