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Transcripts available at diceexploder.comWhen you're playing roleplay-heavy D&D, what does a scene look like? Since the game doesn't give you much in the way of tools for doing so, are you framing scenes intentionally or just kind of letting them happen? And if the latter, is that serving you well?You very well might be, but I've become obsessed lately with how we frame scenes in roleplaying games, and today I want to talk about a mechanic that does so very firmly: spotlight scenes, a procedure in which each player in the game gets a turn to say what they want the next scene to be.To do that, I'm joined by Mo Turkington, designer of many great structured freeform larps including the well-lauded Rosenstrasse and her latest release Lumberjills. We get into the history of spotlight scenes, the pros and cons of including rules for framing and ending scenes in your game, and how even a mechanic like this one that feels so structural and procedural, when used int he right context, can have a beautiful, thematically resonant message in it about agency and self-actualization.Ad LinksSong of the Scryptwyrm by Almost Bedtime TheaterFurther ReadingLumberjills by Moyra TurkingtonI Say A Little Prayer by Tor Kjetil EdlandJust a Little Lovin' by Tor Kjetil Edland and Hanne GrasmoRosenstrasse by Moyra Turkington and Jessica HammerMontsegur 1244 by Frederik J. JensenRed Carnations on a Black Grave by Catherine Ramen and Juan OchoaSocialsMoyra's games on itchSam on Bluesky and itchThe Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.comOur logo was designed by sporgory, our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey.Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!Dice Exploder on Patreon
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Logan and Griffin sit down to discuss and review Red Carnations on a Black Grave from Aviatrix Games, welcome to the Paris Commune, 1871. Find the game here. Follow Cat @AviatrixGames Want to join the conversation? Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/gPVH7a9 We are also affiliates with Metallic Dice Games: Follow this link: https://metallicdicegames.com/ref/2478/ and enter the promo code STORYTOLD10 to receive 10% off your order! To help support the show, share it, or rate and review on your podcast service of choice. To support us financially, please donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thestorytold Website: https://www.thestorytoldpodcast.com Instagram: @thestorytoldpodcast Twitter: @storytoldpod Email: thestorytoldpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thestorytoldpodcast Follow Fools Moon Entertainment across social media in the links below: Instagram: @foolsmoonentertain Twitter: @foolsmoonei Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foolsmoonentertainment/ Our music is composed by James Horan. To contact him regarding composition, send him an email: jhoran99@optonline.net
In a special crossover episode with Homo Ludens, I chat with Catherine Ramen, designer of Red Carnations on a Black Grave and Fred Serval, designer of Red Flag Over Paris to discuss their distinct approaches to the Paris Commune in their designs while we explore what we can learn from how role-playing games and board games tackle historical subjects. Red Carnations on a Black Grave: Red Carnations on a Black Grave [Print+PDF] :: Print+PDF Bundles :: IPR (indiepressrevolution.com)Red Flag Over Paris 2nd Printing is available on the GMT P500
David and Shane bring on Steven - frequent GM and player on the Gauntlet Show Notes: 00:01:52 - Shane's Games Played and Spotlight - Macchiato Monsters/You Got a Job on the Garbage Barge 00:12:19 - Steven's Games Played and Spotlight - Monsterhearts 00:23:08 - David's Games Played and Spotlight - Red Carnations on a Black Grave Second Segment 00:35:47 - Steven talks about the workings of the Gauntlet Reading Club Giving Me Life 00:52:47 - Shane is enjoying the TV show Our Flag Means Death 00:53:21 - Steven has a good time with the video game Tunic 00:54:13 - David appreciates getting back into running Games discussed in this episode: Macchiato Monsters https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/264169/Macchiato-Monsters You Got a Job on the Garbage Barge https://amandalee.itch.io/you-got-a-job-on-the-garbage-barge Monsterhearts https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/monsterhearts Red Carnations on a Black Grave https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Red-Carnations-on-a-Black-Grave-Print-PDF.html Montsegur 1244 http://thoughtfulgames.com/montsegur1244/ Stonewall 1969 https://asteriscoedizioni.com/stonewall-1969-english/ The Gauntlet Links: The Gauntlet website https://gauntlet-rpg.com/ @GauntletRPG on Twitter https://twitter.com/GauntletRPG The Gauntlet Forums https://forums.gauntlet-rpg.com/ The Gauntlet on Patreon https://patreon.com/gauntlet
A storygame of resistance Since it seems that all hearts which beat for liberty only have the right to a bullet, I demand it for myself! If you let me live, I will not cease to cry out for vengeance…I am finished…if you are not cowards, kill me… —Louise Michel For just over two months in 1871, the Paris Commune tried to make an egalitarian, socialist state a reality despite disagreement within their walls and attacks from outside it. This is the story of a community caught up in a sudden revolution, their messy personal lives and their attempts to create a utopia in the face of impending death. How far would you go for what you believe in? Would you stand firm even if it meant your death? Red Carnations on a Black Grave is a freeform roleplaying game for 4-6 players that brings to life the 72 tumultuous days of the Paris Commune. A game is playable in a single session of four hours or less. Each player portrays two characters during the two months of the Commune, one of whom must die during the French Army's all-out assault on Paris in the last week of May, 1871. Special cards guide your play, providing questions about how the characters are related to each other, historical incidents to serve as the basis of scenes in the game, and the ultimate fate of your surviving characters. Red Carnations on a Black Grave is by Catherine Ramen and is available here http://aviatrixgames.com/
In this episode, the first of a multi-part series, we look at bands would are going to perform or who have performed on HHHG. I hope you enjoy them!
I am experimenting new types of episodes for the podcast and would love to hear what you think of this one, given it's a first time for me. Before Christmas, I went out one day with my Zoom H5 audio recorder and recorded my observations visiting the Louvre Museum in Paris for the first time. Join me for a quite ignorant but hopefully entertaining audio experience from the most visited museum in the world! Mentioned in this episode: The Louvre Museum Nintendo & The Louvre partnership for 3DS audioguides Musée d'Orsay Zoom H5 Audio Recorder Man, Play, and Games, by Roger Caillois Red Carnations on a Black Grave, tabletop roleplaying game The Assumption of the Virgin, painting by Giambattista Piazetta Ancient Rome and Modern Rome, paintings by Giovanni Paolo Panini Landscape with the Flight into Egypt, painting by Dominichino Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci Le Sacre ou le Couronnement (Napoleon at Notre Dame) Leonidas at Thermopylae, David Liberty Guiding The People (Delacroix) ...And many more.
This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Sam Webb from Black Cat Gaming and Modiphius to talk about The Spy Game, the 5e-based espionage thriller RPG on Kickstarter now! In the news, ENnie nominations, Pathfinder 2nd Edition adventure path previews, Fallout RPG released, a site outage at EN World, and more! Plus Our Favorite Game in All the World (with a brand-new theme song!) and a new sketch! ------------------- Our Guest - Sam Webb The Spy Game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/287589860/the-spy-game-5th-edition-action-espionage-roleplaying-game?ref=enworld Modiphius https://www.modiphius.com/ ------------------- News ENnie Nominations Announced https://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?6455-The-ENnie-Awards%A0is-proud-to-announce-the-2019-Nominations! Voting is now open for the ENnies! http://www.ennie-awards.com/vote/2019/ Pathfinder 2nd Edition Age of Ashes Adventure Path https://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?6456-Pathfinder-2nd-Edition-Age-of-Ashes-AP-Hellknight-Hill Fallout: Wasteland Warfare Roleplaying Game https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/281532/Fallout-Wasteland-Warfare--RPG-Expansion-Book?affiliate_id=36142 ------------------- Kickstarters Red Carnations on a Black Grave https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redcarnations/red-carnations-on-a-black-grave Hearts of Magic: Threads Entangled https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fadingroots/hearts-of-magic-threads-entangled Troll’s Teeth https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ravenstead/trolls-teeth-a-tabletop-rpg-game-of-chancetm The King of Dungeons https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kingofdungeons/the-king-of-dungeons Find more Kickstarters for this week at EN World’s Crowdfunding News column! https://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?6450-RPG-Crowdfunding-News-Fateforge-Red-Carnations-on-a-Black-Grave-Hearts-of-Magic-The-Roleplayer-s-Guide-To-Heists-and-More ------------------- The Spy Game The Spy Game on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/287589860/the-spy-game-5th-edition-action-espionage-roleplaying-game?ref=enworld The Spy Game Free Quickstart on DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/278422/The-Spy-Game-Quickstart?affiliate_id=36142 -------------------Please support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/morrus Don’t forget to join the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1033145023517295/ and join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/VAuxX8M
We begin the bloody week where at least half of our communards will perish. I wish there was more to say about what is going to happen but things don't always work out. Pre-order my new book! See Campaign Live 7/6!
We begin the bloody week where at least half of our communards will perish. I wish there was more to say about what is going to happen but things don't always work out. Pre-order my new book! See Campaign Live 7/6!
Content warnings: war, violence, character death Help our friend TheCalebG raise money for cancer research here! River Williamson and Cat Ramen join us for our finale of Red Carnations on a Black Grave (on Kickstarter now!). Find more from Cat…
The early days of the commune were so full of hope and excitement. As The Bloody Week draws near that optimism starts to wane and that strains the relationships of the citizens of Paris. Pre-order my new book! See Campaign Live 7/6!
The early days of the commune were so full of hope and excitement. As The Bloody Week draws near that optimism starts to wane and that strains the relationships of the citizens of Paris. Pre-order my new book! See Campaign Live 7/6!
Content notice: war, violence, character death This is our second episode of Red Carnations on a Black Grave–on KICKSTARTER now! Aviatrix Game’s Catherine Ramen and the Gauntlet’s River Williamson join Andi and Senda this historical game! This is the story of several…
Catherine Ramen leads James, Stephen, Agatha, and Adira through character creation. Clearly, nothing bad will ever happen to these people. Pre-order my new book! See Campaign Live 7/6!
Catherine Ramen leads James, Stephen, Agatha, and Adira through character creation. Clearly, nothing bad will ever happen to these people. Pre-order my new book! See Campaign Live 7/6!
Content Notice: war, violence, character death Aviatrix Game’s Catherine Ramen and the Gauntlet’s River Williamson join Andi and Senda to play Cat’s Red Carnations on a Black Grave… a historical game! For just over two months in 1871, the Paris Commune…
Games Played 00:55 - Lowell's games played and Spotlight - Veil'd Fantasy 15:32 - Cat's games played and Spotlight - Alas for the Awful Sea: Kingsport 32:02 - Jason's games played and 9 Lessons from running 9 games of Trophy Guest Segment 49:21 - Cat Ramen talks about Red Carnations on a Black Grave, her game coming to Kickstarter SOON! Giving Me Life 1:04:48 - Lowell and Hearts of Wulin on Twitch 1:06:56 - Cat is excited about Hearts of Wulin and playing with Lucian! 1:08:17 - Jason loves Zigguratti Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Our forums www.forums.gauntlet-rpg.com Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG
Playtest on google hangouts of my storygame "Red Carnations on a Black Grave" with members of the Gauntlet community. Character relationship map here: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1hsfts4IOxBesNVoks-S0pKXy3hjwr0IHR2IOQY9duqw/edit?usp=sharing "For just over two months in 1871, the Paris Commune tried to make an egalitarian, socialist state a reality despite disagreement within their walls and attacks from outside it. This is the story of 12 Communards, their messy personal lives and their attempts to create a utopia in the face of impending death. How far would you go for what you believe in? Would you stand firm even if it meant your death? A freeform game very much in the spirit of Montsegur: 1244 and Witch: the Road to Lindisfarne."