Comments on: How to End a Campaign: With a Whimper http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/07/how-to-end-a-campaign-with-a-whimper Game mastering advice, ideas & resources • Dedicated to helping GMs Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:46:31 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Martin http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/07/how-to-end-a-campaign-with-a-whimper/comment-page-1#comment-2777 Martin Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:22:08 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=398#comment-2777 Scott: I feel your pain. Too many games end this way. Bento: Story arc thinking rocks. My current GM is using a very similar approach, and it gives us a lot of freedom that we wouldn't have with a more traditional approach. Scott: I feel your pain. Too many games end this way.

Bento: Story arc thinking rocks. My current GM is using a very similar approach, and it gives us a lot of freedom that we wouldn’t have with a more traditional approach.

]]> By: Bento http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/07/how-to-end-a-campaign-with-a-whimper/comment-page-1#comment-2744 Bento Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:35:23 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=398#comment-2744 While I think in campaigns, I execute in adventure arcs. Most arcs last 3 to 5 sessions. That way, if things look like they aren't going to continue, I can work faster to at least finish an arc. And with an arc, if the stars align just right, I can pick it up later with some of the same players and a few new interested ones. I've done this with my Oriental Adventure campaign and hope to come back to it this Fall. If not, at least the characters got through their first adventure. -bento While I think in campaigns, I execute in adventure arcs. Most arcs last 3 to 5 sessions. That way, if things look like they aren’t going to continue, I can work faster to at least finish an arc.

And with an arc, if the stars align just right, I can pick it up later with some of the same players and a few new interested ones. I’ve done this with my Oriental Adventure campaign and hope to come back to it this Fall. If not, at least the characters got through their first adventure.

-bento

]]> By: ScottM http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/07/how-to-end-a-campaign-with-a-whimper/comment-page-1#comment-2740 ScottM Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:35:11 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=398#comment-2740 Oh, I've had many a campaign end with a whimper. Our last big campaign did end with a whimper... but there were unusual circumstances. See, we'd had a solid group going for about two years (though there was drama-- ugh). At the very end, one person left to move cross country and we added a pair to replace him. It was completely unlike the campaign up to that time-- an irrelevant coda (of 3 sessions) to a solid campaign. We dumped it, rather than continue with the mockery of a campaign. Oh, I’ve had many a campaign end with a whimper. Our last big campaign did end with a whimper… but there were unusual circumstances.

See, we’d had a solid group going for about two years (though there was drama– ugh). At the very end, one person left to move cross country and we added a pair to replace him.

It was completely unlike the campaign up to that time– an irrelevant coda (of 3 sessions) to a solid campaign. We dumped it, rather than continue with the mockery of a campaign.

]]> By: How to End a Campaign: With a Bang - Treasure Tables http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/07/how-to-end-a-campaign-with-a-whimper/comment-page-1#comment-2713 How to End a Campaign: With a Bang - Treasure Tables Sat, 08 Jul 2006 14:26:31 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=398#comment-2713 [...] • (With a Bang) • With a Whimper • A Sudden Stop • On Indefinite Hold • Fast Forward • According to Plan [...] [...] • (With a Bang) • With a Whimper • A Sudden Stop • On Indefinite Hold • Fast Forward • According to Plan [...]

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