Hosts: John Kelly, Todd, Timo, Lexx, Scott
In which we discuss our facial hair. Scott is big in China and loves the North. Lexx doesn’t know geography. Todd went to a wedding. JohnKelly is moving. Scott and his gravy-tas. JohnKelly is balding ugly. Timo has been doing martial arts (badly) as long as JohnKelly has been alive. Speaking of gravy, rape, White Fence Farm, Gale Street Inn and gumming the bones. (3:20)
Main Topic: playing by the rules vs playing by feel (11:10)
First edition AD&D was very narrow (12:55)
JohnKelly’s theater as an example. (14:30)
Cars and motorcycles (15:50)
Autership of games: (18:00)
AD&D First ed in historical perspective (19:45)
How do you know you’re playing as intended: the Forge, Dust Devils and Ron Edwards (21:00)
The intent of L5R (22:30)
When the designers stated goal isn’t reflected in the mechanics (23:30)
Trust in the author (24:45)
Tweaking a game you’re very familiar with. (28:12)
Creative agenda and how dissonance makes people want to homebrew (29:50)
JP says: you don’t have to switch games because you want to explore. (31:05)
Consumption is creative (33:20)
What do you do when you pick up a game? (35:30)
JohnKelly: is a waste of skin and has nothing to say about Alpha Omega (35:55)
Scott: Character development and stories. More specifically, buzzwords. (38:30)
Lexx: Setting above all. (40:20)
World creation can very different between games (My life with master is ok, In a wicked age is not) (42:45)
Timo: The rules and what they are trying to do. Fluff comes from play. (45:40)
Rules shouldn’t try to be too “real.” Lexx disagrees. (47:25)
Todd: Can this game actualise my idea (can I make Elle Woods?) (48:15)
Finding the right game in which to run a game (50:15)
Fudging the rules to keep the story going (54:20)
Unhallowed metropolis: the rules are burdensome (56:15)
Fluff to disguise the mechanics (57:45)
Different types of zombies (58:45)
Rants (1:00:35)
JohnKelly: Wil Wheaton please pimp us out.
Todd: 30,000 feet, and no one’s worried?
Timo: Meatmarket the game.
Lexx: RPGA has taught me how to love gaming again.
Scott: Dark Sun almost made me buy
Once again, JohnKelly really isn’t funny. This time he admitted it (1:09:25)
You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 under the creative commons license. You can find out more about us at jankcast.com. All the music in the show is from the song, “Jank is a Dork Word” written and recorded by Todd and is used with his permission. You can send comments and feedback to feedback@jankcast.com Again, we are sponsored by Chicagoland Games, and this is JOHNKELLY reminding you to support your local gaming store. Now go out and roll some dice.
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It should be noted that the Megan referred to in the intro is not me, but actually Lexx’s wife, who also happens to be named Megan.
Also, you need a chick to class the joint up. I’ll be back next week.
Hah. now that is a funny mixup, if it confused anybody.
Holy crap. Macbeth takes place in Scotland. That’s why I’m a sociologist. John Kelly has no excuse.
Perhaps he was thinking Hamlet?
They definitely need you back Megan, if for no other reason than to police any excessive facial hair talk.
Mixing up Hamlet and Macbeth when you are a theater major is a major sin. When you’re a sociologist, less so.
It does, however, suggest that Scott’s proposed Shakespeare playset for Fiasco would not only be entertaining, but educational too.