Episode 134 - Moral Accountability, Part 1 (with Allen Mowers, Ashley Mowers, and Kyle Stainbrook)

Published: July 24, 2018, 5:01 a.m.

We reach\xa0maximum hosting with not one, not two, but\xa0three guests this week! Allen Mowers, Ashley Mowers, and Kyle Stainbrook from the much-loved\xa0Min/Max Podcast join us to discuss moral accountability for our in-character choices. After we manage to get through an introduction, we all briefly talk about what we've been playing. Grant plugs our new "oh my gosh what if story" t-shirt, Peter and Jenny plug appearances on City on a Hill Gaming and Bard and Bible, and then we all answer a question from Patreon supporter Richard Lorenz about which fictional character we'd each want to run a game for us.\nAfter reading Scripture, we then dive into this complex issue together: Just how much accountability do we have for the things our characters do in our games? How do we handle bleed, and how do we handle it when our own characters engage matters we aren't fully comfortable with?\nWe'll wrap up this conversation in Part Two next time, so stay tuned!\nRelevant links: STG 111, "Larp and the Psychology of Play (with Dr. Sarah Lynne-Bowman)"; Dr. Sarah Lynne-Bowman's articles on bleed and playing nasty characters; and STG 17, "Lines and Veils".\nScripture:\xa0Psalm 7:14-16,\xa0Matthew 5:21,\xa0Matthew 13:13,\xa0Mark 7:14-23