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 19 - Sloth (Virtues & Vices, Part 5)
Episode 18 - Problem Players
Episode 17 - Lines and Veils
Episode 16 - Faith and Science Fiction, Part 2 (with Ben Rome)
Episode 15 - Faith and Science Fiction (with Ben Rome)
Episode 14 - Temperance (Virtues & Vices, Part 4)
Episode 13 - Gluttony (Virtues & Vices, Part 3)
Episode 12 - Small Topic Roundup 1
Bonus Episode 1 - 2013 New Years Resolutions
Episode 11 - Players Behaving Badly
Episode 10 - Gaming as a Church Activity (with Shannon Dickson)
Episode 09 - Faith and Fantasy (with Dan Repperger)
Episode 08 - Setting Design
Episode 07 - Dark Settings
Episode 06 - Video Games
Episode 05 - Charity (Virtues & Vices, Part 2)
Episode 04 - Avarice (Virtues & Vices, Part 1)
Episode 03 - The Crusader Archetype
Episode 02 - Alignment
Episode 01 - Are RPGs Evil?
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