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Nov 1, 2020

Emma and Gil welcome Karen Twelves, whose straddling of the
worlds of gaming and improv led her to write down the guide Improv for
Gamers. What can gaming and improv study from one another?

Content warning: this episode comprises temporary references to
non-consensual touching and racism.

SHOW NOTES

01m16s: AD&D is
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
, the type of D&D most
distinguished within the 80s and 90s.

02m43s: A kinesthetic
learner
is one who learns by means of bodily exercise. We
mentioned kinesthetic studying and video games (amongst different issues) with
Chidi Paige in Ludology
231 – STEAM Engine
.

03m35s: Whose
Line Is It Anyway?
was a British radio present that grew to become a
British tv present that grew to become an American tv present. In
the present, 4 improvisers run by means of a number of short-form improv
video games.

08m25s: The
Harold
is a construction utilized in long-form improv. 

09m31s: Del Close was a elementary determine within the
world of improv, creating many methods and co-writing the
guide Truth in Comedy. Note that Gil misattributed the
identify of the Harold to Close. While Close helped develop and
publicize the approach, improv actor and musician Bill Mathleu is
credited with naming it.

12m33s: Kingmaker
is an Adventure
Path
for the RPG Pathfinder.

12m48s: Most lately, we mentioned failure in video games
with Sen-Foong Lim in our earlier episode, Ludology
236 – Roll With It
.

15m32s: LEEROY JENKINS
(notice specific language in hyperlink)

31m00s: The story RPG Fiasco.
We had designer Jason Morningstar on
Ludology 161 – What’s the Story, Morning Glory?

40m55s: The board video games Karen mentions are Splendor,
Forbidden
Island
, Forbidden
Desert
, and Pandemic.

50m58s: Alex Roberts, designer of
Star
Crossed
and For the
Queen
.

52m50s: The TV present Taskmaster.
Wouldn’t Alex Horne be an amazing Ludology visitor?

58m30s: “No one on this planet ever will get
what they need and that’s stunning/Everyone dies twisted inside
and that’s stunning”

1h01m03s: Burning
Wheel
, Pathfinder, Fiasco, Monsterhearts

1h02m22s: Archipelago

1h12m03s: Then She
Fell
, Sleep No
More

1h12m57s: Gil is referring to Ludology
214 – Escape From Reality
, with Hayley E.R. Cooper and Cameron
Cooper.

1h13m32s: Palace
Games
in San Francisco. Their in-person expertise is
briefly closed for the pandemic, however like many escape rooms,
they’re
at the moment working digital video games
.

1h15m11s: Here’s Karen’s present ongoing Thing
& Thing
Twitter thread.

1h18m18s: Karen’s Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok. Here are her
web sites: improvforgamers.com, karentwelves.com, and dtwelves.com.



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