Skills in RPGs Episode 174
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\\nSynopsis: Skills in RPGs are an important element but many games don’t get them right. Many games have too many skills while others have no skills at all. Caleb and I talk about good and bad skill systems in RPGs and how it has changed over the years. Caleb also brings up real life skills, like rhetoric, versus their in-game equivalents.
\\nShout Outs
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\\n* Red Thread: A book about mazes and labyrinths. Excellent if meandering.
\\n* The Testaments: A sequel to the Handmaid’s Tale
\\n* Pagan Autogeny: An indie video game about exploring a dead MMO.
\\n* Oblivion Song: A comic about rescuing people from alien hellscapes
\\n* Japanese Video Game Obscurities: A book about weird video games
\\n* How To: The XKCD creator explains how to do various tasks
\\n* Medical Police: A sequel series to Children’s Hospital. Very funny!
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\\nSong: Harps and Dreams by Indreba
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