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

kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:

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.
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Well, open table with a fixed date is one thing. But If you go back to
the original post about westmarches [1] there was no fixed date.
Westmarches is based on the idea, that players interact in some way in
between sessions and then schedule a session as demand arises to further
their goals. In theory that's my favourite for a campaign game.

Does it work? Place your bets ...

Cheers!

lkh

[1]: https://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/78/grand-experiments-west-marches/

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