Rule of Carnage: Designing Better Miniatures Games

Ep 169: Let's Redesign... Judge Dredd: The Miniatures Game

Episode 169. 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, Judge Dredd! ===

Ep 168: Gubbins

Does your game need gubbins? And widgets? Mike seems to like them more than Glenn. They might be a good idea. They might not. === If you enjoy hearing our game design a

Ep 167: Non-Combat Miniatures Games

Glenn is a big believer in the power of miniatures games without violence and the stories they can tell. Mike struggles to find interesting stories in them. Let's talk ab

Ep 166: What is your game's Core Loop?

Loops are very important in your game's design, but what are they? How do you make a good one? === If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in

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

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

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

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-Win

Ep 163: Chain reactions & emergent gameplay

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

Ep 162: Christmas In July (Pt II)

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 a

Ep 161: Christmas In July (Pt I)

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 si

Ep 160: Dice Spend Mechanics

Mike has been thinking about dice spend mechanics, and even about maybe using some. === If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book a

Ep 159: Let's Redesign... 40K!

In Episode 158 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... and frankly wi

Ep 158: Let's Redesign... Mordheim!

In Episode 158 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, Mordheim. ===

Ep 157: Let's Redesign... Blood Bowl!

In Episode 157 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, Blood Bowl. ===

Ep 156: Why does MESBG work so well?

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game works great for a certain kind of Lord of the Rings inspired miniatures gaming. In Episode 156 the guys take a deep look at why, and how

Ep 155: Let's Redesign... Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game!

In Episode 155 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, Lord of the Ring

Ep 154: Let's Redesign... Adeptus Titanicus!

In Episode 154 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, Mech games such

Ep 153: Let's Redesign... Trench Crusade!

In Episode 153 The guys have been wondering about how they might redesign some popular games based on the imagined brief they might be based on, first up: Weird WW1... Tr

Ep 152: Faction archetypes in wargames

In Episode 152 Glenn has been comment munging for chat subjects, and someone asked about archetypes and factions, what sorts are they and what are they good for? So they

Ep 151: Framing Your Design Goals

In Episode 151 Mike has been listening to game design podcasts, which is always dangerous, and has formulated some thoughts on at least one of them. Glenn also formulated

Ep 149: How to produce books

In part 2 of Episode 149 Mike and Glenn have both been making books for their games, which has been a bit of a learning curve, so they share their experiences. === If y