Vaesen, a nordic horror rpg by Free League Publishing. You will find out why we like this rendition of a curated role-playing game. Fancy talk for what we’re about to divulge. Random Encounter Voicemail from Chris Shorb Voicemail from Todd Crapper of Broken Ruler Games Jim F. emails about ep 377 using lore and setting…
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On April 21st, 2019, we recorded an episode with Victor Raymond that featured discussion around Empire of the Petal Throne and Tekumel, both works that originated from M.A.R. Barker. As of this writing we have learned that Mr. Barker’s published a novel sympathetic to Neo-nazism, was published under a pseudonym in association with white supremacists, and was a member of…
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If you want the Players to engage with your lore/setting/cool stuff – you need to make that stuff part of the solution to their problems. The lore must be relevant to the adventure. If they can solve everything with their character sheet, they don’t need your setting. Unless the player(s) really like learning your lore,…
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Of all of the things that we steal from other art forms (e.g. movies, novels, TV, etc.) for our games, one of the things that would be most helpful would be to understand story structure, drama, and pacing. Developing and tuning our senses for these things will help us not only as GMs, but also…
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