Re: Nerdist | Having Trouble Scheduling Your DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Games? Here?s the Solution

On 4/20/25 16:57, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Sun, 20 Apr 2025 14:15:27 +0200 (GMT+02:00), kyonshi
<gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
 

Source: https://nerdist.com/article/keep-your-dungeons-and-dragons-games-on-schedule/
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Having Trouble Scheduling Your DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Games? Here?s
the Solution

 The DM sets the time and that's that? Those are rules written by a
young person who has lots of time. Between kids, work, vacation,
doctors, etc., once you get to a certain age, those rules just CAN'T
work. You'd end up with a game where less than half the party shows
up, every time.
 ;-)
 

The whole text actually seems rather similar to the whole open table idea that has been gaining traction in OSR circles lately (uh, the last few decades) where you keep a dedicated slot for the game open and play with whoever comes to join that day.
We've been running games in a very similar mode lately (with online signups though, so not quite the same) and it works quite well. I have a game that happens every Tuesday 8.15pm, and I just play with whoever shows up.
It's a drastically different approach to playing games though, as there really isn't a way to have any story or plot going where the players take center stage. It might easily be that the character you planned to do stuff with just doesn't show up for two sessions. That means plot, if it is happening, is bound to the location instead of characters.