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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Illirion" data-source="post: 2855907" data-attributes="member: 38310">Couple of Days before the next game: Prepare an adventure (or two if I'm feeling creative). I came up with an idea beforehand and I mostly begin this prep time by drawing an adventure map in my notebook (not my laptop, but my paper one) and assign suitable encounters to the various places. Then I look up rules I'm going to need for the encounters I've planned and start to think about what to do if my players finnish it early (my adventures generally last exactly 1 session). This generally takes a couple of hours, but I'm not bored for a single minute.Status: <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" /> Diabolical Master Plan Mode (all of the possible monsters and situations I can throw at my PC's just get me excited and inspired for the next session).Morning before the game: Doubting whether I should have that dwarven bridge broken or not, since it doesn't seem such a good idea now than it was a couple of days ago..Status: <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid    :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> WorriedCouple of hours before the game: Trying to get in touch with everyone and making sure they show up on time and haven't forgotten (they do that sometimes and those round-ups makes me feel more secure in what to expect for the evening). Status: Busy/Stressed (and agitated when it turns out they prove unreliable once again).1 Hour before the game: Pack up my notes, books, dice and whatnot to go to the gaming store where we play (most of us still live with our parents so dinnertable gaming is usually not an option).Status: Happy <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  (I'm finally getting to unfold my Diablocal Master Scheme, Bwahahaha.... erhm)Start of the game: After having some laughs with some of the players who showed up early and tried to convince me I should give them more gold so they can get that full plate, excited about starting the game and get the story moving again. Status: Depending on the lateness of some of the players. Either: Bummed out some people haven't showed up despite asuring me they would. Or: Cool, we're finally getting started, I remember why I like doing this so much now.</blockquote>

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