Jonathan Drains last blog post..Lou Zocchi and the Science of Dice

I agree 100% – I try my hardest to share narrative control in all my games, and so far, I’ve always had a waiting list of at least 4 folks wanting in on my games! The players love it and so do I!

Ashys last blog post..Dead Men Driving, Ep. 05

I consider myself a pretty creative guy, but there are some circumstances when I completely sensor myself – for fear of being foolish. My dad was one of my greatest sensors on that part.

I remember having a pretty hard time at college playing improv for fear of being ridiculous.

However, in drawing or writing – which were more personal means of creation for me back then – I could completely let go… As long as my dad didn’t find my stupid drawings.

So kudos to you for helping your children’s unbridled imagination flourish!

One day, if you’re lucky, he’ll DM for you

Eric Maziades last blog post..Do you even like playing a warlock?

Project Warforge has failed and now the empire relies on human genetics through alchemy to win it’s war selling it’s creations off to the highest bidder to fun more and more experiments…
hmmm I wander…

@Kevin: I’m happy to have written another one. It truly is an amazing activity and writing about it afterward opens up so many insights. I too will explore narrative control issues more in the future.

@OMH: Cloning my son? What do you think I am… some sort of Suburban Overlord working in a Human Genetics lab? Oh wait… I am! You should have your copy shortly.

@John: Thanks for writing your piece, the timing was perfect! I really am floored by how awesome his ideas are… I’m pretty sure its because he’s not burdened with the same rigid sense of verisimilitude adult gamers have. Funny how we try to phrase our actions and stories around believable concepts even though this is all a fantasy game.

In fact, you should get together with an artist and put together a book on GMing for kids. 1/2 picture story book 1/2 adult how to.

I think I might share narrative control in the future… should get my players inspired…

OneManHordes last blog post..DM’s Advice: Let your players play the characters they want to play, and possibly save money.

I’ve been reading about Shared Narrative Control around the RPG Blogosphere with much interest. As a new DM, I really want to mold that concept into my style. Partly for the practical reason of less responsibility for world building and session prep. I am including “Shared Narrative Control” in my list of core RPG principals, next to “Say Yes” and “Don’t Write the Ending”.

I believe that sharing narrative control is probably the most exhilarating thing, if pulled right and with equally cooperative parties.

My fondest DnD memories often revolve around parts of stories built by having the players and DMs weave their creative energies together.

Kind of like that “tag-team DMing” we used to do in college: 1 campaign, 3 DMs. We switched DM almost every game, the new DM picking up where the other one left off.

You never knew where the plot line you created last month was going to be when you’ll be back at the helm.

It could have been disastrous, but we did it cooperatively (while mischievously derailing plot lines).

Eric Maziades last blog post..Do you even like playing a warlock?