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zarionofarabel replied to the thread 1 Shot Campaigns, and throw away characters..I like to use one-shots as pickup games when members of the group are absent and the regular campaign wouldn't really function properly... -
zarionofarabel reacted to Morrus's post in the thread 1 Shot Campaigns, and throw away characters. with
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You're assuming we're only playing D&D. Thousands of games have much lighter rules. Your question becomes very different when not viewed... -
zarionofarabel reacted to billd91's post in the thread 1 Shot Campaigns, and throw away characters. with Like.
Nothing wrong with doing one-shots on game night. Gives you a taste of a lot of different character options, adventures styles...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Morrus's post in the thread 1 Shot Campaigns, and throw away characters. with Like.
I play quite a lot of one shots and short campaigns. It lets me play lots of different games. Like watching a movie instead of signing...
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Just something I saw over at DeviantArt - not my work
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zarionofarabel reacted to zakael19's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
No totally, thinking through stuff like this helps me kind of evaluate my own games and how I’m running them differently for different...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Scott Christian's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
Yes, it does. Thank you for the detailed explanation. I appreciate you taking the time to detail the difference.
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread What Is Your Favorite Linear Adventure/Campaign.Oh wow, I'm embarrassed I forgot that one. It's the GPC for LotR. 🥺
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zarionofarabel reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What Is Your Favorite Linear Adventure/Campaign with Like.
The Darkening of Mirkwood, TOR1ed
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zarionofarabel reacted to A_Carrington's post in the thread Why do you play games other than D&D? with Like.
D&D can't do anything I'm interested in and has a lot of bafflingly bad design decisions, to the point of being almost offensively...
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zarionofarabel reacted to pemerton's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
I don't think so. And I know this isn't true. Upthread I linked to five examples of actual play. At least one of them actually provides...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out.So, this is totally gonna sound like a copout, but players don't choose objectives in a vacuum, which means they almost always have a...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Campbell's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
At some tables. At others we work together to establish these things. Like if you refuse to coordinate your efforts to orchestrate in a...
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zarionofarabel reacted to pemerton's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
I think this might be related to your problem in the OP. What I mean by that is that, if the GM does their setting and situation work...
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zarionofarabel reacted to pemerton's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
Here are some examples - actual play reports - of player-driven RPGing: * Burning Wheel, where I'm the player; you can see how the GM...