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
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Episode 106 - Limiting Evil
Episode 105 - Exploration
Episode 104 - Naming and Renaming
Episode 103 - Fitness for Gamers, Part 2 (with Kimi, Chris and Krissi)
Episode 103 - Fitness for Gamers, Part 1 (with Kimi, Chris, and Krissi)
Episode 102 - Adapting to the Dice
Episode 101 - Playing Supernatural Creatures
Bonus Episode 9 - The Centurion (by Rev. Bob Lawrence)
Episode 100 - History and Historical Mystery
Episode 99 - Practical Advice for Running Gaming Events (with Mike Perna)
Episode 98 - The Second Commandment
Episode 97 - Religious Villains
Episode 96 - The First Commandment (The Ten Commandments, Part 1)
Episode 95 - Hospitality
Episode 94 - Epic Monsters
Episode 93: Anti-Heroes
Episode 92 - Generalists vs Specialists
Episode 91 - Creating a Moral Universe, Part 2 (with Kris & Katrina Ehrnman-Newton)
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