Belen
Legend
Have you looked at Level Up or What's Old was New from EN Publishing?
How Dragonbane Pointed out the Clashing Desires of My Gaming Group
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schneeland
Hero
Thinking about this for a while: the first post already outlines that there are at least two sub-groups within your current group. At the same time, it's pretty clear from your replies (and also from how long this problem persists) that you don't want to playing with these people for social reasons.
What I was wondering is: would it be feasible to split the current group into two groups and tailor the system a bit more to the specific tastes, e.g. for group 1 you would either recruit additional players that are into Dragonbane (or any other rules medium game that you enjoy running) or look for someone else running this (so that you can be a player); and for group 2 you would either go back to running 4e, play PF2 with Foundry support or try a few more complex board games (and similarly recruit a few more players that enjoy this style).
Naturally, the cadence would be reduced compared to the current game (because it seems from your posts that the risk for burnout is real and you don't want to double the frequency). But IMO one game night a month that everybody enjoys is a better than two nights that end in frustration.
What I was wondering is: would it be feasible to split the current group into two groups and tailor the system a bit more to the specific tastes, e.g. for group 1 you would either recruit additional players that are into Dragonbane (or any other rules medium game that you enjoy running) or look for someone else running this (so that you can be a player); and for group 2 you would either go back to running 4e, play PF2 with Foundry support or try a few more complex board games (and similarly recruit a few more players that enjoy this style).
Naturally, the cadence would be reduced compared to the current game (because it seems from your posts that the risk for burnout is real and you don't want to double the frequency). But IMO one game night a month that everybody enjoys is a better than two nights that end in frustration.
Warpiglet-7
Lord of the depths
Well I wish you enjoyable gaming and positive experiences.
They are out there…I won’t give unsolicited personal advice beyond saying you should matter to the group as a person.
I am not casting stones though…we hassled my lifelong friend a lot when he DM’d for us in high school.
We still play and we have hopefully made it up to him over the decades! I think we all matured as one would hope…
Now I am playing with my old crew and our kids much of the time. Pizza is good…laughing and clowning good…but we all must be kind to one another first.
I hope your next game has some well timed 20s and high fives all around
Yes. I have Level Up and giving it strong consideration.
Belen
Legend
I would recommend it as a way to tactically enhance 5e.
Belen
Legend
Have you thought about finding a different group where you can be a player in addition to your home game?
I do have the occasional online game where I get to be a player. They're just not as frequent or lengthy as my home games, so the home games take precedence in my thoughts.
And, I mean, I could just run what they want and stop complaining. But I can't figure out what that is.
- Fast paced
- Tactical (more than 5e)
- High power level
- Competent characters
- Breeze past the roleplaying
- No inventory management
- But still an RPG (not a boardgame)
Time to design your own RPG?
I would let it sit for a while.
TaranTheWanderer
Legend
I'd just play Gloomhaven or some similar tactical board game like Star Wars: Epic Duels (if you can get your hands on a copy).
For Gloomhaven, The set up for the game takes as much time as it might for you to plan a session. Epic duels or a similar game is a 5 minute set-up.
The advantage of Gloomhaven is you have a running story-line...and you get to play too!
For Gloomhaven, The set up for the game takes as much time as it might for you to plan a session. Epic duels or a similar game is a 5 minute set-up.
The advantage of Gloomhaven is you have a running story-line...and you get to play too!
