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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9468764" data-attributes="member: 177">Agreed.&nbsp; The primary difference I see between CR and many campaign tables is focus.&nbsp; I see similar focus when I run one-shot games, in which the adventure is limited to 4 hours, and will never again be revisited.&nbsp; People in campaign sessions don't have a whole lot of time pressure to accomplish anything in particular in a given session, so they may &quot;fart around&quot;, to use the colloquial term.&nbsp; Specifically, the CR players don't spend a lot of time waffling or arguing over plans of action, and their non-game asides are limited.Also, in the CR I have watched* I noted a significant focus in the material presented.&nbsp; Mercer seems to avoid red herrings, and seems to make sure that his players always have actionable items in front of them.&nbsp; Many GMs I know will not assure that, and then their parties sit around trying to figure out what they want to do.*Which isn't a lot, but enough - I watched a chunk at the start of the current campaign so I could have informed opinions.&nbsp; It was 2021 - the pandemic left me with spare time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 9468764, member: 177"] Agreed. The primary difference I see between CR and many campaign tables is [I]focus[/I]. I see similar focus when I run one-shot games, in which the adventure is limited to 4 hours, and will never again be revisited. People in campaign sessions don't have a whole lot of time pressure to accomplish anything in particular in a given session, so they may "fart around", to use the colloquial term. Specifically, the CR players don't spend a lot of time waffling or arguing over plans of action, and their non-game asides are limited. Also, in the CR I have watched* I noted a significant focus in the material presented. Mercer seems to avoid red herrings, and seems to make sure that his players always have [I]actionable[/I] items in front of them. Many GMs I know will not assure that, and then their parties sit around trying to figure out what they want to do. *Which isn't a lot, but enough - I watched a chunk at the start of the current campaign so I could have informed opinions. It was 2021 - the pandemic left me with spare time. [/QUOTE]

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