Episode 94: Metaplot - Yeah or Nah?

In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew talk about the value and difficulties in using established metaplot in tabletop RPGs.

• Timothy Dalton and James Bond Jr were the best James Bonds
• What is metaplot?
• Dixie's Vampire games
• Matthew talks about Transylvania Chronicles and too much metaplot
• Writing on a metaplot-heavy property, and how Exalted Essence deals with that
• Day Zero vs metaplot
• Players who love to delve into setting and metaplot
• "It happens no matter what" vs "it only matters when you interact with it"
• How historically accurate should you be?
• Example: Star Wars and Star Trek games
• Talk in advance and set expectations
• Explicitly changing things
• GM's Day Sale, a Poe mashup, and Duke Rollo
• INSERT: We're doing another five minute pitch episode!

LINKS

• GM's Day Sale: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/featured.php?promotion_id=RPG-GMsD2020
• Legend of the Five Rings: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/257004/Legend-of-the-Five-Rings-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=548232
• New 52: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_52
• Marvel Super Heroes RPG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Super_Heroes_(role-playing_game)
• Disco Elysium: https://zaumstudio.com/
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Odyssey
• Chronicles of Darkness: Dark Eras: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/178583/Chronicles-of-Darkness-Dark-Eras?affiliate_id=548232
• Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
• Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk 

Transylvania Chronicles

• TC I Dark Tides Rising: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/2303/Transylvania-Chronicles-I-Dark-Tides-Rising?affiliate_id=548232
• TC II Son of the Dragon: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/313/Transylvania-Chronicles-II-Son-of-the-Dragon?affiliate_id=548232
• TC III Ill Omens: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/2304/Transylvania-Chronicles-III-Ill-Omens-WW2813?affiliate_id=548232
• TC IV The Dragon Ascendant: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/314/Transylvania-Chronicles-IV-The-Dragon-Ascendant?affiliate_id=548232