# Sam Sorensen

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[Advice] How to Replicate Over/Under, by Valeria Loves

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): How to Replicate Over/Under by Valeria Loves Narrated by Grace Episode Links: #over/under on Bluesky Rascal News: How to find an ending in Over/Under Onslaught Six: EMOTIONAL STAKES Sam Sorensen: Mothership Month 2025 Wargame: OVER/UNDER nostradu…

[Meta] The Expressionist Games Manifesto, by Jay Dragon

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): The Expressionist Games Manifesto by Jay Dragon Narrated by Seraphim Seraphina Episode Links: Hollandspiele: Mechanisms as Metaphors: How Board Games Create Meaning Sam Sorensen: 1d20 Diegetic Rules, 1d20 Hypo-Diegetic Rules Jay Dragon: Does Super Ma…

[Series] Cataphracts Design Diary 1-4, by Sam Sorensen

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Cataphracts Design Diary #1, Diary #2, Diary #3, Diary #4 by Sam Sorensen Narrated by Sam Sorensen Edited by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part I: Bargaining for Goods at H…

[Meta] Sam's Three-Question Taxonomy, by Sam Sorensen

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): Sam’s Three-Question Taxonomy by Sam Sorensen Narrated by Sam Sorensen Edited by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: Brennan Lee Mulligan on “railroading” Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

[Gameable] 1d20 Diegetic Rules, 1d20 Hypo-Diegetic Rules, by Sam Sorensen

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): 1d20 Diegetic Rules, 1d20 Hypo-Diegetic Rules by Sam Sorensen Narrated by Sam Sorensen Edited by Scott Goodwin Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

[Critique] Doing a Cool Move, by Sam Sorensen

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Critique Category): Doing a Cool Move by Sam Sorensen Narrated by Sam Sorensen Edited by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: ty - itchi.io The Beauty of Games by Frank Lantz The Invisible Rules of Role-Playing: The Social Framework of Role-Playing Process by Markus Montol…

[Advice] Ten Intangible Tips for Development Editing Your RPG Manuscript, by Sam Sorensen

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): Ten Intangible Tips for Development Editing Your RPG Manuscript by Sam Sorensen Narrated by Sam Sorensen Edited by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: Sam Sorensen: Ten Tangible Tips For Editing Your RPG Manuscript Sam Sorensen: Ten More Tangible Tips for…

Doskvol's Lightning Barriers (Blades in the Dark) with Nova

Transcripts available at diceexploder.com In Blades in the Dark, you play as criminals in Doskvol a haunted city where the ghosts are such a problem that they built giant lightning barriers around the whole city to keep them out. That sentence alone already makes me want to get the game to the tabl…

Episode 32 - Wargames and Death Rituals with Sam Sorensen!

EPISODE SUMMARY James is joined by Sam Sorensen in a discussion about his game Cataphracts, wargames and the humanity and unintentional storytelling that can appear in them. In the worldbuilding half of the episode, they create a fictional death worshipping religion with special rites for bridging…

WWR 100 ☉ Episode 100! w. Lauren Bilanko, Daniel Kwan, Sam Sorenson, & Arthur Wells

Join us for a very special Episode 100 of the roleplaying game podcast Why We Roll! Wythe Marschall (Stillfleet, PICARO!) chats about the future of indie RPGs with judges from the Grit System Game Jam: Daniel Kwan, Arthur Wells, Sam Sorensen, and Lauren Bilanko. (Dear Rollers, don't worry: we'll ho…