{"id":108,"date":"2017-08-02T20:12:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T00:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dodecahedroid.com\/blog\/?p=108"},"modified":"2018-04-14T08:05:52","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T12:05:52","slug":"rpgaday-2017-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dodecahedroid.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/02\/rpgaday-2017-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#RPGaDay 2017 – Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This post is a part of the #RPGaDAY series for 2017 by David F. Chapman and RPGBrigade. For more information, see this post at AUTOCRATIK<\/a>. I'm modifying per suggestions from S. John Ross<\/a> as well as applying my own interpretations. Comment with your answers or links to your own posts!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Day 2 - What is an RPG you would like to see published?<\/h1>\n

Much like Day 1, I'll open with the true and unhelpful answer, which is \"all of them.\" This question also needed a dose of interpretation. One part of me thought of it as \"what's an idea for a non-existent RPG that you want to see happen?\" and another part of me thought \"what's an RPG that is in development that you're looking forward to seeing hit the shelves?\" I don't have any particularly strong leanings for the former, as I'm kind of gaming omnivorous in a way. Actually, it's probably fairer to say that I get more excited by games that I didn't know I wanted until I saw them. So that, and the fact that I try to keep an ear to the ground as far as games-in-development go, had me leaning toward the latter interpretation. So what's in development that I would like to see published?<\/p>\n

The title that I've been looking forward to for some time now is\u00a0Pasi\u00f3n de las Pasiones<\/em>, a Powered by the Apocalypse<\/a> hack by Brandon Leon-Gambetta<\/a> about the portrayal of a\u00a0telenovela<\/em>\u00a0(or Spanish soap opera). I had the good fortune to playtest an early version of this game at Metatopia<\/a>, and it was, firstly, a riotously good time. Moreover, the game is particularly interesting to me in a couple ways. One, there are a couple layers of the fiction, insofar as players are portraying a\u00a0telenovela<\/em>, which means they're putting on a show for a fictional audience, but they are also playing\u00a0characters in a\u00a0telenovela<\/em><\/strong>, meaning the in-fiction world is real to the characters. There is\u00a0not<\/strong>, however, a layor for \"actors,\" in the sense that that there is no character awareness of the in-game fiction, but the game itself serves to support the tropes and style of a\u00a0telenovela<\/em> all the same. Things that happen in the fiction that would affect the audience of the show in specific ways carry mechanical weight, and so are important to the players, and that importance to the players helps drive the characters. And who is this fictional audience being affected? The\u00a0very non-fictional audience of other players in the game. It's a very cool mechanism for keeping everybody involved in the fiction, even when they're not part of the scene. Not that the hammy characters and melodramatic plots wouldn't be enough on their own, but it's still a cool aspect of the game.<\/p>\n

Because my experience with this game thus far was with playtesting an early version, my usual caveats apply that the details of the game may of course be different upon publication. Also, this game is probably closer to publication (in a way) than many others I could have named for this answer, in that there will be an ashcan edition available at Metatopia 2017! If hanging with game designers and playtesting the latest hotness is your thing, I can't recommend the con enough. It takes place in November, and as with all Double Exposure<\/a> cons, is held in Morristown, NJ. If you want to check out new contenders for RPGs that\u00a0you<\/strong> would like to see published, definitely come on down and check it out!<\/p>\n

Besides being a game designer, Brandon is co-host of the Stop, Hack, & Roll<\/em><\/a>, a podcast in which he and his co-host James discuss a lot about game design and rules hacking. They have great conversations, and they're a great duo to listen to! If RPG discussion podcasts are a thing, definitely give it a listen. And don't forget to keep an eye out for\u00a0Pasi\u00f3n de las Pasiones<\/em>!<\/p>\n

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