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<blockquote data-quote="pogre" data-source="post: 9212053" data-attributes="member: 6588"><p>In a zero to hero game like D&D my campaigns progress in scope with the PCs' experience usually. Tier One is very below and tier four is usually above. Doesn't have to be that way, it's just the way my games usually go.</p><p></p><p>Something I did in the campaign we just finished up was pretty different. Every other session for the first 30 or 40 minutes we would have a privy council meeting for the Emperor. Each player had a role - head of the guard, head of the guilds, archbishop, etc. and all had agendas they were trying to push forward. It was always an animated, fun experience and my son still complains about how the Vizier backstabbed him politically on a motion he thought would pass easily. Anyway, my players really enjoyed when the actions of the Privy Council affected the world and sometimes the adventures as well.</p><p></p><p>It was a game within the game, but allowed us to sort of play on both the above and below level.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pogre, post: 9212053, member: 6588"] In a zero to hero game like D&D my campaigns progress in scope with the PCs' experience usually. Tier One is very below and tier four is usually above. Doesn't have to be that way, it's just the way my games usually go. Something I did in the campaign we just finished up was pretty different. Every other session for the first 30 or 40 minutes we would have a privy council meeting for the Emperor. Each player had a role - head of the guard, head of the guilds, archbishop, etc. and all had agendas they were trying to push forward. It was always an animated, fun experience and my son still complains about how the Vizier backstabbed him politically on a motion he thought would pass easily. Anyway, my players really enjoyed when the actions of the Privy Council affected the world and sometimes the adventures as well. It was a game within the game, but allowed us to sort of play on both the above and below level. [/QUOTE]
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