Rule of Carnage: Designing Better Miniatures Games – Details, episodes & analysis

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Rule of Carnage: Designing Better Miniatures Games

Glenn Ford and Mike Hutchinson

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Frequency: 1 episode/12d. Total Eps: 173

Game designers Mike Hutchinson and Glenn Ford talk about the craft of designing tabletop miniatures games. In depth discussions into a wide range of game design topics and tips.

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - Games
27/09/2026
#58
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Games
14/09/2026
#93
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Games
13/09/2026
#75
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Games
12/09/2026
#38
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Games
10/09/2026
#89
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Games
09/09/2026
#40
🇨🇦 Canada - Games
19/08/2026
#71
🇩🇪 Germany - Games
15/08/2026
#44
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Games
10/07/2026
#72
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Games
09/07/2026
#44

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https://www.manokentgames.com/
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https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames
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https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames
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https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor
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https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh
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Ep 170: Narrative miniature games

Episode 170

Friday, September 25, 2026 • Duration 36:28

What is a narrative miniatures game?

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If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

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Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

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Ep 169: Let's Redesign... Judge Dredd: The Miniatures Game

Episode 169

Friday, September 18, 2026 • Duration 33:14

Episode 169. The guys have been wondering about how they might redesign some popular games based on the imagined brief they might be based on. Next up, Judge Dredd!

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If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

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Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

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Ep 168: Gubbins

Episode 168

Friday, September 11, 2026 • Duration 35:02

Does your game need gubbins? And widgets? Mike seems to like them more than Glenn. They might be a good idea. They might not.

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If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

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Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

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Ep 167: Non-Combat Miniatures Games

Episode 167

Friday, September 4, 2026 • Duration 34:55

Glenn is a big believer in the power of miniatures games without violence and the stories they can tell. Mike struggles to find interesting stories in them. Let's talk about it.

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If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

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Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

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Ep 166: What is your game's Core Loop?

Episode 166

Friday, August 28, 2026 • Duration 30:36

Loops are very important in your game's design, but what are they? How do you make a good one?

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If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

===

Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

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Ep 165: Let's Re-design... Battlefleet Gothic

Episode 165

Friday, August 21, 2026 • Duration 40:23

The guys have been wondering about how they might redesign some popular games based on an imagined brief. Next up: Battlefleet Gothic.
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If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

===

Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

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Ep 164: Let's Redesign... X-Wing Miniatures Game

Episode 164

Friday, August 14, 2026 • Duration 54:14

In Episode 164 The guys have been wondering about how they might redesign some popular games based on the imagined brief they might be based on. Next up, Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game.

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If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

===

Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

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Ep 163: Chain reactions & emergent gameplay

Episode 163

Friday, August 7, 2026 • Duration 35:36

Ep 163. Mike has been reading some very old battle reports, and he's been thinking about how everything was just much better in the good old days. Glenn thinks this is a load of rose tinted old bunkum, but is willing to humour the old boy.
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If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

===

Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

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Ep 162: Christmas In July (Pt II)

Episode 162

Friday, July 31, 2026 • Duration 56:16

Okay, now you know how far behind the podcast feed is! We round up the tabletop games and books we played and readed in 2025.

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If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

===

Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

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Ep 161: Christmas In July (Pt I)

Episode 161

Thursday, July 30, 2026 • Duration 37:12

Giving the game away about just have far our audio feed slipped behind our Youtube feed... as has become traditional at Rule of Carnage, around the end of each year we sit back and round up what we've been playing and reading over the past year. Here we talk about the digital games we've been checking out.

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If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012

===

Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.com

Check out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.games

The Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uECh

If you want to support the channel financially you can join...

Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor

Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames

Read moreCollapse

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