We Open On A Stormy Night

 Trope familiarity and genre savvy are languages in and unto themselves, but such tropes often come with expectations and baggage for what the audience - and, in an RPG, your players - can and might expect. This panel aims to take a look at different genres and tropes, and discuss how to use those genre conventions and default tropes to craft the story you want to tell while maintaining the aesthetic you want.