Darkness can be hard to describe beyond telling the players to imagine their characters cannot see anything.
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Highlighting a specific entry from the archives, on 7th March 2021 Ben Jackson-Ellery shared a story summarised as "We've been discussing safety for a while now, and while it pains me to say it, it is likely that at some point, there will be a moment when a game goes somewhere you didn't expect, or you make a mistake about safety. ". It also was tagged with Genre Police.
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The walls are closing in! – or How to wrangle players and puzzles when the time is running out
Sometimes players are gonna overthink things for a multitude of reasons and get stumped by a puzzle in the heat of the moment.
Biohazard Games: Jeff Barber on using RPGs as a lens for modern concerns
Blue Planet was often criticized for having an environmental agenda, and though I always felt that was only one aspect of setting, we are certainly leaning into that intent now as the threats to the Earth’s ecology have become existential.
Genre Police: Storming The Dungeon
Ever notice that the dynamics of your campaign can change?
Genre Police: Player Roles
While it is useful to recognise those skillsets and use them to add extra elements to your game, it is easy to overlook the other skill set that people bring to your table: social roles.
Genre Police: The Resource That Talks
Players are maybe the best hidden resource the Role playing game format has.
Genre Police: Risk assessment
We’ve been discussing safety for a while now, and while it pains me to say it, it is likely that at some point, there will be a moment when a game goes somewhere you didn’t expect, or you make a mistake about safety.
Genre Police: Stay safe
During the conversation, the player said to me ‘you know, looking back, I realise I wasn’t really comfortable with some stuff in the game’. Even though most of it was related to a single players actions, that was hard to hear.
How to handle romance and sexuality in RPGs
Romance and sexuality in RPGs can involve a great deal of OOC emotional investment. Since our PCs’ emotions are key here, we need to be comfortable delving into that territory.
Genre Police: Safety Dance
So what can we conclude about safety tools? They are a necessary element, but they need to come as part of a more holistic approach that involves making the table a safe space for all to play.
