The Whispering GM

Tips to the Mapping Referee and Other Calls


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 -- Description --

Mapping! An essential part of the OSR experience - by request, how do I - as a referee or game master - how do I describe rooms and hallways in an in-person or Theater of the Mind game so as to empower the mapper? Starting off with a handful of call ins - starting with crispy burned goblins and working our way through to tactics and reading the rules: listen on for my answer - how this referee handles corridor and room descriptions.


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 -- Show Notes --

00:00 - Alchemist's Fired Goblins

00:20 - Theme

00:50 - Confirmation that at Least One Story is True

01:13 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Party v Monster Tactics

05:05 - Evil Jeff: Reading (and Re-Reading) Rules

11:12 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Edition Muddle

14:27 - Jeshields: Table Manners

17:43 - Jeshields: Multiple Games or Ongoing Campaign?

22:15 - Main Topic: Mapping from the Other Side of the Screen

30:41 - Outro


 -- Links --

Nerd's Variety Podcast (Jason): https://anchor.fm/jason376

Minions & Musings (Evil/Old Jeff): https://anchor.fm/eviljeff

J.E. Shields:

A Grazing Mace: https://anchor.fm/agrazingmace

JEShields.com: https://jeshields.com/

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The Whispering GMBy CWR

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