Embodiment with Kate Hill

Transcripts available at diceexploder.com In a lot of tabletop rpgs, to do something in the fictional world, we engage with abstraction: to pick someone’s pocket, we describe picking their pocket, or we roll a die to see how well we pick it. But in larp, sometimes the action is the action. I pick your pocket... by picking your pocket. This embodiment of play, where my real life actions equal my fictional character's actions, might be what many people understand as the core difference between larp and tabletop games. Today, Kate Hill and I get into the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful of embodied play. Further Reading Playing to Lift, Not Just to Lose by Susanne Vejdemo Bluebeard’s Bride New World Magischola Chasing Bleed – An American Fantasy Larper at Wizard School by Tara M. Clapper Golden Cobra Challenge Find Larp Shack on Facebook! Two Hand Path and the Dice Exploder episode about it Ad Links We Three Shall Meet Again by Sam Dunnewold Socials Kate on Bluesky. Kate’s actual play Path of Glory on twitch. Sam on Bluesky and itch. The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.com Our logo was designed by sporgory, our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey. Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!