Episode 408 – three facets of GMing




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Summary: * (0:33) <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345">Moon</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343727/">Dredd</a>, and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Batman-Superman-Ultimate-Theatrical-UltraViolet/dp/B01DEBC7Q6">Batman v Superman Ultimate Edition</a>.<br> * (8:25) Dan comes up with one nice thing to say about the movie, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440129/">Battleship</a>. Also, they’re <a href="https://twitter.com/danrepperger/status/617109646814265345">voxels</a>, not <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2120120/">pixels</a>.<br> * (12:58) Chad recommends <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050976/">The Seventh Seal</a>.<br> * (14:15) Dan’s Gnollsona days are to be in their peak soon.<br> * (15:30) All the things worse than gamer categories. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair">The Sokal affair</a> and other uses of world salad.<br> * (18:59) The three facets of GMing, starting with the adversarial.<br> * (21:56) The confederate.<br> * (28:29) The middle ground: the adjudicator.<br> * (33:56) Pat’s special dice. Labels are better at describing a moment than the GM.<br> * (36:29) Chad hates the Myers-Briggs test. Dan hates the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, though it isn’t mentioned in the show.<br> Hosts: Chad, Dan, Pat<br>