RopeLIVE / RPGLive is a tabletop role-playing game video stream concept. In 2021-22 Yle produced four separate game session streams, each 6 hours long. The third game ‘Touch of an Angel’ took place in 1990s Helsinki. The main conceptual idea is that we have a group of people sitting around a table, playing a game with elements of imaginary storytelling, improvisation, adventure and chance. Game Master is the one who leads the game and the one who decides what will happen in the adventure. Players have different characters, with certain abilities. Dice will determine what will happen in the game. Additional conceptual elements are a strong audience interaction and participation before, during and after the live event. There is an emphasis on powerful storytelling and content. We encourage screenwriters to have entertaining themes/genres, added with themes that we as public broadcasters feel strongly about. We cast a group of experienced players, but also well known celebrities, and use cost-effective stream production. The target audience are 30-44 year olds. We reach 20,000-10,000 unique viewers per episode and 1,000-3,000 audience participation chat messages per episode.
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