Playbooks and Communication with Moe Poplar

Transcript

What's the deal with Playbooks? That's a question that's way too big for one episode. But Moe Poplar, of the RPG Academy podcast Show & Tell, had a very particular effect of playbooks that he wanted to talk about on the show today: how playbook choice can be a line of communication between players, GM, and designer.

This is one of those episodes that's as much play advice as it is about design. I should do more of those.

Further Reading:

Monster of the Week

Blades in the Dark

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Moe’s website, including his games.

Moe’s podcast via The RPG Academy, Show & Tell

Sam on Bluesky and itch.

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