Future? of the Game

[kenada]

Due to my growing dissatisfaction with campus gaming and some other things, I don’t think I will be able to continue this game as-is. If someone (Mike?) wants to pick up the pieces and continue this campaign, that is fine with me. As I implied above, I would probably not continue going to campus to play a PC.

Now, I would be willing to run again; but this would be a new game meeting at my place a couple times a month (to work with people’s schedules).

I apologize to everyone and especially Mark for getting you started and then flaking out.

[Eldmor]

 

[kenada]

I’ve been really stressed out lately.

[Measure Zero]

Due to my growing dissatisfaction with campus gaming and some other things, I don’t think I will be able to continue this game as-is. If someone (Mike?) wants to pick up the pieces and continue this campaign, that is fine with me. As I implied above, I would probably not continue going to campus to play a PC.

Now, I would be willing to run again; but this would be a new game meeting at my place a couple times a month (to work with people’s schedules).

I apologize to everyone and especially Mark for getting you started and then flaking out.

I would be okay with that, but I won't always be able to drive myself up and it's looking like I'll be out of town even more than I had thought.  Since my work load is doubled this quarter, I cannot run a game that requires any consistent sort of preparation..

[Measure Zero]

Due to my growing dissatisfaction with campus gaming and some other things, I don’t think I will be able to continue this game as-is. If someone (Mike?) wants to pick up the pieces and continue this campaign, that is fine with me. As I implied above, I would probably not continue going to campus to play a PC.

Now, I would be willing to run again; but this would be a new game meeting at my place a couple times a month (to work with people’s schedules).

I apologize to everyone and especially Mark for getting you started and then flaking out.

What has dissatisfied you?  Is it coming to campus?  Playing every week?  Inconsistent players?  Something else?

[kenada]

I would be okay with that, but I won't always be able to drive myself up and it's looking like I'll be out of town even more than I had thought.

The idea I had in mind was less to meet less frequently (probably a couple times a month) when everyone was available. So far, I’ve only got buy-in from Trever.

Since my work load is doubled this quarter, I cannot run a game that requires any consistent sort of preparation..

I guess then the current game is on a hiatus of sorts then unless someone else is interested in picking up.

What has dissatisfied you?

It’s a combination of many things I think. The club’s not really like how it used to be. There’s no con anymore (and I would be surprised to see it resurface again), and schedules are tighter. I enjoyed arriving around 1:00 PM, playing a board game with the other group, and playing D&D all day.

I’ve also been frustrated by people just getting up and leaving*. Not everyone wants to (or is able to) play late, and that was something I enjoyed doing. (One of the reasons why I had been encouraging encounter cards is to try to speed up play so that we don’t run into a situation where the natural stopping point in the adventure is later in the evening than people would like to play.)

Is it coming to campus?

The problem for me with campus is that there’s not really any value-add to it. Food’s not really near-by (like at the Union), and I have no internet access. Plus, I have to lug a lot of crap around. I think I’m at the stage where Guy’s group decided it just made more sense (for them) to meet off campus.

Playing every week?  Inconsistent players?

I think playing every week when people’s schedules don’t really permit that makes the game feel less cohesive when you have to swap around characters to get good party composition.

Something else?

Work’s always rather stressful. With the amount of time spent in prep for this module, getting ready to run is like a second job. And that’s just burning me out.

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* I wouldn’t say this has happened in D&D 4e, but it did happen in Exalted (from my perspective).

[kenada]

To elaborate on what I’ve been suggesting, I’d like to do run something else. The idea is to meet a couple of times per month at my place, schedules permitting. The offer is open to people in the existing campaign who don’t mind my crappy DMing.

The game would take place in the Forgotten Realms. It’s apparently not everyone’s favorite campaign setting, but it’s the one I’m most familiar with (even after the substantial changes in the newest addition). Players would be rolling new characters. Yes, I want to use the dice-based generation method in the PHB. Call me a traditionalist.

The only available alignments would be Good and Lawful Good. I’m excluding Unaligned because it gets played as either apathetic or mildly ruthless. Of course, that’s the definition of Unaligned. I’d like to these adventures to be Heroic™, which is why I’d prefer to omit it.

The premise is still being worked out, which is why we would only roll characters and board game on Saturday. I need to finish reading the FRCS to decide on which one to play in, but I do have a notion of what I want the “big plot” to be.

I apologize again for throwing the existing campaign under the bus and shaking up people’s gaming weekend.

[Eldmor]

No problem. Level and starting gold?
EDIT: And allowed source material? I might want to try out Artificer or Barbarian.

[kenada]

Mike has stated that he would be willing to continue the existing game when he gets back from the conference (next summer).

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Allowed materials are the PHB and FRHB. I’d prefer not to allow material that is still undergoing playtesting.

Characters will be level 1 with the default starting gold. The plan is to roll up a character on Saturday. Emphasis on rolling.

[Eldmor]

Aww, shucks. Fire Aspect Genasi Barbarian would've been sweet.

[Atreys]

Aww, shucks. Fire Aspect Genasi Barbarian would've been sweet.

OT: Sweet, yet mysterious.  Since when can barbarians master fire?  Fire doesn't smash.

[Measure Zero]

Bring your old character sheets and stuff to the next game.  I'll store them with my game materials and we'll have it all together if we decide to get back to my game at some point (I will be out of the country from January until April, possibly June.).  That is, unless someone (like Josh or Thomas) wants to try running the campaign for a bit.  As far as Randy's new game goes, I think I am going to go for a human wizard who acts more as a shaman, communing with nature and spirits and stuff but using the rules for arcane wizard power.  The character will be Good, but on his or her own terms.  Hippy terms.

[kenada]

The character will be Good, but on his or her own terms.  Hippy terms.

That sounds like pretty much the definition of good.

[Measure Zero]

The character will be Good, but on his or her own terms.  Hippy terms.

That sounds like pretty much the definition of good.

Having been raised by a hippy, I can assure you that that is not so.

[Thomas Kerwin]

A shaman wizard should work pretty well.  I'm thinking about playing a swashbuckler rogue.