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________________________________ From: Eoin Dornan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 7 April, 2010 13:42:50 Subject: Re: [irish gaming] Mini campaigns at cons Something to plan for I suppose, considering that we are approaching the Dry Season of conventions...unless you count Q-Con. Siskey On 7 April 2010 13:41, C L <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Eoin, > > I ran a Trilogy at Vaticon that lasted 11hrs and, to be hionest, it was > such a good group that I felt envigorated after it, rather than tired. You > make a good point about not being limtied. I think breaks could be more > organic rather than timed. As a GM,. I thiknk I'd be up for the endurance > challenge. Iron Gamers ahoy :) > > C > > ________________________________ > From: Eoin Dornan <[email protected] <quentinmcsiskey%40gmail.com> > > > To: [email protected] <igaming%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wed, 7 April, 2010 13:38:04 > > Subject: Re: [irish gaming] Mini campaigns at cons > > It's a cool idea and something I would really love to do, since often I've > wished that a scenario could carry on once it was finished. > > My only concern is fatigue. Playing even a single RPG at a convention is > pretty knackering, and GMing it more so. Now perhaps it would be different > if it was a continuous thing, with no pressure to finish things up when the > last half hour was ticking away, but I wonder how feasible it is, quite > apart from issues of story and the intricacies of GMing. Would 12+ hours of > gaming over a convention weekend be too much? > > That said, deadly idea, and something I'd like to do sometime! > > On 7 April 2010 13:33, C L <[email protected] <mentalsprue%40yahoo.ie>> > wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks Brian > > > > I think a good campaign frames the story and the setting and gives the > > characters free reign to develop the plot and inform the storyline - the > > plan would not be as much of an issue, perhaps, as in a 3hr scenario. > > > > C > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Mr Brian Caball <[email protected] > > <tolcreator%40yahoo.co.uk><tolcreator% > 40yahoo.co.uk>> > > To: [email protected] <igaming%40yahoogroups.com> <igaming% > 40yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Wed, 7 April, 2010 12:56:52 > > Subject: Re: [irish gaming] Mini campaigns at cons > > > > > > > > It's a neat idea. And not entirely alien to the con goer... this is > > effectively the commitment made by wargamers. I say go for it. > > > > Only snag I can think of is, no plan survives contact with the players. > > While a single con slot can diverge wildly from the scenario as written, > > it's ok to wing it for the hour or two that's left. Also most con > scenarios > > are a little more railroaded than normal campaign sessions, but the > players > > are sort of relied upon to overlook this. After 3 scenarios of a mini > > campaign, you might have a lot of thinking to do. So it won't suit every > GM. > > > > ____________ _________ _________ __ > > From: Colm <Colm_Lundberg@ tourism-sport. irlgov.ie> > > To: igam...@yahoogroups .com > > Sent: Wed, 7 April, 2010 12:40:27 > > Subject: [irish gaming] Mini campaigns at cons > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am somewhat starved for RPGs in Kerry and feel once again drawn to > them, > > in the cylical natuer us gamers seem to go through. I have two campaigns > > ready to roll - an AD&D 2nd ed and an In Nomine one. > > > > Given the syuccess of continuity stories by Nick and Ashley over several > > cons, and my enjoyment and equal success of Vaticon (to me, it will > always > > be Vaticon!) Trilogies in which I have been invovled, I have a question > for > > ye: > > > > Would you be interested in a mini-campaign over one con weekend, taking > > every timetabled slot, with the same GM and same players? > > > > Thanks > > > > Colm Lundberg > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > -- > E. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- E. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
