![]() Take The Lord of the Rings series - the original books or the amazing Peter Jackson movies and absolutely no other f$&%ing thing bearing that name - take The Lord of the Rings, for example. Why dumba$&? Because Save the World campaigns aren’t always about saving the world and they’re probably better called Heroic Quest campaigns.Īn STW campaign focuses mainly - but not necessarily exclusively - on a single goal - usually, the resolution of a single, major conflict - and the stakes are usually really high. Save the World is a dumba$& name for a particular style of tabletop roleplaying game campaign. There was Hironobu Sakaguchi - the Final Fantasy guy - and Yuji Hori - the Dragon Quest guy - and Akira Toriyama - the other Dragon Quest guy and also the Dragon Ball Z guy. Because the development team - nicknamed the Dream Team - comprised the biggest names in the Japanese roleplaying video game industry, not just Square Co. for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, but that’s a misleading statement. It was developed and published in 1995 by Square Co., Ltd. Play the Chrono, Save the WorldĬhrono Trigger is one of the best roleplaying video games ever made. You see, one thing I especially love to do is to play a video game critically and analytically - it’s okay when I do it and I never analyze a video game on my first date with it - and then isolate valuable lessons I can take to my TTRPG game sessions. I can prove these claims, but I don’t wanna and I’ve got better stuff to write. Don’t skip playing them and read plot summaries. Don’t play them critically or analytically. ![]() Any video games.Īnd I mean just play video games. Forget books, forget movies and streaming shows - especially movies and shows produced after 2010 those will make you a worse GM - just play video games. ![]() And if you want to be a great GM, there’s no better media to immerse yourself in than video games. ![]() I also love video games because they make me a better GM. And not just because they provide me with fun, immersive gameplay experiences without five mouth-breathing morons on hand to f$&% up my fun. To facilitate that, please note this article will be republished on January 2 to push it back onto the front page and remind all of you who took my advice to heart to go back and read it.Īngry Note 2: The winners of the Chrono Trigger giveaway have been selected. I’m also going to offer to buy you a copy of Chrono Trigger, provided you’ve never played it and promise not to read this article until you do. Angry Note: Below, I’m going to encourage you to stop reading this article and to play Chrono Trigger yourself before proceeding. ![]()
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