Roleplay Rescue

For a long time, I thought the friction in my hobby was a personal failure. I used to record my GM's Journal while running, wind hitting the mic, breathless and fumbling, calling myself the "world's flakiest GM." I saw my diagnoses of ADHD, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, and Social Anxiety as bugs in the system—things I had to "overcome" just to run an RPG session.

This season, we’re stopping the drift. I’m moving away from viewing my mental differences as pathology and towards creating an Architecture for Play that fits the way my mind prefers to work. I have stopped trying to 'fix' my brain. I’ve realised my brain isn't broken; it's just a different kind of receiver to the one some people have. I’ve stopped fighting the symptoms that troubled me and started seeing them as features rather than bugs.

I call this 'High-Fidelity' play. The invocation of the Otherworld with as little distortion as possible. Aiming for an experience that feels like something original and real. A true secondary world created with and for my players.

Game on!

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Roleplay Rescue Theme by Jon Cohen from Tale of the Manticore:
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This one's responding to a question about what you tell the players about the Otherworld before they use a Bio Sheet to create a character concept. Answer: give them an Otherworld Skeleton.

Based on Jamison's methodology and drawing on my own approaches to running RPGs, this one gives an example drawing on current work to establish an Open Table fantasy game at the school club.

Thanks to UberGrog for the call-in.

Game on!

Roleplay Rescue Details:

Voice Message:
speakpipe.com/roleplayrescue

Patreon:
patreon.com/rpgrescue

Email:
[email protected]

Blog
roleplayrescue.com

Bluesky Social:
https://bsky.app/profile/ubiquitousrat.bsky.social

Roleplay Rescue Theme by Jon Cohen from Tale of the Manticore:
https://taleofthemanticore.podbean.com/

Logo and artwork by MJ Hiblen:
https://www.patreon.com/MJHiblenART/
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In this episode I lay out where Roleplay Rescue stands after the whirlwind of twenty episodes in Season 16. I dive into my “dark sorcery” experiments with AI—how tools like Lumo, Gemini and Notebook LM have become useful sidekicks for prep, NPC stats, and campaign organisation. Finally, I give listeners a quick roundup of the various tabletop groups you’re shepherding, from GURPS sci‑fi to D&D 5e, and thank the Patreon supporters who keep the hobby alive at the School RPG Club.

Thanks to Alex for the call-in.

Game on!

Roleplay Rescue Details:

Voice Message:
speakpipe.com/roleplayrescue

Patreon:
patreon.com/rpgrescue

Email:
[email protected]

Blog
roleplayrescue.com

Bluesky Social:
https://bsky.app/profile/ubiquitousrat.bsky.social

Roleplay Rescue Theme by Jon Cohen from Tale of the Manticore:
https://taleofthemanticore.podbean.com/

Logo and artwork by MJ Hiblen:
https://www.patreon.com/MJHiblenART/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This one arose from the Karameikos recap last week and explores the way in which in-character as-character roleplay drives the emergent story in the Otherworld.

Included is a reflection on what roleplay is, the approaches to play I've adapted from a couple of major sources, and the practical impact these approaches have on play. I also reflect on how much the player's input to the game is driving the play.

Thanks to my players - Pat, Ryan, Chris, Matt, Derek, and Josh - for the awesome campaign we're enjoying!

Game on!

Roleplay Rescue Details:

Voice Message:
speakpipe.com/roleplayrescue

Patreon:
patreon.com/rpgrescue

Email:
[email protected]

Blog
roleplayrescue.com

Bluesky Social:
https://bsky.app/profile/ubiquitousrat.bsky.social

Roleplay Rescue Theme by Jon Cohen from Tale of the Manticore:
https://taleofthemanticore.podbean.com/

Logo and artwork by MJ Hiblen:
https://www.patreon.com/MJHiblenART/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This one's a bit of an indulgence... responding to Alex's recent call-in asking to hear the story so far in Karameikos, I've cobbled together some words and shared the tale.

It's impossible to do justice to the experience at the table after the fact. I hope it's worth the listen.

Thanks to Alex for the request.
Thanks to my players - Pat, Ryan, Chris, Matt, Derek, and Josh - for the awesome campaign we're enjoying!

Game on!

Roleplay Rescue Details:

Voice Message:
speakpipe.com/roleplayrescue

Patreon:
patreon.com/rpgrescue

Email:
[email protected]

Blog
roleplayrescue.com

Bluesky Social:
https://bsky.app/profile/ubiquitousrat.bsky.social

Roleplay Rescue Theme by Jon Cohen from Tale of the Manticore:
https://taleofthemanticore.podbean.com/

Logo and artwork by MJ Hiblen:
https://www.patreon.com/MJHiblenART/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.