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<blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 3760558" data-attributes="member: 9053">Okay fellow ENNers, here's my dilemma. I am currently running the Shackled City Adventure Path and my group has gotten to a fairly big size: 8 people when everyone attends.I don't know if that is the exclusive reason for it, but some members of the group are getting bored. I have some who bring laptops, and they're starting to hit the Solitaire at points, and another brings a book to read.Now because the game is big, not everyone gets to be on scene and have my full attention all the time. The thing is, I'm really working to make sure and give everyone their time in the sun, but it seems like some of the group can't deal with that.Now I don't really have a problem with reading or playing a non distracting game when your character isn't in a scene, but it's started to slow things down, and it's also REALLY starting to annoy some of the players who ARE very into the game.I suppose the ultimate solution is to reduce the size of the game, but have any of you had a problem like this? I am committed to bringing the awesome, and so I want to keep things at a high level. This is really not a problem that I normally have, and I think it may boil down to a difference in play style: the bored players seen fixated on the pure combat elements, and I like to run my combats more Iron Heroes style where you can make interesting role-playing style choices even in the middle of a battle.Thoughts...comments...advice is welcomed!--Steve</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SteveC, post: 3760558, member: 9053"] Okay fellow ENNers, here's my dilemma. I am currently running the Shackled City Adventure Path and my group has gotten to a fairly big size: 8 people when everyone attends. I don't know if that is the exclusive reason for it, but some members of the group are getting bored. I have some who bring laptops, and they're starting to hit the Solitaire at points, and another brings a book to read. Now because the game is big, not everyone gets to be on scene and have my full attention all the time. The thing is, I'm really working to make sure and give everyone their time in the sun, but it seems like some of the group can't deal with that. Now I don't really have a problem with reading or playing a non distracting game when your character isn't in a scene, but it's started to slow things down, and it's also REALLY starting to annoy some of the players who ARE very into the game. I suppose the ultimate solution is to reduce the size of the game, but have any of you had a problem like this? I am committed to bringing the awesome, and so I want to keep things at a high level. This is really not a problem that I normally have, and I think it may boil down to a difference in play style: the bored players seen fixated on the pure combat elements, and I like to run my combats more Iron Heroes style where you can make interesting role-playing style choices even in the middle of a battle. Thoughts...comments...advice is welcomed! --Steve [/QUOTE]

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