{"id":135,"date":"2017-10-23T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briebeau.com\/thoughty\/2017\/10\/23\/five-or-so-questions-with-glenn-given-on-slash-2-thirst-blood\/"},"modified":"2021-11-16T00:39:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T05:39:38","slug":"five-or-so-questions-with-glenn-given-on-slash-2-thirst-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briebeau.com\/thoughty\/2017\/10\/five-or-so-questions-with-glenn-given-on-slash-2-thirst-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Five or So Questions with Glenn Given on Slash 2: Thirst Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Today I have an interview with Glenn Given from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesbyplaydate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Games By Playdate<\/a> about the new game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/gamesbyplaydate\/slash-2-thirst-blood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Slash 2: Thirst Blood<\/i><\/a>. Slash 2 is the sequel to <i>Slash: Romance Without Boundaries<\/i>, a card game about shipping &#8211; the fandom kind &#8211; and is a really fun and exciting game! Check out Glenn&#8217;s responses below.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"320\" height=\"266\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/f6DvtsJSXxo\/0.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f6DvtsJSXxo?feature=player_embedded\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><b>Tell me a little about <i>Slash 2: Thirst Blood<\/i>. What excites you about it?<\/b><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i>Slash 2<\/i> is a standalone sequel to <i>Slash: Romance Without Boundaries<\/i>. It is a fan fiction shipping party game where players compete to create their favorite One True Pairing while swapping stories and micro-fictions. The thing that excites me the me the most about <i>Slash 2<\/i> is the opportunity to incorporate everything we have learned since we began making games (the Original <i>Slash<\/i> was our very first project). We have researched hundreds of new fandoms and used player feedback and fan communities to better balance our characters while maintaining diversity and accessibility. I am also terribly excited to introduce remix game modes to <i>Slash<\/i>. We have had loads of fans telling us how they play and they have been some of the most creative and rewarding contributions so we are sharing those with the players as best we can.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tell me about the different modes of <i>Slash 2: Thirst Blood<\/i>. What did you do to develop them? Which were the most challenging to codify?<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div>We looked at what other games were popular and said &#8220;you know what, I bet you can use <i>Slash<\/i> for that&#8221; and it turns out that works pretty well. Seriously though we took a look at the <i>Board Game Remix Kit<\/i>, at the litany of party games these days and at fan suggestions about new modes and ran with that. There are simple adaptations that don&#8217;t require any further materials like using&nbsp;<i>Slash<\/i>&nbsp;for your game of Fishbowl. We&#8217;ve added a light RPG\/larp that riffs off of&nbsp;<i>Ghost Court<\/i>&nbsp;to try and get more players into the storytelling side of the game and so forth. The most challenging thing was taking these game modes and really distilling them down to a few paragraphs or less of clear and inspirational rules.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/---KxuCFpZcQ\/WeucPj4oLYI\/AAAAAAABdUE\/3DrEeFgD4pQskczufN8rDYFWQGvdaRb5gCLcBGAs\/s1600\/14705051_1179026272183493_6379471089759682560_n.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"750\" data-original-width=\"750\" height=\"320\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/---KxuCFpZcQ\/WeucPj4oLYI\/AAAAAAABdUE\/3DrEeFgD4pQskczufN8rDYFWQGvdaRb5gCLcBGAs\/s320\/14705051_1179026272183493_6379471089759682560_n.jpg?resize=320%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"320\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 320px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 320\/320;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Glenn Given, potentially lurking.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><b><br \/>What were some of your favorite new cards to add to the game?<\/b><\/p>\n<div>Hands down my favorite new character is &#8220;Every Punch Thrown in the film <i>The Raid<\/i>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>What was different between this game development experience and the original game&#8217;s development?<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We were consciously developing this product. With the original it came out after a 3 day bender at PAX East from a rented house full of geeks. We drove from Boston back to my job at the time in NH and printed copies that evening to play at the con the next day. With <i>Thirst Blood<\/i> we took a look at what worked and at how the landscape of fandoms have grown, how fanfiction in general has evolved in just 3 and a half years, and built something directly for those people. The characters are a better reflection of the audiences rather than me just stuffing every <i>Disney Afternoon <\/i>character into the set.<\/p>\n<p><b>What are you most looking forward to seeing when the game is out in the wild?<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I am really excited to see people look at the new characters and to look at the new rules and have the realization that what they have enjoyed can be played in a completely different way. I hope that they will see that games like this aren&#8217;t just rules ad cards but that they are toolkits for having a good time.<\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3SbTNlqhUs0\/WeuccXRZsqI\/AAAAAAABdUI\/6oW7Notkk8MZNUBjlG0eMDh9wQzsH8P8wCLcBGAs\/s1600\/DKA4e6_WsAE6c_-.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"648\" data-original-width=\"1152\" height=\"180\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3SbTNlqhUs0\/WeuccXRZsqI\/AAAAAAABdUI\/6oW7Notkk8MZNUBjlG0eMDh9wQzsH8P8wCLcBGAs\/s320\/DKA4e6_WsAE6c_-.jpg?resize=320%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"320\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 320px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 320\/180;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Obey your thirst, y&#8217;all.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\">\n<div><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Thanks so much to Glenn for the interview! Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/gamesbyplaydate\/slash-2-thirst-blood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check out the Kickstarter page for <i>Slash 2: Thirst Blood<\/i><\/a> and share with your friends!<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This post was supported by the community on <a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/briecs\">patreon.com\/briecs<\/a>. Tell your friends! <\/p>\n<p>To leave some cash in the tip jar, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/paypal.me\/thoughty\">http:\/\/paypal.me\/thoughty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to be interviewed for Thoughty, or have a project featured, email <a href=\"mailto:contactbriecs@gmail.com?Subject=Thoughty%20Blog\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">contactbriecs@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I have an interview with Glenn Given from Games By Playdate about the new game, Slash 2: Thirst Blood. Slash 2 is the sequel to Slash: Romance Without Boundaries, a card game about shipping &#8211; the fandom kind &#8211; and is a really fun and exciting game! Check out Glenn&#8217;s responses below. &#8212; Tell &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/briebeau.com\/thoughty\/2017\/10\/five-or-so-questions-with-glenn-given-on-slash-2-thirst-blood\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Five or So Questions with Glenn Given on Slash 2: Thirst Blood&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[390],"tags":[52,128,127,20,10,17,89,25,47,48,8,49,26],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-card-games","tag-erotica","tag-fandom","tag-five-or-so","tag-game-design","tag-gaming","tag-geek","tag-interviews","tag-larp","tag-live-action-roleplaying-games","tag-roleplaying-games","tag-sex","tag-story-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paHOcG-2b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":105,"url":"https:\/\/briebeau.com\/thoughty\/2018\/03\/five-or-so-questions-on-chernobyl-mon-amour\/","url_meta":{"origin":135,"position":0},"title":"Five or So Questions on Chernobyl, Mon Amour","author":"Beau J\u00e1gr Sheldon","date":"March 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi all! 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