Comments on: Micro-Prep: Little Bites of Organization

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:36:01 +0000

Another thing that can be done is grabbing the miniatures that will be used ahead of time. Obviously, this doesn’t work if you’re using lots of random encounters (unless they’re the same/simlar kind), but if you’re running a prepared adventure/module, you can at least gather/group the monsters ahead of time.

By: ScottM

ScottM — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:03:47 +0000

Interestingly for us, the physical duties are either immediate or not the GM’s responsibility, because we play at my place. So the GM clears out at the end of the session, but Jennifer and I get the place back on track before the next session. Other than game prep materials, everything stays with us– including the tactiles, dice, etc.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:52:37 +0000

I actually put this one in a different category than back burner brainstorming (the subject of Use Your Mental Back Burners, although they’re related. With this one, I was thinking more of physical prep — at least for me, the back burner stuff already micro-izes itself pretty naturally.

Cleaning up immediately, while not always appealing in the moment, is great advice. Want to turn that into a guest post, VV — just a sentence or two?

By: VV_GM

VV_GM — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:05:07 +0000

If you have an area dedicated solely to gaming the best thing to do is to clean it up right after the game ends. Then you have plenty of time to work on the big things before the next session, but don’t start it with “Where did I put my miniatures?”.

By: ScottM

ScottM — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:15:31 +0000

Makes sense. Of course, it’s competing with real life micro-tasks, like taking out the garbage…

It’s good way to slip thinking of the game into those stretches between when you’ll have time to devote to serious prep.