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| − | + | I am going to ramble a bit about the first session and some of the feed back I have read. To begin with, I thought that the first session went very well and I enjoyed myself a great deal. I am sorry i had to cut things short. My style is usually pretty loose and free. I think a lot about what may occur ahead of time. That is I brainstorm as many responses to the stimuli I give the characters and prepare to go in many directions at once. Early on in the story, I may need to end a session prematurely. The need to do this will become less as time goes by and I get to know the Players/Protagonists and the npcs/antagonists and others in the story. I appreciate and enjoy the in character discussions and encourage them. I have had sessions where the players spent hours arguing in character while I laughed my ass off. I will cut things off if some players appear to be losing interest though. Another, more personal, problem for me is cross-talk and I will sometimes stop things when this occurs. To explain, sometimes when a lot of people are talking or there is a lot of other background noise I find it very difficult to concentrate and focus on what anyone person is saying and I become confused. Please forgive me this handicap. | |
| − | + | My main concern is that everyone has a memorable and enjoyable time. I see myself as a facilitator for the players/protagonists to create their story. I will introduce conflicts to make things interesting of course. Reasonable suggestions for what each individual would like to see happen in the story are very welcome. Jason and I are also defining our rolls in the game according to our individual strengths. Give us a bit of time and things should smooth out. | |
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| − | + | I once knew this guy named Jason. He was not too thrilled about the idea of playing vampire. I tried for a very long time to get him to play. I kept telling him to put aside his preconceptions and just give the game a chance. I wound up having to steal his rainbow bright doll in order to coerce him into playing. Do not let this happen to you. If you do not think you will enjoy playing vampire, I | |
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This is my baby and I hope to introduce it soon. I have been working on this setting off and on for 10 years now and am almost ready to introduce players. It started out as 2nd edition Dungeons and Dragons, but no one wanted to play 2nd edition Dungeons and Dragons. Then I decided to try just thinking about the game and not writing anything down for 5 or 6 years. I discovered I was really good about thinking about things and not writing them down and so i decided to continue that indefinitely. Eventually I realized that adapting the setting to war hammer would be cheaper than buying 3rd edition dungeons and dragons books and so i considered that. I wrote some things down and then decided to try fantasy hero instead. I am enjoying the writing stuff down part more than i thought I would. | This is my baby and I hope to introduce it soon. I have been working on this setting off and on for 10 years now and am almost ready to introduce players. It started out as 2nd edition Dungeons and Dragons, but no one wanted to play 2nd edition Dungeons and Dragons. Then I decided to try just thinking about the game and not writing anything down for 5 or 6 years. I discovered I was really good about thinking about things and not writing them down and so i decided to continue that indefinitely. Eventually I realized that adapting the setting to war hammer would be cheaper than buying 3rd edition dungeons and dragons books and so i considered that. I wrote some things down and then decided to try fantasy hero instead. I am enjoying the writing stuff down part more than i thought I would. | ||
| − | Sound City | + | = Sound City = |
This one is still trying to become something. It is a near future dystopia in which the players are members of law enforcement. I notice here that I have actually included some details about the game itself. I will be thinking about this setting for a long time. Right now i am considering using the white wolf storytelling system for mechanics. This is only because I know the system better than any other. This is not a try to trick you into playing vampire game. | This one is still trying to become something. It is a near future dystopia in which the players are members of law enforcement. I notice here that I have actually included some details about the game itself. I will be thinking about this setting for a long time. Right now i am considering using the white wolf storytelling system for mechanics. This is only because I know the system better than any other. This is not a try to trick you into playing vampire game. | ||
Revision as of 18:50, 5 December 2007
Exemplars
I am going to ramble a bit about the first session and some of the feed back I have read. To begin with, I thought that the first session went very well and I enjoyed myself a great deal. I am sorry i had to cut things short. My style is usually pretty loose and free. I think a lot about what may occur ahead of time. That is I brainstorm as many responses to the stimuli I give the characters and prepare to go in many directions at once. Early on in the story, I may need to end a session prematurely. The need to do this will become less as time goes by and I get to know the Players/Protagonists and the npcs/antagonists and others in the story. I appreciate and enjoy the in character discussions and encourage them. I have had sessions where the players spent hours arguing in character while I laughed my ass off. I will cut things off if some players appear to be losing interest though. Another, more personal, problem for me is cross-talk and I will sometimes stop things when this occurs. To explain, sometimes when a lot of people are talking or there is a lot of other background noise I find it very difficult to concentrate and focus on what anyone person is saying and I become confused. Please forgive me this handicap.
My main concern is that everyone has a memorable and enjoyable time. I see myself as a facilitator for the players/protagonists to create their story. I will introduce conflicts to make things interesting of course. Reasonable suggestions for what each individual would like to see happen in the story are very welcome. Jason and I are also defining our rolls in the game according to our individual strengths. Give us a bit of time and things should smooth out.
Vampire the Masquerade
I once knew this guy named Jason. He was not too thrilled about the idea of playing vampire. I tried for a very long time to get him to play. I kept telling him to put aside his preconceptions and just give the game a chance. I wound up having to steal his rainbow bright doll in order to coerce him into playing. Do not let this happen to you. If you do not think you will enjoy playing vampire, I
Fantasy Hero
This is my baby and I hope to introduce it soon. I have been working on this setting off and on for 10 years now and am almost ready to introduce players. It started out as 2nd edition Dungeons and Dragons, but no one wanted to play 2nd edition Dungeons and Dragons. Then I decided to try just thinking about the game and not writing anything down for 5 or 6 years. I discovered I was really good about thinking about things and not writing them down and so i decided to continue that indefinitely. Eventually I realized that adapting the setting to war hammer would be cheaper than buying 3rd edition dungeons and dragons books and so i considered that. I wrote some things down and then decided to try fantasy hero instead. I am enjoying the writing stuff down part more than i thought I would.
Sound City
This one is still trying to become something. It is a near future dystopia in which the players are members of law enforcement. I notice here that I have actually included some details about the game itself. I will be thinking about this setting for a long time. Right now i am considering using the white wolf storytelling system for mechanics. This is only because I know the system better than any other. This is not a try to trick you into playing vampire game.
