Downtime
2012-09-10, 10:00 AM
Playgrounders,
I have at long last assembled a (small) group for some pen and paper gaming. The role of GM has fallen to me. At this point our charter is simply 'you up for some role-playing?'; as we intend to start playing in a few months I think it would be beneficial to flesh this out a bit more in order to set up a game that maximizes everyone's enjoyment.
Can y'all help me come up with pertinent questions (with minimal bias in the phrasing) to discuss via e-mail. I'm particularly interested in determining what elements of a game people really like or detest.
Some of my current thoughts include covering:
- Preferred genre (swords and sorcery, gritty medieval, superheroes, steampunk, cyberpunk, space opera, etc?)
- Means of motivation : loot, power progression, wow-factor events, in game impact, character relationships, etc.?
- Power level : normal guys trying to get ahead, epic heroes, earth shattering demigods
- Game type : dungeon crawl, political intrigue, heroic quests, a mercenary's life
What other issues should we discuss? Please let me know of past successes and failures you've had choosing a game and setting expectations.
I have at long last assembled a (small) group for some pen and paper gaming. The role of GM has fallen to me. At this point our charter is simply 'you up for some role-playing?'; as we intend to start playing in a few months I think it would be beneficial to flesh this out a bit more in order to set up a game that maximizes everyone's enjoyment.
Can y'all help me come up with pertinent questions (with minimal bias in the phrasing) to discuss via e-mail. I'm particularly interested in determining what elements of a game people really like or detest.
Some of my current thoughts include covering:
- Preferred genre (swords and sorcery, gritty medieval, superheroes, steampunk, cyberpunk, space opera, etc?)
- Means of motivation : loot, power progression, wow-factor events, in game impact, character relationships, etc.?
- Power level : normal guys trying to get ahead, epic heroes, earth shattering demigods
- Game type : dungeon crawl, political intrigue, heroic quests, a mercenary's life
What other issues should we discuss? Please let me know of past successes and failures you've had choosing a game and setting expectations.