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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9458853" data-attributes="member: 4534">I use it though I've never heard of CATS until recently.&nbsp; When pitching a campaign, I tell them the setting, what their characters will be doing, and the general tone of the campaign.&nbsp; For the most part this seems to work rather well but stories about when things worked out well aren't any fun.&nbsp; But, yes, I think it's absolutely necessary for everyone to understand what the game is all about.&nbsp; I still remember my Delta Green game where an FBI agent was going into a basement and decided to pull out a set of bolas to fight a shadowy creature.&nbsp; When the player told me he pulled out some bolas I burst out in laughter because I thought he was kidding.&nbsp; Nope.&nbsp; He was dead serious.&nbsp; I just shook my head and said, &quot;Okay.&nbsp; You're on the stairwell going into the basement.&nbsp; How do you propose to swing your bolas?&nbsp; For that matter, how the hell do you walk around with concealed bolas?&quot;&nbsp; He got a little upset with me saying he was just trying to do something interesting and said I could just play his character for him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 9458853, member: 4534"] I use it though I've never heard of CATS until recently. When pitching a campaign, I tell them the setting, what their characters will be doing, and the general tone of the campaign. For the most part this seems to work rather well but stories about when things worked out well aren't any fun. But, yes, I think it's absolutely necessary for everyone to understand what the game is all about. I still remember my Delta Green game where an FBI agent was going into a basement and decided to pull out a set of bolas to fight a shadowy creature. When the player told me he pulled out some bolas I burst out in laughter because I thought he was kidding. Nope. He was dead serious. I just shook my head and said, "Okay. You're on the stairwell going into the basement. How do you propose to swing your bolas? For that matter, how the hell do you walk around with concealed bolas?" He got a little upset with me saying he was just trying to do something interesting and said I could just play his character for him. [/QUOTE]

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