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Episode 50: On Preparation for In-Character play (with Tablerunner)

Summary

Published: January 4, 2024

Preparation is one thing that can benefit from change if you adjust your style or intentions for play. My guest has recently discovered a desire for playing more and more in-character (moving toward in-character as-character) and leaving room for “immersion” to happen.

WATCH ON YOUTUBE:

MY GUEST: CRISPY of the @Tablerunner Crispy YouTube channel.

Origin: “I’m an RPG enthusiast who came to realize earlier this year that I’ve only just scratched the surface of what the hobby can be. Now I’m focused on enhancing my experience and that of my players through ‘in-character play.’ I run an in-person weekly game that has been a going concern for 17 years and hopefully many years to come. I share my experiences as an old hand with a fresh appreciation for actual roleplay on my YouTube channel ⁠@tablerunner⁠. You can find me on X at ⁠@cfourcrispy⁠.”

Call-ins:

I have received some great calls since the last episode and I would love to include them in this episode as they are relevant to various points made throughout, but I due to the length of the conversation (1hr4min) I feel it is best to frame an episode around those call-ins and any others that come in the interim. That episode will concern itself more directly with imagination. Therefore, there is still time to leave a message via Spotify (if you dare), Speakpipe, discord, or email about how imagination presents itself to you.

How do you imagine a moment of play?

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Episode 49: A Conversation on Attention and Imagination (with Primaeval Fantasy)

Summary

Published: December 12, 2023

Featuring a call-in from Mirke the Meek, this episode is primarily a first conversation between Daniel Jones of the Primaeval Fantasy RPG podcast/YouTube channel and myself on the topic of in-character play through means intended to facilitate imagination and hopefully immersion in the character’s perspective.

You can find Mirke the Meek here:

⁠Mirke The Meek • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters⁠

You can find my guest, Daniel Jones here:

⁠Primæval Fantasy RPG – YouTube⁠ and here (Podcast):

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[2] Find me on Discord, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube @Runeslinger

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Episode 48: On Mentors and Peers in RPG Learning

Summary

Published: November 28, 2023

Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, leader of a school RPG club, was kind enough to return to the podcast for another exploratory conversation about learning and guiding others in their learning of RPGs.

Comments, Call-Ins, Opinions, and References in this episode

⁠Podcast – Roleplay Rescue’s Blog

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Episode 47: Attention and the Rabbit Hole Road to ‘Immersion’

Summary

Published: November 26, 2023

Our attentive focus on Immersion continues. This episode explores how attention transforms our ability to perceive, receive, conceive, and visualize the imagined situations of our gaming into immersive and engaging experiences.

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Episode 46: On the Fragility or Durability of Immersion

Summary

Published: November 13, 2023

This episode continues our survey of the topic of ‘immersion” with the help of a meaty call-in from Safer of the Safer Fantasy Crafting podcast plus a further look at the notion of examining the focus of attention through a split lens of immersion and engagement. Previous episodes on this topic can be found at links below. In addition, written posts supporting these episodes can be found at the Casting Shadows Blog.

Relevant Links

On Immersion and Engagement in RPG Play

On Immersion and Engagement episode featuring listener calls.

Layers of Play episode

This episode features a call in from Safer of Safer Fantasy Crafting. In that response, he mentions a session of immersive play which was recorded and is available to listen to. That episode and more of Safer’s content can be found here:

A 5e Let’s Pretend Live Play

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Episode 45: Halloween OctOSR from the Highway of Madness

Summary

Published: October 31, 2023

Another of Runeslinger’s Reflections from the Road

This episode features a call-in from Jason Hobbs of podcast and conventioneering fame – particularly Random Screed, a recap of our current Call of Cthulhu campaign, and a suggestion for a creepy OSR dungeon experience that is PWYW: Murcanto’s Lair: ⁠DriveThruRPG – Samwise7RPG⁠

The current members of our sandbox Call of Cthulhu campaign are Ivan Podgwaite (a YouTuber), Joe Richter (A Podcaster), and Brian Courtemanche (a CoC scenario author).

LINKS:

Check out the @ivanmike1968 YouTube channel for lots of B/X, LotFP, Ubiquity, and other RPG goodness… plus BASS guitar stuff~

Check out the Hindsightless podcast for lots of RPG thoughts, recaps, ice cream, cereal taste tests, nature reports, and whatever else Joe has running around in his brain.

Check out the Down in a Heap podcast for thoughtful RPG musings on Old School games and Old School D&D from Rob C.

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Episode 44: MESSAGES FOR RUNESLINGER ON THE ROAD

Summary

Published: September 24, 2023

Another of Runeslinger’s Reflections from the Road

Thanks to our callers, FreeThrall, DarkFluid, Che Webster, Eloy Cintron, Joe Richter, and Jason Connerly. We have messages pertaining to the current topic of Immersion and how it intersects with our cultures and procedures of play. We have a response from Umbramancer to a call from the last episode by Jason. Umbramancer, or Eloy Cintron, was featured in the episode before that. That response connects to our D&D example episode about story as product vs story as by-product. Finally, we have some messages about Ubiquity in general and our recent Hollow Earth Expedition episode in particular.

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Episode 43: On #RPGaDAY2023 and Hollow Earth Expedition

Summary

Published: September 14, 2023

Another of Runeslinger’s Reflections from the Road

Thanks to our callers, BJ Boyd (Arcane Alienist) and Jason Connerley (Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast).

Thanks also to everyone who participated in whole or in part in RPGaDAY~

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Episode 42: On Immersion and Engagement, plus Listener Calls

Summary

Published: August 31, 2023

This episode continues ongoing discussions on theory and technique for roleplaying games. It has a series of calls from Jason of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast to connect us back to July of this year before the month-long gap introduced by RPGaDAY and other commitments (such as tight editing and writing deadlines for RPG stuff). Join us as we go all the way back through the last few episodes of this season: Sandboxes, Layers of Play (featuring Che Webster), and a practical example of applying these ideas to a popular game some folks play.

This episode extends the conversation more fully into immersion as a topic for discussion and exploration.

Thank you to Jason for the calls!

Visit Umbramancer’s YouTube channel for more application of his D&D example of resolving conflicting approaches to the game.

CONTACT ME:

[1] ⁠Send a voice message to CastingShadowsPodcast (speakpipe.com)⁠

[2] Find me on Discord, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube @Runeslinger

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