Delve 225 – Explaining Hard
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English - July 22, 2019 23:00 - 27.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsGames Leisure Arts Design rpg roleplaying role playing game rules mechanics board boardgame discussion Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Imagine if unicorns built rainbows out of ice cream. That was my thought process.
It’s one thing to build a unique system, it’s a whole other thing explaining why. Nathan and Alex discuss how designers can introduce or acclimate new players to their systems. Reference points, priming your players, starting quests, introductions and the like are some of what we touch on here.
Also: There’s a bird!
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