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 90 - The First Council of Nicaea (Historical Heresies 5)
Episode 89 - Arianism (Historical Heresies 4)
Episode 88 - Dark Dungeons and Lingering Pain (with Rev. Chris Ode)
Episode 87 - Healing and Injury
Episode 86 - Callings and Changes
Episode 85 - Designing Fantasy Pantheons (with James Wyatt)
Episode 84 - GM Problems
Episode 83 - Personal Horror (with Greg Stolze)
Episode 82 - Diaspora
Episode 81 - Fear
Episode 80 - Mechanical Morality Systems
Episode 79 - Character Advancement
Episode 78 - Listener Mailbag 1
Episode 77 - Surrender
Bonus Episode 8 - 2016 New Year's Resolutions
Episode 76 - Manichaeism (Historical Heresies, Part 3)
Episode 75 - Group Management
Episode 74 - The Myth of Redemptive Violence (with Rev. Derek White)
Episode 73 - Our Gaming Curriculum (Part 2)
Episode 72 - An Introduction to Gnosticism (Historical Heresies, Part 2)
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