The Metallian's Tips For Running One-Shot Convention Games

[metallian]

Running my demo at GenCon brought to mind many of the things I've learned as a frequent player and occasional GM of one-shot convention games. I figured it would be helpful for me to write them down for future reference, and that others may also find them useful

Comments

[danbuter1]

cool post. You should put this on RPGNet or some other big board.

[metallian]

Thanks, and I just might, if for no other reason to maybe improve the quality of games in which I end up at cons.

(In truth, I've been in way more good games than bad, though. I learned valuable lessons from both kinds.)

[bull22]

Nice post man. Good job. :)

[metallian]

Thank you, sir!

[magus145]

Excellent post. Could you link or explain "Illusionism" and "Realism" in a gaming context?

[metallian]

Well, I only put "realism" in quotes because it's a bit silly to call most RPGs "realistic" - what I'm actually getting at is more like verisimilitude and the sense that the game world is not (merely) a funhouse that's been set up for the amusement of the PCs