Ep 4 - Storytelling

Show notes:
We're joined by Thomas Manuel to discuss his recent actual play. You can find Thomas at:

• Yes Indie'd Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/1B1W6XzutFweJPW88L3Pxk
• Indie RPG Newsletter https://ttrpg.in/
• Rascal https://www.rascal.news/

His Mythic Bastionland games:

• First story arc: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNuXiEYyM4itTXztUsIXmD6JG4w_FGWXc
• Second story arc: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNuXiEYyM4isMPsTSspN-mdScWt2E9l2T

His referee, Judd Karlman https://githyankidiaspora.com/mythic-bastionland/
His liege, MadJay https://playfearless.substack.com/

Mythic Bastionland was created by Chris McDowall https://bastionlandpress.com/products/mythic-bastionland-hardback-book-plus-pdf

Our intro music is "Medieval" by Ptibec https://openverse.org/audio/1f62fd74-2742-45de-b6eb-79f9dbbddb3a and is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Our outro music is "Medieval Victory Epic (Version 1)" by makesound https://openverse.org/audio/794859e7-c63c-466e-9f76-631e1e01e098 and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.

Timings:
00:00 Intro
01:52 Thomas' campaign
06:19 Connections and relationships
10:15 Rolling a knight
12:23 Being a good player
15:50 The Smiling Fox play by post
17:51 Play style
19:57 Improv
23:57 Myths for challenge and flavour
31:59 Combat!
37:19 Fostering player creativity
41:23 Sharing the map
44:09 Collaborative descriptions
47:21 First time GMs
51:36 Duelling as a highlight
52:30 Preferred number of players
54:41 You be the Judge!
1:02:58 Outro

Discussed on the show:

• Interview with Prismatic Wasteland https://open.spotify.com/episode/6hsUWciOWZ7MKivI0KWRsm
• Sticky encounters https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/encounter-checklist

Find the hosts at:

• Brian https://luckroll.blogspot.com/
• William https://halfawormandabittenapple.blogspot.com/
• Horst https://blackcitygauntlet.blogspot.com/