From:	Scott Wheelock <iscottw@*****.NB.CA>
Subject:	Re: [OT] Life Sucks
Date:	Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:02:44 -0400

>Umm... To stay with the theme of being alone: Has anyone run a solo
>Shadowrun game or had a really small group? My fiancée and a friend of=
ours
>want to play, but they are the only ones. And I have no idea how a game
>like this might work. Ideas, experiences, suggestions?
>
>David

Our standard group is the GM and two or three players. I really don't see
that as too debilitating, though it would be nice to have a bigger team
(including
the whole shebang: rigger, shaman, decker, merc, etc). In general, runs=
with
two PCs are on a smaller scale. There should be less opposition (but not
necessarily less deadly opposition!) and more specialized missions. On the
playing side of it, I think you'll find it easier to GM. You can focus
more on
each PC without having one or more other players getting left out for=
half-an-
hour, you can develop the relationships between PCs and NPCs more, since
you don't have to remember how each contact relates to each of six PCs, and
combat should be vastly simplified.
Of course, I've rarely played with a huge group, so my feelings are=
biased.

Scott