15 Years of Deeper In The Game (w/ Chris Chinn)
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English - July 29, 2023 16:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBArts Leisure Games rpg roleplaying storytelling interview game design Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Christopher Chinn is the blogger behind the long-running and well-loved Deeper in the Game blog. He's probably best-known for the Same Page Tool. But started in 2007, the blog has 15 years of thoughtful and insightful writing and advice on RPG design and play.
Show Notes:
01:17 - Introducing Chris
02:54 - The origin of the blog (also "rules are for preventing bitterness between friends")
9:56 - How Chris learned to ditch the railroad and embrace improvisation
23:34 - On playing with and writing for geeks of color
26:35 - Why the Same Page Tool shouldn't exist
37:38 - Advice for new bloggers
41:29 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Errant
43:37 - Tyranny of Numbers
46:20 - Replay: Tenra Bansho Zero
48:49 - All Advice Is Advice For Myself