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What's your favorite tip or trick for running games?

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[–] azrendelmare@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

Talk with your players if someone's unhappy. Don't be afraid to go meta to talk about things that are causing problems, including for yourself. Seriously, communication can solve so many problems. I was able to stop a player from needing to leave the game by cutting a subplot that was really upsetting him, and was able to reassure another player twice about some things that were triggering them.

[–] riotinferno@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Play the game the way it wants to be played.

Each game has a specific style/way it’s designed to be played. The system is for that specific thing, and usually it’s worth playing through at least a quick start, starter set, or simple module to figure out what that game demands.

This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t hack or homebrew, but you should keep in mind what the system wants when you’re bolting things on to it.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A thousand games of political intrigue and noir detective work run in DND 5e just cried out in terror.

[–] dwgill@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I feel (rightly & legitimately) called out 😭 I literally got two months into my renaissance political intrigue campaign before I discovered Court of Blades. It's a perfect fit for my interests, but now my campaign is lousy with so many d&d tropes (Tieflings! Dhampirs! Changelings! Dragons!) that I more than likely couldn't switch systems without home brewing everything out the wazoo 😓

[–] riotinferno@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ian Malcolm

Why am I so bad at markdown 🤣

[–] dwgill@ttrpg.network 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a big fan of @slyflourish@ttrpg.network's trick of preparing secrets, clues, or general plot point revelations in advance and without anticipating the context of where or how they will be revealed. That is, you just prepare a list of ten facts or details that will engage the players if and when they learn them, and you improvise how they learn them at the table. It's great for when a player character unexpectedly goes to the library to aimlessly look for clues, or the PCs start talking with an NPC and you need to drop some nugget of info to make the conversation feel worthwhile.

https://slyflourish.com/sharing_secrets.html

[–] slyflourish@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

Yay! Thank you!