As usual, you can download this podcast freely, and use it as a torturing device for family and friends. Remember, nothing says “I love you,” like a podcast about genitials! Speaking of genitals, you can find the first episode here and I have no idea where the second one is. Oh, it’s right there.

Let’s talk about the tiniest, pettiest thing I have a complaint about Terms for Gamemaster, or Dungeonmaster if you’re in a sane country where things get translated in sane ways. Complete tangent, but if you’re immature like me, and capable of disregarding common sense, Gamemaster (Spillemester in Danish) could almost kinda – not at all – mean master of masturbation. I’d like to think Byron would appreciate that.

See, I can dig it when a game changes this term for thematic reasons. That’s pretty cool, I’m down with that. It subtly alters how players perceive the gamemasters role and their relation to the other players. Call it a story teller and suddenly a gamemasters role isn’t about opposition through force, but instead through narrative. They make sucky things happen, and it’s okay, a story needs awfully rotten beats to be interesting.

So what’s the point of calling it an… EE-dial? You’d be just in assuming it’d mean a roman themed world. A little harsh, a little orderly, but advancing fast. That the gamemeaster would be a vessel for the story, structuring players input, but not really advancing it himself. As the description puts it: Referee and storyteller.

Or – alternatively – a bastard. If this was in any other manual besides F.A.T.A.L. I’d assume the best. A weird way of saying, “Hey, don’t be unfair towards players.” Instead, this seems to be Byron way of curcumventing the EE-dial so Byron can dick stuff.

“I’m going to force myself on that peasant,” Byrons word were nonchalant about the whole thing. Edith shuddered, what had she gotten herself in to?

“Well, you try, but there’s a lot of people around, and the Barons men would attack you.”

“No they wouldn’t! You’re being a Vile Aedile, Edith!”

See? Wouldn’t surprise me. Anyway, this was a bit short, so here’s Byron telling players to give up on understanding his game-system.

Oh god, that’s hilarious!