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<blockquote data-quote="toucanbuzz" data-source="post: 8436553" data-attributes="member: 19270">Tracking political interactions at the annual Tournament as the PC Baron and his council seek to make a name with their city-state neighbors, putting future events on the game calendar (like the regent-King will marry House L, solidifying his majority to be named king, civil war to follow), and modifying my world as the PCs make their mark. Since my PCs take notes, I will plant an NPC, a plot, or an idea months (real-life) in advance. Foreshadowing rocks when someone flips back through their notes and says &quot;wait...that's so-and-so,&quot; or when it becomes clear the silver speck in the sky they saw 6 months ago (real-life) was a mechanical wonder built by their neighbors and on showcase during the Tournament. Instead of me having to explain anything, the player who took the notes explains to the rest what is going on.Most recent session also included props for the Boasting &amp; Archery contests, wherein non-competing players could play-act the NPCs so everyone is doing something (while also finding clever ways to follow the Tournament rule of &quot;it's not cheating if you're not caught.&quot;)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="toucanbuzz, post: 8436553, member: 19270"] Tracking political interactions at the annual Tournament as the PC Baron and his council seek to make a name with their city-state neighbors, putting future events on the game calendar (like the regent-King will marry House L, solidifying his majority to be named king, civil war to follow), and modifying my world as the PCs make their mark. Since my PCs take notes, I will plant an NPC, a plot, or an idea months (real-life) in advance. Foreshadowing rocks when someone flips back through their notes and says "wait...that's so-and-so," or when it becomes clear the silver speck in the sky they saw 6 months ago (real-life) was a mechanical wonder built by their neighbors and on showcase during the Tournament. Instead of me having to explain anything, the player who took the notes explains to the rest what is going on. Most recent session also included props for the Boasting & Archery contests, wherein non-competing players could play-act the NPCs so everyone is doing something (while also finding clever ways to follow the Tournament rule of "it's not cheating if you're not caught.") [/QUOTE]

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