- - Description - -

Joe Richter of the Hindsightless Podcast drops a formitable challenge: define the difference between Player Skill and Metagaming - so I sit down with a formitable Dungeon Master, Rick Stump of Harbinger Games and the Don't Split the Party blog, to take a shot at answering.

Do you have thoughts on the subject? Drop me a voicemail! 

https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/message

Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/).

 - - Show Notes - - 

00:00 - Joe Richter: What is the Difference?

00:58 - Theme

01:28 - Welcoming Rick Stump!

03:37 - Player Skill in Seaward

07:46 - Thwarting the Metagamer In Game

11:08 - The Line Between Metagame Information and In-Setting Common Knowledge

13:03 - Truth, Rumors, and the Halfways Between

21:59 - Psychotronic Theory: Verisimilitude and Misdirection

25:52 - Learning from your Players

29:23 - The Impact of Random Encounters and Rules as Written on Metagame Strategy

31:57 - Flashlights Scare Ghosts Away

34:05 - Make Original Content!

35:32 - Players Don't Want to Metagame

38:00 - The Meta-Game in Roleplay-Adjacent Games

42:32 - Is "The Build Game" Metagaming?

45:31 - The Difference Between Knowing the System and Gaming the System

47:13 - The Original Impetus Behind the Discussion!

49:35 - Outro (Thank you, Rick!)

50:18 - Theme & Legal

 - - Links - - 

Hindsqwightless: https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9/

Weal or Woe: https://www.wealorwoe.com/

Dont Split the Party: http://harbingergames.blogspot.com/

Lore with Rick Podcast: https://anchor.fm/rick-stump

Rick's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RickStump

Lew Pulsipher in Seaward: http://harbingergames.blogspot.com/2013/05/jazz-band-adventuring.html

Pulsipher Games: https://pulsiphergames.com/