sharing the seat

I am currently working on a mini-campaign with another GM. This will be broken down into four one-shots that could be played consecutively to make a full campaign. We are going to premiere this at a convention next year. Fingers crossed that we pull it off and it is received warmly.

Ideally, you do not want to offer up a session as a one-shot that requires any significant background knowledge. This proves to be an obstacle that we are working on overcoming. We want anyone to be able to sit at the table during any one of the sessions and still receive a full, enjoyable experience.

What brought this on? Well, at one of the conventions that we provided game play at, we had several people who wanted more. We were pulling out older one-shots and scheduling times outside of the convention to provide this opportunity for them. This mini-campaign was created with these guests in mind. We want to provide a full adventure with several sessions in which they could take one character on a journey.

I’m sure we’ll have hiccups, things may feel disjointed, others will drop in and out. This is our first attempt and we will learn from it to make the next time better. We hope that the guests also enjoy this and keep joining us at the table to experience the full adventure.