The Doomed Has Genesis Game Mechanics - Designer Interview With Chris McDowall |

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Gerry sits down for a designer interview with Chris McDowall the creator of Osprey Games' The Doomed, and discusses the philosophy he had when bringing the game to life. We dive into his previous gaming and writing experience and how The Doomed became a minimalist mechanic system which still brings complexity and flavour to a narrative wargame in the midst of an apocalypse.
We discuss reducing the statistics, abilities and modifiers of the game to their bare essentials allowing you to focus on the Horrors and Conflicts that you find within the game rules of The Doomed. This in turn leads to exploring the way it matches the aesthetic of the world and encourages collaborative narrative wargaming.
We also discuss how Chris McDowall became a tabletop gamer with his introduction through Games Workshop and how he started playing Warhammer 40K.
Speaking of Warhammer 40K if you have leftover bits this game would be a great way to use them up by kitbashing your own unique factions for the game.
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[@adammeney8841]

I have played 2 games so far. Once with the suggested warbands and another with some customisation. The 1st conflict in the book then one with towers and ziplines. Freakin' Ziplines!!! I love this game to bits. Within 2 turns we were rolling dice and having fun. We only had to delve into the rulebook for the shock table. The rules are there if you need them, but they happily get out of the way and let you play the game. Incredibly refreshing. We have yet to include a Horror but looking forward to that experience. I cannot wait to play some more. I play 40k/AoS and a bunch of amazing skirmish games (Stargrave, Burrows and Badgers, Space Station Zero, Warcry, Necromunda etc) and I have never got grips with a ruleset so quickly. I cannot wait to play some more.

[@Kira-Namida]

I have to respect a design philosophy that adds up to "it won't be all things to all people, but it sure is going to be something different for some people".

[@bluesrock88]

This looks like one of the most interesting games of this year. Can’t wait to try out some scenarios.

[@cell32005]

Hearing it from the author is always interesting and as a fan of McDowall's RPG work, this was no exception.

[@carloseduardobeserranobre432]

I like the idea of individual response tables for each horror. Nice mechanics.

[@gk7003]

Just bought a copy, I like the point they made about how many players think you can't house rule...they miss the good spirit of what these games should be about. I like the design philosophy and the world in this one!

[@timharker2105]

What a game! These series of videos have been excellent, can’t wait to get a copy of this for myself

[@TapCat]

I only just discovered The Doomed thanks to this channel but I'm seriously feeling the need to give it a try.

[@darklordofcaliban3551]

Each time I see this world I feel so Doomed...

[@thomaswilliams5005]

This has been a great week of gaming. Can’t wait to either win or purchase a copy.

[@NinetaleHobbies]

Always love to hear from the designers.

[@meangreenlipsey]

Really cool to learn he got inspiration from KDM. I'm actually going to use my KDM miniatures to play TD!

[@skymovesideways9461]

Great to see Chris on the channel, he often has good insights into his hands design process and inspirations

[@imjodokast]

This sounds great. I'll be adding this to my list of things to pick up down the line.

[@Danny76375]

Good to hear everything in this video.

[@marcoantoniosalazarmatamor9496]

Kudos to you keeping the impressive production quality, and the rules are pretty cool.

[@randomlinkage1058]

I enjoyed how stripped back Into the Odd was, (even in terms of the setting, which was more of a starting out point for you to flesh out), so I was excited to hear that The Doomed was by the same designer. Hearing about Chris’s thought process for things like modifiers and status effects/buffs only makes me more interested. A great interview.

[@timothyyoung2962]

I love the fact that The Doomed does something a lot of games do not do; it focuses on the gaming aspect of the actual game. It focuses on actual game play with cool villains and scenarios for you to explore and have fun with instead of just all this fluff and rules for every little thing. It was nice to just see all this GAME packed into a book instead of rules and fluff about the 40,000 years of history and then an unnecessary chapter showing all these cool minis that I'll never be able to paint and battlefields I'll never be able to afford to create. It showed cool minis through out the books as part of the illustrations like other great games like Stargrave or This Is Not A Test does which makes sense. But I love how out of 179 pages most of that book is just all these games to play. That was really nice to see for a change.

[@verlandes1]

This is the game that might get me into figure games. Chris McDowall is one of my favorite creators of ttrpgs, so I trust this will be good.

[@kingxerocole4616]

I'll probably pick up a box or two of the new AoS free guild to kitbash for an Inheritor Courts warband.

[@ReadySetPainter]

I dont mind not winning. Buying the book monday. But the extra copy would still be nice to give to a friend to make them play with me XD.

[@horationoseblower6336]

A peek behind the curtain showing the wizardry of the game. Very pleasant to watch.

[@reddy112]

I really love the mechanics this game has, great to see it recieves the love it deserves!

[@Dudeland07]

Can’t wait to get this to the table! Looks like so much fun!

[@deende79]

i like how you make series of videos about new games

[@TheDornsFist]

Thank you for the great interview!

[@jamessmall7850]

Alright, y'all convinced me. I'm going to use my Infinity mini's to play this but it will get played!

[@marksdicetales]

Taught us to a 5 year old this weekend, almost he started as the warband but then switched to playing the horror then just playing with the scenarios :-) still fun

[@opiebrezhnev6507]

And they pull me back in. This game looks like my next obsession to build way more models than id ever need for it.

[@zoidpinhead]

Speaking to the designer is always an interesting insight, thank you.

[@steventaylor9962]

Really digging the design philosophy on this one. Always fun to hear from the creator themselves.

[@padraigtaggart8300]

I'm a fan of Into the Odd and Bastionland, so I can't wait to try this out.

[@melgurth666]

good to know the thoughts on how and why the game is made

[@squidamodd1048]

Very interesting details about the game! I'm really attracted to the combinatory aspect of Missions built from a Scene + an Horror. And the campaign between games events seems a cool source of narration too!

[@will_souza_art]

Can't wait to play it, I love those solo skirmish games (even if yours is hard solo) as I don't have people to play

[@greyarkhane]

Great approach to game design: Focus on the feel of the game and distill the mechanics to a minimum.

[@abdulhammouda4884]

Brilliant interview loved this mate

[@dragonraider160]

Great interview , was interesting on how he approached the game.

[@Gaiseric08]

Really interesting to hear the details. The 1 stat quality, reminds me of Dracula's America with the single dice stat.

[@celtictexan32]

very excited to try this game out

[@ryolacap]

I am still hunting for my preferred game mechanics so very interested

[@Sammo212]

One complaint is I wish the theme were stronger. The theme is like a couple of sentences and the rest, thematically, could be anything. I’ve got the book and it just feels like other mini agnostic skirimish games like the ones from Adam at Tabletop Minions are just more theme complete to me.

[@user-pm5mh1hc6j]

So loving the whole premise of this game and I’m so eager for this especially for me as kitbashing is what I live for in gaming and I’m so going to use the Rancorn as one of the Monsters in this.

[@topscrappy1012]

I wanna start that game

[@stevenleahy4947]

Awesome job this week as usual!

[@douglashooker255]

I know frowning at crunchy rules can be looked down upon by veteran gamers, but I have usually enjoyed games with less complexity. Streamlining for streamlining's sake can be rubbish, but setting out to make things easier to grasp by design from the start appeals to me.

[@mikem449]

Great set of videos. Can’t wait to give this game a try!🎉

[@darrengamer8189]

Stripping the unneeded complexity out of gaming really appeals to me..

[@trapdoorogre5909]

Seeing how great the doomed is I now feel I have to check out into the odd.

[@chrishambrick5360]

Great video!

[@nelsonrumley2618]

lets give this a try

[@timothytrichtinger4732]

Interesting! always love new game systems

[@paboook]

Ok, I am going to buy this!

[@timberry4709]

Amazon just delivered the rules! Looks like Wargames Atlantic's The Damned would be a good fit for this game.

[@evanrhamey9566]

Dark Gods love the art style

[@AdrianKramarzyk]

cracking job

[@dżentelmeniprzystole]

Fantastic theme!

[@tomgoesrogue]

It's such great concept and aesthetic! 👏

[@MrLigonater]

Doomed seems to be as to miniatures skirmish games as forbidden lands is to role playing games. Particularly the greater abstraction in movement and range, the emphasis on simplification and the big monsters having and6 table to determine their actions.

[@oldschoolfrp2326]

Good streamlined design is good

[@kudosbudo]

This sounds like a really interesting game.

[@laportejfmusic]

Gotta love the direction wargaming seems to be going these days!

[@whips_and_buckets]

Oooo this looks cool!

[@Sumptube]

This game looks damn near perfect

[@SpannSr1970]

I need this!

[@thechriscrowing]

Ooooo this looks fun

[@danscarfe7020]

Definitely edging towards Doomed..

[@ORMVS]

Killer art! I'm inspired to get kit-bashing.

[@paraptorkeetcreations434]

My bitz box is ready.

[@paulhunter3028]

Nice one:)

[@nsogre]

Looks interesting.

[@paulomelo1084]

This game has great mechanics!

[@Phoolery]

Been loving the game, it's a blast!

[@PaulHunter-ob7br]

Great!

[@gazzbyrne]

The converters will love this game.

[@SomeDudeOnYouTube]

Ultimate Doooooooooooooooooooooooooom

[@johnfalck2986]

Solo mode❤

[@gravetotkd]

Interesting game.

[@hobbytyrant]

Still interesting...

[@jojomerou4075]

Something refreshing and different... not your average GW game.

[@fleboy8618]

Still waiting for The Rock to appear...

[@kentryu3484]

need

[@stevetjames7922]

Cool and weird…😊

[@ctorus]

'Stripping back' and 'streamlining' rules is so overrated sometimes. It's also completely ubiquitous these days and not remotely innovative any more.