The only problem I have with short campaigns is keeping them short. I like to meander, I like to find out what happens to the characters. I dislike prep (too much like the planning I have to do for work) and I don’t plan ahead.
Here’s what I have learnt:
If a game is a big hit, run a second season like a TV show. Axe it when it runs out of steam (like a TV show) – and bring it back for a reunion in 10 years with the original cast.
The only problem I have with short campaigns is keeping them short. I like to meander, I like to find out what happens to the characters. I dislike prep (too much like the planning I have to do for work) and I don’t plan ahead.
Here’s what I have learnt:
It’s easy to just start building things that will never get played and I think a solution is:
– to break prep into separate and reusable elements (I’ve talked about this before)
-to only plan what you need
So, leaping off from that into the void, what sort of elements and what does each need?
For the March 2023 RPG Blog Carnival – a set of spark tables for generating Sci-Fi bars, their patrons, and possible jobs.
‘Cos every good story starts at the tavern, right?
Year Zero Worldbuilding creates campaign settings using Free League’s RPGs. This month covers Ruins of Symbaroum’s Call of the Dark which sets up a world that can support a campaign ranging from levels 1 to 10.
This is the wrap up post for the February RPG Blog Carnival, and some spark tables for next month’s dungeon23 level.
Death Saves in D&D kinda suck. When we talk about mechanics in games that sort of rile me a bit, the 5th edition version of ‘dying’ is maybe the most frustrating. I feel like a player is sort of waiting in limbo to either be zapped back to life on the most minimal hit points a caster can afford to give up, or they have several rounds until they die in a very unheroic fashion – face down on the floor, having finally bled out.
What do you do when you are suddenly hit with real-world upsets and want to still try to keep playing because the RPG group’s story isn’t done?
Open invitation to all RPG bloggers to join the February 2023 RPG Blog Carnival!
#Dungeon23 is a neat idea but I do not need a megadungeon, so I am going to reframe it to help me build a city in my setting instead.
Tom
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