We're back with our angriest, most rant-filled episode yet! Well, not really—but there's a lot of passion in this episode, because we're talking about GMing traditions the gaming community still seems to support despite being destructive, uncomfortable, and simply wrong. First, though, we've got a question from Patreon backer Paige Lowe about how blatantly one should steal from other media when planning a game. After that, we tackle our Scripture as usual before diving into six common behaviors we still see: Adversarial GMing; monopolizing narrative control; turning exceptional successes into failures; misunderstanding metagaming; harming characters to punish players; and creating in-game penalties for missed gaming sessions.
Also: Grant was recently on the Gameable Saturday Morning Podcast (who are of course long-time friends of ours) to analyze an amazing and difficult cartoon from his childhood—Exo Squad. It's very long, because that's what happens when our podcasts combine! Here's Part 1, an introduction to the show and a breakdown of episodes and characters; and here's Part 2, an analysis of thematic elements and considerations for gaming in this setting. Enjoy!
Scripture: Leviticus 19:14-15, Ephesians 4:22-25, 2 Timothy 2:22-26
Episode 107 - Relics and Holy Items
Episode 106 - Limiting Evil
Episode 105 - Exploration
Episode 104 - Naming and Renaming
Episode 103 - Fitness for Gamers, Part 2 (with Kimi, Chris and Krissi)
Episode 103 - Fitness for Gamers, Part 1 (with Kimi, Chris, and Krissi)
Episode 102 - Adapting to the Dice
Episode 101 - Playing Supernatural Creatures
Bonus Episode 9 - The Centurion (by Rev. Bob Lawrence)
Episode 100 - History and Historical Mystery
Episode 99 - Practical Advice for Running Gaming Events (with Mike Perna)
Episode 98 - The Second Commandment
Episode 97 - Religious Villains
Episode 96 - The First Commandment (The Ten Commandments, Part 1)
Episode 95 - Hospitality
Episode 94 - Epic Monsters
Episode 93: Anti-Heroes
Episode 92 - Generalists vs Specialists
Episode 91 - Creating a Moral Universe, Part 2 (with Kris & Katrina Ehrnman-Newton)
Episode 91 - Creating a Moral Universe, Part 1 (with Kris & Katrina Ehrnman-Newton)
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