Join us for Inspired Unreality open game chat tonight. Inspired Unreality is held every Monday night at 9:00 Central in the gamerplus chatrooms at Tenkars Tavern on Discord. All gaming is on topic. If you've never been to Tenkar's Tavern we have an invite for you here.

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Last week we recorded the Related To Geeks Podcast. It was a lot of fun when those who are Related to Geeks were joined by Levi Combs and Will Hose to discuss "What players love. What players hate. What DMs love. What DMs hate". Mostly we leaned toward the love. Stay tuned in and I will let you know when the podcast is posted. Lots of great tips for players and DMs.

Tonight! On Inspired Unreality!! Actual Play!!!

Alan wrote the game "The Chronicles Of Ember". He will be the DM for a oneoff tonight.

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So, if you want to give a new game a try, join us. If I were to describe "The Chronicles Of Ember" in one word it would be dangerous. (And fun.)

Inspired Unreality is held every Monday night at 9:00 Central in the gamerplus chatrooms at Tenkar's Tavern on Discord. If you are new to Tenkar's Tavern we have an invitation for you here.

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The sodcast is joined by Darrold Wagner to discuss the pre greyhawk origins of the thief. Wagner created the thief class that went on the inspire the version that appears in The Greyhawk Supplement. Join us as we discuss the origins of the fourth class of the big four.

You have been listening to the Related To Geeks Podcast, recorded September 14, 2020 on the Monday night Inspired Unreality open game chat held at Tenkar's Tavern on Discord. For more about our geeky family visit relatedtogeeks.com. For more information about Inspired Unreality join Gamer+, a social network for gamers, at gamerplus.org.

Megan, Carl, Kier, Sarah, Vivian, and Larry discuss DIY Gaming.

The music for this show is "Treehouse" by Hairy Larry recorded by NJHB at New Jazz In Jonesboro held in the Round room of the Jonesboro Public Library.

Writing Quests
by Larry Heyl

A story is said to have a beginning, a middle, and an end. This is a simple and reliable guide for writers. Somewhere along the way, in the creative process, a light is switched on and the writer sees where the story is going. Once the end is discovered the middle falls into place. That is, the middle part is shaped by the end part providing the necessary bits that allow the story to end convincingly.

Sometimes a quest is well run and well played and produces a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end. But more often not. In fact producing such a story is not the purpose of the game. It is a possible side product but not the goal. I think the players immersion into the fantasy setting and their identification with their characters are far more important to enjoying the game than any derived story everyone becomes aware of after the fact.

Session notes for November 18, 2020

When we enter the temple Marusan is gone, The skylight has been replaced. Everything looks like it did the first time we saw it.

Leaf shoots the skylight with the rod of Pann-Severi. It emits a bright white light and everyone is blinded.

After a while we recover our sight. Leaf wants to try again. The rest of us leave the room. This time the rod shoots a fireball and explodes the skylight.

We check the statue of Moloch. The rope is gone. Marusan is not in it. The tubes are still cut.

The tombs in the side rooms are open and empty. No undead or weapons lie within.

We check Marusan's study. EVerything is like it was when we left it. The chests are open and empty.

We check the supply room. It's been cleared out. No supplies left in it.

In the secret room behind the temple Caper looks for a trap door and finds a loose flagstone. We lift the stone and find a tunnel with steep stairs leading down.

You have been listening to the Related To Geeks Podcast, recorded
June 1st, 2020 on the Monday night Inspired Unreality open game
chat held at Tenkar's Tavern on Discord. For more about our geeky
family visit relatedtogeeks.com. For more information about Inspired
Unreality join Gamer+, a social network for gamers, at gamerplus.org.

Sarah, Carl, Megan, and Larry discussed audio and video production for podcasts and vlogs.

The music for this show is "The Way" by Hairy Larry which is one of the songs Larry posted to Youtube in the 90s that he talked about in the podcast.

You have been listening to the Related To Geeks Book Club, recorded March 16, 2020 on the Gamer+ Inspired Unreality open game chat held at Tenkar's Tavern on Discord. For more about our geeky family visit relatedtogeeks.com. For more information about Inspired Unreality join Gamer+, a social network for gamers, at gamerplus.org.

Megan and Larry discussed the Neil Gaiman book, "The Ocean at the End of the Lane". They were joined by Niztael, Masked and Danger, Spark, and Vivian.

The music for this show is "Wayfaring" by Hairy Larry recorded by NJHB at the Jonesboro Public Library Round Room on March 9, 2019.

Megan and Larry discuss "Little Brother" by Cory Doctorow on the Related To Geeks Book Club, recorded February 17, 2020 on the Gamer+ Inspired Unreality open game chat held at Tenkar's Tavern on Discord. For more about our geeky family visit relatedtogeeks.com. For more information about Inspired Unreality join Gamer+, a social network for gamers, at gamerplus.org.

Megan and Larry discussed the Cory Doctorow book, "Little Brother".

The music for this show is "Elphonium" by Hairy Larry recorded at the ASU Bandroom on November 30, 2018.

Megan and Larry are joined by Datum discussing this early Conan adventure by Robert E. Howard. "The Tower Of The Elephant" is public domain in Australia and available for download from gutenberg. http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600831h.html