Episode 246 – Group Design
by Dan Repperger
You can find a transcript of this show here!
* (0:30) Happy birthday to Chris!
* (1:38) John announces the closing of Bloodmoon Goblins’ fundraiser and explains where things are headed next.
* (2:21) Quick updates on GAME convention and Fear the Con 5.
* (2:39) FlatCon is coming up on October 21-23, 2011 in Bloomington, IL. All proceeds from the convention are donated to the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.
* (3:15) Fear the Boot is giving away some free games, thanks to Tex! If you’d like to enter for any of the titles mentioned, you can do so here.
* (7:31) The process of picking a system and setting when your group is starting a new campaign. How to balance everyone’s interests. Whether the GM should be able to make a take-it-or-leave-it pitch.
* (31:14) Collaboration in an established setting. How to get the players involved and help them feel like they own a part of the game world without contradicting what’s in the books.
* (38:08) Revisiting the group template with some new and changed perspectives. Explaining what it is, why it’s important, and how to build one.
Hosts: Dan, John, Pat, Wayne
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In my group of friends there are two people who DM games, myself and a friend of mine. Once every while one of us will come up with a campaign idea and ask around if anyone is interested in playing that. We’re a lot less about having a ‘gaming group’ that moves from game to game and more about individual campaigns with participants. People who aren’t interesting in playing the uprising of the Batavii against the Romans simply don’t join that particular campaign; but practically everyone is involved in a campaign one way or another.