Shane Plays | RPG Designer Bruce Nesmith - Shane Plays Geek Talk Ep. 255 - 4/15/2022 @GoShanePlays | Uploaded April 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
RPG designer Bruce Nesmith discusses his career as a TSR veteran (Ravenloft 2E, Gamma World 4E, Dragonlance), Elder Scrolls Skyrim lead designer, and now novelist. Bruce’s first day at TSR was an experience, to say the least. What does he consider his biggest achievement while at TSR? Bruce’s opinion of TSR under Gary Gygax versus Lorraine Williams and what he considers TSR’s “glory days”. What was his job description as lead designer on The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim? Why did Oblivion have a big celebrity but Skyrim didn’t? Bruce was years ahead of the game when it came to his revamp of the Armor Class system for Gamma World 4E. What do you do when you want to play D&D but you don’t have the rules? You invent it, including simulating the d20 with d6s. Writing for games versus writing prose. Bruce’s Loki in his novel Mischief Maker is not the MCU Loki. Shane laments the lack of a werecow in TSR publications.
Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #255 - 4/15/2022
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SHOW NOTES
Bruce Nesmith on Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Nesmith
Bruce's novel "Mischief Maker"
amazon.com/dp/B092CJPX2Q
Me And Steve Talk RPGs Episode 75: Bruce Nesmith
meandsteverpg.podbean.com/e/75-bruce-nesmith
“I’m A Werecow” song
youtube.com/watch?v=ADWX6SGDLJw
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Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games 2nd Edition
Shane's book! Co-authored with Matt Barton of Matt Chat
amazon.com/Dungeons-Desktops-History-Computer-Role-Playing/dp/1138574643
RPG designer Bruce Nesmith discusses his career as a TSR veteran (Ravenloft 2E, Gamma World 4E, Dragonlance), Elder Scrolls Skyrim lead designer, and now novelist. Bruce’s first day at TSR was an experience, to say the least. What does he consider his biggest achievement while at TSR? Bruce’s opinion of TSR under Gary Gygax versus Lorraine Williams and what he considers TSR’s “glory days”. What was his job description as lead designer on The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim? Why did Oblivion have a big celebrity but Skyrim didn’t? Bruce was years ahead of the game when it came to his revamp of the Armor Class system for Gamma World 4E. What do you do when you want to play D&D but you don’t have the rules? You invent it, including simulating the d20 with d6s. Writing for games versus writing prose. Bruce’s Loki in his novel Mischief Maker is not the MCU Loki. Shane laments the lack of a werecow in TSR publications.
Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #255 - 4/15/2022
Like what you hear?
Support Shane Plays Geek Talk on Patreon!
patreon.com/shaneplays
Shane Plays Geek Talk is carried on SciFi.radio! (formerly Krypton Radio)
SciFi.radio is SciFi for your Wifi.
https://scifi.radio/
Listen to the Shane Plays Geek Talk podcast on YouTube, iTunes, Google Play Music, Amazon Music, Podbean and Stitcher (and other fine, fine podcast directories)
Hey, you! Yeah, you! Buy cool stuff, support Shane Plays Geek Talk with these affiliate links!
Humble Bundle
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SHOW NOTES
Bruce Nesmith on Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Nesmith
Bruce's novel "Mischief Maker"
amazon.com/dp/B092CJPX2Q
Me And Steve Talk RPGs Episode 75: Bruce Nesmith
meandsteverpg.podbean.com/e/75-bruce-nesmith
“I’m A Werecow” song
youtube.com/watch?v=ADWX6SGDLJw
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Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games 2nd Edition
Shane's book! Co-authored with Matt Barton of Matt Chat
amazon.com/Dungeons-Desktops-History-Computer-Role-Playing/dp/1138574643
