Talking Romance
About this episode
The episode explores the themes of romance in tabletop role-playing games, discussing various aspects such as mechanics, emotional connections, and community experiences.
Love, lust, friendship, strong attachment-- the emotional beats which support drama and play. In this community talk, we consider romance in TTRPGs: running it, playing it, planning it. Drawing on experiences we explore break ups, cool mechanics, the line between system and play, objects of affection, good romance GM moves, and more. This is part of our Open Hearth series of community RPG talks. Selected Links Eyes on the Prize Girl by Moonlight Thirsty Sword Lesbians Apocalypse Keys Star Crossed Good Society Masks Urban Shadows Pasión de las Pasiones Escape from Dino Island Apocalypse World 3e Hearts of Wulin DIE Rpg Image mentioned during talk Help Rae Recover Links Support or donate at https://patreon.com/swordqueengames or https://ko-fi.com/matthewarcilla Find out more about the Open Hearth Gaming Community Support us on Patreon! Our actual play podcast can be found here Follow us on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg Mastodon: @openhearthrpg@dice.camp
People in this episode
Host: Open Hearth Gaming Community
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Apocalypse Keys, Star Crossed, Good Society, Masks, Urban Shadows, Pasión de las Pasiones, Escape from Dino Island, Apocalypse World 3e, Hearts of Wulin
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