Welcome to Game Mechanics, a show about Tabletop Roleplaying Games from lots of different perspectives. Each episode, host Logan Jenkins brings in an industry insider to talk about different aspects of Roleplaying games. Whether it’s system authors, module writers, content creators, personalities in the industry, or something else we haven't thought of yet, you’ll hear folks talk about every aspect of this incredible hobby.
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Many of the most important conversations in a Latter-day Saint ward happen not in the chapel or a classroom but in the meetinghouse foyer. In each episode of “The Foyer,” one or more distinguished guests will join Dr. Patrick Mason for a thoughtful but informal conversation about Mormon history and culture. Episodes will be video cast live with audience Q&A.
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How Religion Alleviates Human Suffering - A Conversation with Sharon Eubank
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How do religious organizations and individuals contribute to local and global humanitarian, relief, and development efforts? In this conversation, Sharon Eubank, Director of Humanitarian Services for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, offers concrete examples and advice that will inspire anyone wanting to make the world a better place…
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The Psalm of Nephi: A Lecture Recital, featuring Chris Machado and the Logan Institute Singers
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“The Psalm of Nephi” is a beloved passage from the Book of Mormon (2 Nephi 4:16-35). In this special episode, Patrick Mason teams up with tenor Chris Machado and the Logan Institute Singers for a lecture and performance of three musical pieces with lyrics taken from the psalm.द्वारा Leonard J Arrington Chair at Utah State University
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Women’s Equality: It Absolutely Matters
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Utah is a great state, but there are some important areas where it lags behind. One of these areas, unfortunately, is women’s equality. Utah statistically ranks toward or at the bottom of the nation when it comes to various gaps between men and women. And it turns out that the state’s trademark religiosity has something to do with it. In this episo…
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Faith and Public Life – A Conversation with Gov. Spencer J. Cox
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From its very founding, the United States has always featured a delicate balance of being home to an overwhelmingly religious populace while also rejecting a religious establishment. What does it mean to be a person of faith in a secular and pluralistic public sphere? Should religious people bring their values to the arena of politics – and if so, …
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Gold Plates and Other Extraordinary Things
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Mormonism’s beginnings are based on Joseph Smith’s remarkable claims that he saw God and angels and then retrieved golden plates from a hill near his home. The debate between believers and nonbelievers over the truthfulness of Smith’s claims has followed well-worn paths ever since. In recent years, however, new interpretations have emerged that att…
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Special Presentation: An evening with Dallas Jenkins
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This special episode of the foyer is a live recording in front of a live audience. Join Patrick Mason, Leonard J. Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture, and Dallas Jenkins, Creator and Director of The Chosen, as they discuss the behind the scenes of creating the largest crowd-funded media project of all time.…
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The Foyer: LGBTQ Mormon History and Theology
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No other issue is as publicly prominent or as vexing for contemporary Mormonism as the relationship between the LDS Church and the LGBTQ community. We will discuss the history of LDS teachings about homosexuality, the recent emergence of “queer Mormon theology,” and how LGBTQ Latter-day Saints navigate the complex tensions of their religion and sex…
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Latter-day Saints and Politics
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American society is deeply divided. Our political culture is as fractured and dysfunctional as at any time since the Civil War. Latter-day Saints have not been immune to this polarization, but there have also been voices calling for a return to the “better angels of our nature.” Joining us will be two of those voices speaking out in favor of a dist…
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Seeing the World Anew through Memoir
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There are some books you read that change the way you see the world. That was my experience reading the amazing recent memoirs by these two scholars and authors, who happen to be uncle and niece. Join us for a conversation about Mormonism, Zen Buddhism, raking, and cancer. Charles Shirō Inouye is Professor of Japanese Literature and Visual Culture …
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The Ongoing Quest for Racial Equality
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May 25, 2021, marked the one-year anniversary since the murder of George Floyd, which set off a nationwide wave of protests over policing and continuing racial inequalities in America. In addition to the broader American context, the LDS Church is in the midst of an ongoing reckoning with its own past of racial exclusion. In this episode guests LaS…
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Dangerous History: Mark Hofmann and Murder among the Mormons
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Since its release in February 2021, Murder among the Mormons has been one of the most popular titles on Netflix. The true crime documentary recounts the story of Mark Hofmann, one of the most infamous forgers in modern history, whose web of lies eventually led to the murders of two innocent people. On this episode of “The Foyer,” host Patrick Mason…
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Heavenly Mother: Moment or Movement
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One of Mormonism’s distinctive teachings is that of a Heavenly Mother, a female divinity who is God the Father’s wife and the mother of all humanity. Long shrouded in mystery and considered by many a taboo topic, there has been a resurgence in interest in Heavenly Mother in contemporary Mormonism. Is this just a fad, or are we witnessing the reshap…
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Sister Saints Ft. Dr. Colleen McDannell
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Yes, Mormon women were pioneers and polygamist wives. But how have women shaped the history of Mormonism since polygamy? Our guest will be Dr. Colleen McDannell, who is the Sterling M. McMurrin Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of History at the University of Utah. She is the author of several books on American religious history, includi…
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A Conversation with Brandon Flowers
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Join us for this exclusive conversation with Brandon Flowers, who is not only lead singer of The Killers, one of the most popular rock bands of the 21st century, but also a practicing member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We'll be talking about what it's like to be a world-famous rock star and a Mormon, as well as the religious…
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Dr. Laurie Maffly-Kipp,and Patrick Mason discuss the strides as well of the challenges of mormonism as it changes into a global religion.द्वारा Leonard J Arrington Chair at Utah State University
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Neylan McBaine: Mormon Women and Voting Rights
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Featuring: Neylan McBaine, CEO of Better Days 2020 and author of Pioneering the Vote: The Untold Story of Suffragists in Utah and the West. Neylan McBaine and Patrick Mason discuss the journey of the suffrage movement in early Utah. They share insights as to why history played out the way it did and what it could mean for members of the Church of J…
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Prof. Patrick Mason speaks with Elders Marlin K. Jensen and Steven E. Snow, Emeritus General Authorities and Church Historians, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They cover the different aspects of studying mormon history from with in the church.
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Season 1 is done, but Game Mechanics will return! If you have a suggestion for a future guest, please send it to: GameMechanicsCast@gmail.com Follow Logan on Twitter: @LoganJenkins Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Orange Groves podcast network.
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S1E10 - Marx Shepherd - No Fascists Allowed
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Welcome to Game Mechanics, a show about Tabletop Roleplaying Games from lots of different perspectives. I’m Logan Jenkins. Today, I’m talking to Marx Shepherd, an indy TTRPG creator, and member of the San Jenaro Co-Op, an organization that puts out a quarterly games digest collectively created by all its members. When Marx reached out to me, they w…
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S1E9 - Rees Bennett - A Drag Nun's Take On Playing a Role
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Welcome to Game Mechanics, a show about Tabletop Roleplaying Games from lots of different perspectives. I’m Logan Jenkins. Today, I’m talking to Rees Bennett, also known as Sister Evelyn Tensions of the Grenville Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The Sisters are an order of drag nuns whose entire mission is to increase joy and decrease shame in the …
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S1E8 - Will Uhl - Prolific Game Creation
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Welcome to Game Mechanics, a show about Tabletop Roleplaying Games from lots of different perspectives. I’m Logan Jenkins.Today, I’m talking to Will Uhl, a very prolific writer of mostly micro-RPGs… which are exactly what they sound like. Bite-size Roleplaying game concept explorations that only take up a few pages. I was curious to talk to Will ab…
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S1E7 - Greg Leatherman - What if everyone’s a warrior?
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Welcome to Game Mechanics, a show about Tabletop Roleplaying Games from lots of different perspectives. I’m Logan Jenkins. Today, I’m talking to Greg Leatherman, writer of Glitter Hearts, a Magical Girl anime inspired TTRPG. Greg is also one of my co-hosts on Very Random Encounters. We go way back! One thing I really like about interviewing folks f…
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S1E6 - Sean Gomes - Having Dinner on Space Ships
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Welcome to Game Mechanics, a show about Tabletop Roleplaying Games from lots of different perspectives. I’m Logan Jenkins. Today, I’m talking to Sean Gomes, writer of Uncharted Worlds, a Powered by the Apocalypse TTRPG. I am a total Sean Gomes fanboy. There’s a mechanic in UW called “Cramped Quarters;” when the characters are stuck together for a l…
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S1E5 - Nathan Blades - F*** The Tabletop Police
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Welcome to Game Mechanics, a show about Tabletop Roleplaying Games from lots of different perspectives. I’m Logan Jenkins. Today, I’m talking to Androgynous Android Gameshow Host from the Future, Nathan Blades. I wanted to talk to him about one-page RPGs and games as permission. His one-page RPG Agents of H.U.E. is about queer spies using gadgets t…
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S1E4 - Bianca Zelda - Chasing baby goats
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Welcome to Game Mechanics, a show about Tabletop Roleplaying Games from lots of different perspectives. I’m Logan Jenkins. Today, I’m talking to Bianca Zelda. Bianca is one of the members of The Broadswords, an all female and nonbinary actual play podcast. Bianca also does a LOT of guest spots on a plethora of other podcasts. I wanted to talk to th…
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S1E3 - Sean McCoy - Meeting players where they are
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Welcome to Game Mechanics, a show about Tabletop Roleplaying Games from lots of different perspectives. I’m Logan Jenkins. Today, I’m talking to Sean McCoy. Sean is one of the co-founders of Tuesday Knight Games, and the designer, writer, layout artist, and illustrator of Mothership, a sci-fi horror TTRPG that won the 2019 Ennie for best game! Sean…
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S1E2 - Jess Ross - Writing for TTRPGs
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Today, I’m talking to Jess Ross about her experience writing for RPGs. Jess has written several modules for D&D in places like the Uncaged Anthology, and in Pugmire (a variation of D&D 5th edition where everyone plays as dogs! She wrote for the supplement Morti Corgi’s Scroll of Mysteries, and just everything about that game is adorable.) We also t…
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Riley Hopkins - Interstitial and the Link System
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Today, I’m talking to Riley Hopkins about their game, Interstitial; a game about worlds colliding in the vein of Kingdom Hearts, Crisis on Infinite Earths, or Into The Spiderverse. Interstitial is available right now at LinksmithGames.com. Interstitial, like Kingdom Hearts, puts a focus on relationships at the heart of the game. Which brings me to …
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RPGDF: Money On My Mind - Pricing, Kickstarters, and Pay What You Want
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Today we are joined by DC and Cass to talk about pricing, kickstarters, and other finance based questions in the tabletop space. We talk about the faults of Pay What You Want, the importance of setting the value for your own work, and what to do in the face of millions of dollars being given to other people.Games we talk about:Dialect Follow Riley …
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RPGDF: A Timeline of Zak S' Abuse
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In this episode we talk about Zak S, the abuse and harrassment he's done in the past, and the statements by his two ex partners whose incredible courage began the current pushback of this abuser. We give context for who he is and what he's done, the Mark Diaz Truman "Two Minute Hate" piece and its context today, and other people who have covered up…
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RPGDF: Power Leveling - Experience, Advancements, and Progression in Games
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In this episode, Riley talks with TTRPG designers Natalie and Takuma about progression in games! What does leveling up look like and why is it the way it is? How do players gain experience and are there other ways games could implement it? Follow Riley and today's guests on Twitter: Riley: @RevRyeBread Takuma: @takuma_okada_ Hosted and supported by…
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