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Dr. Ben discusses Keith Johnstone's Principles for ttrps (Episode #185). #dnd #pathfinder #ttrpg #wfrp Website https://rpgphd.com/ Discord https://discord.gg/e49rJVQCwW 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 Special thanks to Evelina for the thumbnail template, much appreciated!! 😊 In this video: status transactions and why a beggar can out-menace a king, blocking versus accepting and why the railroad is a block in the exact technical sense Johnstone used the word, spontaneity over cleverness and why over-prepared GMs get boring GMs, reincorporation and the habit that makes an improvised session feel planned from session one, and Johnstone's no-blame philosophy for why players go quiet at your table. Keith Johnstone, Impro, status transactions, TTRPG GM advice, how to GM, improv for tabletop games, blocking and accepting, yes and, railroading, dungeon master tips, GM tips, tabletop roleplaying, Dungeons and Dragons GM advice, spontaneity in improv, reincorporation, no blame improv, RPG theory, game master theory, NPC acting, playing status, endowment acting technique, RPGPHD --------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 01:18 Status Transactions 07:28 Accepting Offers 12:04 Spontaneity Over Cleverness 14:57 Narrative Skills & Reincorporation 18:45 Pitfalls 20:55 Step by Step Guide 23:17 Thoughts -------------------------------------------- Works Cited Johnstone, Keith. Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre. London: Faber and Faber, 1979. Johnstone, Keith. Impro for Storytellers. London: Faber and Faber, 1998. 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