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Episode 60: On Mystery and Horror Roleplaying with TrilltheDM

Summary

Published: September 29, 2024

This nearly 90-minute conversation was made possible by the open-minded attitude of TrilltheDM, the interest of MercuriousAulicus and Black Lodge Games, and I suppose, the letter X. In it, we discuss Trill’s recent video: Mastering Player Choice in Mystery and Horror RPGs and take it further than the original 10-minute runtime would allow, dive into its specific context, and in general have an enjoyable and interesting discussion.

You can find the original video at this link:

⁠Mastering Player Choice in Mystery & Horror RPGs (youtube.com)⁠ This episode appears in its uncut, video form on my YouTube channel and is also re-distributed there in this audio-only version.

LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

⁠Mastering Player Choice in Mystery & Horror RPGs – YouTube⁠

The Imagination series on the Casting Shadows Podcast

⁠Sandboxes

⁠⁠Layers and Vectors of Play

⁠⁠Immersion and Engagement⁠

⁠On Immersion⁠⁠

On Attention⁠⁠

Imagination and Preparation

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Episode 59: #RPGaDAY2024 Week 2 Highlights + Mordavia

Summary

Published: August 12, 2024

This episode is in three segments. The first presents links and reactions to just a few of the cool posts I have seen in response to the 2nd week of #RPGaDAY2024. This is part of a series for each week of the event. If you have suggestions for great posts, send me a message with the links! The second segment offers some tantalizing morsels stolen from the freshly unearthed Mordavia: Land of Horror supplement for Leagues of Adventure, Leagues of Gothic Horror, and Leagues of Cthulhu by Triple Ace Games. The final segment runs roughshod over my own responses to the #RPGaDAY2024 prompts in unseemly haste!

LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

⁠⁠Autocratik Blog⁠

⁠Halls of the Nephilim⁠

⁠RPGNet⁠⁠

Dodecahedroid⁠

⁠Stargazer’s World⁠

⁠The Other Side⁠

⁠Stochasium⁠

⁠Triple Ace Games⁠

⁠Mordavia on DriveThruRPG

NOTES:

#RPGaDAY2024 infographics are available at ⁠⁠AUTOCRATIK: Announcing #RPGaDAY2024 for August⁠

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Episode 58: Sharing some #RPGaDAY2024 Posts that I enjoyed: Week 1

Summary

Published: August 5, 2024

This episode presents links and reactions to just a few of the cool posts I have seen in response to the first week of #RPGaDAY2024. This is intended to be the first of a series for each week of the event. If you have suggestions for great posts, send me a message with the links!

LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

⁠Autocratik Blog⁠

⁠Nerds’ RPG Variety Cast⁠

⁠Stochastic Agency⁠

⁠JDRD30⁠

⁠Pink Phantom Podcast⁠

⁠Mirke the Meek Podcast⁠

⁠Dungeon Tutor⁠

⁠Dekahedron’s Joseph Gill⁠

⁠Nolinquisitor Channel⁠

⁠Creative Play and Podcast Network⁠

⁠Miskatonic Playhouse Channel⁠

⁠Hindsightless Podcast⁠

NOTES:

#RPGaDAY2024 infographics are available at ⁠⁠AUTOCRATIK: Announcing #RPGaDAY2024 for August⁠

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Episode 57: On #RPGaDAY2024 Week 1 and Ubiquity’s Great Campaign

Summary

Published: August 2, 2024

In the first segment of this episode I quickly share some of my responses to the first week of #RPGaDAY2024 prompts. Later in the week ahead, I will be sharing cool prompts from other folk that I have found out there on the Internet.

The second segment explores the structure and some suggestions for running The Great Campaign from ⁠Triple Ace Games ⁠for their Leagues of Adventure line using the Ubiquity Roleplaying System.

The third segment is a quick overview of Ubiquity for those hearing about it for the first time.

Products or Shows mentioned in this Episode:

⁠The GMologist Presents⁠

⁠The Great Campaign (PDF, PoD)

NOTES:

#RPGaDAY2024 infographics are available at ⁠⁠AUTOCRATIK: Announcing #RPGaDAY2024 for August⁠

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Episode 56: On the In-Character Character…

Summary

Published: July 23, 2024

This episode takes us on a semi-farcical journey into language and imagery to talk about the very necessary nature a lack of meaning and import can have to immersive and engaging in-character play.

Curious? I hope so~

NOTES:

#RPGaDAY2024 infographics are available at ⁠⁠AUTOCRATIK: Announcing #RPGaDAY2024 for August⁠

Marty Robbins Gunfighter Ballads:

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Episode 55: Listener Calls and Practical Advice for ‘Unusual RPGs’

Summary

Published: May 4, 2024

Links to the callers featured in this episode can be found below. This episode features calls from Sameoldji (link to his eponymous podcast can be found below), Jason Connerly formely of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (link to his now complete library of podcast episodes can be found below), and Che Webster of the now intentionally intermittent Roleplay Rescue podcast (link provided below).

Topics in this episode are the ongoing YouTube actual play series being run on my channel, and two different points about my recent conversation with Daniel Jones of Primeval Fantasy (link below) from the previous episode.

Callers and Podcasts mentioned in this episode

Sameoldji’s Podcast: An RPG Catharsis

Jason Connerly now has a blog! ⁠The Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, er, Blog

Jason’s Podcast: ⁠Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters⁠

Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue:

⁠Roleplay Rescue’s Blog – Murmurings from beneath the beard⁠

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Episode 54: On Sharing less common RPGs (with Primaeval Fantasy)

Summary

Published: April 19, 2024

I sit down with a second conversation with Daniel Jones of ⁠ @Primaeval ⁠, this time about making the culture and approach to play in an RPG group more visible and accessible to others. Do we achieve this goal? Join us and see~

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Episode 53: On Accommodating Imagination with Roleplay Rescue

Summary

Published: April 12, 2024

In this conversation with Roleplay Rescue‘s host and seeker of immersive and engaging play, Che Webster, we discuss some blog posts about techniques that Che is starting to use to get more of what he wants from play. As that quest is near and dear to my heart, I thought others might resonate with it as well. We talk about making room for imagination, facilitating a more active stance in our imaginations, and consider how we speak to one another when we play.

Podcasts mentioned in the episode:

⁠Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast⁠

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Episode 52: Imagination Calls

Summary

Published: April 7, 2024

This episode responds to listener calls dating back over the last two episodes of the podcast and continuing the exploration of imagination, memory, and attention as valuable parts of RPG play. Thanks go out to Jason Connerly, Spencer/FreeThrall, and Jean-Francois ‘SameOldJi’ St-Onge for the calls and the interaction~

Podcasts mentioned in the episode:

⁠Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast⁠

⁠Keep off the Borderlands⁠

⁠SameOldJi – An RPG Catharsis ⁠

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Episode 51: On Imagination and Preparation

Summary

Published: January 15, 2024

This episode responds to listener voice messages, does a surface exploration of the experience of imagination and gets into some practicalities about the benefit of talking about imagination with your group. Listeners are invited to contact me via the methods below to share their thoughts on their experiences of imagination.

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