Re: One session per season...

From: bethexton_at_...
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 18:20:10 -0000

• In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mike Holmes" <homeydont_at_h...> wrote:
  >
  >
  > Sure, but it's more a player preference thing. That is, I could
  play the
  > most heroic character in the world using this method. "Downtime"
  could be,
  > "And then the hero went and slew 2000 of his enemies rampaging
  across their
  > land in the following season. Might be no reason at all to play
  that out
  > using this style. Think of it like an epic. Only certain acts get
  any detail
  > at all.
  

"So remember that king you owe a favor too? These guys from this other city kidnap his stunningly beautiful wife, and he calls in all his allies to go and besiege them. For years you are camped out there, stalemated. One of the other heroes is now throwing a fit and is talking about going home, and it looks like the whole effort could disolve in an embarrassing waste of time.

So as things start, you are all camped out on the beach near Troy....."

(That is pretty much what the author of the Iliad chose to do, barring that he was a brilliant poet and wasn't trying to write the scenario for an RPG).

I'm not saying anyone should re-create the siege of Troy, but if you did, would it be more dramatic to walk through it step by step, or jump forward to near the climax?

To be honest, my tactician side screams "play out all the steps, I'm sure we could do better than that!" but my story teller side appreciates the elegance of starting where the drama is.

-Bryan
>
> Mike