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Old May 16th, 2020, 09:17 PM
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With all due respect, Hugga, you're the only nutcase willing to run 40 PCs in a combat against a single dracolich.

Two thumbs up for player attrition discussion.
There were definitely highs and lows to taking on that particular challenge

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Conclusion: Whew, that would require three days and a large bottle of vodka for me to complete

Conclusion2: Hugga is a raging alcoholic
Fortunately, that was not part of my experience

The secret to having 20+ players at once is to divide them into groups. Then, you're not really running a game for 20+ players, but 5+ games for 4 players! Much easier to handle!



Over-drafting by a few (say, 8 players for a 5 player game) is something I would always recommend. It helps with the initial drops, it gives more of a solid core to continue with, and it allows you to update at a set regular point, even if everyone hasn't updated. For example, running a combat for 8 characters, you can build it for 5, and update once a given time has expired, even if only 5 out of 8 PCs have responded. It remains roughly balanced (and if all PCs post, then it's just a bit easy for them), it maintains momentum, and it doesn't cause people stress over having to get a post in, if life's kicked them on that particular day / week.
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Old May 17th, 2020, 06:57 AM
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The secret to having 20+ players at once is to divide them into groups. Then, you're not really running a game for 20+ players, but 5+ games for 4 players! Much easier to handle!

Over-drafting by a few (say, 8 players for a 5 player game) is something I would always recommend. It helps with the initial drops, it gives more of a solid core to continue with, and it allows you to update at a set regular point, even if everyone hasn't updated. For example, running a combat for 8 characters, you can build it for 5, and update once a given time has expired, even if only 5 out of 8 PCs have responded. It remains roughly balanced (and if all PCs post, then it's just a bit easy for them), it maintains momentum, and it doesn't cause people stress over having to get a post in, if life's kicked them on that particular day / week.
Hey hugga, you may want to share that with the How Would You Design an RPG System for PbP? thread. One of the issues that was discussed was combat, and the latest poster is specifically looking for ways to smooth combat for the game they want to run. I think your insight might be a big help to the new CSer.

Not gonna lie, I had a total fangirl moment when that game wrapped up with all forty or so PCs in the same fight. Gold Star GMing at it's highest, seriously. I keep forgetting to hint about that game when HoF is running.
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Not gonna lie, I had a total fangirl moment when that game wrapped up with all forty or so PCs in the same fight. Gold Star GMing at it's highest, seriously. I keep forgetting to hint about that game when HoF is running.
No worries Aeth, I've got it this year.
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Old May 18th, 2020, 03:19 AM
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Cheers, Aethera

I did mention the game last time, but I think it suffered from the "no active players" curse, and didn't get far

It is something I'd be keen on doing again...but wow, not sure when would be a good time to try...
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*begins plotting to advertise for Hall of Fame on the podcast*
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No worries Aeth, I've got it this year.
Nah, I'mma swoop in and steal it.
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Nah, I'mma swoop in and steal it.
You both can nominate that game, we do take seconds.
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Late notice but in about 4 hours KM and I are gonna be recording stuff for being a player in a game. If you have specific things you’d like covered comment below
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Don't ignore the OOC thread, in case there's planning in there. Especially with long-running games, I've seen folks (not namin' names) jump in and post in-game and then turn around and find out they didn't read the planning the rest of the players were working on.
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Communication is probably the key to all games, but I figure you have that already.

- What the GM wants
- What the other players want
- "That's how my character would act!" vs being a player aware of OOC conflict... pretty much anything OOC conflict you can add. Conflict resolution in general, both IC and OOC.
- something about treating joining a game like first day on the job? mind your manners, be clear about everything you're doing, etc. It seems like it should be self-explanatory, but apparently it's not.

Might be worth some reminders about tone of voice not existing online.
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You both can nominate that game, we do take seconds.
I dunno sure if it'd really hold up or be something that RPGX would even want in its hall of fame. :')
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I am planning to do a month on site competitions at some point. I feel like that deserves more work so it needs to wait for now.
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If you give me a heads up when you're ready to get into site competitions, I think I can provide info and links to get you started at least. Might be worth dragging me, Inem/hugga, and Bhelogan/Wynamoinen into something to talk about HoF/Iron GM/Outplay, but that might be overkill and hard to schedule with international folks.
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No that’s exactly what I want to do, which is why I opted to hold off on covering them. Right now I’m sort of thinking it as next January as sort of a new year kick off. So I’ll probably start reaching out to specific people in August or so.
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that might be ...hard to schedule with international folks.
For your consideration: the title of episode 5 of RPGX Radio (original run).
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