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  • That is also my preffered style of play.

    For many, many years we used “adventures” which were either written by some author or prepared by a GM. This was often fun, but also frustrating. The plots were often not flexible enough to work out in all cases, as a GM it might be frustrating if players just skip big parts of the story and in the end it was never so much about the story, but more about fights, rules, stats and so on.

    These days you have super cool systems like Blades in the Dark, which do away with planning and encourage you to just play to find out. I much prefer this spontaneous exploration of rough story arcs that are very flexible and often player driven.

    Personally, I run a Burning Wheel game which was 100% created by the group and in each session is driven by what the players want to do. My preparation time is roughly 1 hour before each session and the rest happens at the table.


  • As a counterpoint I would like to add that it also depends on your general style of play and the system your are playing.

    I’m GMing a Burning Wheel group which is 100% player driven. We created the world and general story arc together and in Burning Wheel each Character has beliefs that are serving as story guidelines for me. I usually spend one hour on preparation to outline some challenges to their beliefs or a few kickers to stir the story up a bit. The rest happens at the table.





















  • Wünsche viel Kraft, das kann echt sehr anstrengend sein. Wir hatten das umgekehrt auch eine ganze Zeit, da unsere jüngste Tochter ein Papakind ist.

    Ich war Abends total fertig von der langen Einschlafprozedur und meine Frau fühlte sich zurückgewiesen, weil sie nichts machen durfte. Ich kann gar nicht mehr sagen wie lange das gedauert hat, aber 6 Monate waren es bestimmt.

    Gerade so große Veränderungen wie Krippe oder der Wechsel in die Kita bringen viel Unsicherheit, da muss dann häufiger die “Herzensperson” ran. Wenn das bei euch die Mama ist, dann lass dich nicht davon fertig machen. Beachte ganz besonders eure schönen Moment und bleib mit der Mama im engen Gespräch.