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    Player Agency And The Illusion Of Choice

    en-usNovember 25, 2020
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    About this Episode

    In today's episode we talk about player agency and player choice.  What do I do when my players don't want to follow my story?  How do I handle players making different choices than I predicted?  Do I have to indulge every choice they make?  Do players actually have choice and agency?  We discuss all this and more in today's episode.




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