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Nolan T. Jones is the co-creator of the “virtual tabletop” Roll20 — the most popular platform for tabletop roleplaying games online. He doubles as a recovering comic book writer.

 

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Key Takeaways

• Your personal values and priorities drive your life choices.
• House rules are complicated, everyone has their own quirks and systems.
• 1.6 million people have tried online gaming through roll20.net.
• Facilitating a role-playing game requires giving incentives to the players to arrive on time and stay to the end.
  • First person in gets extra loot.
  • Start the session with a short board game or card game to have fun right away.
• Early video games got inspiration from tabletop RPGs and modern RPG players can get inspiration from video games.
• Learn to say no, professionally and personally.

Resources Mentioned

• Roll20.net
• Star Wars Force and Destiny by Fantasy Flight Games
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens X-Wing Miniature Set
• World of Warcraft
• Dungeons & Dragons
  • Storm King’s Thunder book

Contact Guest

• @NolanTJ
• @roll20app

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