The ones with pencil & paper, that is... I like to be up front with the level of my geekery. Who here is into collaborative storytelling and what systems do you enjoy?

My mind went somewhere else, an entirely different kind of role-playing.

Edited - better judgment kicked in. 🫣

Heh, there's definitely room for overlap!

How do you play your game, is it like a dungeon and dragons? Mind you, I have no idea how to play that either, but you had me at role playing and stories.

Do I dress up and act out the story you wrote?

I was going to say you teach me your game and I'll teach you mine (as a joke), but I'm supposed to be on my best behaviour and people will get the wrong idea. Lmao

It's pg people.

Skip all that. I'm so stupid. Googled it and Keeper of Lore is a video game. 🫣

There's an old joke that if you want to know what someone's in to, you ask who their dungeon master is. You'll usually get one of two answers. ;)

"Keeper of Arcane Lore" is the equivalent of a Dungeon Master, but specifically for Call of Cthulhu, a horror game. Essentially, all role playing games are collaborative storytelling, where rules and dice provide a framework for tension and risk. Whomever is running the game (dungeon master, keeper, etc) sets the scene of a story, voices characters, and gives context to dice rolls. It's kind of like a big improvised play.

I got into theatre via roleplaying, and it's been invaluable for developing good stage skills (dropped lines happen in EVERY show). Now I host classes on comedic and dramatic improv, but I still love sitting at a table and building stories with others.