The Language of Design | Mastering Game Mastering Lens 6

About this episode

This episode focuses on the Swiftguard TTRPG playtest and provides resources for mastering game design.

Join the Swiftguard TTRPG Playtest with Playtest Packet 3.1:https://drive.google.com/file/d/11XCuMHsuYiC-BGaKSwc9wIrb25P6m0LZ/view?usp=drive_link Download Playtest Adventure 0 at:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MK269NMzNXE_S4d_ccCmIt_VX7yJ5_lZ/view?usp=sharingPlaytest Adventure 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NrZIQsXNOW83SUIr42WtBpFtg9u3ESah/view?usp=sharingPlaytest Adventure 2:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eRpEJIlu_BN-4yXK2lU1gL-IKj2U0ZQt/view?usp=drive_linkBlank Character Sheets:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WLbKuA8otniqi3nw84UbTdXANpfLDfc2/view?usp=sharingSwiftguard Playtest Discord at https://discord.com/invite/YWYHk2rhhWFollow the Dragon Mind Substack at: https://dragonmind.substack.com/

People in this episode

Host: John Tanaka

Topics covered

• TTRPG
• game design
• playtesting
• game mastering
• character sheets

Keywords

• TTRPG
• playtest
• game mastering
• character sheets
• Swiftguard

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Swiftguard, Dragon Mind, Discord, Substack

Places: Google

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