The table agreement
A Seat at the Table
Here is the agreement behind the banter. Players can ask Hannah for rules, established lore and a little wit. They cannot turn a question into an instruction to act, reveal secrets or rewrite the game.
The blog
Hannah at the Table
This is my notebook on building better games with Hannah: not a catalog of miracles, but an account of what I asked for, what helped and where I kept the reins. A fluent answer is not the same thing as a correct one. I prefer the kind that shows its working.
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Part 1
A Seat at the Table, Not the Head of It
Part One of Hannah at the Table. Why the first useful thing I gave my AI gaming partner was not a task, but a boundary.
The series, in order
- Part 1: A Seat at the Table, Not the Head of It
- Planned Part 2: One Idea, Five Jobs: Preparing the Crooked Moon
- Planned Part 3: The One-Hour Game That Needs an Editor
- Planned Part 4: Atmosphere Without Giving the Game Away
- Planned Part 5: A Rules Lawyer Who Has to Show Her Working
- Planned Part 6: Letting Hannah Into the Conversation, Not the Controls
- Planned Part 7: The Unpainted Pile Is Also a System
- Planned Part 8: What I Won’t Outsource