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<blockquote data-quote="rakeleer" data-source="post: 4952372" data-attributes="member: 72923">For those that were curiousI'm very impressed by the willingness to help from the community here.&nbsp; Thanks a ton everyone!Here's what went down:I wrote my own adventure in Masterplanner (amazing tool!).&nbsp; My 8 players used Character Builder and sent me their sheets.&nbsp; There were quite a few conversations in Vent about decisions, rules, etc, before the game.We tested our tools (ScreenMonkey on the player end - just a web page) and opened an Obisidian Portal page for the campaign, seeding the world with a map and some details about the local regions.I ran a quick 10-30 minute diceless prelude with each player, sometimes in pairs (or one trio) to establish their characters background, and set up the RP environment for the first game.I used Masterplanner's combat maps only locally, mainly so I could use it to track initiative and NPC hitpoints.Sunday night, we started at 9 sharp and went to midnight sharp.&nbsp; By the end of the evening, everyone had a fairly good grasp of the basic mechanics, they had completed a skill challenge, a combat, and done at least 40 minutes of actual role-playing.Screenmonkey seemed to buckle under more than 4 users, and there were complaints about it being very slow to update.&nbsp; After our first session, I get 5 or 6 players to stay behind and help me test Maptool with them.&nbsp; It worked very well, and we will be using it starting next week.I still feel like 8 players is too many, but now I know it doesn't have to be the-sky-is-falling-and-we're-all-going-to-die too many.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rakeleer, post: 4952372, member: 72923"] [b]For those that were curious[/b] I'm very impressed by the willingness to help from the community here. Thanks a ton everyone! Here's what went down: I wrote my own adventure in Masterplanner (amazing tool!). My 8 players used Character Builder and sent me their sheets. There were quite a few conversations in Vent about decisions, rules, etc, before the game. We tested our tools (ScreenMonkey on the player end - just a web page) and opened an Obisidian Portal page for the campaign, seeding the world with a map and some details about the local regions. I ran a quick 10-30 minute diceless prelude with each player, sometimes in pairs (or one trio) to establish their characters background, and set up the RP environment for the first game. I used Masterplanner's combat maps only locally, mainly so I could use it to track initiative and NPC hitpoints. Sunday night, we started at 9 sharp and went to midnight sharp. By the end of the evening, everyone had a fairly good grasp of the basic mechanics, they had completed a skill challenge, a combat, and done at least 40 minutes of actual role-playing. Screenmonkey seemed to buckle under more than 4 users, and there were complaints about it being very slow to update. After our first session, I get 5 or 6 players to stay behind and help me test Maptool with them. It worked very well, and we will be using it starting next week. I still feel like 8 players is too many, but now I know it doesn't have to be the-sky-is-falling-and-we're-all-going-to-die too many. [/QUOTE]

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