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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8668024" data-attributes="member: 6801845">For me that depends on medium and style.&nbsp; If I have to run a game online it takes me far, far, longer than in person.&nbsp; I run a very dynamic game with a lot of free-form decisions from the PCs.&nbsp; If I'm in person I can describe most of it either in theater of the mind or if we need a grid I just throw out some premade reusable things for stuff like trees or draw some quick lines.&nbsp; On a VTT?&nbsp; I have to create detailed maps ahead of time, think of possible environmental factors and light sources both in the environment and set up vision for individual PC tokens.&nbsp; It's a lot more work.Then there are the people who detailed set pieces prepped ahead of time for even in person games like Matt Mercer does for Critical Role.&nbsp; Admittedly part of what they do is because of sponsorship from Dwarven Forge, but even in campaign 1 he always had his maps pre-drawn for pretty much every possible scenario.So I think there's a lot of variation.&nbsp; I spend a lot of time thinking about the campaign, but a lot of it is just while I'm doing other things and then I go off to jot down notes later.&nbsp; Do I count shower thoughts as prep time?&nbsp; Or just the time it takes me to figure out the specific monsters and numbers I want to use that fit the theme of a potential encounter?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8668024, member: 6801845"] For me that depends on medium and style. If I have to run a game online it takes me far, far, longer than in person. I run a very dynamic game with a lot of free-form decisions from the PCs. If I'm in person I can describe most of it either in theater of the mind or if we need a grid I just throw out some premade reusable things for stuff like trees or draw some quick lines. On a VTT? I have to create detailed maps ahead of time, think of possible environmental factors and light sources both in the environment and set up vision for individual PC tokens. It's a lot more work. Then there are the people who detailed set pieces prepped ahead of time for even in person games like Matt Mercer does for Critical Role. Admittedly part of what they do is because of sponsorship from Dwarven Forge, but even in campaign 1 he always had his maps pre-drawn for pretty much every possible scenario. So I think there's a lot of variation. I spend a lot of time thinking about the campaign, but a lot of it is just while I'm doing other things and then I go off to jot down notes later. Do I count shower thoughts as prep time? Or just the time it takes me to figure out the specific monsters and numbers I want to use that fit the theme of a potential encounter? [/QUOTE]

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