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Actual play, also called live play, [1] is a genre of podcast or web show in which people play tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) for an audience. [2] [3] Actual play often encompasses in-character interactions between players, storytelling from the gamemaster, and out-of-character engagements such as dice rolls and discussion of game mechanics. [3]
However, TTRPGs experienced a resurgence in popularity between the mid-2010s and early 2020s due to actual play web series [23] [24] [25] and online play through videoconferencing during the COVID-19 lockdowns. [26] [27] [28] The tabletop format is often referred to simply as a role-playing game.
Actual play web series such as Critical Role and The Adventure Zone debuted in the mid-2010s, creating "their own genre of entertainment" and drawing new players to tabletop role-playing games. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] By 2021, there were hundreds of actual play podcasts.
An attribute is a piece of data (a "statistic") that describes to what extent a fictional character in a role-playing game possesses a specific natural, in-born characteristic common to all characters in the game.
Actual play (or live play): A genre of podcast or web show in which people play tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) for an audience. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] [ 52 ] Actual play often encompasses in-character interactions between players, storytelling from the gamemaster , and out-of-character engagements such as dice rolls and discussion of game mechanics.
Worlds Beyond Number is an actual play audio drama whose inaugural effort uses Dungeons & Dragons as its initial background and Role-playing game system. [3] Their initial story, entitled The Wizard, The Witch, & The Wild One, follows a trio of friends on their adventures through a fantastical D&D setting. [4]
Play as human/animal hybrids (Betas) that are owned by "the Corporation"; locate new resources, eliminate threats, and buy your freedom KABAL: Kabal Gaming Systems 1982 Kids on Bikes: Hunters Entertainment 2019 kill puppies for satan (sic) Lumpley Games: 2001 Designed by D. Vincent Baker: Killer: Steve Jackson Games: 1981 Live action role ...
The Kids on Bikes system has been featured on multiple seasons of the actual play series Dimension 20, including Misfits and Magic using Kids on Brooms, [9] Mentopolis using "a 'noir-ified' version of Kids on Bikes", [10] and Never Stop Blowing Up using a system "heavily inspired by" Kids on Bikes.