Maxwell Lander is an educator and photographer in eastern Canada. Aaron King is an editor and collage artist in the Midwestern US. They're both game designers, and together, they read RPG books, find the good bits, and discuss them critically. Welcome to RTFM.
by RTFM
4.4(77 reviews)
87 episodes
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Maxwell Lander is an educator and photographer in eastern Canada. Aaron King is an editor and collage artist in the Midwestern US. They're both game designers, and together, they read RPG books, find the good bits, and discuss them critically. Welcome to RTFM.
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Recent Episodes
April 29, 2026
RTFM: Bullwinkle and Rocky Role-Playing Party Game
<p><a href="https://diceexploder.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Sam Dunnewold of the Dice Exploder podcast</a> joins us to talk about the Bullwinkle and Rocky Role-Playing Party Game. We also discuss Sam's currently crowdfunding <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sdunnewold/band-aids-and-bullet-holes" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Band-Aids & Bullet Holes</a>.</p><p><a href="https://maxwellander.itch.io/">Max Lander</a> and <a href="https://erinking.itch.io/">Aaron King</a> dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fucking manual so that you don't have to.</p><p>If you want to chat about the episode, <a href="https://bytes.rip/rtfm">join our Discord</a>. And <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rtfmcast">check us out on Patreon</a> for extra episodes!</p>
April 16, 2026
RTFM: Almost
<p><a href="https://breathingstories.itch.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Logan Timmins</a> joins us to discuss <a href="https://jaydragonwrites.itch.io/some-of-my-old-games" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">"Almost" by Jay Dragon</a>. We discuss lyric games in general, close reading, and kissing. <a href="https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/nimael/lyrical-ludology-season-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">And check out Logan's podcast, Lyrical Ludology, now crowdfunding a second season</a>.</p><p><a href="https://maxwellander.itch.io/">Max Lander</a> and <a href="https://erinking.itch.io/">Aaron King</a> dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fucking manual so that you don't have to.</p><p>If you want to chat about the episode, <a href="https://bytes.rip/rtfm">join our Discord</a>. And <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rtfmcast">check us out on Patreon</a> for extra episodes!</p><p></p>
February 26, 2026
RTFM Interview: Prismatic Wasteland
<p>We're talking to WF Smith, a.k.a. Prismatic Wasteland, the blogger and game designer behind Barkeep on the Borderlands and<a href="https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/oddish-preorders" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"> the currently heistfunding Into the Oddish</a>. </p><p><a href="https://maxwellander.itch.io/">Max Lander</a> and <a href="https://erinking.itch.io/">Aaron King</a> dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fucking manual so that you don't have to.</p><p>If you want to chat about the episode, <a href="https://bytes.rip/rtfm">join our Discord</a>. And <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rtfmcast">check us out on Patreon</a> for extra episodes!</p>
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