My Rules Are Better
A podcast about creating your own role-playing game and wargame rules hosted by Tom Barbalet.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 133
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2024
Bonus Simulcast: Lunch with Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone [September 9, 2019]
Tom went out to lunch with two extraordinary dice men.
00:10:35 |
Tue 10 Sep 2019
Long Funk Simulcast 58A: Finding a Journal [August 7, 2019]
Tom discovers some old magazines that rekindles some communications.
00:11:00 |
Thu 08 Aug 2019
27. Curmudgeon of Middle-Earth [July 28, 2019]
Barney Dicker returns to talk with Tom about a wide variety of topics concluding with post-narrativism.
00:52:44 |
Sun 28 Jul 2019
26. Last Days Zombie Apocalypse, Warlords of Erehwon and Greenskins [July 21, 2019]
Tom has a number of things to discuss. The Fellowship of the Rings film prompts Tom to talk more about green skins at some length. Tom spends thirty minutes with both the Last Days Zombie Apocalypse …
00:27:20 |
Sun 21 Jul 2019
Bonus Update [July 20, 2019]
Tom talks about the lead pile, game shops, miniature painters and other bits and pieces.
00:13:17 |
Sun 21 Jul 2019
25. That's No Good on a Star Map [June 27, 2019]
Chris Abbott returns to talk about the lead pile. They explore the Chechen-ification of the Palladium rules focusing on Ninjas and Superspies. What about points and leveling up in games? Useful or ge…
01:11:17 |
Fri 28 Jun 2019
24. Sourcing Shields [June 15, 2019]
Tom welcomes back on Barney Dicker who produced a wonderful YouTube video with his son https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y2fV0uE4wk Tom misspoke when describing the current Kev Adams offerings. The be…
00:51:36 |
Sat 15 Jun 2019
23. Tom the Ogre [June 2, 2019]
Tom welcomes back Mathew Gibson who provides an update on his Dungeons and Dragons game including a named non-player miniature character. Mathew offers the topic of excess in gaming from which Tom fr…
00:59:38 |
Sun 02 Jun 2019
22. Card Game One [May 27, 2019]
Tom talks about the lead pile, proposes a new card and dice game. He talks about considering playing Bolt Action (v2) and a little about the history of WW2 in film.
00:19:21 |
Mon 27 May 2019
21. HeroQuest, Dracula and Songful German Birds [May 11, 2019]
Tom is joined by listener Barney Dicker to talk about a wide variety of topics. They start talking about Inquisitor and Strontium Dog. The conversation takes a number of twists and turns but conclude…
00:49:09 |
Sat 11 May 2019
20. Criticism Has No Place in Wargaming [April 28, 2019]
Tom discusses some history with a listener. What happened with the final Just Plain Chaos game? The Chechen rules will probably exist in the Palladium meta-verse.
00:12:01 |
Mon 29 Apr 2019
19. Introduction to Noble Warfare [April 14, 2019]
A lead pile update and Tom introduces his simulation, Noble Warfare.
00:16:47 |
Mon 15 Apr 2019
18. Turn This Thing Around [March 31, 2019]
A very nice chat with Chris Abbott prefaced on getting out more lead to listeners.
00:47:24 |
Sun 31 Mar 2019
17. Drowning in Lead [March 29, 2019]
Tom talks about unpainted lead and trying to tame this phenomenon. The listeners can take some of this lead off Tom's hands. Tom also talks about problems with the Just Plain Chaos rules update and p…
00:13:55 |
Sat 30 Mar 2019
16. Patriarchy, London, Questions and the American Civil War in Winter [March 5, 2019]
Tom chats with Mathew Gibson about women in roleplaying. Going to be in London at the end of August? So is Tom. Questions from listener Mike King. Some future updates based on discovered miniatures.
00:47:59 |
Wed 06 Mar 2019
Report from a Game of Just Plain Chaos [February 21, 2019]
Tom details some experiences from a recent game of Just Plain Chaos and it was impactful enough to promote some rules changes.
00:14:07 |
Fri 22 Feb 2019
Long Funk Simulcast 46: Philosophy and the Orc's Nest [February 17, 2019]
Why is independence important? http://www.longfunk.com/archive.html#46
00:08:15 |
Mon 18 Feb 2019
Long Funk Simulcast 44: Goblin Gaming and Northwich [February 12, 2019]
An impromptu tour makes a morning. http://www.longfunk.com/archive.html#44
00:07:03 |
Wed 13 Feb 2019
15. The Very Best Of Experiences and Goblin Raiding Parties [January 27, 2019]
Tom asks about the importance of GM Mathew's son's game. Mathew starts talking about his early experiences playing and why he doesn't want his son to have the same experiences. They discuss what the …
00:35:25 |
Sun 27 Jan 2019
14. Rules Rippers [January 24, 2019]
Chris asks why Tom needs his own rules. They explore the previously mentioned archetypes and how to counteract problems through games. How about the sheet grabber? There are some benefits in keeping …
01:00:04 |
Fri 25 Jan 2019
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