Rp_ok: Gaming, Storytelling, Tabletop

Narrative Structure and The Quiet Year. We recorded this episode the day before Fallout 4 was released, and Zack, understandably, is nearly melting down. We talk about Buried Without Ceremony's The Quiet Year, a fantastic quick-start game that lets you build a story and a future for a post-apocalyptic community with a paper, playing cards, a few dice, and an $8 PDF, all in just a few hours. We also discuss narrative structure -- the ways in which being open-world, on-rails, or level-by-level changes the way in which a video game's story is told and its world is built. We might even make it through the show without bringing up Mass Effect -- you'll have to listen to find out! Discussed today: The Quiet Year, Buried Without Ceremony http://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year/ Hosts Ben Lee Chris Loe Zack McQueen Editor / Producer Ben Lee Executive Producers Mike Fatum Jarys Maragopoulos Logo Design Sarah Wiener (sarahwiener-art.com) Theme "Crunk Knight", Kevin MacLeod (inc