I am currently at a major crossroads when it comes to the way I approach running a game. Anyone who has listened to the early episodes of the podcast knows that I spent an abhorrently long time in the pre-planning stage of my campaign. Finally, after years (literally) of juggling ideas around in my head, I was given a hard deadline by the rest of the group to start the game, and that’s when it all went sideways…
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I’m only a week into my journey on improving myself as both a Player and a GM and I’ve already hit a major obstacle that requires time, patience, and a whole lot of brain power (that I’m not sure I have.) I’ve mentioned before that I am a real nuts-and-bolts person when it comes to gaming, but in checking out a couple of new game systems and settings to prep for one-shots, I have come to a major realization: I don’t know if I am rules-heavy or rules-light, and it is driving me INSANE!
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