Comments on The Core Mechanic: 10 Things To Do Before Starting A New RPG Campaign...

Nice article Jonathan. This would be useful for mi...

2009-01-02T12:08:00.000-05:00

Nice article Jonathan. This would be useful for mid-stream campaigns too.

Scheduling gets a little harder every year. That's...

2009-01-01T12:58:00.000-05:00

Scheduling gets a little harder every year. That's why my favorite RPG these days is In A Wicked Age, because it makes #1 - #8 non-issues for our busy group.

I prefer group character generation; everyone crea...

2009-01-01T11:23:00.000-05:00

I prefer group character generation; everyone create their characters together within some parameters; for party-based play, for example, establishing how the characters know each other and why they are together could be part of the character generation.

This may take the entire first session, especially if starting situation or game setting are also created at the same time or the rules used are particularly cumbersome.

Great! I'm glad this post was helpful to some of y...

2008-12-31T21:44:00.000-05:00

Great! I'm glad this post was helpful to some of you! thanks for stopping by!

Ohh, the elevator pitch idea is a very good one! ...

2008-12-31T18:10:00.000-05:00

Ohh, the elevator pitch idea is a very good one! I am going to let my game group know and encourage them to write one.

The elevator pitch for each character is a great b...

2008-12-31T16:14:00.000-05:00

The elevator pitch for each character is a great bit of advice. I don't know how often I've started a game and asked everyone to tell a bit about their character, only to see people get that deer-in-headlights look.