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Episode 12: What is a Roleplaying Game?

Episode 12: What is a Roleplaying Game?

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 In this foolish episode, we…. Wait, what is it we do here again? I… I can’t remember… we’ve got a long road ahead of us if we’re going to make sense of all this.(Seriously. It turns out we can’t even begin to answer this question without talking about the nature of storytelling, improv, kayfabe, the role of GM, the purpose of rules, being instructed to *break* those rules, what it means to “play”, the promises made when a game describes itself… this was meant to be a silly joke episode, dangit!)Freya turns her lovers into fighters. Violet collates a collaborative coventure. Freya is drawn to a new role. Violet explores the past pre-tense. Freya breaks free of her bindings. Violet imagines a world without imagination.*** Timestamps ***What’s new - 02:56Mailbag - 11:07Intro to the topic - 18:30History - 25:12Taxonomicon - 40:16Actual start of the taxonomicon - 41:06Just kidding, it’s a discussion of the spectrum between ‘board game’ and ‘improv theatre’ - 41:07Could this be the taxo- oh, no, now we’re talking about the nature of rules - 46:32Listen, I think we’re just not going to have a normal taxonomicon in this one - ?:??:!?Wait! A list of games in quick succession! This must be it! - 53:20Discussion about Wanderhome and Kishotenketsu and game Promises and- are we sure we actually know what this podcast is about at all? - 01:05:36Who’s Game is it anyway? (Discussion on the nature of GMs) - 01:21:08The Counterexampliad, whatever that means - 01:27:25Exclusive unlocked patreon content preview [*1]: international paper size deep dive - 01:31:51 to 01:33:17Design Dreams - 01:56:58We made it! - 02:12:59*** Design Dreams ***Two Truths And A Lie-FallParasocial InvestigationsDiararchaeologyRedaction RPGPBTA Chaos DraftCo-Op Adventure QWOPRPG: Rebus-Picto-Glyphs*** Games discussed ***D&D 3.5eHeavy GearD&D 1ePathfinder 1eEat the ReichUnravelStories from the GraveWildseaEberronGoGo GolfKagematsuTriangle AgencyHyboreaCoventry [*2]Tunnels & TrollsPasión de las PasionesIn Nomine Satanis / Magna VeritasVampire: the MasqueradeApocalypse WorldDogs in the VineyardWorld Wide WrestlingMonsterheartsA Song Of Ice And Fire RPGGenesysFellowshipMasksDo: Fate of the Flying TempleAvatar LegendsYazeba’s Bed And BreakfastTroikaMausritterGolden Sky StoriesSavage WorldsWanderhomeJourneymonAlas for the Awful SeaTransitLancerChuubo’s Marvellous Wish-Granting EngineSlugblasterInterstitialPitcrawlerTriangle AgencyMothershipCypherRuneQuest IIMonster of the WeekBrindlewood BayScherzandoLost KingdomBelonging Outside BelongingColostleFor Small Creatures Such As WeWreck This DeckHot Damn Deadly Alien Overlord Au Pair [*3]TackleboxFor The QueenOur Queen CrumblesThe Tragedy of GJ237BParanoiaToonMicroscopeI’m Sorry Did You Say Street MagicActs Of Evil [*4]“Messed Up Little Guy” [*5]Goblin CountryDream AskewBand of BladesArs MagicaEveryone Is JohnStar Trek AdventuresThis Discord Has Ghosts In ItGobloniaEverything Is TablesYour Body A LandscapeSpireDe ProfundisApothecaria*** Other media discussed ***Mass EffectThe Twilight Zone (and its ilk)Majora’s MaskFinal Fantasy Tactics AdvanceThe Elusive ShiftKriegsspiel [6]The Lord of the RingsBattleshipMastermindKiki’s Delivery ServiceStar Wars: Empire At WarFTLNierFinal Fantasy XIVFighting FantasyGrapefruit (Yoko Ono)FoundationUnwritten Earths SymposiumOctober: Ten Days That Shook The WorldSpyfallPacific RimDicey DungeonsCity of the Six MoonsWildermythPenny Arcade*** Notes ***[*1] This is a joke, we don’t have a patreon and if we did we’d serve you something better than this gag, probably.[*2] As you’ll discover when listening, this and several other entries on this list are debatably proto-RPGs. I’m giving them the honour of not being relegated to the ‘other media’ zone…[*3] Once again - I’m sorry, world.[*4] The author’s name is Paul Czege.[*5] By Grant Howitt. This is a paraphrasing of the game’s name, but delightfully, you will find it if you google this.[*6] Unlike Coventry, this one definitely goes on the ‘other’ list. Because it definitely is a wargame. It’s in the name.*** Links ***The term “ashcan edition” derives from quick, low-quality mockups used in the comics industry to quickly establish trademarks, and not intended to be read: something you’d take one look at, then thrown in the (tr)ashcan. In publishing, the term has shifted to mean early promotional materials. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashcan_comic Ironically, if you haven’t seen this xkcd, we may have overestimated your familiarity. https://xkcd.com/2501/ “Fafhrd”, of “Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser”, probably isn’t pronounced the way Violet valiantly attempted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fafhrd_and_the_Gray_Mouser Violet quotes from The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia, by ludologist Bernard Suits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusory_attitude Freya only references webcomics if they’re at least 17 years old. https://...
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