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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrew D. Gable" data-source="post: 1653092" data-attributes="member: 4144">Whoops!  I have failed myself... how stupid of me to totally forget about that VERY important part of the 1920s... whoops...  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid    :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> Well, it was, uh, umm, grape juice.  Yeah, that's it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />As to the pacing/speed of the game, I don't think as much you're doing anything wrong as that there's not really a lot going on... not a diss or anything, it's just the "Prologue" to a big campaign, so things will be slow.  I might not be the right one to give advice, but I'm running a "Cthulhu feel" horror campaign (the Resurrection City threads), and I use Chaosium scenarios - more or less.Point is, don't be afraid to abridge certain portions.  Or, if all else fails and we don't pick up on a vital lead or clue, don't be afraid to have an NPC drop by to give us a nudge.  Another point: sometimes it may seem rude (I'm not sure what the accepted 'timeframe' is on this), but this may be it, since I believe you said you're new to PbP.  Don't be afraid to take over running a character or dictating his actions if the player's not around.  Rather than waiting on that person's post, just dictate what someone does.  Especially in combat.  Being COC, we shouldn't have a lot of that, but it's a thought.  Sometimes you just have to take things in your own hands, you know?  Now, of course, don't abuse this, though.Like I said, not sure on the accepted period you should wait before NPCing a character, maybe some others on here know.  I know I usually do it if I'm ready to make a post.  And then when I do NPC someone, I'll have them do something minor.  Maybe ask someone a question, or give them an item, or something. Just some hints I've learned from my PbP experience (DMing 3 games currently, playing 2-3, counting this one).</blockquote>

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