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<blockquote data-quote="amysrevenge" data-source="post: 5137343" data-attributes="member: 61298">In a related but slightly different direction, there are several bare minimums that must be there for a successful game.&nbsp; The inclusion of these is certainly not enough to guarantee success, but the exclusion of these is probably enough to guarantee a fail.1) Be ready to start on time.2) Finish on time (or even a tiny bit early if you can mange it).3) Keep the pace up.&nbsp; A home game can afford to have slow periods, but a convention game has have a start, a middle, and an end all within the alloted slot.4) Minimize (without necessarily eliminating) OT chat and OOC banter.&nbsp; This is a very fine balance, different for every group, and is especially hard to find with strangers whose tastes you might not know that well.&nbsp; Gets easier with practice.&nbsp; Again, in a home game if you end up spending a whole night talking about Star Wars expanded universe characters during your D&amp;D game, you can just pick up the game next week.&nbsp; At a con, you have to get to the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="amysrevenge, post: 5137343, member: 61298"] In a related but slightly different direction, there are several bare minimums that must be there for a successful game. The inclusion of these is certainly not enough to guarantee success, but the exclusion of these is probably enough to guarantee a fail. 1) Be ready to start on time. 2) Finish on time (or even a tiny bit early if you can mange it). 3) Keep the pace up. A home game can afford to have slow periods, but a convention game has have a start, a middle, and an end all within the alloted slot. 4) Minimize (without necessarily eliminating) OT chat and OOC banter. This is a very fine balance, different for every group, and is especially hard to find with strangers whose tastes you might not know that well. Gets easier with practice. Again, in a home game if you end up spending a whole night talking about Star Wars expanded universe characters during your D&D game, you can just pick up the game next week. At a con, you have to get to the game. [/QUOTE]

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