Gateway 2011: Saturday

[anarchangel23]

My plan entirely survived contact with the con on Saturday, although my execution of my last scheduled game left something to be desired.

After feasting like kings atop the hotel in the 15th floor lounge, I ran Dungeon World at 9am. I had expanded Jason Morningstar's two-hour Dungeon World demo "The Temple of UNGU" by adding some additional

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Pann's and Hollowpoint

[devlin1]

First off, I should get in on that Pann's dinner one of these cons.

Second, there was a certain commonality between that Hollowpoint game and Colin's Bulldogs! game the next night. Good players, good GM, good sysetm, but something was off. In the case of Bulldogs!, it was that the scenario essentially started all of the PCs in conflict with one another, which doesn't work so great in FATE. In Hollowpoint, it may have been (as I said on story-games.com) a disconnect between the stated premise and the mechanical reality. But again, y'know, at the very least it was hanging out with four cool friends, so it was going to be a good time no matter what. Thanks for running it -- that was one of my (many) must-play games of the weekend.

Re: Pann's and Hollowpoint

[anarchangel23]

Yes, you should!

I really don't think I set it up very well. I think the players need sheets explaining the dice mechanic and perhaps giving hints for use. I'll look up that SG thread. I'll definitely be trying Hollowpoint again.

[hafwit]

That's interesting. When I ran Hollowpoint last Saturday, I had done no prep apart from what I could think up about an hour before the game. Oh, and some pregens. We certainly had a blast.

[anarchangel23]

I am 90% sure that the main problems were that I didn't know the rules and set the tone well enough. Handouts would have certainly covered the former and left me more space to do the latter.

[hafwit]

I hope you'll try again. I think the game's great for quick fun. I ran it lightly buzzed. :-)

[anarchangel23]

Oh, I definitely will.