Tips to the Mapping Referee and Other Calls

 -- Description -- Mapping! An essential part of the OSR experience - by request, how do I - as a referee or game master - how do I describe rooms and hallways in an in-person or Theater of the Mind game so as to empower the mapper? Starting off with a handful of call ins - starting with crispy burned goblins and working our way through to tactics and reading the rules: listen on for my answer - how this referee handles corridor and room descriptions. Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog: https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/ Want to get in on the conversation? Hit me up on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/message ...or come hang out with the gang on Discord: https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn And whatever you do, delve on!  -- Show Notes -- 00:00 - Alchemist's Fired Goblins 00:20 - Theme 00:50 - Confirmation that at Least One Story is True 01:13 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Party v Monster Tactics 05:05 - Evil Jeff: Reading (and Re-Reading) Rules 11:12 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Edition Muddle 14:27 - Jeshields: Table Manners 17:43 - Jeshields: Multiple Games or Ongoing Campaign? 22:15 - Main Topic: Mapping from the Other Side of the Screen 30:41 - Outro  -- Links -- Nerd's Variety Podcast (Jason): https://anchor.fm/jason376 Minions & Musings (Evil/Old Jeff): https://anchor.fm/eviljeff J.E. Shields: A Grazing Mace: https://anchor.fm/agrazingmace JEShields.com: https://jeshields.com/