I'm writing the player section of my game on the assumption that most players will never read it. (I certainly don't expect players to read the rulebooks of the games I run.) So why have a player section at all? Because I think it helps the game runner to see things through the lens of a player before they run a session, even if opportunities to play before they run it aren't forthcoming. #tabletopDesign #gameRunning #TTRPG

Here's @kensanata going a bit deeper on the #gameRunning practice of punctuating descriptions with explicit options: https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2022-11-22_What_do_you_do%3f

One thing I need to work on, I think, is being explicit about presenting choices as choices. Not just "The doorway opens on a blackness rife with a musty, ancient smell" but also, more to the point, "Do you enter?" Sometimes, leaving the prompts more open ended just seems to slow the pace.
#TTRPG #gameRunning

#introduction Hi, I‘m Heye and I‘m new here. I‘m a player of #ttrpgs and mostly here for the hobby. I’d love to exchange perspectives on #ttrpg, #gameRunning and #tabletopDesign and to admire your creativity. Mostly interested in #osr, #nsr, #indiettrpg related stuff the horror genre. Also interested in archaeology, the outdoors, everything #EastFrisa, jogging. Politics: unredeemable leftie. Music: #Postpunk 🦇, #metal🤘, #Synthwave. My „helmet“ for running #dcc gives me commanding presence!

Thinking of hashtags that could make #TTRPG talk easier to navigate, e.g.:

#sessionReport for what's happening at your table.
#gameRunning for how you GM, DM, referee, whatever.

When combining with other words, I suspect "tabletop" may be easier on screen readers than "TTRPG." So…

#tabletopDesign for talking about making in general.
#tabletopWIP to show what you're working on specifically.
#tabletopSolo for games you play on your own.
#tabletopReading for looking at texts.

Thoughts?