* (0:28) Dan’s voice. A look back at older episodes.
* (2:54) The double-standard of how social skills are handled versus any other check.
* (8:00) When players cheat around their dump stats.
* (12:47) The plausibility of counterfactuals.
* (32:04) Having no awareness of the game you’re in.
* (37:42) Holding me responsible for the things you didn’t tell me.
* (41:28) Revisiting other topics.
Hosts: Chad, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:30) Introducing Dale of Jon Brazer Enterprises.
* (7:11) The story of Jon Brazer, the character.
* (9:07) How the degree of crunch changes your options for creating material. The OGL and similar licenses.
* (24:26) Half of your money?!
* (33:09) Revisiting the relationship between crunch (or the lack thereof) and what that lets you create.
* (43:37) The positive role of more stuff.
* (49:40) Getting started with Traveler.
Hosts: Chad, Dale, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:32) Dan is having throat issues.
* (1:01) A huge “thank you” to Zylo for doing so much for Fear the Con-Line!
* (2:18) Wayne created a template to help with game pitches. You can find a blank version here.
* (5:26) A sample for D&D 5th Edition.
* (8:24) Every game starts somewhere.
* (11:03) Structuring without restricting. A sample for Dresden Files.
* (19:42) Pitches in-person versus on-paper.
* (29:16) Adapting the pitch based on feedback.
* (36:10) Adding miscellaneous notes.
Hosts: Chad, Dan, Julia, Wayne
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* (0:28) This studio is hot.
* (2:55) The conundrum of character suicide. How Frankenstein’s monster was actually made.
* (16:10) Not being a victim of your own creations.
* (31:28) Explaining the idea of a swan song and how it manifests in an RPG.
* (39:17) Deconstructing a swan song that occurred in one of our games.
* (40:56) Extra camera time.
* (47:30) Letting a character arc run its full course. Death of a Salesman.
* (51:59) Swan songs as a consensus of every contributor to the story.
* (56:18) Recognizing the moments when they happen unplanned. Letting the character continue, anyway.
Hosts: Chad, Dan, Wayne
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Excuse the intro. I’ve lost my voice, so that was the best I could do.
* (0:28) We are living in the future. We’re at the threshold of hell.
* (12:39) An after-action report on bringing in a pair of new players. Planning versus problem-solving.
* (32:52) Constant pressure squeezing out roleplaying.
* (37:02) Failing to give the players a break.
* (41:37) Shifting between modes of gaming and degrees of tension.
* (56:45) Fear the Conline.
Hosts: Chad, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:28) Charlie goes on a rampage. A tangent on Cluster-B personality disorders.
* (6:51) Incorporating new people into the social context of your group.
* (11:16) Revising our advice on how to meet someone.
* (13:36) Using the pregame questionnaire as a loose guide. Dale’s publishing website.
* (19:28) Observing and adjusting during session zero.
* (22:07) Considering their worldview.
* (25:41) The value of compromise and outside influence.
* (29:14) Isolating the first part of the game.
* (33:46) Balancing the spotlight.
* (46:38) Why Blades in the Dark?
Hosts: Chad, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:28) Play and life skills in higher animals.
* (3:25) Vote for Reading Radio in the Columbus Podcast Awards. They’re listed in both the art category and podcast of the year.
* (6:28) Introducing new concepts to established roleplayers.
* (9:43) Limited material for character creation and game play.
* (21:32) Making characters together.
* (25:07) An example from Star Trek and Solaris VII.
* (34:40) Knowing the rules. Unintentionally setting a precedent.
* (48:04) Asking players to stick to what the GM knows.
Hosts: Chad, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:42) Dan’s phone betrays him. Spoilers and thpoilerth.
* (14:10) Chopin makes you a superior person.
* (14:52) Premises that are meant for one character but invite storytelling for many characters.
* (18:17) Wayne tries one-to-many, and it doesn’t quite work out.
* (22:15) Distilling a premise down to what really matters.
* (27:03) The chosen one.
* (33:39) Subdivide the premise so it works for multiple characters.
* (40:08) A world big enough to ignore an individual.
Hosts: Chad, Dan, Wayne
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* (1:07) The glory and horror of self-insert.
* (3:37) Dan does Shadowrun.
* (16:45) Wayne does D&D.
* (26:43) Chad does Star Wars. Sort of.
* (40:31) Julia does Narnia.
* (48:17) Dan does Battletech.
* (56:42) A bit of gaming advice.
Hosts: Chad, Dan, Julia, Wayne
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* (0:31) Brodeur and the broken finger.
* (2:57) Fear the Conline is set for June 21st and 22nd. You can sign up for games here and ask questions on Discord here.
* (6:55) Explaining what B-plots are.
* (10:00) How B-plots spread the spotlight, build investment, and strengthen the game.
* (15:00) Building the marketplace of ideas.
* (19:41) Don’t punish the players for shopping.
* (25:15) Likening an RPG to a Ken Burns documentary. Unpacking an individual’s story.
* (30:51) Encouraging a B-plot.
* (39:04) Connecting the A-plot and B-plot.
* (51:48) B-plots humanizing the parties in the A-plot.
* (54:04) The B-plot as free content or wasted effort.
Hosts: Brodeur, Caleb, Chad, Dan
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