Comments on: The one-shot session success formula http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/the-one-shot-session-success-formula The D&D Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:54:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Anonymous http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/the-one-shot-session-success-formula#comment-12211 Anonymous Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:32:33 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=2490#comment-12211 [...] One Shot Essays The one-shot session success formula Roleplaying: Designing Good Roleplaying Adventures One Shots: First Steps One Shots: Plot Fast [...] [...] One Shot Essays The one-shot session success formula Roleplaying: Designing Good Roleplaying Adventures One Shots: First Steps One Shots: Plot Fast [...]

]]> By: Mountzionryan http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/the-one-shot-session-success-formula#comment-9457 Mountzionryan Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:47:03 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=2490#comment-9457 My advice for one-shots is this: Take your favorite action movie, knead it until it is no longer obvious. Throw in a few twists that aren't in the movie. There's your set-up. The best one-shot I've ever played in was about a group of geeky kids in the 80s who found a pirate map and went looking for the treasure. Turned out the greedy college professor was stealing the treasure. {Goonies+Scooby-Doo=Awesome night of gaming] The second bit of advice I give is to plan about 5 scenes with the expectation that you'll get to do 4. Make three of them the key scenes and the other two non-necessary complications. My advice for one-shots is this:
Take your favorite action movie, knead it until it is no longer obvious. Throw in a few twists that aren’t in the movie. There’s your set-up.

The best one-shot I’ve ever played in was about a group of geeky kids in the 80s who found a pirate map and went looking for the treasure. Turned out the greedy college professor was stealing the treasure. {Goonies+Scooby-Doo=Awesome night of gaming]

The second bit of advice I give is to plan about 5 scenes with the expectation that you’ll get to do 4. Make three of them the key scenes and the other two non-necessary complications.

]]> By: Ravenous Role Playing » Blog Archive » Friday Five: 2009-10-16 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/the-one-shot-session-success-formula#comment-9433 Ravenous Role Playing » Blog Archive » Friday Five: 2009-10-16 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:46:31 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=2490#comment-9433 [...] The one-shot session success formula Last weekend, I ran a one-shot Paranoia game. I needed Yax’s advice, but it came a few days too late for me to learn from. I think my one-short went fairly well, but I could have done better with the advice he gives out. If you’re planning on a one-shot adventure for your group, check out what Yax has to say on the Dungeon Mastering web site. [...] [...] The one-shot session success formula Last weekend, I ran a one-shot Paranoia game. I needed Yax’s advice, but it came a few days too late for me to learn from. I think my one-short went fairly well, but I could have done better with the advice he gives out. If you’re planning on a one-shot adventure for your group, check out what Yax has to say on the Dungeon Mastering web site. [...]

]]> By: Gnome Rodeo: I Like Big Hats and I Cannot Lie - Gnome Stew, the Game Mastering Blog http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/the-one-shot-session-success-formula#comment-9431 Gnome Rodeo: I Like Big Hats and I Cannot Lie - Gnome Stew, the Game Mastering Blog Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:13:50 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=2490#comment-9431 [...] Mastering: The one-shot session success formula (item #1: isolation) is excellent, as is Big Bad Good Guy… Wait, What? — think of an [...] [...] Mastering: The one-shot session success formula (item #1: isolation) is excellent, as is Big Bad Good Guy… Wait, What? — think of an [...]

]]> By: Yax http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/the-one-shot-session-success-formula#comment-9429 Yax Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:03:45 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=2490#comment-9429 @ColoQ: Yep. Time is my problem too. I miss college. It's hard to believe that I've had weeks of 5 games in 7 days (4-6 hour games!) @ColoQ: Yep. Time is my problem too. I miss college. It’s hard to believe that I’ve had weeks of 5 games in 7 days (4-6 hour games!)

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