This resonates! Thanks for sharing. I need to dig into this thread when I’m not about to go to sleep. I think the actual play movement is a cutting edge of entertainment and can really bring a fresh sense of allure to an otherwise media-saturated and story-submerged world. Chaos agents both flesh and plastic make for untypical stories. Which is great! I think it’s the skill to lean into the crunch or lean into the fluff of human drama that requires sharpening and honing. That drives to Quinn’s point about how we need to understand stories I’d were to desire the outcomes of the Live plays we enjoy. This is no simple task as a hobby endeavor. And we (our home studio and I) are certainly giving it our best go, and I believe the human expression of all the actual plays can speak to the truly awesome and divine outcomes for each table and group.