Category Archives: Storyteller Conclave

Boss Battles

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Many Storytellers build our stories around climactic and exciting “Boss Battles”. But where did this convention come from? Join us this week as Sara & Rob dig through the past and dissect the reasons why we have “epic boss battles” in TTRPGs. 

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System Spotlight : Brindlewood Bay

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This month, Sara & Rob shine the System Spotlight on Brindlewood Bay. The players take the place of an elderly women’s mystery club, drawing inspiration from “Murder, She Wrote” and others like it!

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Storytelling 202 : Workshop – Character Centric Plots

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Episode 200 (Character-Driven Plots) received quite a response, and our listeners asked for more clarification! So, this week, Sara & Rob will be workshopping plots live to show how the process works

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Do We NEED Combat?

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There are many settings where combat just shouldn’t be done. Maybe the characters are children. Perhaps the enemies are unstoppable monstrosities. In the last of our Combat miniseries, Sara & Rob discuss games where combat ISN’T an option!

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When to End Combat

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Initiative has been rolled and combat has begun! Does it have to be a fight to the death? In this week’s continuation of the Combat miniseries, Rob & Sara discuss how to know when the fight is over.

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Combat Without Combat

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From initiative, to armor, to maneuvers to damage, combat is a core pillar of many systems. But is it necessary? Can combat be handled narratively? In the first episode of our miniseries on TTRPG combat, Sara & Rob discuss having Combat WITHOUT Combat!

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System Spotlight: Cortex Prime

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Cortex is an award-winning tabletop roleplaying game system that has existed in one form or another for over twenty years, powering multiple licensed roleplaying games. Cortex Prime is the newest version of this much-loved set of game rules, refined and redesigned for a new, digitally-supported generation.

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Storytelling 202 : Multifaceted Encounters

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When discussing encounter design, we often break them into their simplest archetypes : combat, social, chase, etc. But, do encounters need to necessarily be only one of those categories? Can we mix a chase scene with a puzzle encounter? What would it look like? How would you go about balancing it, and playing it out? This week, Sara & Rob discuss multifaceted encounter design in this month’s Storytelling 202

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Please join us on Discord, to submit questions for the show, chat with Rob, Sara, and other Storytellers, and read over the detailed show-notes for more information and links to stuff we may not have been able to detail during the show! Discord : https://t.co/7H8p1lGYqG

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Repurposing Game Systems

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Finding the right game system to match the story you’re trying to tell can be a daunting task. Sometimes, the best move is to use an existing system in an unconventional way. This week, Rob & Sara discuss repurposing game systems for settings their mechanics DIDN’T have in mind.

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Reactive play vs Proactive play with Jonah & Tristan Fishel

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Reactive play vs proactive play: what they are, why it matters, and why playing proactively is more fun. We are joined by Jonah and Tristen Fishel, authors of Game Master’s Handbook of Proactive Roleplaying.

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Please join us on Discord, to submit questions for the show, chat with Rob, Sara, and other Storytellers, and read over the detailed show-notes for more information and links to stuff we may not have been able to detail during the show! Discord : https://t.co/7H8p1lGYqG

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