Episodes
Tuesday Aug 26, 2014
Bonus Episode 4 - Brandon Tells A Story
Tuesday Aug 26, 2014
Tuesday Aug 26, 2014
BIG NEWS: Branden will be a Save Against Fear 2014! If you're not familiar with SAFe and The Bodhana Group, take a listen to Episode 25, "Therapeutic Roleplaying (with Jack Berkenstock)".
This should be our last bonus episode for a bit—Grant will be back next episode—but Peter and Branden wanted to take some of the work we've done in our Science of Storytelling series and apply it to a real campaign pitch, with multiple demands from virtual players (all played by Peter) and Branden as the GM. Enjoy!
Scripture: Proverbs 4:13, Luke 6:40
Tuesday Jun 03, 2014
Episode 41 - The Types of Stories
Tuesday Jun 03, 2014
Tuesday Jun 03, 2014
Professor Branden schools Peter and Grant on some traditional lists of archetypal stories! We start things off with a reminder that Peter will be at Fear the Con 7 from June 12th to June 14th (find him there and say 'hello'!), and a mention of our appearance on Game Store Prophets #74, "Tearing The Veil Of Familiarity". Then we dive right in with Booker's seven story archetypes, Polti's Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations, and Snyder's ten basic movie plots. Oh, and somewhere along the way Grant plugs Happy Jacks RPG Podcast's "Tales from the Floating Vagabond" Actual Play (NSFW). Phew!
Scripture: >Genesis 25:24-34, Ecclesiastes 1:9, Matthew 13:13
Tuesday Oct 22, 2013
Episode 27 - Episodic Structure and Pacing (Science of Storytelling, Part 2)
Tuesday Oct 22, 2013
Tuesday Oct 22, 2013
Branden, Mike, Peter, and Grant pick up our "Science of Storytelling" series with a discussion of episodic storytelling structure and pacing! Branden walks us through the structure and guides the discussion; and as usual, we come up with examples along the way. See the full show notes for Branden's suggested outline.
Scripture: Genesis 1:14-18, Matthew 28:19-20
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Episode 23 - Narrative Structure (Science of Storytelling, Part 1)
Tuesday Aug 27, 2013
Tuesday Aug 27, 2013
Two major announcements: This is the first episode in our new "Science of Storytelling" series; and Save Against Fear, a remarkable gaming convention and fundraiser for sexually traumatized kids, is the weekend of October 11th-13th. You're going to be hearing much more about Save Against Fear in the future!
In this episode, Grant, Peter, and Branden (but mostly Branden) explain the continuous plot structure used in almost all movie scripts. (See our full show notes for a copy of that outline!) Then, Branden walks us through creating an actual plot for a game using the outline he laid out in the first half of the episode.
Scripture for this episode: Psalms 19:14, Philippians 4:8
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