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Dr. Ben discusses Boleslavski's Acting the First Lessons for ttrpgs Part 1 (Episode #180). #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!! 😊 Description In 1933, acting teacher Richard Boleslavski published Acting: The First Six Lessons, a practical curriculum for what it actually takes to be present in a scene. Ninety years later, it might be the most useful book nobody in the TTRPG hobby is reading. In part one of this two-part series, we apply the first three lessons, Concentration, Memory of Emotion, and Dramatic Action, to the table through the lens of players, GMs, and designers. Because the passive player, the emotionally flat scene, and the combat encounter that felt like nothing are all diagnosable problems. And Boleslavski already wrote the fix. Part two covers Characterization, Observation, and Rhythm, with a full step-by-step guide and pitfalls breakdown. Tags TTRPG, tabletop RPG, RPG theory, game master tips, GM advice, player tips, roleplaying tips, acting techniques, Boleslavski, Stanislavski, dramatic action, character roleplay, immersion, TTRPG design, game design theory, RPG PHD, how to roleplay, how to GM, D&D tips, dungeon master tips, TTRPGs and theatre, roleplaying games, player engagement, RPG psychology, scene work, concentration, memory of emotion, character depth, NPC design, encounter design, interdisciplinary RPG --------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 01:33 Who Was Boleslavski? 03:03 Lesson One: Concentration 07:38 Lesson Two: Memory of Emotion 13:36 Lesson Three: Dramatic Action 21:03 Thoughts? -------------------------------------------- Works Cited Boleslavski, Richard. Acting: The First Six Lessons. Theatre Arts Books, 1933. Chekhov, Michael. To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting. Harper & Brothers, 1953. Harper, John. Blades in the Dark. Evil Hat Productions / One Seven Design, 2017. Härenstam, Tomas, et al. Forbidden Lands. Free League Publishing, 2018. Laws, Robin. The GUMSHOE System. Pelgrane Press, 2007. Stanislavski, Constantin. An Actor Prepares. Trans. Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood. Geoffrey Bles, 1936. Tomkin, Shawn. Ironsworn. Tomkin Press, 2018. 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