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Episode 10 - Mental Mechanics

Category: Games & Hobbies
Duration: 01:00:47
Publish Date: 2009-01-04 18:00:00
Description:
This episode contains a surprisingly on-topic discussion.
It's an intro!
  • Appologies for missing a week
  • New Host: Sara
  • Wish Jenn well with her surgery
  • New website is up! TrapCast
  • Stop by our forums to submit pictures/video for the main site
  • We reference Dragon Realms at some point
Shadowrun
  • We tried to play Shadowrun 4e
  • It was fun
  • We are idiots for not learning the rules better ahead of time
Weekly Segments
  • Jenn talks about some things to eat and not eat around the gaming table
  • George pees on himself
Some ideas for resolving social situations
  • Let the players talk it out
  • Roll for it
  • Modify a roll based on the player's descriptions
  • Roll first, then make your description based on the roll
Some ideas for resolving intelligence based tasks (i.e. puzzles)
  • Let the players solve the puzzle
  • Abstract the puzzle and solve using dice
  • Hint system based on dice
Lessons Learned
  • This debate leads to a cop-out solution
  • Read rules before attempting a new game
Total Play: 0