James and Chuckie welcome Anthony Langley, retired US Air Force Major with 35 years in intelligence and reconnaissance, host of the Nene Valley Roleplaying Association on YouTube and Patreon, and a guy who has been rolling dice and telling stories since the mid-80s. His players include software engineers, a doctor, and one player who ran an ETU session from a camper van in Eastern Europe on Starlink. These are serious people!

Find Anthony and the Nene Valley Roleplaying Association on YouTube and Patreon. Check out their ETU campaign if you want to see what a long-haul actual play looks like when it's done right.

What We Get Into:

- Give your GM brushes, not just dice rolls. Don't say "I roll intimidation." Pick up his drink. Slam it down. Look him dead in the eyes. Now roll intimidation.
- Why ETU looks like a compact setting that can't go anywhere, and why that's completely wrong
- Anthony's philosophy shift from story is prime to character is prime, and why he stopped Matt Mercer-ing his players
- Railroad vs sandbox: Anthony's approach to blending structure with player freedom across 55+ sessions
- What Anthony steals from Blades in the Dark: the flashback mechanic and position/effect, and why both belong at any table

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