I just got through like the first 15 episodes of DR.
This is a great podcast. I went through lots of podcasts back in the Forge days when indie RPGS were becoming a thing. This one by far is the best one I have heard.
I learned a lot even though I felt I was an experienced DW GM.
DW is my prime reason for coming to the guantlet. Listening to Discern Realities was the prime reason for me getting back into looking for DW gaming after taking a break from RPG for a few years while I was an expat in Alberta. Now that I am settled I would like to get back into it again.
I think DR has loads of great ideas, and why I have become a Pateron.
I hope the Gauntlet continues to support DW even as it broadens its horizons (which is also exciting to see)
I know I would be interested in topics such as playing with kids. A lot of folks may only have time with hectic schedules to play with Family. It creates a different kind of game. Ideally I would love to see something that is kid friendly – but not smarmy. I know I try that with my kids. It is interesting, they have great ideas (sometimes repetitive or cliche) but other times fresh.
But at the same time the games let us explore ideas with the kids about inequality and how consequences have consequences.
One of the things I know I have discovered, is that I used to think I wanted deep and gritty or more tension in games. Think TV MA. I know that abounds in indie RPGs and the OSR (which I also follow and play using moldvay or SW white box). But through play discovered what I really wanted was more TV 14.
More flight of dragons and the hobbit and lord of the rings and he-man (maybe a little less cheese) or fighting fantasy sorcery and less game of thrones in your face or night of the living dead I only found that out through play though.
That is not to say that I don’t enjoy some deep gaming, once ina while with the right group. I have played for example Polaris which basically you either die or become a demon (I died). We did the whole thing with the ambience but that is for another post sometime. A really great game if you haven’t tried it, and one of the first GMless games.
It would be great if you are getting more voices on DR to hear about some different styles of play with Dungeon World.
That was a longer post than I was meaning to. So let me summarize by saying great podcast!
