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Old Mar 10th, 2024, 06:36 PM
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How do people feel about running "one-shots"?

Considering the slow pace of the average PBP game, a one-shot would probably last at least a week or two right? How do people generally feel about shorter games on this site? I love to DM and I'm relatively new here, so I figured that running something like my good old standby "The Wild Sheep Chase" module just to figure out how things work on that side after my solo game ends would be a neat way to figure things out. Of course, this could be the entirely wrong place to ask, but it looked closest to me. So how do people feel about adventures usually designed to take one real world session?
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Old Mar 10th, 2024, 07:13 PM
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I feel you are being optimistic about the speed but the rest seems fine. If its DnD5e you will likely be swamped with applications too.
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I played an Eberron One Shot and it took around two years... BUT, we finished it. That is a rare and satisfying thing in PbP.
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I've been running a FATE investigation game for the past ten months or so. Slower pace of game is one thing but I also feel we're taking (and enjoying!) freedom to wander away from the breadcrumb trail. I think setting things up as one-shot or short adventure and extending it when needed/desired/possible is the way to go (at least for me)
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Yes, definitely go for it if it's calling to you. I started one in June that's meant to last around 3-4 hours at a table. It's still ongoing. My favorite RPGX game was a one-shot that lasted over a year. People want to play and one-shots are easier to commit to because you know they have a definitive ending within reach, especially in this format. If you put an ad up, you'll get apps.
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I simply haven’t gotten enough game play to have the expierance to run any thing .


Not enough mask games . Barely learning m&m , never gotten past Lviv 3 on any ch in any other games. So to me there’s no chance of running any games .


Joining one is good but if that’s
All you get per ch. I think unstead of players having to create a 1 off and never use again. There should be preset chs. For that game only.
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Pregens are awesome for one-shots and games on conventions where chargen would significantly bite into the available time. That argument quite falls away on rpgx where a 'one-shot' easily lasts half a year. It might make sense where players are really unfamiliar with the system but even then, I think many (most?) players will feel more involved with a game if they created the char themselves.
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More involved till they want to continue that ch but can't so they have over 250 deleted chs that never got off lv 1
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