Comments on: Are these DMs on fire? Why, yes, I believe they are. http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/are-these-dms-on-fire-why-yes-i-believe-they-are The D&D Blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:49:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Yax http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/are-these-dms-on-fire-why-yes-i-believe-they-are#comment-3727 Yax Fri, 30 May 2008 20:22:07 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/are-these-dms-on-fire-why-yes-i-believe-they-are#comment-3727 36 hours is brutal. I couldn't pull that off. And if I did my girlfriend would chop my bells off. 36 hours is brutal. I couldn’t pull that off. And if I did my girlfriend would chop my bells off.

]]> By: ScottM http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/are-these-dms-on-fire-why-yes-i-believe-they-are#comment-3720 ScottM Fri, 30 May 2008 18:26:05 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/are-these-dms-on-fire-why-yes-i-believe-they-are#comment-3720 Building a map together is exactly the idea behind <a href="http://www.clanwebsite.org/games/rpg/Dawn_of_Worlds_game_1_0Final.pdf" rel="nofollow">Dawn of Worlds</a>, which is a slightly more formalized version of your experiment Johnn. I like the idea of doing it over a week or two, as you propose-- we had trouble fitting it all into a night. [On the other hand, 36 hours might have been overkill...] Building a map together is exactly the idea behind Dawn of Worlds, which is a slightly more formalized version of your experiment Johnn. I like the idea of doing it over a week or two, as you propose– we had trouble fitting it all into a night. [On the other hand, 36 hours might have been overkill...]

]]> By: Yax http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/are-these-dms-on-fire-why-yes-i-believe-they-are#comment-3662 Yax Tue, 27 May 2008 23:23:46 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/are-these-dms-on-fire-why-yes-i-believe-they-are#comment-3662 Goo idea Johnn! I think a live chat or skype session be perfect for this. Goo idea Johnn! I think a live chat or skype session be perfect for this.

]]> By: mombo http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/are-these-dms-on-fire-why-yes-i-believe-they-are#comment-3660 mombo Tue, 27 May 2008 16:14:10 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/are-these-dms-on-fire-why-yes-i-believe-they-are#comment-3660 interesting !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! interesting !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Johnn http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/are-these-dms-on-fire-why-yes-i-believe-they-are#comment-3657 Johnn Tue, 27 May 2008 12:28:01 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/are-these-dms-on-fire-why-yes-i-believe-they-are#comment-3657 I've done a mini version of this before a couple of times, with mixed success. The first was for a shared campaign. It didn't go so well, as we just stared at each other and things felt forced. What we were missing was a common idea spark to riff off of. The second time worked much better. It wasn't a group of DMs, but a mixed group of DMs and players who wanted to co-create a common realm for our adventures. Players wanted to play more often in a consistent setting. DMs wanted to create a world without having to do the whole job themselves. We started with a map, which ended up being the key to success. It was visual. We made copies as we went. People could grab a copy and scrawl anything they wanted on it, experimenting or making notes. "Keepers" were added to the original map. Haven't done anything like this in years. Seems like the Internet would be ideal. Who has 36 hours contiguous real time to dedicate to RPGs these days? So, maybe hit a dedicated forum with live chat or twitter, and let members login and keep the momentum going. I’ve done a mini version of this before a couple of times, with mixed success. The first was for a shared campaign. It didn’t go so well, as we just stared at each other and things felt forced. What we were missing was a common idea spark to riff off of.

The second time worked much better. It wasn’t a group of DMs, but a mixed group of DMs and players who wanted to co-create a common realm for our adventures. Players wanted to play more often in a consistent setting. DMs wanted to create a world without having to do the whole job themselves.

We started with a map, which ended up being the key to success. It was visual. We made copies as we went. People could grab a copy and scrawl anything they wanted on it, experimenting or making notes. “Keepers” were added to the original map.

Haven’t done anything like this in years. Seems like the Internet would be ideal. Who has 36 hours contiguous real time to dedicate to RPGs these days? So, maybe hit a dedicated forum with live chat or twitter, and let members login and keep the momentum going.

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