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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Karak" data-source="post: 6054471" data-attributes="member: 6700170">So true. Most of my games involve a good deal of clues, some missed, some found, and we still talk about "this game, or that game" years later. The best part is when a player informs me that I dropped a clue I wasn't aware of or that they picked up on something and it wasn't a clue at all but it fit into the story.Admittedly I freestyle all my games so I have been doing it long enough to understand when and where to put things. But I adore these kinds of games.One thing I LOVE to do is to throw at least 2 or 3 red herrings or really unique twists. Even if its the town priest also being the sheriff. I have found that 1-3 very memorable things really traps the players into the game plot. Using the cards like I do, these come up almost often enough that I can throw some away. But it leads to incredibly interesting twists. I would say my major rule is that in most of my games with intrigue based plots I hold true to the fact that good people do bad things for good reasons and the opposite as well. Leading to bad guys that really barely are, or good guys that the players end up HATING at the end.As for tracking story plots I use a simple piece of paper and a pencil and a cloud chart or mind map. This very basic way of tracking things allows for me to ad lib when I need but also glance at the piece of paper and come up with connections .</blockquote>