[TRIGGER WARNING; Mild Body Horror, Automatonophobia]

Hello friends! On this, the sixth episode of Notes with the Narrator, the cast of the Writer’s Room talk about safety and security in running or playing TTRPG’s. We go over a few safety measures we have in place, such as the X Card, The RPG Consent sheet, and how we built the game we wanted to play while also creating a safe environment. All of the links to these are provided here but can also be found in our Discord and Twitter!

Links:

The X Card by John Stavropoulos.

The RPG Consent Checklist

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-vWWzYUb4GqSTpP67Xzo8r3rJewL2-zQb0PDAdIwxUQ/edit

The Digital RPG Consent Checklist was created for the TTRPG Safety Toolkit and is adapted from the RPG Consent Checklist that appears in the Consent in Gaming supplement by Sean K. Reynolds and Shanna Germain, published by Monte Cook Games.

https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/consent-in-gaming/

The OK Check-In

Coming from the LARP Community, this method uses hand signals to check in with other players.

https://participationsafety.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/toolkit-the-ok-check-in/

The TTRPG Safety Toolkit is a resource created by Kienna Shaw and Lauren Bryant-Monk. The TTRPG Safety Toolkit is a compilation of safety tools that have been designed by members of the tabletop roleplaying games community for use by players and GMs at the table.

Using Safety Tools in Online Play

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ws6fJHTmGY1aG-EJN3OnkGSMzkdjDh3VO70Hc1WhMZQ/edit

Cast: Zoé Jackson, Evan Ackley and Patrick Keeffe

Music: Arcane Anthems [The Writer’s Room] (https://www.patreon.com/arcaneanthems/)

SFX: Epidemic Sound

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