Narrative Control

Welcome back to Narrative Control, season 3. This season we’re taking calls from listeners and offering up what advice we can about their gaming conundrums. This week we talked to Joe Harney about hacking settings from one game into the system of another’s. In this case we focus on Gordian Knot of Settings: ShadowrunHosts: Sean Nittner and Lenny BalseraGuest Caller: Joseph HarneyLength: 45:07 Show Notes [00:25] Intro to the show – Hacking settings to systems.[00:55] Joe starts the call. Used to run Shadowrun, but the system doesn’t do what I want it to do.[02:36] What isn’t the existing system doing? - Discuss[03:41] Are you interested in changing or emphasizing parts of the setting as well? – Discuss[05:11] First suggestion – Prime Time Adventures for interpersonal drama.[06:33] Discussion – PTA will not provide the level of crunch some players are looking for.[07:14] Tangible advice – Pick a system that allows you to identify: X is important -> assigned to Y mechanic.[07:35] One system that does this well: