Gaming podcaster extraordinaire Kris Newton returns to discuss handling destiny in our games! Kris hosts two of our favorite podcasts: The Gameable Saturday Morning Podcast (neé Gameable Disney and Gameable Pixar) and the much-more-NSFW MegaDumbCast. He's been on several times before, just as we've all been on various episodes of Gameable, and we're delighted to have him back again. After catching up for a bit and hearing what Kris has been playing lately, we answer a spot-on Patreon question from Shawn Stauffer, who asks us to put together an adventuring party consisting entirely of Disney characters.
That done, and our Scripture for this episode read, we go deep into the idea of "destiny" in traditional storytelling and in tabletop gaming. What are some different approaches for including it in our games? How can we maintain player autonomy and input while getting full value from this powerful and familiar story element? What purpose does a destiny serve in our stories or as a metagame tool? And how do we mechanically define a destiny, if we do so at all?
Also mentioned in this episode: Steve Jackson Games's In Nomine RPG; the Machine of Death anthology; the Protean City Comics podcast; and Magpie Games's Masks RPG.
Scripture: Deuteronomy 31:19-22, Isaiah 46:10, Jeremiah 1:4-5, 1 Corinthians 2:9-10
Episode 192 - Go Now In Peace (Podcast Finale)
Episode 191 - GM Improv
Bonus Episode 23 - The Eighth Day of Christmas
Episode 190: GM Prep
Episode 189 - Breaking for the Mundane
Episode 188 - Eden
Bonus Episode 22 - Incorporating Spooky Elements
Episode 187 - Creepy Crawlies
Episode 186 - Brainstorming a Haunted House
Episode 185 - Werewolves
Episode 184 - Alignment Wrap-Up (With Douglas Underhill)
Episode 183 - Ghosts
Bonus Episode 21 - Jenny and Peter Brainstorm Some More
Episode 182 - Cosmic Horror
Episode 181 - Real-World Faith in Games (with WJ MacGuffin)
Episode 180 - Chaotic Evil (Alignments 9)
Episode 179 - Chaotic Neutral (With Krissi Woodward)
Episode 178 - Chaotic Good (With Elizabeth Garn)
Episode 177 - Keeping Players in the Loop
Episode 176 - Freelancing (with Jason Brick)
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