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33 Adam Vass

128 min • 18 januari 2024

Adam Vass is a tabletop RPG designer in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a one-person operation: writing, illustrating, laying out, publishing, and distributing tabletop storytelling games from his house (though they love teaming up with friends for additional help). He is a multiple-time award winner for RPG designs including the stoner metal science fantasy Necronautilus, scumbag retrofuture Cybermetal 2012, playful and haunting Babes in the Wood, and many more. He is also cohost of the Brain Trust podcast, a semi-regular display of ttrpg design and philosophy with his best friend Will Jobst.

I follow Adam's work for a while and, as I said to him, he is like who I want to be when I grow up. His work is super well designed, unique, and with astonishing visual art to accompany. And when you see a game from Adam, you recognize from a distance! Great work!

On this chat we talked about music and how he draws inspiration from it, his work as a musician, how he is always making new games, his process, his desire to tone it down a bit, the creators that inspires him, and a lot more.

It's a great chat and I am very grateful for all the wisdom Adam shared with us. I hope you enjoy the chat as much as we did.

So listen up and get weird with us!

Check out Adam's Links!

https://www.worldchamp.io/

https://worldchampgameco.itch.io/

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Stuff mentioned in the Episode:

Mörk Borg: ⁠⁠https://morkborg.com/⁠⁠

ADHD: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html

Pete Holmes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Holmes

EMO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo

Napster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster

Will Jobst: https://willjobst.itch.io/

Braim Trust Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/brain-trust/id1473715893

Johan Nohr: https://nohr.se/