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<blockquote data-quote="BookTenTiger" data-source="post: 9454653" data-attributes="member: 6685541">So first of all, running Ironsworn has been a real relief from prep. I don't feel the need to prep every week, and I don't feel guilty if I haven't taken time out of my very busy life to prepare an adventure.However, I have missed the option to prep, especially since my online Ironsworn group has really committed to doing all-improvised.To me, doing prep is like designing a playground. It's really fun for me to think about what the characters might interact with, how the players will react to things, and the opportunity to make art or designs to add to the session. When I'm folding laundry, doing dishes, or sitting in a boring meeting, it's fun to turn my brain onto future sessions and go through possibilities.It's also really fun to go through the thinking process of &quot;if this is true, then what else is true?&quot; I was just yesterday imagining an Ironsworn setting that starts on a peninsula surrounded by a Primordial, dino-filled forest. Well if that's true, what else is true? Are there still mammoths and wyverns, or would that change? What other rules or aspects of the game or assets would I want to change?These kinds of thoughts can happen during the session, but I love having them on the back-burners of my brain while I'm going about the week, every once in a while a neat image or idea rising to my consciousness.That, to me, is the joy of prep!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BookTenTiger, post: 9454653, member: 6685541"] So first of all, running Ironsworn has been a real relief from prep. I don't feel the [I]need[/I] to prep every week, and I don't feel guilty if I haven't taken time out of my very busy life to prepare an adventure. However, I have missed the option to prep, especially since my online Ironsworn group has really committed to doing all-improvised. To me, doing prep is like designing a playground. It's really fun for me to think about what the characters might interact with, how the players will react to things, and the opportunity to make art or designs to add to the session. When I'm folding laundry, doing dishes, or sitting in a boring meeting, it's fun to turn my brain onto future sessions and go through possibilities. It's also really fun to go through the thinking process of "if this is true, then what else is true?" I was just yesterday imagining an Ironsworn setting that starts on a peninsula surrounded by a Primordial, dino-filled forest. Well if that's true, what else is true? Are there still mammoths and wyverns, or would that change? What other rules or aspects of the game or assets would I want to change? These kinds of thoughts can happen during the session, but I love having them on the back-burners of my brain while I'm going about the week, every once in a while a neat image or idea rising to my consciousness. That, to me, is the joy of prep! [/QUOTE]

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