Episode Details

Book club episode! We discuss Draw Steel by MCDM. Read more here. 

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Discussion Questions

1. What do you think of Draw Steel?
2. What do you think of the GM being called a Director? What differences does the evoke from simply the GM? Does it sound cooler than just Gamemaster?
3. What do you think about the idea that Mothership and Draw Steel have a different ideology about what rules do? Do you think Apocalypse World has a different view from Draw Steel?
4. Do you think a GM of Draw Steel is a game designer in a way that a GM of Apocalypse World isn't?
5. As a GM, do you have a way of "making time matter" without using mechanics? Are you able to do with just narrative or fiction?
6. Do you think there's a (theoretical) recurring tension between heroic game and the idea of a more political game?

The music used for this show is by Nihilore and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. The opening track is So Does Hope and the closing track is Something Beautiful Is Going To Happen.

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