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Viime viikkoina olen kuunnellut Sons of Kryos -roolipelipodcastin (tekijät Jeff, Judd ja Storn) arkistoissa olevia lähetyksiä. Sieltä onkin löytynyt kaikenlaista kiinnostavaa. Tässä postissa esittelen parhaimmistoa, toki omasta näkökulmastani.
Sons of Kryos -podcast lähti käyntiin heinäkuussa 2005. Tällä hetkellä castien lukumäärä on 62. Jokainen lähetys koostuu kolmesta tai neljästä osiosta, jotka ovat noin vartin mittaisia. Olen kuuntelu-urakassani tällä hetkellä kolmannella kaudella, siinä episodin 40 paikkeilla.
Sons of Kryosin pahin puute on se, ettei episodeista ole aikajanaa, joissa kerrottaisiin, miltä kohdalta mikäkin osio alkaa. Yritän omalta osaltani korjata tätä puutetta kertomalla, mistä suunnilleen yksittäsiet osiot alkavat castissa.
Tämä posti on samantyyppinen kuin Ryan Stoughtonin arvostelut the Cull -blogissa. Oma urkkani on kuitenkin ollut huomattavasti pienempi ja subjektiivisempi, sillä en ole edes kuunnellut niitä episodeja, joissa ei sisältökuvauksen perusteella ole ollut mitään minua kiinnostavaa. Lisäksi olen valinnut nämä huippukohdat ihan vain omien mielenkiinnon kohteideni mukaan.
Lyhyt lista mielestäni parhaimmista osioista, kuvaukset kirjoitan itse postin englanninkielisen version tekstiin:
- Episodi 12, osio 1: Bangs (Alussa)
- Episodi 12, osio 3: Inspired Games (Alkaa 30 minuutin kohdalla)
- Episodi 15, osio 1: Good sentences - This is what the game is about (Alussa)
- Episodi 15, osio 2: Stakes (Alkaa n. 15 minuutin kohdalla)
- Episodi 18, osio 2: How to Start a PTA Game (Alkaa kohdalla 23:40)
- Episodi 27, osio 1: Managing Screen time (Alussa)
- Episodi 35, osio 2: Good sentences - No (Alkaa 16 minuutin kohdalla)
Episode 12 , Bangs & Inspired Games
FirstBangs and using them are discussed. A bang, as you surely know, is a situation that requires a (thematically relevant) choice from the player as how the character will respond to the situation. Lots of practical advice on using bangs is provided in the opening section.
The Inspired Games section discusses games that are inspired by other fictional works. How to start a game like that, what one should consider, how to make it work. Interesting stuff.
Episode 15, What this game is about & Stakes
The episode starts with a Good Sentences segment that is a recurring item for Sons of Kryos. The sentence introduced in this episode is What this game is about. The discussion plots out how you can help yourself and your players by using the sentence when starting to GM a new game.
The second section is about Stakes. Stakes are related to conflict resolution. Basically they are what the conflict is about. This section discusses stakes and experiences on how to use them. Good stuff.
Episode 18, How to Start a PTA Game
PTA, or Primetime Adventures, is one of the more exciting indie rpgs I've been dying to try for a while. In fact, my room-mate told me yesterday that he'd skimmed my copy of PTA and he'd like to give it a try. He's not really a rpg guy. Yeah, so PTA is interesting for a lot of people. And this section does a good job of telling how one should go about starting a PTA game. I'll tell you more when I've got the time to try the advice in practice.
Episode 27, Managing Screen Time
Episode 27 tackles the ever-present problem of all GM's: managing screen time between your players. There are bits of cool advice, pointers to games that do that for you (PTA, for example). All in all, a perfect egment of rpg podcast goodness. Of course, this is an issue that porbably isn't gonna be exhausted just by one segment, so maybe the Sons of Kryos could return to this subject?
Episode 35, Good Sentences - No
In the middle of this podcast, there's the recurring Good Sentences segment again. And this time it's about blocking, or the word NO. Blocking or rejecting is an important part of any creative endeavour so why not rpgs? Yet, it is a delicate thing and one should block as little as one can. Good discussion around this subject and sound advice, too.
This ends my recap of the Sons of Kryos archives. I'm sure that there are plenty of other useful material for you. This was the highlights complied by yours truly.
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