-- Description --

A call from the Pink Phantom posits a true conundrum. Does gold for XP create a creative railroad for player interaction? Listen on to hear my defense of Gold for XP as the ultimate de-railer.

Then, some call ins on recent episodes in the podcast-verse!

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-- Show Notes --

00:00 - Pink Phantom: Stylistic Railroading

01:00 - Theme

01:30 - Gold is the Anti-Railroad

02:40 - Collaborative Failed Novelist Syndrome

04:00 - A Case for Gold

04:40 - Archetypes and Inspirations of Appendix N

05:53 - Stylistic Paradigms: why NOT Gold?

09:23 - Liberation of Advancement

09:54 - Pink Phantom: There is no Winning or Losing at RPGs

11:07 - You Can Win at the Clerics Wear Ringmail table!

12:02 - Nerd's Variety Jason: On Milestones

15:28 - GMologist Karl: Handfuls of Dice

17:45 - ...on Lookups and Running DCC

21:50 - Bandit's Keep Daniel: The Identify Spell!

34:24 - ...on Gary and Sages

26:32 - ...on Scroll Cases: Trap 'Em or Lock 'Em?

31:32 - Outro

-- Links --

Phantom Thoughts, Pink Phantom: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-pink-phantom

How to Win at D&D: https://pilumpress.com/products/how-to-win-at-d-d

Nerd's Variety Podcast, Jason: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376

The GMologist Presents, Karl: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karl-rodriguez

Bandit's Keep, Daniel: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-norton

Gary's House Rules, Blogosphere: http://cyclopeatron.blogspot.com/2010/03/gary-gygaxs-whitebox-od-house-rules.html

Gary's House Rules, OD&D '74: https://odd74.proboards.com/thread/3906/gygax-house-rules-2005

Gary's House Rules, Dragonsfoot: https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=43849

Car Alarm: https://improbable.com/2023/01/18/a-look-back-at-the-prize-winning-anti-hijacking-flamethrower/