The People I Play With

Jesse Burneko
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“The People I Play With” is an interview podcast where I talk one-on-one with people with whom I have recently played a role-playing game. It is not a product review show. In fact I try to keep the specifics of the game to a need-to-know minimum in order to focus on the guest’s insights into their own play process.

  1. 5d ago ·  Bonus

    Announcing "The People You Play With"

    In an effort to get an even wider diversity of voices, I’d like to invite you to participate in a project I’m calling “The People You Play With”. In brief, this is an open call to record and submit your own interviews to spotlight some of your favorite players and game masters. See the link below for detailed requirements. In a media landscape saturated with consumerism, commercial interests and para-social insincerity, it’s more important than ever to provide insight into authentic connections. The artistry of tabletop role-playing games happens at our tables, in our homes and among our closest friends. At its best, it can be intimate and vulnerable. We learn things about ourselves and each other and grow closer together through this medium of private expression. I’m proud to continue sharing with you “The People I Play With.” I hope you’ll answer this call and share with me “The People You Play With” Read “The People You Play With” Submission Guidelines here: Requirements Document Submit Your Own Interviews To “The People You Play With” Read The Requirements and Guidelines Document Music “The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento Thanks To My Patreon Supporters: Michael S. Miller Vincent Baker Ralph Lend Your Support Patreon Friends of The People I Play With Recaps & Revelries Adept Play Follow Me On Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/jburneko.itch.io Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@jburneko

    Announcing "The People You Play With"

  2. Jun 30

    Eva Wierzbicki On Bluebeard's Bride

    In which Eva and I discuss: Thinking outside the group. Personal identification in archetypes. Finding beauty in the horrific. Playing the naive opposition. Thematic similarities across characters. The relationship between partial-psyche and character development. High trust groups. Authentic enjoyment of the grotesque. Building horrors from iterative prompts. Heavy themes wrapped in metaphors. Submit Your Own Interviews To “The People You Play With” Read The Requirements and Guidelines Document Music “The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento Thanks To My Patreon Supporters: Michael S. Miller Vincent Baker Ralph Lend Your Support Patreon Friends of The People I Play With Recaps & Revelries Adept Play Follow Me On Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/jburneko.itch.io Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@jburneko

    Eva Wierzbicki On Bluebeard's Bride

  3. Jun 16

    Bre Seale On Cthulhu Dark

    In which Bre and I discuss: Connecting with a character you initially didn’t want to play. Doing the unexpected action, because it’s the authentic expression. Coincidental connections between player action and GM prepared material. Fleshing out one-shot characters with lived experience. Finding the character as you play. Rushing toward danger. The family soap opera at the heart of the horror. The joy of playing an active monster. Submit Your Own Interviews To “The People You Play With” Read The Requirements and Guidelines Document Music “The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento Thanks To My Patreon Supporters: Michael S. Miller Vincent Baker Ralph Lend Your Support Patreon Friends of The People I Play With Recaps & Revelries Adept Play Follow Me On Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/jburneko.itch.io Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@jburneko

    Bre Seale On Cthulhu Dark

  4. Jun 2

    Tea On Ex Tenebris

    In which Tea and I discuss: Collaborative world building. Tighter scene cutting. Running from a Quickstart. Importing assumptions from similar games. Running NPCs with incomplete backstory. Including the GM in satisfactory play. Over and under-running clocks. Actual instances of Safety Tool use. Playing with an inconsistent player group. Submit Your Own Interviews To “The People You Play With” Read The Requirements and Guidelines Document Music “The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento Thanks To My Patreon Supporters: Michael S. Miller Vincent Baker Ralph Lend Your Support Patreon Friends of The People I Play With Recaps & Revelries Adept Play Follow Me On Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/jburneko.itch.io Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@jburneko

    Tea On Ex Tenebris

  5. May 19

    James Ritter On The Hour Between Dog And Wolf

    In which James and I discuss: Playing hard out of the gate. Detective games that aren’t mysteries. When detective and killer meet. The mental health of detective characters. Constraining your choices even when the game doesn’t. Playing a slow burn serial killer. Introducing content into scene’s that aren’t yours. Expressing each other’s themes. Constraints to consider for next play. Submit Your Own Interviews To “The People You Play With” Read The Requirements and Guidelines Document Music “The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento Thanks To My Patreon Supporters: Michael S. Miller Vincent Baker Ralph Lend Your Support Patreon Friends of The People I Play With Recaps & Revelries Adept Play Follow Me On Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/jburneko.itch.io Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@jburneko

    James Ritter On The Hour Between Dog And Wolf

  6. May 5

    Jeff Jones On Sorcerer

    In which Jeff and I discuss: Committing to the premise of a game. Being indecisive in character. Playing the opposite of yourself. In character moral lines. Consequences of past actions coming back. Roads not taken in play. Violence in more grounded situations. When play goes differently than you anticipated. Seeking a more grounded fantasy. Submit Your Own Interviews To “The People You Play With” Read The Requirements and Guidelines Document Music “The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento Thanks To My Patreon Supporters: Michael S. Miller Vincent Baker Ralph Lend Your Support Patreon Friends of The People I Play With Recaps & Revelries Adept Play Follow Me On Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/jburneko.itch.io Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@jburneko

    Jeff Jones On Sorcerer

  7. Apr 21

    Kyle Wolfe On Story Engine

    In which Kyle and I discuss: Using your character to motivate other characters. Maintaining attention during play. Playing a character outside your comfort zone. Creating a character in an open system without archetypes. Playing a character with questionable loyalties. Not exceptionalizing the PCs. Character motivations in the face of horrific injustice. Characters relationships to violence that happens around them. Being out of the action at a critical moment. The moral qualities of situational fallout. Looking forward to follow-up scenarios. Pausing play to think through consequences. Submit Your Own Interviews To “The People You Play With” Read The Requirements and Guidelines Document Music “The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento Thanks To My Patreon Supporters: Michael S. Miller Vincent Baker Ralph Lend Your Support Patreon Friends of The People I Play With Recaps & Revelries Adept Play Follow Me On Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/jburneko.itch.io Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@jburneko

    Kyle Wolfe On Story Engine

  8. Apr 7

    Greg Hellings On Fantasy For Real

    In which Greg and I discuss: Bringing fresh ideas to player material Setting up other players for character moments Pace of developing a characters motivation Considering other player characters’ motivations when acting. Pushing for the fail moment. Contingency planning or lack there of. Character informing game decisions. The morality of letting an NPC you could save die. Processing the tone of a game. Fantasy For Real as a GM training tool. Having the perfect storm of players and game. Submit Your Own Interviews To “The People You Play With” Read The Requirements and Guidelines Document Music “The Best Jazz Club In New Orleans” by Paolo Argento Thanks To My Patreon Supporters: Michael S. Miller Vincent Baker Ralph Lend Your Support Patreon Friends of The People I Play With Recaps & Revelries Adept Play Follow Me On Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/jburneko.itch.io Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@jburneko

    Greg Hellings On Fantasy For Real
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“The People I Play With” is an interview podcast where I talk one-on-one with people with whom I have recently played a role-playing game. It is not a product review show. In fact I try to keep the specifics of the game to a need-to-know minimum in order to focus on the guest’s insights into their own play process.

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