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Hosted by Jesse Burneko · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 19 episodes
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“The People I Play With” is an interview podcast where I talk one-on-one with people with whom I have recently played a role-playing game. It is not a product review show. In fact I try to keep the specifics of the game to a need-to-know minimum in order to focus on the guest’s insights into their own play process.
Jesse Burneko hosts The People I Play With, a leisure show with 19 episodes published.
In an effort to get an even wider diversity of voices, I’d like to invite you to participate in a project I’m calling “The People You Play With”. In brief, this is an open call to record and submit your own interviews to
In which Eva and I discuss: Thinking outside the group. Personal identification in archetypes. Finding beauty in the horrific. Playing the naive opposition. Thematic similarities across characters. The relationship betwe
In which Bre and I discuss: Connecting with a character you initially didn’t want to play. Doing the unexpected action, because it’s the authentic expression. Coincidental connections between player action and GM prepare
In which Tea and I discuss: Collaborative world building. Tighter scene cutting. Running from a Quickstart. Importing assumptions from similar games. Running NPCs with incomplete backstory. Including the GM in satisfacto
In which James and I discuss: Playing hard out of the gate. Detective games that aren’t mysteries. When detective and killer meet. The mental health of detective characters. Constraining your choices even when the game d
In which Jeff and I discuss: Committing to the premise of a game. Being indecisive in character. Playing the opposite of yourself. In character moral lines. Consequences of past actions coming back. Roads not taken in pl
In which Kyle and I discuss: Using your character to motivate other characters. Maintaining attention during play. Playing a character outside your comfort zone. Creating a character in an open system without archetypes.
In which Greg and I discuss: Bringing fresh ideas to player material Setting up other players for character moments Pace of developing a characters motivation Considering other player characters’ motivations when acting.
In which Sarah and I discuss: Developing a character from game cues. Playing a protagonist that mirrors the antagonist. Self-expression in an open magic system. The morality of child vengeance and recruitment.. Developin
In which Kodi and I discuss: Bringing emotions to the game. Games as safe spaces for bad feelings. Emotionally connecting with your character. RPGs as “therapy” and self-expression. Being emotionally disconnected from ov
Season 2 Is Coming March 10th! Guests Include: Kodi Gonzaga On Ten Candles Sarah ChristianScher On Broken Tales Greg Hellings On Fantasy For Real Kyle Wolfe On Story Engine Jeff Jones On Sorcerer James Ritter On The Hour
In which Christian and I discuss: The joy of adding incidental details. Finding the salient detail of scene vs playing toward one. Formulating alternative consequences for conflicts. The power of restricting conversation
In which Dawn and I discuss: The value of playing in familiar locations. Playing fantasy selves. Navigating NPC social pressure. Forming meaningful connections between PCs and NPCs. Assuming responsibility for your chara
In which Adam and I discuss: Vibing with other players. Fighting contrarian impulses in play. Aggressively casual creative prompts. The value of time flow interruptions. Backdoor GMing a GMless game. Deliberate vs. infor
In which Bre and I discuss: Playing from the hip. Player agency within moments of fictional loss of agency. Seizing a course of action and seeing it through. Finding symbolic resolutions. Seeking justice in supernatural
In which Shaun and I discuss: Coping with failure in investigation scenarios. Trust in play. Playing a physically disabled character. Portraying a corrupt character. The politics of the advancement system. Constructing h
In which James and I discuss: The professional and private life of a replicant blade runner. Pushing beyond your limits for the job. The complexity of interrogation scenes. The politics of blade running. Adjudicating bey
In which Sarah and I discuss: Developing scenarios from a minimal premise. Creating personality profiles for background characters. Managing colorful characters in a chaotic situation. Resolving uncertainty outside the r
A short introduction to the upcoming podcast: The People I Play With. Music “The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento Thanks To My Patreon Supporters: Michael S. Miller Vincent Baker Ralph Lend Your Support Pa
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The People I Play With is hosted by Jesse Burneko. The show is categorised under leisure (games) and has published 19 episodes.
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