This episode, we're talking about all the ways roleplaying games shape and restrict the roles we play in them.
But first, Marley checked out Nicolas Cage's Pig, which he describes as a non-violent John Wick film set in the seedy underbelly of the Portland haute cuisine scene. It was way weirder than he expected it to be, but still rad.
Cole meanwhile has been watching Beaststars. It's a bizarre anime that is eerily like Zootopia, only with much more sex and violence (and is much better). Cole fears it may have awakened something in them...
Next, Cole then talks about A Court Of Fey & Flowers, a new actual play by Dimension 20, which combines Good Society with Dungeons and Dragons. We chat about how the show combines both games, before going into our history with Dimension 20 and battlemaps.
As for Tabletop Games, Marley chats about Riverhouse Games' Machine Gun, an avant garde jazz game which expanded his notions about what kind of experiences tabletop games can provide.
Cole then talks about Mythopoeia'sThe Quotidian, an unofficial Blades in the Dark playbook who is just a normal, boring person who has their life sorted out and helps the crew by annoying anyone they come up against. We then use this as an opportunity to revisit the spectacular Unusual Suspects Jam, which features a number of great unofficial playbooks.
Offworlders by Chris Wolf and Olivia Gulin is next. It's a fast-paced, easily hackable scifi game (with great art) that fills the niche between the rules-lite Lasers and Feelings and a more complex FitD game like Scum & Villainy.
Speaking of fast paced games, Cole's been checking out GilaRPG's Slayers, which he says is a fun mix of Bloodborne and Monster Hunter. It's interestingly distinct from RUNE, which we checked out previously, and Cole feels its the kind of game they could just pick up and run with.
For our main topic, we talk about the weirdness of racial modifiers, games that cast you in a specific role, being restricted from playing anybody, and TTRPGs as an opportunity for fanfiction.
We close with a shout out to Thomas Manuel's Indie RPG Newsletter, which has been checking out some fun corners of the indie rpg scene recently. Huntsmen's Hydra's show Fire in the Dark has also been nominated for a GameHERS award and you can still vote for it here!
Featuring Cole (@IceColeBrew) and Marley (@Mynar_Lenahan)
Produced by Marley, as well.
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