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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 7749744" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>Always great articles from Annie! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is a big deal for us. We have maybe a dozen playlists on Spotify to highlight the mood of certain scenes, from taverns to wilderness to dungeons and so on.</p><p></p><p>The key in my opinion is to keep the music <em>really</em> in the background, never in the foreground! That usually means to keep the volume fairly low, and avoid any music draws too much attention. I've seen many times some gaming group put on some epic rock or heavy metal, thinking it's going to be cool, then after 15 minutes you just hate it and have to shut it off... the music should not distract you from the game. Save your favourite high-calories songs for the moments <em>between</em> the game, such as when you level up your PCs.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I've never really done anything more than dimming the lights.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I used to hate snacks at the gaming table long ago, then I realized that what I really hated is having snacks <em>and</em> books around at the same time. I am just too jealous of my books and don't want them getting dirty or greasy <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> So eventually I stopped banning snacks and started banning books.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's a bit too far for me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 7749744, member: 1465"] Always great articles from Annie! :) This is a big deal for us. We have maybe a dozen playlists on Spotify to highlight the mood of certain scenes, from taverns to wilderness to dungeons and so on. The key in my opinion is to keep the music [I]really[/I] in the background, never in the foreground! That usually means to keep the volume fairly low, and avoid any music draws too much attention. I've seen many times some gaming group put on some epic rock or heavy metal, thinking it's going to be cool, then after 15 minutes you just hate it and have to shut it off... the music should not distract you from the game. Save your favourite high-calories songs for the moments [I]between[/I] the game, such as when you level up your PCs. I've never really done anything more than dimming the lights. I used to hate snacks at the gaming table long ago, then I realized that what I really hated is having snacks [I]and[/I] books around at the same time. I am just too jealous of my books and don't want them getting dirty or greasy :D So eventually I stopped banning snacks and started banning books. That's a bit too far for me :D [/QUOTE]
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