Here's the signup for next Wednesday's game! Gold members get first pick, but anyone can join us for free.https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0B44AFA723A2FB6-63905757-blades Sorry that it's late going up! It's been a busy, busy week but I'm getting back on track. Can't wait to play with you all! We play Blades in the Dark every week, Wednesdays at 7:00 PM ET. For folks interested in joining but don't have the time, feel free to fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflqZ48v2fJs9eZpWKTUSjsmgfjgee8c2Sxb6COwI5YFEcvlQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor This will let us know when folks are available and vary up our schedules a bit! We're planning on throwing in extra games at times when other people can try out the system and chat a bit.

Some players like starting their character design from the mechanical stats, while others like starting from the inner/outer conflict. What do you all do to make support both of these character writing styles, while making sure the invidivual players don't paint themselves into a corner? I struggle with helping my party align their characters in way that pulls the party in the same direction while not stepping on each other's toes.

So I recently finished reading through Jonah and Tristan’s role playing book as well as Return of the Lazy DM. Both excellent reads by the way and you should check them out as a game master, but does anyone suggest other books on running games?

An interesting obsevation came out of player discussion at my table (PF2e a mechancially heavy game). Some of the best RP of the campaign so far game from one character depending mechanically on another. Needing a partner for positioning to get flanking. The psychic giving another player an extra strike to finish an enemy. The healer keeping the tank in the fight. Aside from the mechanical benefit, it creates bonds that came up in campfire RP and discussions and led to in game connections and friendships. I would note that the characters that are more self sufficient do not see the same level of connection and interweaving of stories.

I am sold on moving the games I GM to a more proactive style and I am lucky enough to have plenty of players that would like to play at my tables. My question is how do you get players on board with the proactive style? - Do you ask them to read the book? Just the first chapter? - Do you just discuss/pitch it at the table? - Do you suggest looking for players already on board or converting the players already in my orbit? Any thoughts or experiences are welcome.