
Suspending Disbelief | World Building 1
About this episode
Today's episode is the first in a mini-series on World Building, a topic much too big to cover in a single episode. For this first episode, John and Ian discuss suspension of disbelief, finding the balance between hard and soft world-building, and how TTRPGs as a medium allow players to interview a world’s creator directly.
For additional content to listen to, check out Hello Future Me's video, Hard Worldbuilding vs. Soft Worldbuilding | A Study of Studio Ghibli at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcyrrTud3x4
You can find our Borrowing Brilliance episode, The Seven Baby Steps to Masterful Game Mastering at: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Yy8Mr6bQ6aILrR8aLRave?si=f8f6cdae6da84d92
And finally, for a lengthier discussion on Hard and Soft World Building, you can check out the DM Shower Thoughts episode, Your World as a Character, at: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1gRwXTLFsG4W0CG4hMdKCK?si=hkUvNcw7SdaRTA7_iRLLGw
Dragon Mind is a TTRPG discussion podcast where we look through the infinite lenses of TTRPGs to discover our best selves through gaming.
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