Master Plan

Ryan returns from nearly a month off to talk about a topic he's very passionate about: Emergent Play (or Emergent Behavior in Play). That is play that emerges from the people engaging and interactive with the text, but isn't a direct result of the instructions of the text. He goes into some examples to illustrate the idea from different vantage points: the board game Diplomacy, Call of Cthulhu, Paul Tevis' A Penny For My Thoughts, his own Know Thyself, and Beast Hunters. While he only scratched the surface, he looks forward to returning to this topic again. Mentions: A Penny For My Thoughts by Paul Tevis (link to Master Mines site) Know Thyself by Ryan Macklin Beast Hunters by Berengad Games Call of Cthulhu by Chaosium, Inc. Diplomacy by Avalon Hill The Domino Challenge post on Story Games Endgame Master Mines Canon Puncture podcast The Voice of the Revolution podcast Running time: 24:58 / File size: 17.1 MB Discuss this episode on the forums: http://www.hmfy.com/masterplan/forum/comments.php?Discussion