Player Expectations, GM Metagaming, and Specializing your Character

-- Description --

What is the difference between building a character and building a character? What do your players expect out of you - out of your game - and how does it impact how you run? Several callers with several more calls - including a new one; recorded this year and everything! - regarding these questions and more.

Listen on and join the conversation!

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And whatever you do, delve on!

-- Show Notes --

00:00 - Theme

00:30 - The GMologist Presents: World Balance and Overcoming the World

03:50 - Balancing Expectations

06:01 - Redcaps Kevin - Abstract Combat-Fu and Fair Adjudication

08:10 - Metagaming Referee... or Smart Monsters?

10:57 - Metagaming Referee... to benefit the players?

13:24 - Nerd's Variety Jason - the Moose Head!

16:28 - GraveSlugg's Multiple Characters in the Ash Coast

18:59 - Nerd's Variety Jason - Finding a Group

23:10 - J. E. Shields: Min-Maxing, or Specialization?

27:01 - TSR Role Play vs Modern Role Play

28:22 - Min-Maxing: The Quest for Power

32:10 - Outro

-- Links --

The GMologist Presents (Karl) - https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez

⁠The RedCaps (Kevin) - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theredcaps/

Nerd's Variety Podcast (Jason) - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376

J. E. Sheilds -

A Grazing Mace: https://anchor.fm/agrazingmace

JEShields.com: https://jeshields.com/

Mazes in the Mountains:

https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/2022/12/mazes-in-mountains-hex-exploration-as.html