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<blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 8255573" data-attributes="member: 11"><p>I started doing this a while ago. . . after my "Out of the Frying Pan" game ended, I briefly ran a Mutants & Masterminds game and part of the conceit of that was that each session was the issue of a comic book, so each one had a comic book-like story title that I either came up with before or applied after (depending on the direction of the game, sometimes the titles would be retroactively changed). The idea was a hit and I found that titling the sessions helped set the tone and stick particular sessions/events in our memories, so when I began what would come to be the last 3.xE game I'd ever run (It was called "Second Son of a Second Son") I started titling those sessions as well, and then it kinda stuck. Sometimes a title is straightfoward, like "Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (part 3)" and sometimes they are more esoteric, "Love will Tear Us Apart."</p><p></p><p>Anyone do something similar?</p><p></p><p>Here is the list of the names I've given the sessions in my current game (as they appear on our campaign wiki):</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #0</strong> - <a href="http://saltghosts.wikidot.com/stat-draft" target="_blank">Stat Draft</a> & Character Creation [Saturday, November 23, 12:30 pm EST]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #1</strong> - "We'll Take the Low Road!" [Saturday, January 11, 12:30 pm EST]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #2</strong> - "The Laughing Crow" [Saturday, February 22, 12:30 pm EST]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #3</strong> - "Love & Other Demons" [Saturday, March 28, 12:30 pm EST]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #4</strong> - "Hello, We Must Be Going" [Saturday, April 11, 2:00 pm EST]*</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #5</strong> - "The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (part 1)" [Saturday, April 25, 2:00 pm EST]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #6</strong> - "The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (part 2)" [Saturday, May 11, 2:00 pm EST]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #7</strong> - "The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (part 3)" [Saturday, May 23, 2:00 pm EST]*</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #8</strong> - "Sea Ghosts & Turkey-Lizards" [Saturday, June 6, 2:00 pm]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #9</strong> - "Dino-MITE!" [Saturday, June 20, 2:00 pm]*</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #10</strong> - "The Sea Ghost" [Saturday, July 11, 2:00 pm]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #11</strong> - "Rollo's Rage" [Saturday, August 8, 2:00 pm]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #12</strong> - "Danger at Dunwater (part 1)" [Saturday, August 29, 2:00 pm]*</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #13</strong> - "Danger at Dunwater (part 2)" [Saturday, September 19, 2 pm EST]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #14</strong> - "Lizardfolk Parley" [Saturday, October 17, 2 pm EST]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #15</strong> - "Thousand Teeth" [Friday, October 30, 7 pm]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #16</strong> - "Love will Tear Us Apart" [Saturday, November 14, 2 pm]*</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #17</strong> - "Salvage Mission" [Saturday, December 5, 2 pm]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #18</strong> - "Welcome to My Parlor…" [Saturday, December 26, 2 pm]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #19</strong> - "Like Rats…" [Saturday, January 16, 2021 - 1 pm]*</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #20</strong> - "Song of the Fens" [Saturday, February 20, 2 pm et]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #21</strong> - "Song of the Fens (pt 2)" [Saturday, March 13, 2 pm]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #22</strong> - "Against the Cult of the LOAF" [Saturday, April 3, 1 pm]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Session #23</strong> - "Into the Temple of the LOAF" [Saturday, May 1, 2 pm]</li> </ul><p>* XP was awarded this session</p><p></p><p>As you can see, sometimes the titles aren't great, but they do their job. Other times, as in session #8, what I think is gonna happen (assaulting the Sea Ghost) is delayed, but since they got info about the Sea Ghost that session, it still applied (they just decided to hunt some baby velociraptors hanging in some sea caves rather than just let the two days till the pirate ship arrived go by and getting right to the boarding).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="el-remmen, post: 8255573, member: 11"] I started doing this a while ago. . . after my "Out of the Frying Pan" game ended, I briefly ran a Mutants & Masterminds game and part of the conceit of that was that each session was the issue of a comic book, so each one had a comic book-like story title that I either came up with before or applied after (depending on the direction of the game, sometimes the titles would be retroactively changed). The idea was a hit and I found that titling the sessions helped set the tone and stick particular sessions/events in our memories, so when I began what would come to be the last 3.xE game I'd ever run (It was called "Second Son of a Second Son") I started titling those sessions as well, and then it kinda stuck. Sometimes a title is straightfoward, like "Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (part 3)" and sometimes they are more esoteric, "Love will Tear Us Apart." Anyone do something similar? Here is the list of the names I've given the sessions in my current game (as they appear on our campaign wiki): [LIST] [*][B]Session #0[/B] - [URL='http://saltghosts.wikidot.com/stat-draft']Stat Draft[/URL] & Character Creation [Saturday, November 23, 12:30 pm EST] [*][B]Session #1[/B] - "We'll Take the Low Road!" [Saturday, January 11, 12:30 pm EST] [*][B]Session #2[/B] - "The Laughing Crow" [Saturday, February 22, 12:30 pm EST] [*][B]Session #3[/B] - "Love & Other Demons" [Saturday, March 28, 12:30 pm EST] [*][B]Session #4[/B] - "Hello, We Must Be Going" [Saturday, April 11, 2:00 pm EST]* [*][B]Session #5[/B] - "The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (part 1)" [Saturday, April 25, 2:00 pm EST] [*][B]Session #6[/B] - "The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (part 2)" [Saturday, May 11, 2:00 pm EST] [*][B]Session #7[/B] - "The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (part 3)" [Saturday, May 23, 2:00 pm EST]* [*][B]Session #8[/B] - "Sea Ghosts & Turkey-Lizards" [Saturday, June 6, 2:00 pm] [*][B]Session #9[/B] - "Dino-MITE!" [Saturday, June 20, 2:00 pm]* [*][B]Session #10[/B] - "The Sea Ghost" [Saturday, July 11, 2:00 pm] [*][B]Session #11[/B] - "Rollo's Rage" [Saturday, August 8, 2:00 pm] [*][B]Session #12[/B] - "Danger at Dunwater (part 1)" [Saturday, August 29, 2:00 pm]* [*][B]Session #13[/B] - "Danger at Dunwater (part 2)" [Saturday, September 19, 2 pm EST] [*][B]Session #14[/B] - "Lizardfolk Parley" [Saturday, October 17, 2 pm EST] [*][B]Session #15[/B] - "Thousand Teeth" [Friday, October 30, 7 pm] [*][B]Session #16[/B] - "Love will Tear Us Apart" [Saturday, November 14, 2 pm]* [*][B]Session #17[/B] - "Salvage Mission" [Saturday, December 5, 2 pm] [*][B]Session #18[/B] - "Welcome to My Parlor…" [Saturday, December 26, 2 pm] [*][B]Session #19[/B] - "Like Rats…" [Saturday, January 16, 2021 - 1 pm]* [*][B]Session #20[/B] - "Song of the Fens" [Saturday, February 20, 2 pm et] [*][B]Session #21[/B] - "Song of the Fens (pt 2)" [Saturday, March 13, 2 pm] [*][B]Session #22[/B] - "Against the Cult of the LOAF" [Saturday, April 3, 1 pm] [*][B]Session #23[/B] - "Into the Temple of the LOAF" [Saturday, May 1, 2 pm] [/LIST] * XP was awarded this session As you can see, sometimes the titles aren't great, but they do their job. Other times, as in session #8, what I think is gonna happen (assaulting the Sea Ghost) is delayed, but since they got info about the Sea Ghost that session, it still applied (they just decided to hunt some baby velociraptors hanging in some sea caves rather than just let the two days till the pirate ship arrived go by and getting right to the boarding). [/QUOTE]
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