RPPR Episode 53: You Lie! Rhetoric and Large Groups
Thank you RPPR listeners! The Ruins of Lemuria PDF Ransom was a success! We are hard at work behind the scenes creating many cool things for you and running games over Skype for the ransom contributors.
\nSynopsis: Rhetoric is a divisive issue in tabletop games. Where do you draw the line between a player’s skill in speech and the PC’s ability? Tom and I discuss how rhetoric touches on game design, running a game and player vs. player conflicts. I’ve also started a superheroes campaign, using Wild Talents for the rules, and this time around we have seven players. A large group presents quite a few interesting challenges so we discuss how to run a game with a huge number of players.
\nShout outs
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\n* Zombie Panic: Free zombie themed multiplayer FPS mod for the Source Engine
\n* The Creation of Narrative in Tabletop Role-Playing Games: Critical analysis of RPGs
\n* By Dawn’s Early Light: Like Dr. Strangelove without the comedy.
\n* Debris volume 1 and 2: Insane montages of the most obscure and crazy\xa0 films and video footage EVER
\n* Angry Joe Show: It’s a review show. Tom likes it.
\n* Comic Jumper: Xbox live arcade game about comic books. It’s funny and pretty hard
\n* asdfmovies: funny youtube videos.
\n* The Laundry: Horror-comedy RPG based on Charles Stross’ Atrocity Archives novel series.
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\nMusic: I can be persuaded by Mars
