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Jul 31 •
OFFICIAL GENCON THREAD
Happy GenCon 2025 to all who observe! Those of you who are attending, those of you have in the past, tell us about it! 1. What are the must-see/must-do events and experiences? 2. What are you doing this year that you're most looking forward to? 3. What is your best tip for con-goers to get the most out of the experience? If you're here in Indy, let's hang out - let us know you're in town and we will put something together!
4 likes • Jul 31
You gotta go to games on demand and play some indies. They have a 2 hour block every two hours 10am-8pm so six slots a day.
Jun 21 •
Just Ran Panel on Parp at Origins.
Went pretty darn good and someone stopped me later in the dealer room to ask if it was on sale here!
0 likes • Jun 24
@Tristan Fishel it was an awesome time! Y'all got to be there next year. Awesome games! Awesome people and a whole lot of networking even if you're not trying to
Feb 17 •
How do you (or do you) limit the world-building from your players?
I LOVE the idea of creating a world together as a group. I watched Tristan's overview of how he does that and instantly I can see how the buy-in would increase. I'm about to start a youth D&D program, and there are several kids that I know are going to want to go buck-wild and dive into all kinds of obscure world-building questions like detailed histories, deity structure, etc. My question is: How do you (or do you) limit the amount of world-building your players do? Building on that, do they *continue* to build the world as you play? I can imagine that could get a little dicey if a player decides they want some new aspect of the world 8 sessions in. Do you time-box the world-building? Thanks!
1 like • Mar 30
@Jesse Livingston Hey there! Life has been wild (see recent post) but I am planning on having a new alpha document pretty soon, since I am presenting the system at Origins as a Work shop. Hope to have that available soon!
0 likes • Mar 31
@Jesse Livingston For sure!
Mar 4 •
Faction question!
Hola Masters! I took one a faction from one of my players backgrounds to use it in our proactive game, once realized this player’s objetives became locate the leaders and interrogate them for the final enemy. What kind of encounters would you build around this? What objectives would you give to this faction other than “run away from this guy and avoid being killed”? Any other ideas of recommendations about this? Gracias Masters!
2 likes • Mar 31
I think allying them with other factions would be great, especially because that makes the direct combat encounter harder, but also because it give the player the option to attack the alliance first, maybe with working with the new faction or against them. I think you should generally frame their goals around what gives the player more choices that they can make. Bonus points if that other faction can involve another players motivation!
2 likes • Mar 31
@Tristan Fishel For sure. I think this also falls under one of my biggest pieces of advice for DMs, "If your players can do it, so can your NPCS". Normally I mean that for mechanical questions, like the fine wording of a spell or ability, but I think it works well for larger plot mechanics as well. My favorite example from play is abusing the Darkness spell, which I turned around on the players nearly five years later.
Mar 30 •
PARP Coming to Origins Game Fair!
Hey all! I have been on some wild adventures since I last posted on here, including but not limited to Gming at Dreamation, shooting a short film, visiting Disney World, and getting a promotion at work. I'm back and excited to announce that I will be putting on a seminar at Origins Game Fair based on the Game Masters Guide to Proactive Role Playing. It is going to have a really big audience participation section, so if anyone is planning on coming and wants to be a member of the presentation, make sure to sign up with the link provided, and comment on this post. This is of course like most events at Origins a free a event to participation in ! https://tabletop.events/conventions/origins-game-fair-2025/schedule/5563
1 like • Mar 31
Will do!
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