So, I thought this approach sounded a bit familiar…. :D

11 thoughts on “So, I thought this approach sounded a bit familiar…. :D”

1. Yep. Nice to see its taking root.

2. I like how Chuck drills into it, too. Great advice that can be pulled back and chewed on for PbtA gaming!

3. wow. CATBEARDS! 

4. (We need a Catbeard playbook stat.)

5. roll+catbeard 

6. Best quote EVAR.

   You might say, “Ah, but isn’t plot first?” Yeah, no. Plot is either a thing you see built out of a series of characters pushing and pulling against each other and against the world via a series of desires and fears or it’s a thing that you the storyteller lay externally over the proceeding. As I’ve noted many-a-time, the former is like the bones inside a skeleton (hidden but animating), while the latter is like bones duct-taped to a boneless body (obvious and mechanical). Plot is not a thing for you to slot characters into; it is the thing created as a result of their words and actions.

7. I need a maco that posts that

8. Excellent post.

9. The former is Play To Find Out What Happens. The latter is meta-plot. One of these makes for better games, the other makes for better novels in established canon. Different mediums; different skill sets required. 

10. A skeleton meta-plot in the background is useful. From this can be hung the questions we need to ask.

11. I believe that would be a Front?

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