26 - Tabletop RPGs vs Writing
Daystar and Alexander explore the differences between GMing a tabletop RPG and writing a story.
Co-hosted by Alexander Wales
05:10 Starting a story vs an RPG.
15:50 Railroading
28:36 Players as Characters
35:23 Exposition
37:51 Source Books
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Co-hosted by Alexander Wales
With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, G.A.T.O Must Be Respected
Links A bunch of articles by Daystar, mostly on GMing and writing. Codex Alera by Jim Butcher John Ringo's Pulpy Action Series (NSFW) Alexander's campaign wiki, Magus Europa Marked for Death Naruto Quest Changeling: The Lost D&D 5e Player's Handbook Time Stamps 01:04 Gaming creds05:10 Starting a story vs an RPG.
15:50 Railroading
28:36 Players as Characters
35:23 Exposition
37:51 Source Books
Advertisement This month, the podcast is being sponsored by Scrivener! It's a great program to help better organize writing projects, from novels to research papers and more. They're offering a 30 day free trial, and if you like it enough to buy it, you can support the show by using the promo code RATIONALLY through May 10th get 20% off!