Play Dirty: The Magician

[dlunas81]

Buahaha! I knew the trick, but that was funny.

[Safirio]

Very interesting ! I just made a comment on your other video (Plot Immunization), and wrote an analogy between a magician and a Game Master, but quite differently.

Being a magician myself, I use *real* magic techniques during the games I run.

There's one thing in particular that I like to use, and it's called misdirection. In a RPG context, it means that I show my players a scene from a certain angle, knowing that 75% of what happened was invisible to them. And their work is to figure it out.

[LordSathar]

took me about 5 seconds to figure the trick out, sorry john

[nunspa]

Anyone know if the Seminar made it to a podcast? I would love to hear it (missed gencon this year :o( )

[thadrine]

Hope that Seminar makes its way onto a podcast. As I will be playing at the Open Indie Game area.

[highpriestrsw2]

John Wick and Robin Laws? All they have to do is add in Luke Crane and I'd be able to die a happy man after that seminar!

Now I'm bummed I can't attend Gencon this year! :(

Read Robin's Laws of Good Game mastering if you haven't. You won't be disappointed! It might even help your game! (It's available via E23!)

[digitalmorphine]

Oh, I knew that trick. ;D

But anyways, I agree with jesternario comment above. Or... below... somewhere in this page.

On the magician thing, and how he/she relates to the audience, I always believed on that. But there's more to it, because we don't have only spectators. Players don't just participate on the act, they are collaborators. They're also magicians.

[CaptainCathode]

Fortunately I had my Sceptic Stone to block all attempts to read my mind. Thanks Sceptic Stones for stopping this warlock from reading my mind!

[Valthek]

You can never win! we watched this with two and chose different cards!!!!!!

MWHUHAHAHAHAHAHAH

wait a minute... you're a WITCH (takes out the torch and pitchforks)

[jesternario]

John, seriously, take a video camera and record that deathmatch... er... seminar. feel free to punish us people that don't go to Gencon by not posting it for a week, but do record and post it later.

[Sythorn10]

Another helpful and interesting video. Here's hoping that someone records the seminar and posts it online for those of us who can't make it to GenCon.

[gGiel]

Nice trick. Shame I'm not in the US or id visit the con

[mementomorigames]

I'll be there, hombre.

[Nyarlathoteplol]

Um...that was the same hand of cards. In the same order.

Next time try mixing up their order in your hand to make it somewhat not obvious.

[LordStrange]

The human mind is very interesting.

[W4RW017]

Fuck, I even tried to pick a card that wasn't obvious. >:

Again, lovely video. Really made me wanna roleplay some again, after having a break during the summer.