tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post1477800169681109914..comments2024-03-29T06:16:21.012+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: Why Didn't I Think of this Before?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-34474235273181771442012-03-05T22:44:12.441+08:002012-03-05T22:44:12.441+08:00Our group did that in highschool. I think it was b...Our group did that in highschool. I think it was because everyone wanted to DM...huthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502682297320819595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-7784340070413182282012-02-17T07:47:51.437+08:002012-02-17T07:47:51.437+08:00(Disclaimer: For a million dollars, I would make ...(Disclaimer: For a million dollars, I would make vampires glitter too)Mr. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027893907355004146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-91990922290947604922012-02-17T07:37:21.366+08:002012-02-17T07:37:21.366+08:00Well, I suppose bad storytellers can be rich autho...Well, I suppose bad storytellers can be rich authors with the right marketing... but they are still bad storytellers.<br /><br />One word establishes my case: Twilight.Mr. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027893907355004146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-88071665771116829282012-02-17T06:56:36.070+08:002012-02-17T06:56:36.070+08:00Kent: I'm 30, the only one in that group under...<b>Kent</b>: I'm 30, the only one in that group under 35 (I think).<br /><br /><b>Chris Hogan</b>: You could even mix it up by having one "Feature Film" (the serious game) and one "B Movie" (the jokey one) each week.<br /><br /><b>Mr. Blue</b>: The only problem with that is, you need to write long stories to make a living. There's always an incentive to write novels over short stories, because you just get more bang for your buck that way. This means good authors might end up writing long stories that don't need to be long stories.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-87545257224111061022012-02-17T03:14:12.123+08:002012-02-17T03:14:12.123+08:00Stephen King says that 2nd draft = (1st draft - 20...Stephen King says that 2nd draft = (1st draft - 20%)... I think the really good authors understand that some of what they write is crap that needs to be filtered away before publishing.<br /><br />Bad authors, on the other hand, love the "sound" of their own voice more than the truth of the story.<br /><br />Most authors are bad authors. Good authors write short stories when it's right and long stories when that's right.Mr. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027893907355004146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-58856460138585285202012-02-17T00:36:41.634+08:002012-02-17T00:36:41.634+08:00Double Feature Game Night?
Top idea: leave '...Double Feature Game Night? <br /><br />Top idea: leave 'em wanting more twice as much. And it might give the regular GM a breather.<br /><br />Short and sweet: this post is truly worthy of <a href="http://dndwithpornstars.blogspot.com/2012/02/library-of-generic-comments.html" rel="nofollow">generic response #97</a>.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-83330658301062019142012-02-16T20:19:26.304+08:002012-02-16T20:19:26.304+08:00lol ... eh, wait a sec, youre not 35 yet from whic...lol ... eh, wait a sec, youre not 35 yet from which I gather you weren't as self-deprecating as it first seemed.Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165997449776226774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-20279642213655384952012-02-16T18:13:00.674+08:002012-02-16T18:13:00.674+08:00poe: I think the interest drop is more intellectua...<b>poe</b>: I think the interest drop is more intellectual than physiological. I just have a short attention span, I think.<br /><br /><b>borkborkbork</b>: Hemingway, Bova, what's the difference...? ;)<br /><br /><b>Kent</b>: Even at the age you are now? I play semi-regualarly in a Call of Cthulu campaign that has 6 hour sessions, with a half-hour chippy break in between, after which at least two of the 35+ year old group of players always start falling asleep.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-33085741656744088122012-02-16T15:20:44.191+08:002012-02-16T15:20:44.191+08:00Food for thought, however, I won't get out of ...Food for thought, however, I won't get out of bed for anything shorter than an 8 hour session. It must have something to do with immersion and intensity but I can't see the point in playing for 2 hours.<br /><br />Let's be clear too, who cares whether shit novels started as shit short stories there are many more great novels than I will ever have time to read that could not be presented satisfactorily as short stories.Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165997449776226774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-23551417385415905232012-02-16T14:41:10.997+08:002012-02-16T14:41:10.997+08:00Goddamnit, that's Hemingway, not Bova.Goddamnit, that's <i>Hemingway</i>, not Bova.Borkborkborknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-48693407812301163732012-02-16T04:20:27.884+08:002012-02-16T04:20:27.884+08:00I like to change things up over the course of a si...I like to change things up over the course of a single long campaign. It's one of the reasons I suggest that there be multiple characters per player. You can take different arrangements of characters and tell stories with different tones and feels while still within the same campaign world and still having the benefits of longevity. Depending on how you bring things together, this can be either an epic or a picaresque or a merger of the two.John Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17318244888477546773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-64825693280063303722012-02-16T04:00:37.079+08:002012-02-16T04:00:37.079+08:00I'll be interested to hear if the 2.5 hour poi...I'll be interested to hear if the 2.5 hour point, where you've lost focus in the past, changes with two campaigns. The 'interest drop' might be a physical/physiological product or it might be an intellectual product.<br /><br />Or you might bypass it by playing 4 hours in one day just not having sessions back-to-back.poehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12087466750569969279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-63845789464838089702012-02-16T03:35:20.161+08:002012-02-16T03:35:20.161+08:00Mega campaign with teleporting between them.
Just...Mega campaign with teleporting between them.<br /><br />Just like Gygax's crew found themselves on the Warden and in the wild west.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-4862932340618441152012-02-16T03:32:27.201+08:002012-02-16T03:32:27.201+08:00What might work well is to have one of the games b...What might work well is to have one of the games be sort of a "short subject" before the one that takes up most of the campaign (and absorb most of the fucking-around period.)<br /><br />You could rotate the "short" and the "feature" if you wanted.Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09873430636366896071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-38174889803798316902012-02-16T03:26:44.222+08:002012-02-16T03:26:44.222+08:00PLUS ONEPLUS ONEColehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09873430636366896071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-52106020635137585972012-02-16T03:21:56.170+08:002012-02-16T03:21:56.170+08:00I'm finding that running several (2-3) fortnig...I'm finding that running several (2-3) fortnightly campaigns at once seems to work well - ideas that don't quite work in one can fit in the other, and it seems to greatly reduce campaign fatigue.<br /><br />OTOH yes, shorter 2.5-3 hour sessions seem better than 4-6 hours. The exception is one very old school 'open' campaign using Pathfinder Beginner Box where each session is a complete adventure, that needs 4-6 hour sessions to work.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173759805310975320noreply@blogger.com