The One About Telling Stories

In this episode Chris, Darrell, and TC talk about games that tell stories, either through dedicated mechanics and thematics, or by emergent gameplay. All this, plus Darrell’s 40th birthday shindig at Dice Hate Me HQ, Arkham Horror 3.0 versus Arkham Horror 2.0, Beta Colony, news of TC’s big move, more Modern Art, Gugong, volcanoes, fishing, My Father’s Work, Jeeps, sand worms, coal mining, & so much more!       

Chapters

• 2:30 Darrell wishes for a beard
• 3:33 Fathead Pizza
• 6:00 Fleet Dice
• 8:25 Coal Baron
• 9:57 Downfall of Pompeii
• 10:10 Modern Art
• 14:16 Arkham Horror 3.0
• 17:43 Darrell bought a car
• 23:25 TC's Big Move News
• 31:09 Unpub breaking news
• 31:49 Beta Colony
• 35:24 Gugong
• 38:45 The Meat of the Podcast
• 39:20 Defining the types of games that tell stories
• 42:58 Arkham Horror 3.0 versus Arkham Horror 2.0
• 46:20 RPGs and Open Storytelling
• 49:34 Open and Negotiation Systems
• 52:21 Improv Games
• 54:10 Which types of games are more successful at telling stories?
• 57:19 Which types of story games are more approachable?
• 1:01:18 Mysterium
• 1:02:37 My Father's Work
• 1:09:12 Legends of Sleepy Hollow
• 1:12:12 Do you like playing games that tell stories?
• 1:17:18 The Backside of the Podcast
• 1:17:33 Notable Kickstarters
• 1:20:27 Unpub news
• 1:23:53 More TC News