In which Jim and I are joined by Jeb, one of my current GM’s and a soon-to-be resident of Cincinnati, OH. We give Jeb a chance to introduce himself, discuss his background and how it’s influenced his game style, and then both Jim and Jeb discuss integrating into new communities, finding new gaming groups, and weeding through players.
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In which Jim and I review Clash of the Titans, both for what they did right as well as what we would have changed. Then we discuss plots with resourceful hero’s, and finally how to get player buy-in for more dramatic opening game sessions.
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In which I rant about hero’s who choose their path or are chosen for it, and then we get talking about time travel tropes, possibilities, and solutions. Finally I drop an acronym and we call it a night.
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In which I explain what a “Minisode” is, and why I’m producing them, and then share some poems that inspire RPG campaign elements. Hey, it’s only 7:30 long – what do you have to lose?
Poem One
That is not dead which can eternal lie.
And with strange aeons even death may die.
H. P. Lovecraft
Poem Two
OZYMANDIAS
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desart Near them on the sand
Half sunk a shattered visage lies whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive stamped on these lifeless things
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed
And on the pedestal these words appear
My name is Ozymandias king of kings
Look on my works ye Mighty and despair
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poem Three – Hatauva
Read from “A Word Like Fire” by Dick Barnes based on a Serrano creation myth.
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In which Jim and I talk about his long running Arcanum campaign. Then discuss the pro’s and con’s of finite-run campaigns. And finally come off sounding like octogenarians longing for nap time at the nursing home.
Right off the bat, corrections:
- “Fear the Brute” is supposed to be “Fear the Boot” – you’d think after 3+ years I’d know how to say it right.
- “Frank L. Baum” is supposed to be “L. Frank Baum” – I believe this is referred to as an “over correction,” in any case, I said it wrong.
Things referenced in the episode:
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