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Northfield

Podcast Transcript: Designer Commentary: Northfield (with Jason Morningstar)

TranscriptSam DunnewoldComment

It is still designer commentary season on Dice Exploder, and today I'm talking with Jason Morningstar (Fiasco, Night Witches, a million other games) about Northfield: a game we co-designed about the time Jesse James tried to rob the bank in my home town, we shot the hell out of him and his gang, and then we started an annual small town fair to celebrate our victory. You play as both a member of the James-Younger gang during the bank raid and as a person in the modern day portraying your gang member in a reenactment.

It's a weird little game, much like its subject matter, and surprisingly personal to me (Jason was not surprised by this). On this episode, we break down the process of our collaboration and how we feel about the results (very positively).