Modern Mythos - Ep.12

In this episode, Seth and Jon finish their conversation about the Insanity mechanic in the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game. They also share their ideas and advice for playing roleplaying games online. Jon and Seth discuss how to use phobias and manias in your Call of Cthulhu game. And they discuss how sanity is handled in other RPGs, like Delta Green, Kult, Yellow King, and Alien. As for playing RPGs online, Seth and Jon shared some advice, like...

• Regular breaks needed
• Higher chance of players zoning out or goofing off online
• Single-channel audio - only one person speaking at a time is best
• Roll dice online or in person - depends on the player's desires
• Gotten to play with tons of people from around the world.
• Handouts given to all players, versus they're sharing back and forth that single handout of a note, with online they all get to read it and catch clues
• "Face-Time" video playing versus "Audio-Only" playing
• Pros/Cons of various VOIP services (Zoom, Discord, Skype, etc.)
• Recordable and shareable to fans via YouTube

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