[Out of Game] Where do the Story Hours happen?

[el-remmen]

{A moment of silence for the original pirate cat}


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The "Out of the Frying Pan" campaign is played (usually) in my tiny apartment in Brooklyn. It is so cramped we have to climb over each other to get to the bathroom or to the fridge or sink (since the living room/dining room/kitchen are all the same room. But then again I have a relatively huge table for my big battlemat.

In the summer on the really hot days we play at Sinuhe's house (plays Beorth) - it is only a few blocks away and is very spacious and he has an even longer table.

I write my story hour at my computer in the extra half-room in my tiny apartment.

 

[WizarDru]

All of our Story Hours, by necessity, are played out in my living room/dining room. This is because both my wife and I play, and the kids need to be abed before we begin 'The Dice Game', as my daughter calls it (though I think the time when we relax this restricition is fast approaching). The same is true of both my Story Hour and the Avonshar story hour (and our RtToEE story hour, which I need to recreate).

I do most of my writing either on the train or on the floor of my living room. My best thinking, though...that usually occurs in the car listening to music, or in the shower, believe it or not. I rarely bother to write much more than an outline of the game's major plot points, and perhaps a simple map. I have a general macro-outline to adhere to, but that's it. To me, the ideas and the NPCs (some of whom create themselves on the spot, often like some monsters) are more important than a tight script. Knowing them allows me to understand what will happen next much more than a script.