13th Age 2E Design with Rob Heinsoo! (MD 191)

Welcome to Episode 191 of the Mastering Dungeons podcast! Main topic: 13th Age 2E Design with Rob Heinsoo! The much admired 13th Age RPG has a second edition on kickstarter! Designer Rob Heinsoo discusses the game’s innovations and takes a look back at leading 4E design, the OGL as seen by WotC, and much more! Contents 00:00 Rob Heinsoo and 13th Age 2E 00:39 Rob's One Unique Thing 05:12 Three Dragon Ante 08:36 Shadowfist Design 12:24 Success on Design Team 16:44 Listening Power 18:07 Leading 4E D&D Design 21:10 4E's Goals 25:00 4E Digital Tool Impact 29:36 Why Rescind an OGL? 32:19 13th Age Innovations 33:39 The Icons 36:22 One Unique Thing design 39:22 Engaging Monster Design 44:21 2E Beyond Kickstarter? 49:18 Shout-Outs 13th Age 2E Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... Rio Grande Flood Charity Bundle: https://doar.acnur.org/page/ACNURBR/d... New Search Engine: https://mdsearch.alphastream.org/ Find our show notes and support our podcast and YouTube efforts:   / masteringdnd   Listen to us on your favorite podcast device: https://MasteringDungeons.podbean.com Chat with us online: https://dice.camp/@MasteringDnD https://bsky.app/profile/masteringdnd...   / masteringdnd   Find Shawn:   / shawnmerwin   https://ghostfiregaming.com/ Find Teos: https://alphastream.org/    / @alphastreamrpg   https://dice.camp/@Alphastream Mastering Dungeons is a weekly podcast, providing News and a Main segment. We separate these on YouTube for your viewing and listening pleasure. Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/....