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<blockquote data-quote="masshysteria" data-source="post: 4859776" data-attributes="member: 16055"><p><em>GM Commentary</em></p><p></p><p>Each session has so far has been broken into an episode. My original idea was to make the game much more episodic, jumping around time frames and story lines like a TV show. Instead, I've adopted a tighter approach, linking each episode to the previous one.</p><p></p><p>Episode I: Scum & and Villainy got its name from a a grat Star Wars quote that later became a RPG book I'm using in the game. It was also so named because it was mean to introduce the different underworld character the players would meet and the treachery they would face.</p><p></p><p>Episode II: Big Damn Heroes comes from a Firefly quite, another source of inspiration. It was named Big Damn Heroes because the players would meet heroes of a secret rebellion and become heroes themselves through the rescue of the slaves and aiding the rebellion.</p><p></p><p>Each episode also started with an opening crawl, this is Star Wars after all! The crawls were done in Windows Movie Maker. I start with "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away..." screen capture, then the main score starts and a "Star Wars" screen capture blazes onto the screen. It zooms out while fading out and the scroll begins. Finally, the scroll finishes and a planet fades in. It zooms in, filling the screen, while the music reaches its conclusion. </p><p></p><p>The planet is usually found via a google image search. And the scroll text is easy to edit for each session. The original movie took some time to put together, but now that I have a template, updating it takes only a couple minutes and is a great way to kick off the session.</p><p></p><p>The crawl text is included below:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Continuing with the trend of choosing interesting and themed names, episode III will be titled Fool's Fortune. I'll let you guess as to what it means for the next 10 days until we get around to playing again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="masshysteria, post: 4859776, member: 16055"] [I]GM Commentary[/I] Each session has so far has been broken into an episode. My original idea was to make the game much more episodic, jumping around time frames and story lines like a TV show. Instead, I've adopted a tighter approach, linking each episode to the previous one. Episode I: Scum & and Villainy got its name from a a grat Star Wars quote that later became a RPG book I'm using in the game. It was also so named because it was mean to introduce the different underworld character the players would meet and the treachery they would face. Episode II: Big Damn Heroes comes from a Firefly quite, another source of inspiration. It was named Big Damn Heroes because the players would meet heroes of a secret rebellion and become heroes themselves through the rescue of the slaves and aiding the rebellion. Each episode also started with an opening crawl, this is Star Wars after all! The crawls were done in Windows Movie Maker. I start with "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away..." screen capture, then the main score starts and a "Star Wars" screen capture blazes onto the screen. It zooms out while fading out and the scroll begins. Finally, the scroll finishes and a planet fades in. It zooms in, filling the screen, while the music reaches its conclusion. The planet is usually found via a google image search. And the scroll text is easy to edit for each session. The original movie took some time to put together, but now that I have a template, updating it takes only a couple minutes and is a great way to kick off the session. The crawl text is included below: Continuing with the trend of choosing interesting and themed names, episode III will be titled Fool's Fortune. I'll let you guess as to what it means for the next 10 days until we get around to playing again. [/QUOTE]
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