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The Most Challenging Thing

This is perhaps the most obvious staple of LIS10 and TTRPGs, other than the storytelling itself, is the moment of challenge, an opportunity for something to succeed or fail.

But before we start throwing numbers around and creating systems, let's try to understand what problems these challenges exist to solve. That way we can determine whether or not they're the best solution for our purposes.

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Why Create?

We started by assessing TTRPGs from a fan's perspective, then from the stranger's, and now we're leaving TTRPGs behind and individually defining our own LIS10 goals!

Knowing yourself, identifying why you actually want to do something isn't an easy thing.

So this week we're going to turn inward and probe at that creative fire, stoke it a little, and come to understand ourselves a little better.

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Why TTRPGs?

Last time we discussed preconceptions, primarily from the perspective of someone already familiar with TTRPGs.

Today we're re-approaching TTRPGs from the opposite perspective, the stranger, someone who has no knowledge of TTRPGs, and is innocently coming into LIS10 without any understanding of what Live Interactive Storytelling actually involves.
If you're completely fresh to LIS10, this is the article to understand the appeal of this TTRPG thing.

However, if you already know it well, this is still an important topic for you to work through to improve your communication and empathy when trying to welcome someone less experienced into your favourite creative hobby!

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Preconceptions

Goal: To identify your preconceptions of TTRPGs, and to distinguish your enjoyment from your expectations.

Starting something new, having no prior knowledge and being able to learn everything from scratch, is a wonderful place to be.

It's exciting, it’s all still ahead of you, and there are so many possibilities that you can't wait to explore!

And if that describes you, then maybe you can move straight on to Lesson 2!

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LIS10ers Welcome!

You're probably wondering what's coming up and where to start, especially if you're here early!

Thank you so much for your support! And welcome to Live Interactive Storytelling!

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LIS10er Membership

Get more from LIS10 by supporting the project on Mick’s Patreon at the LIS10er Tier!

Membership to Live Interactive Storytelling provides resources, personalised feedback, and ensures your voice is heard as the 10-level curriculum continues to roll out.

What’s Included

Member’s Only Content

Every addition to the LIS10 curriculum is accompanied by a Member’s Only Worksheet with additional resources, prompts, and concepts to take each topic further.

Personalised Feedback

Keep track of your own progress with LIS10 exercises, and submit your work to receive personalised feedback and encouragement from Mick.

Steer The Curriculum

Ensure future videos and articles are as relevant to you as possible, by having your say in which areas of LIS10 future videos and articles will focus on.

LIS10 Your Way

TTRPGs

Design, write, and play Tabletop Role-Playing Games with your friends.
Whether that’s online or in person, focused on narrative or mechanics, and set in a dour horror house or a bright comedic college, identify and elevate the niche you love with LIS10.

Collaborative Development

Challenge, diagnose, and propel your Writer’s Room into action.
Whether you’re R&Ding a game’s design, sketching out narrative arcs for a TV season, identifying wants and needs for Film characters, or world-building a universe for your novel, maintain direction and momentum with LIS10.

Immersive Education

Incentivise, challenge, and reward Students with engaging scenarios.
Whether these are toddlers learning language, young kids crunching through maths, teens delving into history, young adults confronting philosophy, or older adults learning… language, transform knowledge into excitement with LIS10.

Event Design

Captivate Participants and Audiences alike with live one-off experiences.
Whether you’re in charge of a surprise birthday party for friends, designing a team-building corporate exercise, writing an immersive getaway AR experience, or plotting a variety reality program, leave a resonant memory with LIS10.