Episode 182 - Replication Versus Reinvention

Recorded at Metatopia 2017 Presented by Brendan Conway and Kevin Kulp. When you're designing a game, you often start by picking a kind of genre, or even a particular work, that you'd love to experience as an RPG. But many of the strongest games out there take it beyond just replicating a particular story; they say something new or different. How do you do that, and why should you spend the time to make sure you do?