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Your Experiences of Disorganized Play?

Started by RPGPundit, July 28, 2013, 04:30:12 AM

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RPGPundit

So, Con and/or Club horror stories, where bad organization led to huge messes, and how they could have done it better. GO!
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GenCon...'nuff said.

It exists in spite of itself. But many cons fit that description. Too many cons have a "build it and they will come" mentality and a "barely acceptable is good enough" ethic. They only get to exist because the incoherence of a con can be superseded by the tremendous fun 6 people can have a game table.

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Quote from: Spinachcat;675594GenCon...'nuff said.

It exists in spite of itself. But many cons fit that description. Too many cons have a "build it and they will come" mentality and a "barely acceptable is good enough" ethic. They only get to exist because the incoherence of a con can be superseded by the tremendous fun 6 people can have a game table.

The local con here in montevideo was certainly of that sort, when it comes to RPGs.
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Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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