Designer Commentary: Northfield (with Jason Morningstar)

TranscriptIt 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 when 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 and as a person in the present 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). On this episode, we break down the process of our collaboration and how we feel about the results (very positively).More than any other designer commentary I've done, I hope you check out this game. I'm really proud of it. You can get it on the Bully Pulpit Patreon now for $5.Further ReadingNorthfield, the game, on the Bully Pulpit PatreonVideo of the Defeat of Jesse James Days reenactmentOfficial Defeat of Jesse James Days websitePhoto of (allegedly) Charlie Pitts’ earWikipedia articles on Northfield and the James-Younger gangSocialsSam on Bluesky and itch.Jason on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠dice.camp⁠.⁠Bully Pulpit Games⁠The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.comOur logo was designed by sporgory, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey.Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!

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