In Episode 97 of The Gauntlet Podcast, we’re talking about intimacy in roleplaying games with our panel guest Emily Care Boss!
Enjoy!
Cc: Emily Care Boss Kate Bullock
http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/the-gauntlet-podcast/episode-97-intimacy-in-roleplaying-games
And thanks to Paul Edson for this week’s edit!
And thanks to Paul Edson for this week’s edit!
This episode is so so great. Thanks to you all for producing it and raising these sorts of conversations!
This episode is so so great. Thanks to you all for producing it and raising these sorts of conversations!
I loooved this episode. I was immediately thinking about that game where my fireball spell went awry and killed two children, in one of the more darker series I participated in. But on the last session (I think?) Jason introduced an NPC that was the mother of the children comforting me. It was so good. And there was this tension as to if I was going to tell the mother what had happened. I remember being super conflicted as to what I was going to do.
I loooved this episode. I was immediately thinking about that game where my fireball spell went awry and killed two children, in one of the more darker series I participated in. But on the last session (I think?) Jason introduced an NPC that was the mother of the children comforting me. It was so good. And there was this tension as to if I was going to tell the mother what had happened. I remember being super conflicted as to what I was going to do.
This is one of my favorite people in gaming. I can’t wait to listen.
This is one of my favorite people in gaming. I can’t wait to listen.
Fraser Simons That was such a good series of scenes.
Fraser Simons That was such a good series of scenes.
Great episode…. I’ve wanted for a while a sticker/ribbon or something to put on my Con badge that says something like, “Free hugs”, “Huggable”… I’ve thought about a shirt… but I would want something that works no matter the shirt…
Great episode…. I’ve wanted for a while a sticker/ribbon or something to put on my Con badge that says something like, “Free hugs”, “Huggable”… I’ve thought about a shirt… but I would want something that works no matter the shirt…
Great episode! It got me thinking of intimacy dice from My Life with Master by Paul Czege. You get one kind of die for being intimate, and a bigger one for sincerely pouring your emotional guts out.
Great episode! It got me thinking of intimacy dice from My Life with Master by Paul Czege. You get one kind of die for being intimate, and a bigger one for sincerely pouring your emotional guts out.
One of those episodes making me remember why I immediately fell in love with the Gauntlet after accidently listening to an episode once upon the time.
One of those episodes making me remember why I immediately fell in love with the Gauntlet after accidently listening to an episode once upon the time.
I’m just listening to this episode now. One thing I really like in some of the more traditional LARP designs is making (literal) spaces for small intimate moments. By having lots of rooms (or by playing in the woods) with games of 30+ people you can have some of the main “action” (which can just ultimately be larger groups of people talking) and then people naturally break off into small groups to have what I find the most rewarding roleplaying experiences I’ve ever had. And the neat thing is it’s less explicitly designing for it, and more just gently nurturing and allowing those sort of moments to happen naturally.
I’m just listening to this episode now. One thing I really like in some of the more traditional LARP designs is making (literal) spaces for small intimate moments. By having lots of rooms (or by playing in the woods) with games of 30+ people you can have some of the main “action” (which can just ultimately be larger groups of people talking) and then people naturally break off into small groups to have what I find the most rewarding roleplaying experiences I’ve ever had. And the neat thing is it’s less explicitly designing for it, and more just gently nurturing and allowing those sort of moments to happen naturally.