Episode 619 – a closed setting
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* (0:29) Why talk about intelligence? The Why Files episode about Cicada 3301.
* (9:24) A game takes an unhelpfully long break, only to be replaced by another RPG.
* (12:44) The lack of a bottomless “buffet of ideas” in a closed setting.
* (14:24) Use minimal starting information to give you room to work.
* (18:12) How to run a school (everyone go play Persona 5).
* (24:48) Create a wide variety of NPCs and give them their own lives.
* (30:38) Keeping the party together, even if it doesn’t quite make sense.
* (31:57) PC-specific NPCs, so you know the players are bought it.
Hosts: Dan, Mary, Wayne
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Published 09/04/24
Published 09/04/24
* (0:30) An old Apple //c computer and early computer RPGs.
* (4:16) Transitioning from video games into tabletop RPGs.
* (9:44) The expectations players bring from a video game to pen-and-paper games.
* (12:41) The tyranny of choice brought on by a lack of a character-driven...
Published 08/20/24
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