# All Systems Brough - 868-HACK

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Podcast: [The Secret Lives of Games](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-secret-lives-of-games-439116)
Published: 2025-12-19T15:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://eggplant.show/all-systems-brough-868-hack
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We're joined by Shawn Alexander Allen (Beatdown City Survivors), Cole Wehrle (Root), and Drew Wehrle (Pax Pamir) to discuss the first title in our year-long exploration of the work of Michael Brough: 868-HACK. Next Month: Vertex Dispenser Audio edited by Dylan Shumway Discussed in this episode: 868-HACK https://868-hack.neocities.org/ Michael Brough's Website https://www.smestorp.com/ XPerience Studios https://xperiencestudios.org/ "King Me": A Defense of King-Making in Board Game Design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UraJElx1ebg Leder Games https://ledergames.com/ Wehrlegig Games https://wehrlegig.com/ 7-Day Roguelike Jam blog post https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2013/03/7drl-day-2.html 868-HACK Release Trailer (2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMH-yDR35lI PRACTICE 2013: Michael Brough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4iswqa8r-Q Michael Brough on balancing prog costs: https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2014/06/868-hack-prog-costs.html Michael Brough on streak scoring https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2013/05/score-conditions.html https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2017/09/streak-scoring-redux.html James Lantz on 868-HACK https://web.archive.org/web/20160531060339/https://www.decisionproblem.com/inmachinam/?p=175 Dewan https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/439742/dewan Zaynation Complete UFO50 Alternate History Voicemails https://discord.com/channels/690388280767807518/1298414011368607796/1440018452050870385 Michael OBlivion tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R92zN2899s&t=586s Rock Paper Shotgun 868-HACK Review (2015) https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/868-hack-review-pc Michael Brough on passive vs active abilities https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2013/05/uniform-activations.html Vivafringe blog post on 868-HACK Secret Level and Good vs. Bad Secrets ht…

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