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  1. Olaf the Stout

    RPG Crowdfunding News – Vaesen, The Darkest Woods, The Smurfs, and more

    It’s one I think is cool, but would never back it or print it due to the sheer size of the beast.
  2. Olaf the Stout

    D&D 5E (2014) Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    The options definitely helped. As did a Guide leader who was helping the girls by offering suggestions of what they could do and checking their character sheets for potential options. I’ve also got 2 younger kids, so if my eldest daughter was interested in playing again I’d just run something...
  3. Olaf the Stout

    D&D 5E (2014) Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    All I can think of now is Bojack Horseman in a D&D campaign! 😂
  4. Olaf the Stout

    D&D 5E (2014) Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    Yeah, I don't doubt that at all. I asked my daughters about her on the drive home last night. Apparently she’s horse obsessed, so makes sense she wanted to play a centaur. She paid a lot of attention in game to what was going on and was the most proactive, so I didn’t mind. My initial concern...
  5. Olaf the Stout

    D&D 5E (2014) Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    Session is run and done and it wasn’t a train wreck, so I’m calling it a success. I even dealt with the added unexpected hurdle of one of the girls rocking up with a 2nd level winged Centaur Druid. 🤦‍♂️ I wish I was kidding, but I am not. The rest of the girls had 1st level pre-gens I made. 😂...
  6. Olaf the Stout

    D&D 5E (2014) Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    Technically I could run ToA in 90 minutes. I’m sure I could opening scene TPK in under 30 minutes! 😂
  7. Olaf the Stout

    D&D 5E (2014) Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    Yeah, it’s best that we don’t talk about how much dice I have. Suffice to say I have enough. 😬🤦‍♂️😂 As for the 90 minutes, you’re right in that it’s likely to be more like 80 minutes. Even though I’m likely to run D&D, just due to my familiarity, I’ll likely keep much of the mechanics on my...
  8. Olaf the Stout

    RPG Crowdfunding News - Thousand Year Old Vampire, Animon Story, and more

    Yeah, I’m strongly considering buying it.
  9. Olaf the Stout

    RPG Crowdfunding News - Thousand Year Old Vampire, Animon Story, and more

    This is the first I've heard of Thousand Year Old Vampire, but the concept definitely intrigues me.
  10. Olaf the Stout

    D&D 5E (2014) Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    I'll likely just provide the girls with dice of my own for them to use. Letting them take their d20 home with them at the end of the night might be an idea though.
  11. Olaf the Stout

    D&D 5E (2014) Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    I'll check out Delian Tomb. That may be a bit long, but might give me some ideas at least. Highlighting things in different colours to make for ease of play at the table is a great idea, as is having a paragraph or dot points on the PCs personalities is a great idea too.
  12. Olaf the Stout

    D&D 5E (2014) Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    Yeah, with 8 of them, you’d hope that’s the case. I’ll definitely take an open mind to their suggestions. I don’t want to box them into finding the one and only solution.
  13. Olaf the Stout

    D&D 5E (2014) Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    Unfortunately I know of Shadowdark, but that’s about it.
  14. Olaf the Stout

    D&D 5E (2014) Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    Yeah, I have some 5-room dungeons I might look at, just to see if anything sparks my imagination. I definitely think a trap, simple puzzle or skill challenge to overcome is a good non-combat option. I just need to make sure I keep the pace going with that as it could cause the game to get stuck.
  15. Olaf the Stout

    D&D 5E (2014) Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    Determining initiative order like that sounds like a good option to keep it simple. Plus the girls know when they’re up next. If you have a link to simplified sheets, that would be great. I also like the 60 minute suggestion. Possibly the location they’re exploring is about to collapse, so...
  16. Olaf the Stout

    D&D 5E (2014) Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    Yeah, super aware of that. And I think you’re right about needing to ignore most of the rules. The rule of fast decisions will be my guide as DM, especially as it will be a challenge to keep all the girls engaged in the game when there is very little individual screen time with 8 players.
  17. Olaf the Stout

    D&D 5E (2014) Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    I'll check out both of those adventures. I do wonder if there is any D&D Adventurer's League adventures set up for something like this. They seem like the type of thing you'd want to get players into the action ASAP.
  18. Olaf the Stout

    D&D 5E (2014) Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    Yeah, I know that's a lot of tight restrictions! Fortunately it's not my first rodeo. I've played for 20+ years and DM'd for a decade, so that will help, but it will still be tough. With 8 teens that have never played before I'm going to need to play loose and fast and just go with it. No time...
  19. Olaf the Stout

    D&D 5E (2014) Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    Help me EN World, you're my only hope! Ok, so I may not need help fighting the Empire, but I am in a spot of bother. I agreed to run a D&D one-shot for my daughters' Girl Guide group. Unfortunately the conditions are: I've got 90 mins to run the game There will be 8 players Girls are 14-16yo...
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