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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Nerdist | Having Trouble Scheduling Your DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Games? Here?s the Solution Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:52:44 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 48 Message-ID: <vup0rt$bnci$1@dont-email.me> References: <vu2oh1$3peli$1@dont-email.me> <kl2a0kt08cqqt6m3klhi75h2g4rb1g18ht@4ax.com> <vu3dq5$kbk$2@ereborbbs.duckdns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:52:46 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d6f85219e850e784a70b47394566a1cf"; logging-data="384402"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+3gMJ1ZpxPNFkcL50qCgJZJgeytETyGAw=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:TJNdyUM3+SH2LH7JoxsGmmgEEMk= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <vu3dq5$kbk$2@ereborbbs.duckdns.org> Bytes: 2895 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. -- -Justisaur ø-ø (\_/)\ `-'\ `--.___, ¶¬'\( ,_.-' \\ ^'