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<blockquote data-quote="Nytmare" data-source="post: 8120252" data-attributes="member: 55178">I played in a ...I think it was a DC Heroes campaign where there was another group playing a team of villains and every other week the other group would play and impact the opposite group.&nbsp; The plan was for the groups to eventually duke it out, but the game fell apart well before the final fight.&nbsp; It was janky as hell.&nbsp; That however inspired me to run a one shot game where two groups in two different rooms played alternate reality versions of each other and players could jump back and forth between the games every half hour on the dot.&nbsp; It went okay, but there were a lot of things, in retrospect, that I would want to do differently.I'm currently running a Torchbearer West Marches game that (if I ever manage to have enough people playing at once) can support several groups playing at the same time.I think that the real trick of it is to find a way that information between the games can flow back and forth, but at a speed where it doesn't impact things in a meaningful or paradoxical way.Time is abstract in TB and in my game flows seasonally with 2ish &quot;adventures&quot; happening each season.&nbsp; Players will have the option to switch between groups, but once you leave a group who is on an adventure, there's no tying back in with them till their adventure is complete.The game is also split between adventuring, travelling, and town &quot;phases&quot; and returning to town feel like a natural point where players can act on the rumors and stories that they've been hearing about from the other groups.&nbsp; &quot;The other group TPKed to a crocodile monster in the swamp a week north from town?&nbsp; Maybe it's worth it for us to go out there and see if we can find the mage's spell book.&quot;&nbsp; &quot;I know your group explored an old abandoned temple somewhere to the west.&nbsp; I found a bit of a map that sounds like it describes how to find and enter a hidden treasure vault there and I'll split anything we find 50/50 with you if you take me there.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nytmare, post: 8120252, member: 55178"] I played in a ...I think it was a DC Heroes campaign where there was another group playing a team of villains and every other week the other group would play and impact the opposite group. The plan was for the groups to eventually duke it out, but the game fell apart well before the final fight. It was janky as hell. That however inspired me to run a one shot game where two groups in two different rooms played alternate reality versions of each other and players could jump back and forth between the games every half hour on the dot. It went okay, but there were a lot of things, in retrospect, that I would want to do differently. I'm currently running a Torchbearer West Marches game that (if I ever manage to have enough people playing at once) can support several groups playing at the same time. I think that the real trick of it is to find a way that information between the games can flow back and forth, but at a speed where it doesn't impact things in a meaningful or paradoxical way. Time is abstract in TB and in my game flows seasonally with 2ish "adventures" happening each season. Players will have the option to switch between groups, but once you leave a group who is on an adventure, there's no tying back in with them till their adventure is complete. The game is also split between adventuring, travelling, and town "phases" and returning to town feel like a natural point where players can act on the rumors and stories that they've been hearing about from the other groups. "The other group TPKed to a crocodile monster in the swamp a week north from town? Maybe it's worth it for us to go out there and see if we can find the mage's spell book." "I know your group explored an old abandoned temple somewhere to the west. I found a bit of a map that sounds like it describes how to find and enter a hidden treasure vault there and I'll split anything we find 50/50 with you if you take me there." [/QUOTE]

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