tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post1672628551464134231..comments2024-03-25T22:48:31.750-04:00Comments on Dreams in the Lich House: Critiquing the Dungeon MasterJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031181424520125213noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-86328042299552562142011-08-30T16:11:26.910-04:002011-08-30T16:11:26.910-04:00@Beedo: Oh, OK. Yeah, I'd agree that you can&...@Beedo: Oh, OK. Yeah, I'd agree that you can't learn to DM from a book. I'd also go so far as to say that you can't be a good DM unless you also have experience as a player.<br /><br />If you find any good Old School podcasts, AP or not, do pass them on.Uncle Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15153259977898899885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-61624671366152304722011-08-30T07:21:38.503-04:002011-08-30T07:21:38.503-04:00@Uncle Dark: this post is a mess - you'd thin...@Uncle Dark: this post is a mess - you'd think after blogging for 9 months I'd re-read a post before putting it up there. It's Alexis's position that DMing can't be learned or critiqued without direct experience; I'm all for sharing ideas via the internet and picking up techniques from other DM's.<br /><br />@Kelvin,SirLarkins: That's right, I *have* heard one or two YSDC actual play podcasts that come out on their iTunes feed, but not Orient Express; that might be patrons only these days. I don't think I've ever heard an old school D&D podcast.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18031181424520125213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-43241978023219845912011-08-30T04:22:16.946-04:002011-08-30T04:22:16.946-04:00I wouldn't like to be shouted at in-game. For...I wouldn't like to be shouted at in-game. For one, I'm very bad at taking advice when I didn't ask for it; for two, shouting would surely break any sense of atmosphere or immersion or tension at table. But I do love commentary on my sessions, from people involved or who've watched and listened, and I'm always surprised when people don't have suggestions or recommendations or what-have-you.Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583821960347555993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-88747536649086796952011-08-30T02:45:40.863-04:002011-08-30T02:45:40.863-04:00I was going to suggest the yog-sothoth.com podcast...I was going to suggest the yog-sothoth.com podcasts too, as they're quite well regarded.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-84550972836760555482011-08-30T01:30:07.051-04:002011-08-30T01:30:07.051-04:00"Does anyone have a recommendation for an Act..."Does anyone have a recommendation for an Actual Play podcast that is fairly well recorded?"<br /><br />The Bradford Players from Yog-Sothoth.com have done a series of scenario-based <i>Call of Cthulhu</i> actual play podcasts. They focus on the mega-adventures, but I believe there are some single-session episodes available as well. The recordings from "Horror on the Orient Express" onward are of particularly excellent quality.David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-53494396709620969772011-08-29T22:53:51.530-04:002011-08-29T22:53:51.530-04:00" The starting point for such a discussion mu..." The starting point for such a discussion must necessarily clear the hurdle that there are thousands of games, at thousands of table tops, and no one has any direct experience for comparing one set of techniques to another."<br /><br />What, one only ever plays the same rules, the same modules, with the same players? DMs are never players in someone else's game? No one plays at conventions?<br /><br />Certainly, we can't run games under laboratory conditions, but there are plenty of ways to experience different play styles and compare.Uncle Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15153259977898899885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-29049366958346799312011-08-29T21:53:12.831-04:002011-08-29T21:53:12.831-04:00As a teacher, we all observe each other's clas...As a teacher, we all observe each other's classes during our practicum and critique each other. The sad thing is that once we get out working, no one does it anymore. As you've pointed out, people's fragile egos prevent them from taking criticism or make them feel attacked or vulnerable. Zak's idea of parallel recordings from which insights could be gleaned seems pretty spot on.Tedankhamenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00181643018957592969noreply@blogger.com