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[–] [email protected] 209 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I will become a director. What are we filming? A vivid erotic fantasy in which a group of normal but interesting and emotionally stable people show up, reliably, to a weekly tabletop RPG night.

[–] [email protected] 92 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That is a dirty and farfetched fantasy right there.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The public doesn't know how much they want escapist entertainment about escapism. It's fresh, it's meta, it's a billion dollars in the bank.

Totally unfilmable though. Drat.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

It's not old hat in Hollywood until it's been done to death, so no worries there.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

IT BROKE NEW GROUND

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do the actors need to be emotionally stable and have any experience with real tabletop RPG or can I sign up?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We're looking to cast all method actors.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I do meth all the time, but I usually don't OD.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been trying to figure out how to get friends to commit. I think a good thing to try would be to get people to commit for, say, 4 sessions over two months. Enough for a small story arc. Then renew after that. Much easier to get buy in (or just schedule four dates right away) rather than commit to a specific day every other week belonging to them potentially forever, especially when some friends may live far away or have varying schedules.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Start off with a one-shot. Premade characters, simple mission, no witnesses.

They eventually ask for another, so you run a second one with a cliffhanger ending. They ask for a follow-up. The hooks are in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nah, I wanna do something more episodic. 90% self contained episodes with small tie ins between them that can be summarized quickly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I applaud that, actually. Serialisation is like gravity, nobody should applaud when the writer gives in to it.

Just know that if your players aren't onboard with that, it'll be difficult to maintain.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You would end up doing the The Room.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

I did not crit her I DID NAAAAAHT

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

If you cast Salma Hayek as my costar, I suppose I'd take the role.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Cut up some magazines and you got a vision board goin