The Distinction Between Board Games And TTRPGs Only Exists In Your Heart Baby

the distinction between board games and TTRPGs only exists in your heart baby

REMEMBER: oh gods, this one will be a bloodbath...

MASTERPOST

This is the one where I start messing up the rules of Fate (or not getting them wrong, exactly, but certainly not making best use of the tools in the toolkit), please don't @ me about it

A body in the back room. A mysterious figure fleeing the scene. What’s a newbie PI to do but give chase?

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COMPERE: @merelymatt

STARRING:

Vikki as Cadence Fairchild, baby-faced P.I.

Ellie as Cam, cinnamon roll newshound

Alexander Pankhurst as Reginald Skinner, infamous corrupt businessman

Helen as Stella Sylvester, woo-woo femme fatale

ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Fate (Condensed)

MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman

the thing is that I don’t entirely disagree with the idea that “parody should arise from a love of the genre” but the more I consider it the more I think it’s reductive. bc like. how are we defining genre? if someone who loves Fantasy in the broad sense despises sword-and-sorcery barbarian-hero types, or the concept of an “adventurer’s guild”, or stories that are about war or stories that aren’t about war or stories that rely too heavily on the assumption that monarchy is fine actually – are they not allowed to take the piss? are they not allowed to say “this is shit and I’m tired of pretending otherwise?”

I think it would be more worthwhile to say that parody should arise from engaging with the genre in good faith. if you make a parody based on a shallow or straight-up incorrect understanding of a work then yeah, obviously it will not be very funny or insightful. if you work to meet things where they are and understand why they are what they are, even if your conclusion is that they suck ass for it, you’re more likely to make something insightful. like. I don’t think Cervantes was out here writing Don Quixote and thinking the whole time “ha ha chivalric romance whips ass actually.”

Another great jam by Alex, who's been doing our theme music since we soft-relaunched with Vigil! He's also an actor and voice artist, and doesn't promote himself enough - podcast people cast him in your productions pls

Up next in Merely Roleplayers:

Falling Cadence

A softboiled noir story in 3 acts, told using the Fate roleplaying game

🎼 Alexander Pankhurst

Do you ever consume a piece of media and are like. This is it. My art needs to get Weirder.