Wired Sunday

At last a quiet day. Conny and I caught up on much needed sleep. She's still trying to shake the Cabby Cough of Death, but I don't know what my excuse is. Our guests Peter and Elisabeth were no fools, and didn't wait around. They scampered out sometime in the morning, and with any luck aren't dead or in a police station. Maybe they got tickets for Rent, which I suggested was worthwhile.

We were tied up in Alchera stuff for most of the afternoon. There was a big event planned by another GM which we helped out with. Following that was a long but useful gamemaster meeting. Of course, I can never leave things well enough alone, so with Conny's help we planted the seed of another thread that'll lead to a large story we've been cooking up. I like to do lots of little small events that converge on a larger plot. I also like to just give opportunities to players to see what they'll do, and advance the story based on their actions. Obviously, that won't work well with huge groups, but I find having many small encounters a lot less work than trying to do a giant fireworks show. Also, small interactions are a lot less taxing technically. This is good for me, since I'm basically inept on the mechanics side of the gamemaster thing.

I think I'm going to have to hunker down and start learning some German if I'm going to be involved with the story side of Alchera. Oh, that and making sure Conny isn't telling her German friends about all my disgusting habits.
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