Dice Tales
Essays on Role-playing Games and Storytelling
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Games, Role Playing & Fantasy
| Author: | Marie Brennan | ISBN: | 9781611386844 |
| Publisher: | Book View Cafe | Publication: | July 18, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Marie Brennan |
| ISBN: | 9781611386844 |
| Publisher: | Book View Cafe |
| Publication: | July 18, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Some people play roleplaying-games for the challenge; others play them for the story.
Award-winning fantasy author and freelance game writer Marie Brennan is unabashedly in the latter camp. In these essays she looks at tabletop and live-action RPGs from a narrative perspective, exploring the ways the framework of a game can generate and support (or undermine) your tale.
Whether you are a player or a game master, Dice Tales offers insights on every facet of RPG storytelling, including:
* generating characters with rich narrative potential
* scaling plot as PCs become more powerful
* managing the interaction between rules and roleplay
* campaign planning at different stages
* the social dynamics of collaborative creation
* and more!
Some people play roleplaying-games for the challenge; others play them for the story.
Award-winning fantasy author and freelance game writer Marie Brennan is unabashedly in the latter camp. In these essays she looks at tabletop and live-action RPGs from a narrative perspective, exploring the ways the framework of a game can generate and support (or undermine) your tale.
Whether you are a player or a game master, Dice Tales offers insights on every facet of RPG storytelling, including:
* generating characters with rich narrative potential
* scaling plot as PCs become more powerful
* managing the interaction between rules and roleplay
* campaign planning at different stages
* the social dynamics of collaborative creation
* and more!
