December 2013 RPG Blog Carnival: GM and Player Roles

Posted by Runeslinger on December 20, 2013 · 2 Comments 

Mainly coincidentally, the YouTube RPG Community has been delving very deeply into a topic which aligns with the concept of this carnival, that of taking charge of how the group dynamic is balanced at the table. The question on this dynamic is split into “What are the ways in which creative responsibility can be shared … Continue reading →

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Desolation Hangouts #2 – 5

Posted by Runeslinger on November 8, 2013 · 2 Comments 

My 5 sessions of the YouTube Desolation campaign have come to an end. As hoped, one of the players will be taking over as GM and running 5 more sessions from where session 5 ended. What follows is an overview of Hangouts, some final thoughts on the gaming culture which we adopted over five sessions … Continue reading →

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Desolation Hangout 1

Posted by Runeslinger on October 6, 2013 · 2 Comments 

On Wednesday, I hosted a hangout for some notable members of the YouTube RPG community to play the post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG, Desolation. The group was composed of a former arena athlete, a noble, a legionnaire and his young sister, and an outdoorsman.  The setting was ostensibly the northern reaches of what used to be the … Continue reading →

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