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<blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 6597048" data-attributes="member: 31465">The recent thread about prep work got me thinking about what i've been doing for Princes.&nbsp; I currently have 5 pages of hand written notes.&nbsp; I have spent a few hours reading over the book. I have printed and arranged multiple regional maps.&nbsp; I have complied a portfolio of NPC pictures to be pulled from as needed and jot a name beneath them as handouts.&nbsp; This has all taken a considerable amount of time, but there's no way all of this is going to come into game the first 2 hours we play (2 hours is our usual time limit).&nbsp; But the prep work pays forward, no doubt. But it also makes it hard for to calculate how much X = Y. I also don't want to plan too far ahead as I really have no idea how the PCs will handle certain situations.&nbsp; One advantage of having short sessions is that it gives me a whole week to fill in the blanks from where the session leaves off, and it often makes the next game stronger.&nbsp; I'll give one example from my notes:&nbsp; Haeleeya of the Bathhouse (#15) is an Emerald Enclave contact.&nbsp; I decided on a whim that the sign on the building says in stylized letters &quot;Enter &amp; Enjoy!&quot;&nbsp; (EE).&nbsp; In such a way that the character in that faction immediately knows that this place is tagged as a faction locale.&nbsp; No roll needed, it's just a fact she knows from insider knowledge.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nebulous, post: 6597048, member: 31465"] The recent thread about prep work got me thinking about what i've been doing for Princes. I currently have 5 pages of hand written notes. I have spent a few hours reading over the book. I have printed and arranged multiple regional maps. I have complied a portfolio of NPC pictures to be pulled from as needed and jot a name beneath them as handouts. This has all taken a considerable amount of time, but there's no way all of this is going to come into game the first 2 hours we play (2 hours is our usual time limit). But the prep work pays forward, no doubt. But it also makes it hard for to calculate how much X = Y. I also don't want to plan too far ahead as I really have no idea how the PCs will handle certain situations. One advantage of having short sessions is that it gives me a whole week to fill in the blanks from where the session leaves off, and it often makes the next game stronger. I'll give one example from my notes: Haeleeya of the Bathhouse (#15) is an Emerald Enclave contact. I decided on a whim that the sign on the building says in stylized letters "Enter & Enjoy!" (EE). In such a way that the character in that faction immediately knows that this place is tagged as a faction locale. No roll needed, it's just a fact she knows from insider knowledge. [/QUOTE]

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