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RTFM - FIST

August 26, 2026 · 1 hr 54 min

⁠Game designer, podcaster, and musician Satah⁠ comes on the show to talk about ⁠FIST by Claymore RPGs⁠. I'll be honest: we recorded this one a long time ago, and then life intervened, so I have no idea what we talked abo…
RTFM: Bullwinkle and Rocky Role-Playing Party Game

April 29, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

Sam Dunnewold of the Dice Exploder podcast joins us to talk about the Bullwinkle and Rocky Role-Playing Party Game. We also discuss Sam's currently crowdfunding Band-Aids & Bullet Holes. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Max Lander⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and…
RTFM: Almost

April 16, 2026 · 56 min

Logan Timmins joins us to discuss "Almost" by Jay Dragon. We discuss lyric games in general, close reading, and kissing. And check out Logan's podcast, Lyrical Ludology, now crowdfunding a second season. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Max…
RTFM Interview: Prismatic Wasteland

February 26, 2026 · 51 min

We're talking to WF Smith, a.k.a. Prismatic Wasteland, the blogger and game designer behind Barkeep on the Borderlands and the currently heistfunding Into the Oddish. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Max Lander⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aaron King⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
RTFM: Doll.Bod

February 7, 2026 · 53 min

Doll.Bod by Wendy Ribston Pippin is a cyberpunk game about exploited bodies, but what do you focus on in a queer cyberpunk RPG? How do you mechanize non-combat gaming while focusing on other aspects of life? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Max…

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RTFM: This is Where the Stars Died

January 19, 2026 · 59 min

This is Where the Stars Died by Scott Malthouse is a narrative war game, but what the heck does that mean? What is a war game even? Is it where you have to paint small men? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Max Lander⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠…
RTFM: Praise the Hawkmoth King

October 4, 2025 · 1 hr 17 min

Praise him like you should! We're talking about Praise the Hawkmoth King by Sage the Anagogue, a PbtA game about teenagers, demons, and messed up sex. So yeah, there are some trigger warnings. (Praise the Hawkmoth King is coming to…
RTFM: The Effies

July 9, 2025 · 58 min

Welcome to the only RPG awards in the world: the Effies. ⁠⁠⁠Max Lander⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aaron King⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the f*****g manual so that you…
RaFM: The Tome of NeverWorld

June 13, 2025 · 36 min

Due to scheduling issues, we've been unable to record a traditional episode of RTFM. So Aaron decides to literally read a f*****g manual out loud: The Tome of NeverWorld by Erin Laughlin and Craig Sheeley. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Max Lander⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and…
RTFM Interview: Kali Lawrie

May 21, 2025 · 1 hr 32 min

We interview game designer Kali Lawrie of Gem Room Games, talking Letters to Sandra, fiber arts, and curation and archival work.. ⁠⁠⁠Max Lander⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aaron King⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ dig through RPGs of yore to bring you…
RTFM Season 6 Finale: Ranking of the Games

April 30, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min

Box season is over, so now we must rank the games. Which boxes are best? Which are worst? (They're actually all pretty good.) Plus we announce next season's theme: no game only PDF. ⁠⁠Max Lander⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aaron King⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ dig through…
RTFM: Triangle Agency

March 26, 2025 · 1 hr 26 min

You have been selected to work at the Triangle Agency. Game designer Sam Leigh 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…

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About the show

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.