15 December 2023 - Role-Playing Games as Identity Discovery

Today on the show, I discuss role-playing games with Bill Tucker, an experienced improv actor and tabletop role-playing gamer.  Bill and I get philosophical about good and evil, when we can't be the person we want to be, and Darth Vader's poor fashion choices.REFERENCES:Find Bill on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/imbilltuckerSly Flourish - Playing D&D can save your life:  https://slyflourish.com/playing_dnd_can_save_your_life.htmlDungeons & Dragons:  https://dnd.wizards.com/Traveller:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller_(role-playing_game)Shadowdark:  https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/pages/shadowdarkCall of Cthulu:  https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/Gender Identity Today:  https://genderidentitytoday.com/(00:00) - Show opening (00:43) - Introducing Bill Tucker (02:51) - RPGs can save your life (07:03) - Performing for an audience of one (11:38) - What's my motivation? (17:31) - Skin in the game (20:14) - When you don't make the character you want (25:55) - Moving the story forward (29:11) - The big and small stories (33:14) - Accept and build (36:36) - Society hands us roles (42:07) - Playing a role we can't understand (45:56) - Christmas in R'leyh (50:21) - Role-playing the typical human experience (53:36) - Good and bad - what's the diff? (58:36) - Show closing   ★ Support this podcast ★