Transparency with Jason Morningstar

Transcript

This week Sam is joined by Jason Morningstar of Bully Pulpit Games, known for Fiasco, Night Witches, and many other excellent games.

Jason brought on transparency, a concept originating in the Nordic larp community, which describes the separation of player knowledge from character knowledge (similar to dramatic irony. We go through a whole library of example games in this one as we talk through genre, safety tools, playing to lose, and the deployment of secrets. Jason’s enthusiasm for this topic is infectious - there’s so much to think about here! If you’re listening and a designer, I’m pumped to hear what shenanigans you find to get up to with transparency in your own games.

Further reading:

The Mixing Desk of LARP

The Golden Cobra Challenge, live now!

The Fool’s Journey

Fiasco second edition

Welcome Guests

Paranoia

Bluebeard’s Bride

Montsegur 1244

Star Crossed

Socials:

Jason on Bluesky and dice.camp.

Bully Pulpit Games and their Patreon.

Sam on Bluesky, Twitter, dice.camp, and itch.

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