Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games

Game designers Mike Hutchinson and Glenn Ford talk about how, why and if they design tabletop miniatures games. With discussions, tips, reviews and interviews.

Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games is a leisure podcast hosted by Glenn Ford, with 140 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Glenn Ford hosts Rule of Carnage - Designing Better Miniatures Games, a leisure show with 140 episodes published.

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  Episode #165

  Ep 165: Let's Re-design... Battlefleet Gothic

  Aug 21, 202640 min

  The guys have been wondering about how they might redesign some popular games based on an imagined brief. Next up: Battlefleet Gothic. === If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012 === Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join... Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

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  Episode #164

  Ep 164: Let's Redesign... X-Wing Miniatures Game

  Aug 14, 202654 min

  In Episode 164 The guys have been wondering about how they might redesign some popular games based on the imagined brief they might be based on. Next up, Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game. === If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012 === Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join... Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

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  Episode #163

  Ep 163: Chain reactions & emergent gameplay

  Aug 7, 202636 min

  Ep 163. Mike has been reading some very old battle reports, and he's been thinking about how everything was just much better in the good old days. Glenn thinks this is a load of rose tinted old bunkum, but is willing to humour the old boy. === If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012 === Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join... Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

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  Episode #162

  Ep 162: Christmas In July (Pt II)

  Jul 31, 202656 min

  Okay, now you know how far behind the podcast feed is! We round up the tabletop games and books we played and readed in 2025. === If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012 === Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join... Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

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  Episode #161

  Ep 161: Christmas In July (Pt I)

  Jul 30, 202637 min

  Giving the game away about just have far our audio feed slipped behind our Youtube feed... as has become traditional at Rule of Carnage, around the end of each year we sit back and round up what we've been playing and reading over the past year. Here we talk about the digital games we've been checking out. === If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012 === Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh If you want to support the channel financially you can join... Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

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