Designer vs. Reality

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A playtest of Dungeon World beta 1.1 by Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel with some tweaks to the monster rules. The rules are available to members of the Adventurer’s Guild. Michael is playing Regulus the Paladin, Simon is playing Marlow the Thief, and Dan is the GM.

0:00:00 Intro
0:00:49 Getting Back Into the Swing of Things
0:07:05 Fighting Cultists
1:07:51 Resupplying
1:34:00 Return to the Pyramid
2:21:11 Outro

There’s a discussion forum for Designer vs. Reality on RPGCrosstalk. There’s a thread about these  episodes on the Dungeon World forum.

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A playtest of Dungeon World beta 1.1 by Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel. The rules are available to members of the Adventurer’s Guild. Michael and Simon are playing characters and Dan is the GM.

0:00:00 Intro
0:01:02 Choosing Playbooks and Creating Characters
0:17:54 Details of Regulus the Paladin
0:25:28 Details of Marlow the Thief
0:31:37 Bonds
0:34:05 Normal Play Begins
0:36:32 An Unscheduled Break for Technical Issues
0:36:44 An NPC In Need of Heroes
1:11:46 Entering the Pyramid
2:13:52 Wrapping Up
2:17:42 Outro

The notes I prepped for the game (SPOILERS!)

A Story-Games thread about problems I had prepping the game (SPOILERS!)

An Apocalypse World forum thread about the new monster rules (SPOILERS!)

There’s a discussion forum for Designer vs. Reality on RPGCrosstalk.

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A playtest of Nolan Callender’s game Shakespeare’s Daughters which was designed for Game Chef 2011. Nolan is the GM and Leo and Dan play the daughters.

0:00:00 Intro
0:00:20 Getting started and character creation
0:18:18 Coming home from church
0:35:58 A fateful carriage ride
1:18:49 William Shakespeare arrives
1:39:54 An unwelcome visitor in the young ladies’ bedroom
1:50:10  Discussion
2:03:50 Outro

There’s a discussion forum for Designer vs. Reality on RPGCrosstalk.

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A playtest of JB Mannon’s wizard boarding school RPG Boarsdraft. Dan is the GM, Leo and Nolan are the players, and we’re continuing the story from episodes 30, 31, 32, and 33.

0:00:00 Intro
0:00:37 Getting started
0:01:41 Christmas with Bran
0:23:43 Christmas with Gordon
0:35:57 Thrashing a bit about how to frame the next scene
0:45:00 Breakfast assembly
0:58:08 Theory of Magic
1:22:27 Hanging with the bad crowd
1:36:31 Madris’s Lost Laboratory
1:58:11 To the Potions classroom!
2:07:18 To the kitchen!
2:16:47 Showdown with Jacobus Quigg
2:30:19 Discussion
3:01:21 Outro

There’s a Story-Games thread discussing our playtesting.

There’s a discussion forum for Designer vs. Reality on RPGCrosstalk.

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A playtest of JB Mannon’s wizard boarding school RPG Boarsdraft. Dan is the GM, Leo and Nolan are the players, and we’re continuing the story from episodes 30, 31, and 32.

0:00:00 Intro
0:00:39 Getting started
0:01:49 Exploring caves
0:23:43 Detention
0:29:03 Discussing discoveries
0:44:07 Rugby tryouts
0:56:26 Studying with Elsinora
1:02:31 Return to the caves
1:13:41 Studying a map
1:19:41 Duelling club
1:37:57 Discussion
1:54:21 Outro

There’s a Story-Games thread discussing our playtesting.

There’s a discussion forum for Designer vs. Reality on RPGCrosstalk.

Podcast: Download

A playtest of JB Mannon’s wizard boarding school RPG Boarsdraft. Dan is the GM, Leo and Nolan are the players, and we’re continuing the story from episodes 30 and 31.

0:00:00 Intro
0:01:42 Abjuration class
0:24:41 Library
0:53:56 Lunch
1:09:05 Discussing some issues
1:31:07 Magical History class
1:45:20 Talking in the hallway
1:52:06 Evocation class
2:00:59 Flying class
2:16:45 Halloween bonfire
2:28:07 Fleeing Ermo
2:39:17 Discussion
3:00:15 Outro

There’s a Story-Games thread discussing our playtesting.

There’s a discussion forum for Designer vs. Reality on RPGCrosstalk.

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A playtest of JB Mannon’s wizard boarding school RPG Boarsdraft. Dan is the GM, Leo and Nolan are the players, and we’re continuing the story we started in episode 30. Unfortunately it’s a session that had a clunky, low-energy beginning and had to be cut short before we really got any momentum, but there’s some interesting discussion about things that are giving us trouble with the game.

0:00:00 Intro
0:00:56 Getting started
0:06:41 Actual play  resumes
0:23:29 Play sort of grinds to a halt
0:35:42 Discussion
0:54:41 Outro

There’s a Story-Games thread discussing our first session which will probably continue with discussion about this one.

There’s a discussion forum for Designer vs. Reality on RPGCrosstalk.

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A playtest of JB Mannon’s wizard boarding school RPG Boarsdraft. Dan is the GM and Leo, Nolan, and Scott are the players.

0:00:00 Intro
0:00:56 Getting Started
0:02:56 Character Generation
0:23:04 Gordon’s Acceptance Letter
0:43:30 Bran’s Acceptance Letter
058:13 Rod’s Acceptance Letter
1:13:32 Boarsdraft Express
1:38:14 Sorting into Houses
1:52:16 Welcome Feast
2:08:40 Seeking Fortune
2:31:48 Discussion
2:51:40 Outro

Scott Dunphy is the host of the New Style podcast.

There’s a discussion forum for Designer vs. Reality on RPGCrosstalk.

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A playtest of the comedic crime game Keystone Crimewave by Leo Lalande. Leo, Nolan, and Dan are the players.

0:00:00 Intro
0:00:27 Getting Started
0:07:05 Character Creation
0:16:36 Character Review
0:17:33 Master Plan
0:26:53 Scene 1
0:35:20 Scene 2
0:41:45 Scene 3
0:48:37 Scene 4
0:52:59 Scene 5
0:58:15 Scene 6
1:04:07 Scene 7
1:08:40 Scene 8
1:12:11 Scene 9
1:16:42 Discussion
1:35:00 Outro

There’s a discussion forum for the show on RPGCrosstalk.

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A playtest session of Skin Men by Marc Majcher. Jamie and Bert are the players and Dan is the GM.

0:00:00 Intro
0:00:38 Getting Started
0:05:10 Character Generation
0:11:29 The Pinch
0:15:24 Client Introduction
0:37:16 Lily District
0:56:24 Marsh District
1:22:09 Garden District
1:47:48 Discussion
2:07:11 Outro

There’s a discussion forum for the show on RPGCrosstalk.