I have added a discussion on running mysteries in ttrpgs to the Calendar for 8/27 at 1500 US Eastern. Sign up is primarily to gauge interest.
This session is a seminar to talk about TTRPG mysteries. I will be leading the discussion, but I may also rope in one or two folks to help with the talk.
This session will be 60-90 minutes, with the back half being left to questions and discuss ideas. Anyone’s welcome to join the seminar. I will post a brief outline of possible topics before the session.We might talk about
- Kinds of mysteries (set, set variable, improv)
- Planning mysteries
- The power of the timeline
- Info management
- Keeping player involvement
- Mysteries and problem solving
- Hard framing
- Characters and authorities
- Genres and mysteries
- Gumshoe approach
- Brindlewood Bay approach
- Different mystery games
This session will be recorded, with a plan to convert it to audio to use for The Gauntlet Podcast. Participants may choose to leave their camera off and stay muted—questions/responses can be done via chat.
This seminar will follow the Community Code of Conduct. If you have questions (or if you want to participate as a speaker) you can message me.
https://gauntlet-hangouts.firebaseapp.com/event-detail/-N9ape0myVVR_ugpYueg