Jim Likes Games: Just Played Session Zero

WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:04.160 Hey everybody. This is what gamers might call session zero of my new project 2 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:07.799 that I'm calling just played. It's going to be an audio diary of my 3 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:11.560 gaming sessions. For anyone who's just tuning in who doesn't Know Me, I'm 4 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:15.439 Jim Crocker and I've been playing tim top RPGs in one former another since the 5 00:00:15.519 --> 00:00:20.760 late s and spent most of my adult life selling them and managing gaming communities. 6 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:24.359 I owned a brick and mortar retail store named modern myths from two thousand 7 00:00:24.399 --> 00:00:28.160 and two through the middle of last year, and now I'm a convention and 8 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:32.840 online vendor of indie RPGs and story games in conjunction with my friends at Indie 9 00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:37.000 press revolution. I've also become active in an online gaming community called the gauntlet, 10 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:41.079 where I run and play a lot of games online, mostly over Google 11 00:00:41.159 --> 00:00:45.520 hangouts, and I'm also a CO founder of indie Games on demand at the 12 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:50.159 origins game fair in Columbus. And that's an operation that's grown from just a 13 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:56.280 handful of US running weird little forge games none understood back nearly a decade ago 14 00:00:56.479 --> 00:01:00.560 to a robust part of the origins program with a couple of dozen volunteer GM's 15 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:04.959 and a schedule of new and classic Indie RPGs that run for the entire show. 16 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:07.319 I'm mostly going to be doing these for me to get me in the 17 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:12.200 habit of doing regular creative work after all those years of retail and maybe providing 18 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:17.760 whatever listeners come along with a digestible overview of a bunch of different games and 19 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:22.599 hopefully some insight into what makes them interesting, at least to me. In 20 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:26.480 each episode I'm going to tell you what I played, when I played it, 21 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:30.000 whether I was a player and or a facilitator, give a modest plot 22 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:34.920 synopsis, including where we started and ended up in the fiction, cover, 23 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:38.760 a notable moment by another player, a notable moment from the GM, even 24 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:42.519 if the GM is me a particularly fun or satisfying thing. I managed to 25 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:46.680 do myself a missed opportunity that I found, with something about after the game 26 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:51.920 and finally, a thing I noticed about the design or play style, either 27 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:55.680 for that session or for the game as a whole. That might be a 28 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:57.959 game design note, a bit of advice, or maybe it'll just be an 29 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:02.879 observation that didn't fit into any of the other categories. This format is not 30 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:07.359 carved in stone. If we find something that works better, it can certainly 31 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:09.919 change. I'm looking forward to hearing feedback, especially from folks who may have 32 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:14.319 played the Games I'm talking about, and if we can make it work, 33 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:17.159 I made you some feedback episodes. If anyone wants a copy of the Google 34 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:23.280 form that I'm using to submit game reports to myself for episode prep, please 35 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:27.680 get in touch with me via twitter at Jim Likes Games, or via my 36 00:02:27.759 --> 00:02:32.120 website, Jim Likes Gamescom, and it's spelled just like it sounds. Special 37 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:38.120 thanks before we launch, to judg Carlmon for his podcast daydreaming about dragons. 38 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:40.280 It was the kick in the pants that I needed to get this going. 39 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:44.120 You should go listen to them talk about our PGS for a few minutes every 40 00:02:44.199 --> 00:02:47.360 Monday and Wednesday if you get the chance. And finally, huge thanks to 41 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:52.199 the gauntlet gaming community, or I'm doing most of my gaming these days, 42 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:55.759 both as a player and as a GM. You can find them online at 43 00:02:55.759 --> 00:03:01.360 Gauntlet rpgcom. Thanks for listening, but now I got to go play