Comments on I'd Rather Be Killing Monsters...: [TEKRALH] Actual Play One - Setting The Mood...

Ha ha ha! Hoist by own petard! You really have bee...

2012-01-26T20:21:45.015Z

Ha ha ha! Hoist by own petard! You really have been reading my nonsense over the years haven't you? (Thank you!).

I am, sadly, aware of my gamer ADD but have found - previously - it's easier to keep under control when I'm running a fantasy game.

So, fingers crossed and optimism set to maximum, hopefully I can keep this campaign going. The players seem very enthusiastic, so it's off to a promising start.

Fair enough, every gaming group is different and I...

2012-01-26T17:53:34.027Z

Fair enough, every gaming group is different and I too have learned how much everything changes schedule-wise once kids and spouses and careers are added to the mix.. I wasn't trying to criticize, but instead make some suggestions since I've been reading HeroPress/I'd Rather Be Killing Monsters for a couple of years now, and your oft-stated dream to have an epic campaign with the same PCs just seems hard to achieve given your group's schedule and your admitted Gaming ADD ;). Anyway, as long as everyone is having fun, that's what matters and I'm looking forward to hearing what happens next!

I don't want to say too much because I know se...

2012-01-26T17:06:12.797Z

I don't want to say too much because I know several players read this blog, but it all worked very well. Thank you.

The random weather helped make the session for me, certainly added to the verisimilitude (and, by chance, played on one of the character's phobias)

Whoa, way to see our campaign in a negative light ...

2012-01-26T17:04:33.274Z

Whoa, way to see our campaign in a negative light after just one session ;)

I don't see it as "only half" turning up - I see it as having four gamers at the table. Simon had to pull out a couple of hours before (because of work), Steve lives in a different county and only ever turns up when he can and Nick and Clare are a married couple with a young son who will be taking alternate shifts at the table every month (while the other looks after their one-year-old).

We only meet up once a month for a few hours because that's all the others can do - they have jobs and families to work around. For a year or so we've been talking about moving it up to once every three weeks, but then it's a question of working around busy calendars.

And, outside of cons, I just don't see the point of one-shots (even loosely connected). We like campaigns and characters that grow (albeit slowly).

This is how we've played for several years and it works for us.

Sorry, Jeremy, but I think you've misjudged our situation. In the last four or five years, it's worked for an extended Castles & Crusades campaign, a Top Secret SI campaign and a short Villains & Vigilantes campaign. And every year we've attracted new members to our group who seem to enjoy our style of play.

Sure, in a perfect world, we would meet more and for longer, but circumstances prevent that and so we make do the best we can ;)

I don't want to be a spoilsport, but I'm t...

2012-01-26T16:42:06.308Z

I don't want to be a spoilsport, but I'm thinking you're putting too much work and having too many expectations for the campaign if only half of your players show up once a month for only 2+ hours of gaming . . . I wonder if a series of loosely connected one-shots might overall be more realistic and satisfying for the situation you're in?

I love that the bit about the witch! One was menti...

2012-01-26T15:30:41.136Z

I love that the bit about the witch! One was mentioned briefly in hex 002, so I may have to develop that!

Hmmm...random weather. I must look into that!