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From: Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Nerdist | Having Trouble Scheduling Your DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
 Games? Here?s the Solution
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:52:44 -0700
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On 4/20/2025 11:18 AM, kyonshi wrote:
> On 4/20/25 16:57, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Apr 2025 14:15:27 +0200 (GMT+02:00), kyonshi
>> <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Source: https://nerdist.com/article/keep-your-dungeons-and-dragons- 
>>> games-on-schedule/
>>>
>>>
>>> Having Trouble Scheduling Your DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Games? Here?s
>>> the Solution
>>
>> The DM sets the time and that's that? Those are rules written by a
>> young person who has lots of time. Between kids, work, vacation,
>> doctors, etc., once you get to a certain age, those rules just CAN'T
>> work. You'd end up with a game where less than half the party shows
>> up, every time.
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>>
> 
> The whole text actually seems rather similar to the whole open table 
> idea that has been gaining traction in OSR circles lately (uh, the last 
> few decades) where you keep a dedicated slot for the game open and play 
> with whoever comes to join that day.
> We've been running games in a very similar mode lately (with online 
> signups though, so not quite the same) and it works quite well. I have a 
> game that happens every Tuesday 8.15pm, and I just play with whoever 
> shows up.
> 
> It's a drastically different approach to playing games though, as there 
> really isn't a way to have any story or plot going where the players 
> take center stage. It might easily be that the character you planned to 
> do stuff with just doesn't show up for two sessions. That means plot, if 
> it is happening, is bound to the location instead of characters.

There were games like that back in '79.  Not exactly new.

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