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Why does it matter if you remember names when playing Tabletop Games? Clint shares why he believes it CRUCIAL for the long-term health of your game.
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>> Clint Scheirer (00:00):
Why does it matter if you remember names when playing tabletop
games? Dale Carnegie was an American
writer and teacher from the early 20th century and in his
classic book how to Win Friends and Influence People
he wrot remember that a persons name
is to that person the sweetest and most
important sound in any language. Im'sure youve heard
(00:20):
someone at least once in your life say I'm horrible with
names. I just cant remember them. It is my belief
that remembering names is not only a nice
gesture, it is crucial for the long term health of
your games. Keep listening to find out why. Welcome to Claim
to Game. We help tabletop gamers have a great time with friends
to experience amazing stories. It can be overwhelming to
(00:40):
start and run great games. Let's make it easier for you
to play any game you want to have fun with your friends.
I'm Clint Scheirer. I've helped thousands of students in my career
find their way to better themselves and better their game. With
more than 10 years experience coaching, teaching and developing easy
to follow learning plans, I know I can help you too. Its
time for you to make your claim to game.
(01:28):
Hello and welcome back to episode 33 season
2 of Claim to Game, still a predominantly
educational fun podcast in which I am daring to coin the
word funucationalal. Its like a well oiled
machine, but even oilier and really really
rad. Whats in a name? Dont worry im m not going
toa start spouting off Shakespeare to you, but why do
I think names are so darn important when playing tabletop
(01:51):
games? Okay, the title of this episode is really
harsh. Forgetting a name does not automatically make you
a doofus, but it does matter and heres
why. There are groups that you need to look at here
regarding names and if you fail to hold a healthy respect
and apply decent effort in remembering names in any of these
categories, I feel you will hurt your
game and players momentum. Sometimes the hurt is
(02:14):
only short term and it can be overcome if you try try
again or you know, just give a little grace and do better
remembering the name moving forward Other times.
Well other times if you can't get better
remembering important names, your game may not
get any better. That would be a shame and overall doesn't
build games that can last telling amazing stories with
(02:34):
folks that you'll remember for years to come. The
three groups to consider here are player
names, players characters names
and NPCs names. I've listed
them in order from easy to hard in my own
experience. Here we go. This first one might feel silly,
especially if you're playing with friends or family you've known for years, but this
(02:54):
isn't always the case. I know some GMs who run
games at conventions and you don't always personally know the
folks who sit at the table, but luckily
I think name tags, badges or nameplates
can assist the GM and players in remembering each other's
actual names. When I invite friends of friends
or people that I don't know very well to a game that I'm
(03:14):
running, I try to do a few things to help me remember their
name before they get to my table. The first thing
I do is I write their name down. Paper. Whether it's a post it,
note, notebook, scratch paper, whatever, the
kinesthetic movement helps me remember the
name. And then if we started a group
text about the times and dates that our session is going to
meet, I will get permission first, but I'll put the
(03:36):
person'name who Im'm trying to remember into my phone
so that their number pops up with their name instead
of just a bunch of digits in the group text. This
allows me to look at their name every time the
conversation starts moving and it ingrains it into
my mind just a little bit more. And final me the
night before I will usually set up the gaming table with
(03:57):
folks materials for any particular game that we're
playing. Any materials that they aren't going to bring themselves that
is and this may be the teacher in me or
the OCD in me, but I will usually give
assigned seats with people's names so that they can
sit down and get ready to play with their materials. And assigning
the seats gives me another chance to look at their
name, write it out and spell it.
(04:20):
So why does this matter? Because tabletop
gaming is about relationships.
Its about connecting with other people to tell amazing
stories. Its a structured way to experience
camaraderie, laughter, triumph, loss
and many many many more emotions
which by the end you cant help by coming out
the other end. Maybe friends or possibly
(04:42):
more friendlye so using a player
or gms proper name at least for me is
sending the following mess. You fellow player
or GM are important. You are important
enough that I want to honor you by remembering who you are
outside of this make believe story that we are
experiencing together. But what if you forget?
Anyway, dont worry most people will forgive this
(05:05):
infraction without much animosity or butt hurt
feelings. Still make an effort.
Honor others around you remember their real life
name.
Alright now ono group number two
not the real name of your player but the players
characters name. In a tabletop rpg, players will
create a character who is their avatar, their
representation within the gaming world through whom
(05:27):
they play, speak and act. So
why should you make a decent effort to remember the players
Character name? For two main reasons. Reason
1 they put effort into creating this
character so you should put effort into using
and remembering the characters proper name. I
personally get frustrated when the GM s says my characters
name wrong and jokes about it the rest of the game or
(05:50):
the campaign. Its happened a couple of times and each
time as a player I feel like im being made fun of and I
might be taking things too personally but I still dont like it.
Im not talking about a slip like calling Dave the
barbarian Derek the barbarian. Im talking
about calling Dave the barbarian, Davey doodle the
barbarian or some other cutesy name in an attempt to
lazily avoid remembering the name I gave my
(06:12):
character. And to be honest some of the names
players give their characters are crazy and hard to pronounce
or they sound so much like a different name its really easy to
get confused. So coming at this with some
leniency for any freriian slips or simple
mistakes is a must. But
dont intentionally try to use a different name
for the characters player without their consent.
(06:35):
Make the effort to remember their characters
name. the second reason you should do this is remembering
players characters names and calling each other BYI
character names helps with player immersion
into the story of the game world. You break this
immersion when you call another player by their real world name
when you should be using their characters name. Use
their character name when you as a GM are asking
(06:58):
them what they would do when the goblin comes running up to them with
a sharpened scimitar. Use their character name
when you as the player are asking another character for
their aid, climbing up a small cliff and that you need a
boost to get to the nearest handhold. Use their
character name when youre all yucking it up at the bar
at the nearest tavern, singing songs of your latest
(07:18):
exploit and conquest. Make the effort
to remember the characters names and
use them.
Hey quick pause on the episode. Are you struggling to keep
a campaign going? Are you feeling overwhelmed as a GM
or dont know how to even get started? Get
personalized guidance to build confidence, create engaging
sessions and manage your group effectively with an
(07:39):
absolutely free 15 minute coaching
strategy. Call with me during our virtual
call Ill give you some quick wins, actionable steps and
clear directions that you can take away to make your game
better. Click on the link in the show notes to schedule
your free 15 minute call. Its free. Did I mention its
free? Well laugh, well cry and well make you a
(07:59):
frickin GM. champion in just 15 minutes. I
cannot wait to chat. Thanks.
And now back to the episode. The third and final group
of names that you need to consider to remember is the
hardest of all. For me, the hardest names of all
to Remember are the NPCs or the non
player characters that exist within a tabletop game.
There are so many NPCs,
(08:21):
hundreds of NPCs that you and other players may interact with over
a campaign, and at least a dozen you may encounter
even in just one session. As the GM, you are
often the ones speaking as the NPCs, describing their
actions and breathing life into them through the portrayal of
how they respond to your characters S actions and the world.
As the player, you need to remember the names of NPCs
(08:42):
who may be dropping secrets or clues or potential
new story hooks to navigate your way through through the adventure
and quest. To forget an NPC
might be okay if your GM remembers them, but dont
put that pressure on your GM. Remember the
NPCs and what they offer to the
story. In episode 31 I spoke to
Aaron Art from the Lore of the Rings-esque podcast about
(09:04):
master storytelling like J RR Token,
the author of the well known Lord of the Rings-esque and Hobbit
books, and ill put a link to that episode in the show notes if you
havent already had a chance to listen to it. But one of the first things
that Earon mentioned was how believable
Token makes his characters within the world of Middle
Earth. The characters become believable
because Token treats them as living breathing
(09:27):
beings with importance, backstory and
yes, unique names which show up time and
again whenever they appear within the epic fantasy.
When writing, it is crucial to use the names of
the main characters, supporting characters and even menial
characters to paint the picture of the story for your readers. If
you dont use the proper names or place those names
(09:47):
in the right spot, having those characters act and
speak and keep moments, well, I would argue that you
dont really have a story to tell at all. Authors and
writers have an advantage however, because they are writing
or typing these names down. They maybe even use
digital tools to help them organize their thoughts
outside of their main notes. And for tabletop gaming,
(10:07):
any official or unofficial published adventure you get from
DMs, guild or drive thru RPG
or a copy of your favorite RPG source guides
will have characters names and backstories
usually provided in the pages of the material. But
even so are you going to always be flipping through the
pages to go back and forth and remember who such
(10:28):
and such NPC was who lived in this one
town with that one profession, who had a
quest for the lost golden whatchamaacallitt m which he's willing to
pay the characters X number of gold coins or a magical
item if they find it and retrieve it for
him? I think not. So take a
page out of an author's book, see what I did there.
Write things down in a way that your brain can keep the
(10:50):
NPCs, their names and everything about them
organized. I wont tell you which tools to use, but
many virtual Tabletops like Foundry, VTT,
Fantasy Grounds and Roll20 have sections
within their interface where you can take notes for yourself
and then also a shared digital journal that the entire
party can access an update together.
I personally love using Scrivener
(11:13):
which is a writers software, but it helps me organize
NPCs in all aspects of my adventure in a
clear and simple way within the same Scribvener
project. Other apps you could look into Microsoft,
OneNote, Notion, Evernote and so
many more for free. You could sign up for
a gmail google account, get access to
G Drive where you then could keep your notes organized through
(11:35):
files and folders with Google Docs or any other number
of google applications. And if you have a tool you
love that you use to organize NPCs or
your campaign, or even remember names for your
tabletop RPG adventures, hey shoot me an email
I want to know about them. I love to know about new tools that
could be better than what im already using. So
(11:55):
make an effort to remember npcs
names and use them when you do. Your
story can be epic too. Alright final thought,
not using player names, players characters names
or NPC names often and appropriately I
believe can hurt your gaming experience. Experience for both the short
and long term. Honor your players whether they are
(12:15):
complete strangers prior to sitting down at the table or close friends
by making it effort to use their personal name to
grow closer with them in their relationship. Tabletop games are all
about relationships. Honor your players time and
effort that they poured into making their character by
integrating their characters name into the story.
Do this as a GM by using the name when
(12:36):
asking players what they intend to do when its their
turn to take control of the narrative. And do this as a player
by describing what you do with your characters
name even if youre just describing it in the third
person describing your characters actions.
And honor your amazing story by writing down
remembering and using NPC names backstories,
placing them strategically into the game if youre a GM
(12:59):
and interacting with them as though they are real living
beings. If you are a player remembering
names matters. You are ah no doofus.
Join us next time as we find the best ways to have great times
with friends and experience amazing stories through tabletop role
playing. I mentioned this before but its worth saying again here
at the end of all things. As Frodo Baggins would say, if you
(13:19):
are struggling to keep your campaign going, if you are
feeling overwhelmed as a GM or dont even know how to get
started, get personalized guidance to build
confidence, create engaging sessions and manage your
group effectively with an absolutely
free 15 minute coaching strategy. Call with
me during our virtual call Ill give you some quick wins,
actionable steps and clear directions that you can take
(13:42):
to make your game better. Click on the link in the show notes to
schedule your free 15 minute coaching call
today. Well laugh, well cry, well make you the
big bad evil guy or big bad evil gale
dominating all GMs in your path in just
15 minutes. I cant wait to speak with you. Im ready
and rarering to go. Come at me bro or sis or person. Alright
im done and may you keep having fun as we continue to make our
(14:04):
claim to game.
Why does it matter if you remember names when playing tabletop
games? Dale Carnegie was an American
writer and teacher from the early 20th century and in his
classic book how to Win Friends and Influence People
he wrot remember that a persons name
is to that person the sweetest and most
important sound in any language. Im'sure youve heard
(00:20):
someone at least once in your life say I'm horrible with
names. I just cant remember them. It is my belief
that remembering names is not only a nice
gesture, it is crucial for the long term health of
your games. Keep listening to find out why. Welcome to Claim
to Game. We help tabletop gamers have a great time with friends
to experience amazing stories. It can be overwhelming to
(00:40):
start and run great games. Let's make it easier for you
to play any game you want to have fun with your friends.
I'm Clint Scheirer. I've helped thousands of students in my career
find their way to better themselves and better their game. With
more than 10 years experience coaching, teaching and developing easy
to follow learning plans, I know I can help you too. Its
time for you to make your claim to game.
(01:28):
Hello and welcome back to episode 33 season
2 of Claim to Game, still a predominantly
educational fun podcast in which I am daring to coin the
word funucationalal. Its like a well oiled
machine, but even oilier and really really
rad. Whats in a name? Dont worry im m not going
toa start spouting off Shakespeare to you, but why do
I think names are so darn important when playing tabletop
(01:51):
games? Okay, the title of this episode is really
harsh. Forgetting a name does not automatically make you
a doofus, but it does matter and heres
why. There are groups that you need to look at here
regarding names and if you fail to hold a healthy respect
and apply decent effort in remembering names in any of these
categories, I feel you will hurt your
game and players momentum. Sometimes the hurt is
(02:14):
only short term and it can be overcome if you try try
again or you know, just give a little grace and do better
remembering the name moving forward Other times.
Well other times if you can't get better
remembering important names, your game may not
get any better. That would be a shame and overall doesn't
build games that can last telling amazing stories with
(02:34):
folks that you'll remember for years to come. The
three groups to consider here are player
names, players characters names
and NPCs names. I've listed
them in order from easy to hard in my own
experience. Here we go. This first one might feel silly,
especially if you're playing with friends or family you've known for years, but this
(02:54):
isn't always the case. I know some GMs who run
games at conventions and you don't always personally know the
folks who sit at the table, but luckily
I think name tags, badges or nameplates
can assist the GM and players in remembering each other's
actual names. When I invite friends of friends
or people that I don't know very well to a game that I'm
(03:14):
running, I try to do a few things to help me remember their
name before they get to my table. The first thing
I do is I write their name down. Paper. Whether it's a post it,
note, notebook, scratch paper, whatever, the
kinesthetic movement helps me remember the
name. And then if we started a group
text about the times and dates that our session is going to
meet, I will get permission first, but I'll put the
(03:36):
person'name who Im'm trying to remember into my phone
so that their number pops up with their name instead
of just a bunch of digits in the group text. This
allows me to look at their name every time the
conversation starts moving and it ingrains it into
my mind just a little bit more. And final me the
night before I will usually set up the gaming table with
(03:57):
folks materials for any particular game that we're
playing. Any materials that they aren't going to bring themselves that
is and this may be the teacher in me or
the OCD in me, but I will usually give
assigned seats with people's names so that they can
sit down and get ready to play with their materials. And assigning
the seats gives me another chance to look at their
name, write it out and spell it.
(04:20):
So why does this matter? Because tabletop
gaming is about relationships.
Its about connecting with other people to tell amazing
stories. Its a structured way to experience
camaraderie, laughter, triumph, loss
and many many many more emotions
which by the end you cant help by coming out
the other end. Maybe friends or possibly
(04:42):
more friendlye so using a player
or gms proper name at least for me is
sending the following mess. You fellow player
or GM are important. You are important
enough that I want to honor you by remembering who you are
outside of this make believe story that we are
experiencing together. But what if you forget?
Anyway, dont worry most people will forgive this
(05:05):
infraction without much animosity or butt hurt
feelings. Still make an effort.
Honor others around you remember their real life
name.
Alright now ono group number two
not the real name of your player but the players
characters name. In a tabletop rpg, players will
create a character who is their avatar, their
representation within the gaming world through whom
(05:27):
they play, speak and act. So
why should you make a decent effort to remember the players
Character name? For two main reasons. Reason
1 they put effort into creating this
character so you should put effort into using
and remembering the characters proper name. I
personally get frustrated when the GM s says my characters
name wrong and jokes about it the rest of the game or
(05:50):
the campaign. Its happened a couple of times and each
time as a player I feel like im being made fun of and I
might be taking things too personally but I still dont like it.
Im not talking about a slip like calling Dave the
barbarian Derek the barbarian. Im talking
about calling Dave the barbarian, Davey doodle the
barbarian or some other cutesy name in an attempt to
lazily avoid remembering the name I gave my
(06:12):
character. And to be honest some of the names
players give their characters are crazy and hard to pronounce
or they sound so much like a different name its really easy to
get confused. So coming at this with some
leniency for any freriian slips or simple
mistakes is a must. But
dont intentionally try to use a different name
for the characters player without their consent.
(06:35):
Make the effort to remember their characters
name. the second reason you should do this is remembering
players characters names and calling each other BYI
character names helps with player immersion
into the story of the game world. You break this
immersion when you call another player by their real world name
when you should be using their characters name. Use
their character name when you as a GM are asking
(06:58):
them what they would do when the goblin comes running up to them with
a sharpened scimitar. Use their character name
when you as the player are asking another character for
their aid, climbing up a small cliff and that you need a
boost to get to the nearest handhold. Use their
character name when youre all yucking it up at the bar
at the nearest tavern, singing songs of your latest
(07:18):
exploit and conquest. Make the effort
to remember the characters names and
use them.
Hey quick pause on the episode. Are you struggling to keep
a campaign going? Are you feeling overwhelmed as a GM
or dont know how to even get started? Get
personalized guidance to build confidence, create engaging
sessions and manage your group effectively with an
(07:39):
absolutely free 15 minute coaching
strategy. Call with me during our virtual
call Ill give you some quick wins, actionable steps and
clear directions that you can take away to make your game
better. Click on the link in the show notes to schedule
your free 15 minute call. Its free. Did I mention its
free? Well laugh, well cry and well make you a
(07:59):
frickin GM. champion in just 15 minutes. I
cannot wait to chat. Thanks.
And now back to the episode. The third and final group
of names that you need to consider to remember is the
hardest of all. For me, the hardest names of all
to Remember are the NPCs or the non
player characters that exist within a tabletop game.
There are so many NPCs,
(08:21):
hundreds of NPCs that you and other players may interact with over
a campaign, and at least a dozen you may encounter
even in just one session. As the GM, you are
often the ones speaking as the NPCs, describing their
actions and breathing life into them through the portrayal of
how they respond to your characters S actions and the world.
As the player, you need to remember the names of NPCs
(08:42):
who may be dropping secrets or clues or potential
new story hooks to navigate your way through through the adventure
and quest. To forget an NPC
might be okay if your GM remembers them, but dont
put that pressure on your GM. Remember the
NPCs and what they offer to the
story. In episode 31 I spoke to
Aaron Art from the Lore of the Rings-esque podcast about
(09:04):
master storytelling like J RR Token,
the author of the well known Lord of the Rings-esque and Hobbit
books, and ill put a link to that episode in the show notes if you
havent already had a chance to listen to it. But one of the first things
that Earon mentioned was how believable
Token makes his characters within the world of Middle
Earth. The characters become believable
because Token treats them as living breathing
(09:27):
beings with importance, backstory and
yes, unique names which show up time and
again whenever they appear within the epic fantasy.
When writing, it is crucial to use the names of
the main characters, supporting characters and even menial
characters to paint the picture of the story for your readers. If
you dont use the proper names or place those names
(09:47):
in the right spot, having those characters act and
speak and keep moments, well, I would argue that you
dont really have a story to tell at all. Authors and
writers have an advantage however, because they are writing
or typing these names down. They maybe even use
digital tools to help them organize their thoughts
outside of their main notes. And for tabletop gaming,
(10:07):
any official or unofficial published adventure you get from
DMs, guild or drive thru RPG
or a copy of your favorite RPG source guides
will have characters names and backstories
usually provided in the pages of the material. But
even so are you going to always be flipping through the
pages to go back and forth and remember who such
(10:28):
and such NPC was who lived in this one
town with that one profession, who had a
quest for the lost golden whatchamaacallitt m which he's willing to
pay the characters X number of gold coins or a magical
item if they find it and retrieve it for
him? I think not. So take a
page out of an author's book, see what I did there.
Write things down in a way that your brain can keep the
(10:50):
NPCs, their names and everything about them
organized. I wont tell you which tools to use, but
many virtual Tabletops like Foundry, VTT,
Fantasy Grounds and Roll20 have sections
within their interface where you can take notes for yourself
and then also a shared digital journal that the entire
party can access an update together.
I personally love using Scrivener
(11:13):
which is a writers software, but it helps me organize
NPCs in all aspects of my adventure in a
clear and simple way within the same Scribvener
project. Other apps you could look into Microsoft,
OneNote, Notion, Evernote and so
many more for free. You could sign up for
a gmail google account, get access to
G Drive where you then could keep your notes organized through
(11:35):
files and folders with Google Docs or any other number
of google applications. And if you have a tool you
love that you use to organize NPCs or
your campaign, or even remember names for your
tabletop RPG adventures, hey shoot me an email
I want to know about them. I love to know about new tools that
could be better than what im already using. So
(11:55):
make an effort to remember npcs
names and use them when you do. Your
story can be epic too. Alright final thought,
not using player names, players characters names
or NPC names often and appropriately I
believe can hurt your gaming experience. Experience for both the short
and long term. Honor your players whether they are
(12:15):
complete strangers prior to sitting down at the table or close friends
by making it effort to use their personal name to
grow closer with them in their relationship. Tabletop games are all
about relationships. Honor your players time and
effort that they poured into making their character by
integrating their characters name into the story.
Do this as a GM by using the name when
(12:36):
asking players what they intend to do when its their
turn to take control of the narrative. And do this as a player
by describing what you do with your characters
name even if youre just describing it in the third
person describing your characters actions.
And honor your amazing story by writing down
remembering and using NPC names backstories,
placing them strategically into the game if youre a GM
(12:59):
and interacting with them as though they are real living
beings. If you are a player remembering
names matters. You are ah no doofus.
Join us next time as we find the best ways to have great times
with friends and experience amazing stories through tabletop role
playing. I mentioned this before but its worth saying again here
at the end of all things. As Frodo Baggins would say, if you
(13:19):
are struggling to keep your campaign going, if you are
feeling overwhelmed as a GM or dont even know how to get
started, get personalized guidance to build
confidence, create engaging sessions and manage your
group effectively with an absolutely
free 15 minute coaching strategy. Call with
me during our virtual call Ill give you some quick wins,
actionable steps and clear directions that you can take
(13:42):
to make your game better. Click on the link in the show notes to
schedule your free 15 minute coaching call
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im done and may you keep having fun as we continue to make our
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