We're back with our angriest, most rant-filled episode yet! Well, not really—but there's a lot of passion in this episode, because we're talking about GMing traditions the gaming community still seems to support despite being destructive, uncomfortable, and simply wrong. First, though, we've got a question from Patreon backer Paige Lowe about how blatantly one should steal from other media when planning a game. After that, we tackle our Scripture as usual before diving into six common behaviors we still see: Adversarial GMing; monopolizing narrative control; turning exceptional successes into failures; misunderstanding metagaming; harming characters to punish players; and creating in-game penalties for missed gaming sessions.
Also: Grant was recently on the Gameable Saturday Morning Podcast (who are of course long-time friends of ours) to analyze an amazing and difficult cartoon from his childhood—Exo Squad. It's very long, because that's what happens when our podcasts combine! Here's Part 1, an introduction to the show and a breakdown of episodes and characters; and here's Part 2, an analysis of thematic elements and considerations for gaming in this setting. Enjoy!
Scripture: Leviticus 19:14-15, Ephesians 4:22-25, 2 Timothy 2:22-26
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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