Episode two of ‘What is Roleplay?! This episode we are joined by CJ Eggett to discuss DEATH!!! * How the threat of death or overcoming death is the driving force in most roleplay games. * How loss, madness and other missing pieces are analogues for death * Some more terms you’ll need to know, like Railroading (Being forced down a particular narrative path) and OSR (Old School Revival, a resurrence in simpler, more traditional Roleplay) * Damage in Dungeons & Dragons, and alternative ways of handling that in Tunnel Goons. * CJ's obsession with weird puppet magic monsters in The Dark Crystal.

We end, as usual, with some live “actual play” to demonstrate the concepts we've discussed. Today's adventure involves death, a eulogy, and a player character not going to university...

Links to things we discussed: * Beyond Cataclysm – beyondcataclysm.co.uk * Artefact by Mousehole Press * A Set Of Scrubs by CM Lowry * Call of Cthulhu from Chaosium Inc. * Tunnel Goons by Nate Treme * MÖRK BORG from Ockult Örtmästare Games and Stockholm Kartell * The Dark Crystal Adventure Game from River Horse * Tyrannosaur Inside – by CM Lowry

With music generously provided by: Powerplant & Imploders.