RPG Master Class

Currently Playing: Why Magic Exists: The Heart of Worldbuilding, Gamemastering, & Design in TTRPGs

Dr. Ben discusses the philosophy of designing magic in worldbuilding, gamemastering and design in TTRPGs. (Episode #144). #dnd #pathfinder #ttrpg #wfrp Website https://rpgphd.com/ RPG PHD swag!!! https://rpg-phd.myspreadshop.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089593636905 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rpg_phd/ Bluesky @rpg-phd.bsky.social Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=87730462&view_as=patron --------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 00:56 Purpose of Magic 10:44 Narrative & Dramatic Function 18:50 Worldbuilding Implications 24:42 Mechanics & System Design 32:25 Table Dynamics 36:05 Thoughts? --------------------------------------------- Brook, Peter. The Empty Space. Penguin Books, 1968. Juul, Jesper. Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds. MIT Press, 2005. Laws, Robin D. Hamlet’s Hit Points. Gameplaywright, 2010. Mar, Raymond A., and Keith Oatley. “The Function of Fiction Is the Abstraction and Simulation of Social Experience.” Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol. 12, no. 11, 2008, pp. 561–566. Sanderson, Brandon. “Sanderson’s Laws of Magic.” BrandonSanderson.com, 2007–2013. Sicart, Miguel. Play Matters. MIT Press, 2014. Turner, Victor. The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure. Aldine Transaction, 1969. Music and Sounds: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/Erdns8jA3D/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/MRyCi54t7M/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/AQBpWzOsID/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/yCvSWOBYUe/ Music: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/c0X3Z8H8uZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/yCvSWOBYUe/ Music: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/bWHPOsoaql/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/uDAHxg3lIS/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/e3mQvva1kZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/e3mQvva1kZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/e3mQvva1kZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/2dLRmfzdA5/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/jrNZjxJQqZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/c0X3Z8H8uZ/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/8c51eca6-dbb5-4925-b4ec-7ee51630322e