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The Plot Thickens: A Journey of Power Struggle and Intrigue

Explore the world of power struggle and intricate plot twists in this immersive game inspired by the works of Gareth-Michael Skarka and Ron Edwards. Navigate through challenges, paralysis, and sprawling landscapes to emerge victorious. Experiment with iterative solutions and intuitive continuity to maintain control and keep players engaged. No dead time or guessing here; prepare for a thrilling experience filled with surprises and opportunities for storytelling. Unleash your creativity and strategic thinking as you delve into a world of mystery and suspense.

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The Plot Thickens: A Journey of Power Struggle and Intrigue

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  1. The Plot Thickens Ron Edwards / Adept Play

  2. Getting somewhere, anywhere • Full script • Doesn’t survive the enemy • Power struggle • White space • Paralysis • Sprawl • Power struggle

  3. Iterative solutions • Intuitive Continuity • Ref: Gareth-Michael Skarka, early 1990s • No preparation, maintain control • Bangs • Ref: Ron Edwards,1996 • Hard preparation, no control • Both produce plot in play • No overlap

  4. Intuitive Continuity • In control (not prepared) • Players can’t ruin it; no dead time or guessing • The benefit of full scripting • Variations in initial certainties • Genre conventions only • Clue/fight two-step • Specific adversary

  5. Bangs • Prepared (not in control) • Proactivity • Opportunity • Reactivity • Variation in improvised content • None • Enriched/inked • Majority

  6. Breakout groups • GM distribution • The Pitch • Knowledge • Ceded behavior • Outcomes

  7. Group work • Confirm your collective understanding of the topic • The range of play-and-design possibilities • Each person names one game title • Identifies its position in the available categories • Identifies the strong emotion they feel about that title • The group (back of the card) • Organizes the titles in any groups or separations which make sense

  8. effort and effects • Investment • Attention, contribution, declaration, suggestion • Utilizing physical, descriptive, and quantitative instruments • Determining, discovering, and confronting • Information • Action

  9. Hard questions • Diversity of technique • How many of our variations are trivial? • Gromit in hiding • Visible investment • How much of it matters? • Skinning, fanfic (broadly defined)

  10. Hunting sacred cows • They’re everywhere • Role-playing identity clubhouses mean nothing • So indie • Fate, Powered by the Apocalypse • So old school • The mythical sandbox

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