Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="scourger" data-source="post: 5333765" data-attributes="member: 12328">I love the prep work, to a degree.&nbsp; Probably my favorite time is thinking of cool games to run.&nbsp; But, over the years I've learned that my players don't think all the cool games I want to run are all that cool and that there is not enough time for all of it.&nbsp; Actually, there isn't really enough time for a small fraction of it.&nbsp; So, I have to be really discerning about where I put my preparation effort.&nbsp; Especially with a family, a job, and everything else IRL.&nbsp; The return has to justify the investment.&nbsp;&nbsp; Currently, I'm enjoying somewhere between a 1:5 and 1:10 ratio of prep time to game time.&nbsp; Although I ponderend the current game for a long time, I really did about 1 evening of hard prep work.&nbsp; There has been a little time here &amp; there over the past 8 or so play sessions, but it pretty much is ready to go from the initial work up.&nbsp; I find that is working well for me right now.&nbsp; I think the fact that my current game is a D&amp;D minis (skirmish) campaign helps control the prep time.&nbsp; There is a story and a goal, but it is not scripted.&nbsp; I hope to translate some of these elemesnt into future games, but DDM is probably too light to be an RPG-type game--even though I've incorporated role-playing elements.&nbsp; I feel like the character development is a little light.&nbsp; My players love it though.&nbsp; And I've long thought that a &quot;box-a-week&quot; camapign would be great fun (although I can't really get new boosters&nbsp; of old D&amp;D minis as easily right now).&nbsp; I may just go with a merger of 3.0/3.5 for the players with DDM for me as the DM next time.&nbsp; We'll see.&nbsp; Savage Worlds was lighter prep for me, but it could do with a line of pre-painted minis with stat cards.&nbsp; Perhaps the new Gamma World will lend itself to this kind of &quot;plug &amp; play&quot; DMing.&nbsp; I hope so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="scourger, post: 5333765, member: 12328"] I love the prep work, to a degree. Probably my favorite time is thinking of cool games to run. But, over the years I've learned that my players don't think all the cool games I want to run are all that cool and that there is not enough time for all of it. Actually, there isn't really enough time for a small fraction of it. So, I have to be really discerning about where I put my preparation effort. Especially with a family, a job, and everything else IRL. The return has to justify the investment. Currently, I'm enjoying somewhere between a 1:5 and 1:10 ratio of prep time to game time. Although I ponderend the current game for a long time, I really did about 1 evening of hard prep work. There has been a little time here & there over the past 8 or so play sessions, but it pretty much is ready to go from the initial work up. I find that is working well for me right now. I think the fact that my current game is a D&D minis (skirmish) campaign helps control the prep time. There is a story and a goal, but it is not scripted. I hope to translate some of these elemesnt into future games, but DDM is probably too light to be an RPG-type game--even though I've incorporated role-playing elements. I feel like the character development is a little light. My players love it though. And I've long thought that a "box-a-week" camapign would be great fun (although I can't really get new boosters of old D&D minis as easily right now). I may just go with a merger of 3.0/3.5 for the players with DDM for me as the DM next time. We'll see. Savage Worlds was lighter prep for me, but it could do with a line of pre-painted minis with stat cards. Perhaps the new Gamma World will lend itself to this kind of "plug & play" DMing. I hope so. [/QUOTE]

Verification