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Re: LEGO gaming at Gen Con?
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lugnet.gaming
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Tue, 25 Feb 2003 02:13:16 GMT
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In lugnet.fun.gaming, Frank Filz writes:
> 8 hours of running. What is the scheduling like at GenCon? I've never
> been.
Four, four-hour timeslots each day, but events can take any multiple of 1/2
slots.
> A good idea, though the campaign version of the Pirate Game is suitable
> for beginners to start in. Also, since it allows coming and going,
> people need not commit to the entire session time. 4 hours would give a
> good feel for the game.
It could be run as three (or four) successive time slots each as a seperate
event, and people woudl be free to register for mutiple adjacent ones or not.
It would be weird picking up in the middle, but it's doable.
> Also, what sort of time is there for pick up games and such? I'd love
> the opportunity to get a bunch of friends and rules hacks together for a
> session of the RPG I've been running (a home brew system created by a
> college friend). It has some neat features that would be cool to
> introduce more people to.
Is that the standard deviation system? I'd like a chance to play.
> 8 hours would be a minimum, it's also about the most I can do without a
> good break. Assistant GMs would help a lot, though if I was to actually
> take a break for some time, we would have to have a good feel for how to
> handle the "scenario" islands. I think it would be cool to continue the
> game over two days.
I think that's doable.
Chris
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| (...) Sounds easy. (...) Are you refering to people joining in the middle as "picking up" or cleaning up the game in the middle because there's a gap in the sessions. (...) Yes. I suspected you at least might have an interest. I'm not sure it should (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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| (...) An into battle game could be run in 4 hours. That might be good the day before the big campaign game. It would be cool to run the campaign game over two days. The other option is to run it longer than 8 hours all at once, but experience from (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.gaming)
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