I’m mostly in the same boat as you. I have tried several times to get into Critical Role since everyone raves about it, plus a few others. It’s not for me. I suppose it’s because I don’t have any emotional connection with the actual play where I would have that investment with my own game. I will say that I did enjoy Dungeons & Daddies though, but that show is more like listening to a comedy podcast about fantasy rather than an actual play.
In this article: ways to railroad your party into your story and make sure their victory is as unsatisfying as possible.
Thanks for taking the time to write that.
I sure wish I had as much time as these blogs seem to think I do.
I agree. They will not get my click.
I bought the PDFs when they were on sale but have not yet played. This was helpful, thanks!
It has taken us 4 years to work through two calendar months.
Holy shit. And from level 1 to 9-10.
I haven’t played in person seriously for many years. We’re starting a new in-person group here soon, so I’m going to have to figure something out. I have a boatload of 3 ring binders so I will probably do the clear sleeve thing like you do, Mike. And then promptly pull them all out to spread around the table because I am a loose-leaf person at heart.
If you have a mystery situation set up and the party has a solution that cuts right to the end, I don’t see the problem. My feeling is, instead of figuring out ways to force people into your line of roleplaying, play into their solution and let them feel good about it.
Damn that’s kinda great.
Thank you for taking a look and for continuing to do the thing for us here!
Question for the overlords: What’s going on with the duplicate posts from the bot? It seems that about once a day there’s a vomit of duplicates from the day previous. I’m a big fan of the service so I’ve been sorting through, but I worry it might continue forever if someone doesn’t ask.
Oh interesting. I had no idea it worked like that. No big deal.
Your post has intrigued me. I am in the exact same boat with Roll20. I’ll give Foundry a shot for funsies.
I go to try out different systems or to play systems my regular group doesn’t play. Also, to remind myself why I have a regular group and how fortunate I am that they are mostly sane and adjusted people.
Pretty standard as my memory serves. We simply called it ‘the procedure’ to which the DM and players all knew was a preset course of events to take at a door before opening it. I’m surprised they didn’t say anything about checking for traps though, which arguably is a pretty important part of not dying.
Listen, check for traps, light under the door? If yes, signal mirror to check for occupants feet. Shove open and hope for the best.
I have never played Shadowrun online. I wonder if a lot of the tedium of the dice would be eliminated by character sheet math?
I really enjoyed the D&D 3rd Edition days, with the popcorn of d20-based games. Star Wars d20, d20 Modern, and the Sword & Sorcery Ravenloft were all great fun. The best part is that it was super easy to get your group to try new things, because the mechanics were all similar, if not exactly the same. People like to hate on D&D, but it’s consistently been a great base to start from and inspiration for a multitude of other games.
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