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austinramsaygames · 1 day

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Thinking about Actual Play series and how there are 4 parts that IMO determine if people will want to listen to it.

1. High Concept: this is what the show is about narratively. Setting, plot, characters, themes, all the stuff you'd find in written fiction.

2. Performance: how compelling are the actors involved in the show? Are there suitably funny voices? Do they all have good chemistry? Is there buy in to the High Concept? And so on.

3. Production Quality: Bad mics and poor volume balancing between players can easily take some listeners out of the story. Some of this can be fixed in post, but it's always better to start with the best raw audio you can. That's the baseline stuff but some shows also add music (whether as theme songs or for ambience) and sound effects.

4. The Rules: the most unique part of Actual Play as a format. What rule system are the performers using to inform their performances? The rules place limits on how well the High Concept functions. If you try to tell a story where all the characters are super heroes but you're using Delta Green, there's going to be some friction (which of course could be the basis of the High Concept but absolutely needs to be accounted for).

Different listeners will have different priorities for each of these, and even within them. Really liking one of these aspects within a show may allow a less enjoyable one to get a pass.

For example The Adventure Zone's Balance season is something I listened to every week. I do not give a single shit about D&D actual play and am pretty ambivalent on the High Concept but the audio quality is great and the performances are stellar.

Another example: Friends At The Table's Autumn In Hieron has frequently bad audio quality but the great High Concept of the two diverging parties and the setting, combined with the good performances makes it stand out. Also doesn't hurt that I was interested in Dungeon World.

I don't think I'm saying anything groundbreaking here, but it may be useful for those interested in actual play, fans AND creators, to consider when starting a new show.

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#actual play #actual play podcast #the adventure zone #taz balance #friends at the table #f@tt #autumn in hieron #ttrpg #ttrpg community #my writing

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aglennco · 19 days

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thinkin' clementine thoughts. is she rotting is she melting is she becoming a child's drawing does she stink of dead russian sage

#clementine kesh #palisade #friends at the table #f@tt

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audarcy · 7 months

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do you listen to friends at the table. have you listened to friends at the table. will you listen to friends at the table. when will you listen to friends at the table

#f@tt #friends at the table #friends at the table is like megamind where people will beg and cry for stories that do xyz not knowing that f@tt already did it

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damage-ko · 3 months

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HAPPY SECRET SAMOL EVERYONE! This is my gift to @lie-lichen, their prompt was "Pickman trapped in a coffee shop AU" and it's genuinely one of the best prompts I've ever gotten.

#brain puke #secret samol #friends at the table #fatt #f@tt #sangfielle #pickman #lye lychen #es

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clementineskesh · 5 months

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Literally everyone on this recording has been posting basically nonstop for an hour and they're still recording at the same time this is gonna be so good

#f@tt #counter/weight #Kissinger

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glassgob · 4 months

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[Image ID: Digital illustration of Chime from Counter/Weight. Cass is the focal point, piloting the Megalophile. Surrounding them are pop-ups of the other Chime members doing various tasks on an assumed mission. End ID.]

ringing in the new year. ting 🔔

#friends at the table #counter/weight #f@tt #cassander timaeus berenice #mako trig #aria joie #audy #the chime #ive had this sitting in my wips for a while and then had a random itch to finish #uhm. i cant draw machines :"D #theres probably a million mistakes but im posting anyway. happy new year

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cesiousblue · 4 months

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I had to immediately draw new Thisbe

#friends at the table #integrity #f@tt #palisade #palisade spoilers #I have a lot of feelings about Integrity

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vforvalensa · 5 months

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#I roll with thisbe

#friends at the table #fatt #f@tt #palisade #thisbe #i roll with thisbe

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iamalivenow · 6 months

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i NEED you to listen to this episode intro. please. please. I NEED you to. please.

#PALISADE #friends at the table #fatt #f@tt

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leonstamatis · 3 months

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build a bear has a capybara plushie now. look at it.

do you know what this means. do you.

a marn ancura plushie is within our reach.

#friends at the table #sangfielle #marn ancura #i mean like. DID you know what this means. almost definitely not.#i haven’t talked about sangfielle in a minute here #but it needed to be said. and so I’ve said it.#also p much everything here is also from build a bear except for the hat and the tools which were listed on Amazon #i doubt anyone was wondering but just in case you were #*were #I’m sleepy. gnight.#fatt #f@tt

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thominyourside · 4 months

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#marielda #friends at the table #f@tt #FatT #Hieron

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twinewool · 2 months

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A spiritual companion to Keith spilling wax on himself during a Bluff City recording.

#THAT's my captain!#friends at the table #fatt #f@tt #palisade #audio

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bestfattsong · 2 months

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BEST FATT SONG: FINALS

#fatt #friends at the table #f@tt #bracket #finals #marielda #and a very happy leap day to everyone #Bandcamp

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forgetleighnot · 5 months

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#spring in hieron #seasons of hieron #f@tt #friends at the table #hella varal

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glassgob · 5 months

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[Image ID: Full-body digital illustration of Adaire Ducarte and Hella Varal circa Winter in Hieron. They are bodily facing each other but looking toward the camera. End ID.]

part 1 of my mini series of drawing hieron guys. i still have c/w art in the works but i have GOT to get these guys out of my head and onto paper before i explode

#adaire ducarte #hella varal #friends at the table #f@tt #seasons of hieron #winter in hieron #(just to be specific)#no hella isnt shirtless during wih im sure she has a cloak or something to keep warm #but whats the point of drawing that #once again i havent looked at a single image while drawing these except for that one da vinci painting #its like 55% canonical info 35% how i mentally picture them 10% im gay

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ketraia · 3 months

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my secsam for madetolooklikeus

#praying this doesnt get crunched #f@tt #friends at the table #seasons of hieron #tutor arrell #exarch alyosha #alyarr #secret samol

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