Listen as I record my latest feature… out loud! The topic so nice, I wrote about it twice. This is the follow up to that first lesson about yelling at your friends for their crappy attendance to your pretend elf game.
Listen as I proofread my latest feature… out loud! In this True Campaign Managery lesson, I talk about the single most fun aspect of Game Mastering: yelling at your friends about showing up on time and punishing them for ghosting you. Whee!
Listen as I proofread my latest feature… out loud! Let’s end June on a low note. I’ve pulled five questions from my Ask Angry mailbag and I’m gonna answer at least four of them.
Listen as I proofread my latest feature… out loud! It’s time for the first of three hodgepodges of game design concepts that together make a sort-of foundation for this whole True Scenario Design thing.
Following the recording of The What the Hell is Scenario Design Anyway? Proofreadaloud, I took questions from the assembled masses. This is the result.
Listen as I proofread my latest feature… out loud! The Scenario Design cat is out of the bag and clawing up the furniture. Which means it’s time for a real True Scenario Designery introduction. And this is it.
Following the recording of An Ask Angry Very Special Episode: Rules For Thee But Not For Me Proofreadaloud, I opened the floor for questions. This recording is the result.
Listen as I proofread my latest feature… out loud. “If the players can do it, so can the monsters.” Is that really true? Is it good Game Mastering? Good Game Design? Spoiler: No.
Following my recording of Just Design a Good Game Proofreadaloud, I made the incredibly foolish decision to invite listeners to ask me questions. This recording is the result.
Listen as I proofread my latest Feature… out loud! I’ve made a terrible decision. But I can’t tell you what it is until I defend my stance on worlds that level with the characters and get you to sing the game design anthem with me.
Following the live studio recording of The Is Game Balance Worth a Damn? Proofreadaloud, I took questions and comments from the assembled audience. This was the terrible result of that awful decision.
Listen as I proofread my latest feature… out loud! Someone once asked me, “Is game balance worth a damn?” I don’t remember who or why or when, but I remember the question. And now I’m gonna rant an answer.
Following the recording of The True Meeting Hostery Proofreadaloud, I answered a few questions from those who listened live. This is the result.
Listen as I proofread my latest Feature… out loud! True Campaign Managery lesson time! Again. In this lesson, I’m going to teach all y’all how to host a meeting. Any meeting at all. Including game sessions. Which are meetings.
Following the recording of The Professor Angry’s Office Hours: On Being True Proofreadaloud, I took the time to answer some listener questions and comments. This was the terrible, terrible result.
Listen as I proofread my latest feature… out loud! In the second of two office-hours discussions, I rant about what it means to actually exercise good judgment and how it’s got nothing to do with building checklists or worrying about hypotheticals.
Listen as I proofread my latest feature… out loud! We need to have a frank, open, and difficult discussions about why I keep calling Game Consent Surveys horseshit. Or rather, I need to explain and you need to shut up and listen
Following the recording of The To Session Zero or Not to Session Zero Proofreadaloud and against my better judgement, I invited those listening live to ask questions of me. This is the result.
Listen as I proofread my latest feature… out loud! In this True Campaign Managery lesson, I explore the idea of a Session Zero and whether it’s worth hosting one? Spoiler alert: usually no.
Following the recording of The Ask Angry April 2024 Mailbag Proofreadaloud I stuck around to answer related questions from those listening live. And unrelated questions too.
Listen as I proofread my latest feature… out loud! To celebrate my emerging from the disaster that resulting from letting my supporters pick the topic, I’m going to answer a bunch of questions sent in by readers. There’s no way that can go wrong.
Listen as I proofread my latest Feature… out loud! To bring the Character Arc-Pocalypse to a close, today I’m writing about Character Arcs. For real this time.
Listen as I proofread my latest feature… out loud! Let’s keep the Not-Character-Arc Momentum going. Here’s my super secret recipe for executing an absolutely terrible Personal Character Quest Campaign in the least terrible way possible.
Listen as I proofread my latest feature… out loud. This isn’t a Feature about incorporating Character Arcs into tabletop roleplaying games. That would be interesting. This is a boring-ass Feature about players picking their own stupid character quests. Which is a terrible idea.
Listen as I proofread my latest feature… out loud! Now that you’ve decided to start a campaign and ignore your players’ input — you master of selfishness you — it’s time to start having visions.
Following the recording of The But I Digress… Structure Proofreadaloud, I foolishly opened the floor to questions from those listening live. This is the result.
Listen as I proofread my latest feature… out loud… Time for a little digression on the three kinds of Structure. Just don’t expect a useful lesson.
Following the recording of the Game First or Group First Proofreadaloud I foolishly invited my listening audience to ask questions. And when they didn’t, I made up my own questions to answer.
Listen as I proofread my latest feature… out loud! You can’t run a campaign without starting a campaign. And you can’t start a campaign without making ten thousand choices. And of all those choices, it’s the second one that’ll get you.
Following the recording of The Actually… Players Don’t Suck at Tracking Inventory Live Proofreadaloud, I stupidly took questions and comments from the audience. This is the result.