Game Master's Journey 40 - Elegance in RPGs
Game Master's Journey
English - July 27, 2015 13:46 - 52 minutes - ★★★★★ - 77 ratingsGames Leisure rpg roleplaying game master tabletop dungeons dragons dungeon worldbuilding mastering Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The more experience I gain with RPGs, the more I appreciate elegance in RPG systems. Not only do elegant mechanics make a game easy to learn, teach and grok, but it also helps everyone at the table keep their focus where it belongs—character and story. Today I look at a few systems, some more elegant than others, and try to tease out what works and why.