Star Trek Adventures: Actual Play (highlights & recap)
So, technology happened and we didn't get a capture of my Microphone for the first half of Episode 1. So here's a Rapid, edited sample of actual play, with voice-overs from me and the player's half of the session. Roll20/Discord was used ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK2Pac79yC8
Blog posts that prompted this:
https://mechanteanemone.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/the-surest-way-to-become-a-better-game-master/
https://edplaysgames.wordpress.com/2014/10/03/no/
http://ragingowlbear.blogspot.com/2017/05/dnd-just-say-yes-for-fck-sake.html
And two videos by J. Scott Garribay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3gSj2DqD8Q&t=66s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf7oD0k5Zig
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAoSE1HCMRg
A comment in my Whistle-Stop Tour of the OTU put the question in my mind:
"Traveller is poised for a comeback."
This led me to consider things like 'in what form,' 'how,' and 'who will flock to Traveller?' I have some of my own ideas about these things, which are particularly attuned to the challenges of introducing not only a new game, and a new genre to tabletop, but also the trouble with low genre literacy as Science/Space Fantasy has become something people are far more familiar with than the genre conventions of proper Sci-Fi that I feel are so important to what makes Traveller what it is.
Of course, it's all just a matter of opinion...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vybGM6mXGrU
our Second livestream looking at the wide and wonderful creations of RPG cartographers, both amateur and professional. How can we grow as gamemasters by learning how to better curate our library of maps: both tactical, overland, political, cities...you get the idea.
This week we ask: what are the criteria for a good map? why do we invoke a map? how can we think on our toes about where maps introduce detail or create flexibility? How do we keep a library of maps so that we can find them again when we need them?
We will follow a category format, reviewing a map from each category week on week, with comparisons of 'better suited' and 'more useful' emerging as we go episode by episode. For now enjoy this first episode of RPG MAP CRITIQUE!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFGRNH4ydOw
#RPGaDAY Day 4, alternate question.
For the lowdown on RPGaDAY:
https://castingshadowsblog.com/2017/07/22/rpgaday-infographics/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef6YH2BLmhM
#RPGaDAY Day 15:
Runeslinger zeroed down the idea of 'inspiration' into something beyond the derivative. When we remix (AKA 'I steal all my best ideas') as GMs and players, is that really, inspiration? Or is it just a tool in the shop?
Where does inspiration come from?
But wait, what is is inspiration, after all?
What is creativity?
Is it from void?
Featuring allusions to Jung, Campbell, and other gobbledygook.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-JN8Cm5MHM
The Migration Apocrypha: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhx8v5O_vI-Ko-YDMCd5x9oX30Gb4hG23
Related, Recommended Viewing:
Runeslinger on Agency: https://youtu.be/xdveZ9wwATM
Matt Colville's 'sandbox v. the railroad': https://youtu.be/EkXMxiAGUWg
Recommended Reading from Runeslinger's Casting Shadows Blog:
https://castingshadowsblog.com/2014/07/03/spectrum-shifts/
https://castingshadowsblog.com/2013/09/22/agents-of-description-or-agency/
https://castingshadowsblog.com/2014/06/24/charting-a-spectrum-of-play/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Kxce6N9n0
Lately I've been hearing some interesting words used to describe approaches to Game Mastering and Dungeon Mastering RPG games that I've always thought of normal...
But maybe they're not anymore?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiMu-G9ZdJM