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Using political science to explore how politics works—rigorous, respectful, and free from partisan flame wars. This is a place for learning.
A guild for role-playing gamers learning to bring dramatic, unforgettable stories to life at the table.
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22 contributions to Role-playing Explorer’s Club
9d •
Holidays coming
What's your favourite part of the holiday season, if any? I love the Swedish meatballs - yes, they're a tradition in our house. Home-made, of course!
Aug 15 •
Introductions!
Hi there everyone! I've played role-playing games since the mid-1980s. Since I grew up in Sweden, I started with Dragonbane, not DnD, so that's a bit unique compared to most North Americans, I guess. I love myself a good story, the thrill of the dice delivering that completely unexpected outcome, and the golden moments we get from amazing role-playing and gut-wrenching drama at the table! I took the Bartle-test and I'm a SEAK! What are you? Take the Bartle Test
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@Nadia Marouf Welcome! I love myself Nordic LARP...probably because I grew up over there! But it's not off-topic, because I think there are a lot of techniques from Nordic Larp that can be used at the rpg-table as well! Like Playing to Lose, and Playing to Lift, for example!
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@Nadia Marouf For sure! I use Play to Lose and Play to Lift all the time when GMing. It's great for creating dramatic situations for the PCs. Right now, I mostly play Vampire: the Masquerade and Delta Green, with a dash of Mutant: Year Zero thrown in.
14d •
GM/Player brain exercise time 🎬
Describe a scene you’ve seen a million times in TTRPGs:– The tavern meeting– The villain monologue– The tragic goodbye– The interrogation 👉 What’s ONE simple change (framing, stakes, POV, timing, NPC reaction) that would make it actually land emotionally?
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Oct 1 •
Invincible Superhero Role-playing?
Ok, I have not watched the show or read the books, but if Free League is doing the RPG, we know it's gonna be good, cuz practically everything they design is amazing. Do you have any experience of this setting? Give me the lowdown! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/invincible-the-roleplaying-game
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@Jason Lee I've now played the quickstart! I loved it! Plays very fast, easy to learn, very nice simulation of superhero-style fights. Lots of scenery broken, several characters bunched, a couple of wounded, but nothing they couldn't just shake off in the next scene by resting a bit.
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@Jason Lee I'd def recommend it! It's still in development.
22d •
GM Toolbox Swap
What’s one small technique that’s made your scenes more cinematic or immersive? I try to set the scene invoking as many senses as I can remember, and make sure that NPCs have clear motivations so that they can react plausibly to what is unfolding.
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@mikael-hellstrom-4912
PhD in Political Science. Taught undergrad courses in multiple fields. Sharing ideas with the world via Professor Hellstrom.
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Joined Aug 15, 2025
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