Alternate Timelines: Roleplay in the Quantum Realm
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As a player and designer of Forged in the Dark games I have learned many lessons.
I've learned to flashback and explore the past from a new perspective.
To bare my teeth and present the stakes clearly.
And I have learned to play in alternate dimensions, entertaining the best and worst outcomes simultaneously.
Alternate Timelines is a short essay featuring personal reflections and advice for GMs, players, and Designers. In it I explore the nature of roleplaying games as quantum realities and consider how we might harness this knowledge in order to tell better stories.
Details
- 9 page pdf.
- Approximately 2000 words.
- Inspired by my time with Blades in the Dark.
- Composed and written for 2021's Lesson's From the Dark.
- Plain text available on request.
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Once again Justin offers insightful, intentional advice applicable to Blades and many other games.
The premise of using revision not just in the moment, or as a safety tool, but as a storytelling device is excellent.
I also loved the questions you ask the reader. I’ll have to ponder them for my own projects!
Based on the name, I thought it was a FitD time travel game. I am still happy despite being wrong :)
Super insightful! Great work, as always.