In which Christian and I discuss:

• The joy of adding incidental details.
• Finding the salient detail of scene vs playing toward one.
• Formulating alternative consequences for conflicts.
• The power of restricting conversations about in-progress play.
• Following the creative focus of the group.
• Discerning meaning within thematic resonance.
• Processing and teaching rules texts.

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In which Dawn and I discuss:

• The value of playing in familiar locations.
• Playing fantasy selves.
• Navigating NPC social pressure.
• Forming meaningful connections between PCs and NPCs.
• Assuming responsibility for your character’s actions.
• Playing with family members.
• Running a game without a plot.
• Other historical contexts for play.

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In which Adam and I discuss:

• Vibing with other players.
• Fighting contrarian impulses in play.
• Aggressively casual creative prompts.
• The value of time flow interruptions.
• Backdoor GMing a GMless game.
• Deliberate vs. informal scene framing.
• Game structure as religious observance.
• What does it mean to cope with death?
• Death as resolution point vs. transformative moment.
• Less literal implementations of source inspiration.
• The joys of play variety.

In which Bre and I discuss:

• Playing from the hip.
• Player agency within moments of fictional loss of agency.
• Seizing a course of action and seeing it through.
• Finding symbolic resolutions.
• Seeking justice in supernatural contexts.
• Honest vs obstructive play.
• RPGs as safe space for self-expression.

In which Shaun and I discuss:

• Coping with failure in investigation scenarios.
• Trust in play.
• Playing a physically disabled character.
• Portraying a corrupt character.
• The politics of the advancement system.
• Constructing honest investigation scenarios.

In which James and I discuss:

• The professional and private life of a replicant blade runner.
• Pushing beyond your limits for the job.
• The complexity of interrogation scenes.
• The politics of blade running.
• Adjudicating beyond basic success.
• Rules that occasionally disconnect from the fiction.

In which Sarah and I discuss:

• Developing scenarios from a minimal premise.
• Creating personality profiles for background characters.
• Managing colorful characters in a chaotic situation.
• Resolving uncertainty outside the rules.
• Building relatable characters in a silly context.

A short introduction to the upcoming podcast: The People I Play With.