Myths with Daniel Kwan of Asians Represent!- S4E6

04/19/23 • 97 min

Telling stories is a critical part of our history. In ancient times those stories took on many shapes, often in the shape of myths and legends. These ancient tales can be a wonderful source of inspiration for our pen and paper adventures! Join Daniel Kwan, who you may know from his podcast Asians Represent! and I as we talk about myths and tales of old in our games. We go over: - Some stories and myths on our mind,

Encorporating myths into your game,

Tools you need to ensure you are picking appropriate tales and myths to adapt for your table, and

Advice from Daniel to help avoid stereotypes when running Chinese inspired content (or any content!)

If you liked Daniel's wisdom you should totally chech out his website: https://danielhkwan.carrd.co/, or buy his games on DriveThruRPG (affiliate link below) or itch.io [look for Daniel Kwan] or follow him on socials: @DanielHKwan

Happy gaming & much love Mat

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DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?affiliate_id=3513284 Hero Forge: https://www.heroforge.com/tap/?ref=roleplaychat 1985 Games: https://1985games.com/role_play_chat OR use the code ROLE_PLAY_CHAT at checkout. Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/role_play_chat

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Role Play Chat is a biweekly podcast where Mat sits down with content creators from the table top roleplaying game community to take deep dives into #ttrpg related topics (for games such as #DungeonsandDragons, Fates, Warhammer or Call of Cthulhu). These informal discussions are filled with stories, advice, insights and hopefully will serve as inspiration for fellow Game Masters and Players.

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Where to find me, Mat on socials?

Linktree: linktr.ee/role_play_chat Twitter: @role_play_chat Instagram: @role_play_chat Mastodon: @[email protected] Email: [email protected] Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean or wherever you find your podcasts! (https://anchor.fm/roleplaychat) Youtube (on Haitus): https://www.youtube.com/roleplaychat

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Music: The music from this episode was composed by Alex over at Pocket Bard, the best ttrpg music and sound companion app. Look it up in your app store! Thanks Pocket Bard <3

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The Sword of Goujian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_Goujian, https://swordencyclopedia.com/goujian-sword/

A chinese Beastiary (translated by Richard Strassburg): https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520298514/a-chinese-bestiary

K.C. Chang - The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective: https://www.amazon.ca/Formation-Chinese-Civilization-Archaeological-Perspective/dp/0300093829/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3COFNEWWFBFWC&keywords=kc+chang&qid=1677206540&sprefix=kc+chang%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-5

Jinjo Ito, Horror Manga artist: https://www.viz.com/junji-ito

Asians Represent, Anything BUT Samurai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7q77v6fCwk

Encorporating myths into your game,

Tools you need to ensure you are picking appropriate tales and myths to adapt for your table, and

Advice from Daniel to help avoid stereotypes when running Chinese inspired content (or any content!)

Happy gaming & much love Mat

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Where to find me, Mat on socials?

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Music: The music from this episode was composed by Alex over at Pocket Bard, the best ttrpg music and sound companion app. Look it up in your app store! Thanks Pocket Bard <3

-————— Other things we talked in this episode:

The Sword of Goujian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_Goujian, https://swordencyclopedia.com/goujian-sword/

A chinese Beastiary (translated by Richard Strassburg): https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520298514/a-chinese-bestiary

Jinjo Ito, Horror Manga artist: https://www.viz.com/junji-ito

Asians Represent, Anything BUT Samurai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7q77v6fCwk

Previous Episode

Music & Ambiance with Alex & Chase from Pocket Bard

Nothing sets the mood (to play TTRPGs) quite like music. Be it a soft melody or an epic battle hymn, music and ambient noises really help transport players into the game world. Join Alex and Chase from Pocket Bard as we talk about using music and ambience in our games. We go over: - The use of silence in games, - How to suprise players with sound,

How to ensure your music isn't distracting your table,

Tools and tricks for using Pocket Bard, and much more!

If you'd like to download Pocket Bard, you totally should! Check it out here: https://www.pocketbard.app/ or join the discord community here: https://discord.com/invite/wVV4mhMc6c

You can also follow Pocket Bard on all socials: @pocket_bard

happy gaming, much love Mat

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Where to you find the show?

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Music: The music from this episode was composed by Alex over at Pocket Bard, the best ttrpg music and sound companion app.

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Next Episode

Monster Design with Makenzie De Armas - S4E7

This week I'm joined by Makenzie De Armas to talk designing monsters! Every game, every system has monsters (in some sense) and they play a critical component to telling stories. So how do the pros do it? How can we build fun monsters for folks to run, players to fight against and designers to build! We go over: - Some "broken" monster stories and how to balance them;

Monster statblock design principles,

A peak behind the curtain on how monster's are designed at the wizard's tower, and

Advice for adapting content from other sources into a monster.

If you liked Makenzie's wisdom you should totally check out her socials @MakenzieLaneDA or check out her website: https://www.makenzielaneda.com/

Happy gaming & much love Mat

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My Terrain Etsy Shop: https://dungeonterraindepot.etsy.com/ DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?affiliate_id=3513284 Hero Forge: https://www.heroforge.com/tap/?ref=roleplaychat 1985 Games: https://1985games.com/role_play_chat OR use the code ROLE_PLAY_CHAT at checkout. Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/role_play_chat

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Where to find me, Mat, on socials?

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Music: The music from this episode was composed by Alex & Chase over at Pocket Bard, the best ttrpg music and sound companion app. Look it up in your app store! Thanks Pocket Bard <3

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