HJRP S33E09 | Messages in Game Design, Handling X-Card Moments, & the Rule of Cool is Bad (?)

◇ Topic: Playing games with societal or political messages embedded in their design, a new GM wants advice on how to handle x-card moments, Steffie from Scotland says the Rule of Cool is bad | Hosts: Kimi, Pooja, & Alex ◇ 00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary |  01:19 – Announcements: OrcCon in February 16th-19th! We will be doing a live show on Saturday night. (strategicon.net) | Next Discord Game Daze will be in March! (happyjacks.org/discord) | 02:43 – Indie Designer of the Month: Chris Gray (sunderedhold.com)| 04:03 – Topic: Playing games with societal or political messages embedded in their design| 1: 24:26 – A new GM wants advice on how to handle x-card moments | 2: 55:51 – Steffie from Scotland says the Rule of Cool is bad | 1:28:34 – Episode Closing | 01:29:41 – Song: “Drink ’til I Die” by The Poxy Boggards (poxyboggards.com) | ◇ Email [email protected] to send in your own topic or question for the show! ◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co ◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time. ◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg Ⓒ2023 Happy Jacks RPG Network www.happyjacks.org