http://shaun.thismoderndeath.com/2008/02/21/are-actual-play-podcasts-useful/ The Gaming Life of a Budding RPG Designer Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:02:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://shaun.thismoderndeath.com/2008/02/21/are-actual-play-podcasts-useful/#comment-2 Doug Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:26:24 +0000 http://shaun.thismoderndeath.com/2008/02/21/are-actual-play-podcasts-useful/#comment-2 Hey, just added you to my own blogroll. Reciprocal back-scratchery and all that. I can say for myself that the only AP recording I've found helpful was of a playtest of my own game, and even then, I only listened to a few parts. I haven't found AP podcasts very interesting - about a half hour through, I realize I'm not listening at all (I usually listen to podcasts while playing WoW or commuting) and switch to something better...what might be useful is a discussion of a game session interspersed with snippets of the actual play to illustrate points, but as you pointed out, I'd had to slog through 5 hours of audio to find the illustrations. Hey, just added you to my own blogroll. Reciprocal back-scratchery and all that. I can say for myself that the only AP recording I’ve found helpful was of a playtest of my own game, and even then, I only listened to a few parts. I haven’t found AP podcasts very interesting - about a half hour through, I realize I’m not listening at all (I usually listen to podcasts while playing WoW or commuting) and switch to something better…what might be useful is a discussion of a game session interspersed with snippets of the actual play to illustrate points, but as you pointed out, I’d had to slog through 5 hours of audio to find the illustrations.

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