Today we talk about how Genre and Theme impact your tabletop RPGs as players, game masters, storytellers, and designers both before play, during prep, and at the table.
Tag: genre
THAC0 with Advantage. Genres of Fantasy Within DnD
There are a large number of genre’s that Dungeons and Dragons says it can emulate. Ang and Jared go through them and provide advice on what they think works, doesn’t work, and some general thoughts on how players and GMs might make them work. They also get into their campaign journal and talk about their Tales of the Valiant playtesting.
PTG 249 – Genre Hopping Like It’s 1999
Show us how you manage genre hopping all in one game! Phil and Senda sit down to talk about the specific needs of games that hop genres and which ones would make it the easiest MORE
PTG199 – Unfamiliar Territory
Show us how you run games in genres you’re not familiar with! Phil and Senda talk faking it and picking it up quickly to run games in genres that aren’t your core competency as one MORE
BXP 2×17 – [Genre Study] Tension and Release
Here’s the last entry in our genre series: Tension and Release! Specifically, how those things apply to horror and comedy, as well as how you can use these elements to build mood and tone in MORE
MMP#264 – Damn the Genre
Hey folks. This week Hannah Shaffer is with us to talk Damn the Man, Save the Music, and how to design genre into games. Hope you enjoy and consider backing Damn the Man, Save the MORE
Panda’s Talking Games 45: Player vs. Genre: Round 1
Show us how you deal with players who don’t play to genre! Phil and Senda talk about the reasons people play against genre, and how to handle each of those situations in one shots and MORE