Narrative Control

This week on Narrative Control Paul Strack, Mike Parker and I talk about monsters in 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons and what we’ve learned from the designers of the game. Hosts: Sean Nittner Guest Hosts: Michael Parker and Paul Strack Length: 27:04 Show Notes: [00:30] Intro to the show.  A sit down with Paul Strack and Mike Parker to talk about how 4E got monsters right.[00:49] A RPG Podcast Survey:  http://www.spookyouthouse.com/survey[01:14] Intro to the guys… some portion of Good Omens (http://www.goodomensgames.com)[01:35] Planning the next Good Omens Convention – July 18th.  http://www.goodomensgames.com/index.php/con/[02:13] 4th Edition does Minions really well.  Seen in other games: Feng Shui, 7th Sea but usually they never pose a threat.[03:15] Not the way mooks are depicted in fiction, which is to heighten the tension of the story.[03:50] Mike’s use of Minions to shake up a fight and change expectations.[04:30] The difference is that in other games, everything about a minion is scaled down so not o