Designer Commentary: Northfield (with Jason Morningstar)

Transcript

It 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 Reading

Northfield, the game, on the Bully Pulpit Patreon

Video of the Defeat of Jesse James Days reenactment

Official Defeat of Jesse James Days website

Photo of (allegedly) Charlie Pitts’ ear

Wikipedia articles on Northfield and the James-Younger gang

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