{"id":407,"date":"2011-07-08T16:58:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T21:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=407"},"modified":"2011-07-08T16:58:01","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T21:58:01","slug":"rppr-episode-59-bildungsroman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2011\/07\/podcast-episode\/rppr-episode-59-bildungsroman\/","title":{"rendered":"RPPR Episode 59: Bildungsroman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sWsYDl-sCrQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zombiesoftheworld.com\/store\/\">Zombies of the World is now available in print, PDF<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Zombies-of-the-World-ebook\/dp\/B005A1J6TA\/\">Kindle format! <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ennie-awards.com\/blog\/?page_id=2156\">My book, Road Trip, has been nominated for an Ennie!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bildungsroman\">Bildungsroman <\/a>is a fancy way of describing the &#8216;youth to adulthood&#8217; genre &#8211; stories like &#8220;to Kill a Mockingbird&#8221; where the character grows from a child to become an adult or closer to an adult. Role playing games are often like these stories &#8211; characters grow from being relatively weak and naive to eventually becoming epic badasses of destiny. However, many game systems do not encourage character growth &#8211; advancement is slow, ponderous and mechanically difficult. Furthermore, most campaigns are relatively short &#8211; interrupted or abandoned for myriad reasons. If you want players to grow at a faster pace, what should you do? How is mechanical growth different from role playing growth? Tom and I discuss these issues and more. Plus, instead of a letter, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpg.net\/reviews\/archive\/14\/14567.phtml\">Tom and I read an excerpt from the infamous rpg.net review of FATAL. It&#8217;s definitely NSFW.<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Shout outs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0001Z3ILM\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=rolplapubrad-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=B0001Z3ILM\"><strong>Attack the Gas Station 1<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Attack-Gas-Station-2-DVD\/dp\/B004YHK39I\">2<\/a>: Hilariously insane Korean comedies.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Eliminators-VHS-Andrew-Prine\/dp\/6301805534\">The Eliminators:<\/a><\/strong> An action sci-fi movie with ninjas, mandroids, cavemen, robots and time travel. Follows the conventions of RPGs coincidentally enough.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ugly-Americans-1-Natasha-Leggero\/dp\/B003SLEDL0\"><strong>Ugly Americans<\/strong>:<\/a> an animated sitcom about monsters and normal people living together.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.killingfloorthegame.com\/summer\/\"><strong>Killing Floor:<\/strong><\/a> Steampunk\/circus summer event going on right now! Monkeys with chainsaws!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/summersale\/prizebooth\/\"><strong>Steam Summer Sale:<\/strong> <\/a>only a few days left!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004H2IMSO\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=rolplapubrad-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=B004H2IMSO\"><strong>The Man From Nowhere<\/strong><\/a>: Intense Korean action\/thriller. Do not fuck with the pawnshop owner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadlantern.com\/\">Promo: Explodey File podcast.\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adamboucher.com\/\">Song: Growing up and Getting out by Adam Boucher. <\/a><\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"RPPR Episode 59: Bildungsroman\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2011-07-08T16:58:01-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H13M08S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\r\n\r\nZombies of the World is now available in print, PDF and Kindle format! \r\n\r\nMy book, Road Trip, has been nominated for an Ennie!\r\n\r\nSynopsis: Bildungsroman is a fancy way of describing the &#039;youth to adulthood&#039; genre - stories like &quot;to Kill a Mocki...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/rppr\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/podcasts\/RPPR_Episode59.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"50.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2993\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-407-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/rppr\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/podcasts\/RPPR_Episode59.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/rppr\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/podcasts\/RPPR_Episode59.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/rppr\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/podcasts\/RPPR_Episode59.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/rppr\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/podcasts\/RPPR_Episode59.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?powerpress_pinw=407-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/rppr\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/podcasts\/RPPR_Episode59.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"RPPR_Episode59.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:13:08 &#8212; 50.3MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zombies of the World is now available in print, PDF and Kindle format! 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