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First part of this week's DM's Diary - again a big, busy week because I was on holiday from school over the Easter break. This bit covers through to Tuesday and the next bit will go from there until the weekend. As ever, it's raw and messy so enter at your own risk. Game on!
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At the tail end of Season 5, I invited listeners to help hit the 30-Patron Goal on Patreon and offered, as a reward, to approach and invite a Tabletop Roleplaying Luminary onto the show for an interview. We are incredibly blessed today to have a second such interview: following on from last week’s interview with Steve Jackson, I was basically greedy enough to ask for permission to speak to the GURPS Line Editor as well. Without any hesitation, both Steve and Sean said yes… and so here we are.
Manys thanks to Sean Punch - it was a great honour and a lot of fun!
Steve Jackson Games: sjgames.com
Find out more about GURPS: sjgames.com/gurps
Get the free GURPS Lite rules: warehouse23.com/products/gurps-lite-fourth-edition
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In January 2020, I had a call in from the legendary podcaster and game designer, Ray Otus, of Plundergrounds fame. It was in response to an episode I had made about the Eight Engagements of games. He made a mention of wondering how the Eight Engagements connected to the idea of Simulationism. Just a couple of weeks ago, Spencer from Keep Off The Borderlands podcast, called in with a response to some comments I made about abstraction in gaming and also asked for a response. In this episode, I try to answer both of these call-ins... and, as I did so, I realised that they were tied together through the question that titles this episode: Why do you play what you play?
Many thanks to Ray and Spencer for their inspirational call-ins. Game on!
Plundergrounds: anchor.fm/plundergrounds
Keep Off The Borderlands: anchor.fm/free-thrall
GNS Theory by Ron Edwards: indie-rpgs.com/articles/1/
Ron Edwards Interview: anchor.fm/andy-goodman8/episodes/129-Ron-Edwards-interview-ebja60
Roleplay Rescue Theme Song and incidental music by TJ Drennon: patreon.com/TJD
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The Roleplay Rescue Dungeon Master’s Diary is the Wednesday bonus episode and features me, a microphone, and whatever gaming-related nonsense flows from my mind. This is recorded in short snippets throughout the week and then roughly edited together to form a diary of one man’s journey in gaming, shared week-by-week. The DM’s Diary is raw, glaringly personal, and not for the faint-hearted. Here's the second part of the first Dungeon Master's Diary of Season 6. Game on!
Dear Diary Theme Song and incidental music by TJ Drennon: patreon.com/TJD
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The Roleplay Rescue Dungeon Master’s Diary is the Wednesday bonus episode and features me, a microphone, and whatever gaming-related nonsense flows from my mind. This is recorded in short snippets throughout the week and then roughly edited together to form a diary of one man’s journey in gaming, shared week-by-week. The DM’s Diary is raw, glaringly personal, and not for the faint-hearted. Here's the first part of the first Dungeon Master's Diary of Season 6. Game on!
Dear Diary Theme Song and incidental music by TJ Drennon: patreon.com/TJD
Contact Details:
Voice Message: anchor.fm/rpgrescue/message
Email: [email protected]
Patreon: patreon.com/rpgrescue
Blog: roleplayrescue.com
MeWe Group: mewe.com/join/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue")
Facebook Page: facebook.com/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue")
Twitter: @ubiquitousrat
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At the tail end of Season 5, I invited listeners to help hit the 30-Patron Goal on Patreon and offered, as a reward, to approach and invite a Tabletop Roleplaying Luminary onto the show for an interview. Today's guest is Steve Jackson, the founder and President of Steve Jackson Games, who was the first and loudest request from the Patrons. Well-known games he created include OGRE, The Fantasy Trip, Car Wars, GURPS, and Munchkin. Steve Jackson Games is now 40 years old but its founder remains a dedicated SF reader and fan, and enjoys attending both gaming and SF conventions.
Manys thanks to Steve Jackson - it was a genuine honour!
Steve Jackson Games: sjgames.com
Melee (free .PDF): warehouse23.com/products/SJG30-3452
The Book of Unlife & Red Crypt Kickstarter: kickstarter.com/projects/warehouse23/the-fantasy-trip-the-book-of-unlife-and-red-crypt
Roleplay Rescue Theme Song and incidental music by TJ Drennon: patreon.com/TJD
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Roleplay Rescue Season 6 goes off half-cocked as I get back to the mic. In the face of the Covid-19 lock-down, not only here in the UK but across the world, I've decided to stop feeling sorry for myself, stop making excuses for not being creative, and put something out. This episode contains lots of call-ins from listeners, a brief outline of the plan for Season 6, mention of what's been happening over the past couple of weeks, and even some news from the Patreon. Hope there's something of use for all of you in there. Game on!
Roleplay Rescue Theme Song and incidental music by TJ Drennon: patreon.com/TJD
With apologies to Brian May.
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This is the end. Season Five crashes to a halt in the face of overwhelming odds. That said, I've got a confession to make and a question to ask. Tune in to find out what my crazy brain is suggesting now. Thanks to all the callers in this episode: Jason, Andy, Colin, John, Lieren, David, Menion, and Pandion Knight. Your contributions make this a much better show! Thank you!
Roleplay Rescue Theme Song and incidental music by TJ Drennon: patreon.com/TJD
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This is the last DM's Diary of Season 5. There's some lovely call-ins from Juho and Evil Jeff - thanks, guys - and then we plunge into what turned out to be a very challenging week. If you want to keep up-to-date between Seasons, subscribe via Patreon because I do post bonus DM Diary content there. Thanks to everyone for listening and, please, stay safe out there!
Dear Diary Theme Song and incidental music by TJ Drennon: patreon.com/TJD
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