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Plot Points

Plot Points has been discussing role-playing games as literature since 2013. The podcast takes a deep dive on the influences, origins, joys, and meaning of tabletop role-playing games. The Plot Points gang talks about new releases, old gems, and speaks with the most influential and exciting creators in the tabletop role-playing game space. 

Find a cool new game, discover a strategy for your home group, or learn a fresh take on the theory of role-playing.

Dec 9, 2016

Ben talks about using Microscope to build a steampunk fantasy world, and Call of Cthulhu for Beginners, which is a Dr. Seuss retelling of Lovecraft's most famous work.

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Dec 1, 2016

The gang checks out a gem from the early aughts from Fantasy Flight, Fireborn! It's a game where you play a reincarnated dragon living in a London where magic is coming alive again. 

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Nov 17, 2016

Ben has been running two Dracula Dossier campaigns over the last 14 months, and one of them just ended! He reflects on what he would have done differently, and advice he would give to other GMs running the campaign. 

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Nov 10, 2016

The gang take  a look at TimeWatch, the amazing game of time travel and pulp action from Pelgrane Press. 

We have all three of us back at the helm this week, and even have some much-teased good news! 

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Nov 3, 2016

In a quickfire solo episode, Ben talks about The Lone Wolf Adventure Game, which he maintains may be the best beginner product on the market! He also discusses a wide-ranging article by Monica Vallentinelli in which she discusses feeling geek stigma. 

 

You can find The Lone Wolf Adventure Game here!