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Message no. 1
From: Steven Ratkovich <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Gaming group size and sideplots
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 15:32:13 -0500
>We have also found this to be true. We've also found Game sessions to be
>fun with less combat, (Well most of us have and were working out a
>balance between the two) and LOTS more roleplaying. And as for sideplots.
>Not even the characters know how many we've got. :)
>
Our GM has even lost count on occasion... He'll leave plot threads dangle
for 6 months or a year, then pick back up on them later on...

"Oh, remember that ghoul you guys *thought* you kileed on your first
run...?" GM asks, an evil smirk on his face...

-Bull-the-stopped-counting-long-ago-decker-turned-GM



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chaos@*****.com
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Message no. 2
From: Rick Jones <rick@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Gaming group size and sideplots
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 15:50:29 -0500
Steven Ratkovich wrote:
> Our GM has even lost count on occasion... He'll leave plot threads dangle
> for 6 months or a year, then pick back up on them later on...
> "Oh, remember that ghoul you guys *thought* you kileed on your first
> run...?" GM asks, an evil smirk on his face...

I do that too. In the next adventure (about a year into the game), a NPC
whose name was bandyed about in the first adventure (and about three
months ago) will appear for the first time, answering a lot of questions.

And in about 3 months, a time bomb that's been ticking since day one will
finally go off.

--
Rick Jones No-one ever listens to Zathras. Quite mad, they
rick@******.com say. It is good that Zathras does not mind. He's
Meyrick@***.com even grown to like it. Oh yes.
http://www-ece.rice.edu/~rickj/ --Zathras, Babylon 5, War Without End

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