Weak, Strong, and Regular Moves (Dream Askew / Dream Apart) with Austin Walker

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Austin Walker's new game Realis is on Kickstarter now, and it's been making splashes in the indie rpg scene since last year when the ashcan came out. The game's core mechanic, Sentences, feels like the exact kind of mechanic I love covering on this show. But where did it come from? I asked Austin to come talk to me about it and bring one of his influences, and he came back with another diceless, GM-less resolution mechanic: the token economy of weak, strong, and regular moves from Dream Askew / Dream Apart. So today we're completing Dice Exploder's accidental Dream Askew / Dream Apart trilogy (paired with the episodes on lures and setting elements from the past couple months) and then digging into what makes this system work and what Realis learned from it.

Further Reading

Realis is on Kickstarter now!

Follow Sam’s game Band-Aids & Bullet Holes on Kickstarter!

Dream Askew / Dream Apart by Avery Alder and Benjamin Rosenbaum

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Sam on Bluesky and itch

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Credits

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This episode was edited by Em Acosta