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Message: <blockquote data-quote="prabe" data-source="post: 8008826" data-attributes="member: 7016699">I try to run campaigns where the PCs have multiple goals they can pursue and they choose which to pursue and in what order. I never intentionally prep more than the session I'm about to run (so, my prep for this evening's game doesn't go too much further than I think they'll be able to get tonight). That doesn't mean I haven't thought about the goals they're pursuing (and the goals they're putting off), nor does it mean I don't have ideas about things that might arise between the PCs and their goals; I have. As I say often, I am fortunate to the point of blessed to have excellent players in both the campaigns I'm now running, one of whom is my wife, who takes copious notes and shares them with the table via Google Docs (Campaign One is 600 pages through 52 sessions; Campaign Two is 180 pages through 19 sessions); it's easy to keep things consistent with that much information.I have in the past tried to run campaigns with overarching stories, and with roughly everything improvised. I find that the middle ground I've settled on works well for me, but your experiences may differ.</blockquote>