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Games or Suppliments w/ Support for GM Preparation

Started by PencilBoy99, August 16, 2016, 11:48:54 PM

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August 16, 2016, 11:48:54 PM
I'm always on the lookout for games or supplements that provide lots of support for GM's who struggle with prep, but still enjoy traditional games. Off the top of my head, I'm aware of: Dungeon World (Threats); any of Kevin Crawford's games, Nights Black Agents (the Conspiracy Pyramid). I'd also include something like the Chaos supplement Pundit just created. What great things are out there that would make my prep a breeze that I don't know about and don't require me to run wholly improv / shared narration games.

Spinachcat

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August 16, 2016, 11:57:45 PM
76 Patrons for Traveller is a great adventure seed resource.

I know that GRIM / James Desborough did a couple books of adventure seeds too.

I found the 100 Sci Fi Adventure Seeds to be worth getting.
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DavetheLost

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August 17, 2016, 09:11:59 AM
Beyond the Wall takes a low prep aproach to adventure creation. The Further Afield sourcebook has a great player interactive system for building a campaign world and running it with low prep.

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August 21, 2016, 09:18:02 PM
Quote from: PencilBoy99;913397I'm always on the lookout for games or supplements that provide lots of support for GM's who struggle with prep, but still enjoy traditional games. Off the top of my head, I'm aware of: Dungeon World (Threats); any of Kevin Crawford's games, Nights Black Agents (the Conspiracy Pyramid). I'd also include something like the Chaos supplement Pundit just created. What great things are out there that would make my prep a breeze that I don't know about and don't require me to run wholly improv / shared narration games.

Cults of Chaos allows you to roll up a villain group (a cult), using a series of random tables, which you can do very quickly. In theory, you can set up a group, knowing it's size, aims, leadership, resources, and plot complications, all in about 5 minutes.
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August 22, 2016, 02:24:05 AM
The 5e DMG has a series of tables to randomly roll up various elements of an adventure or campaign or even simple events in Chapter 2.

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August 25, 2016, 08:45:24 AM
Quote from: Omega;914645The 5e DMG has a series of tables to randomly roll up various elements of an adventure or campaign or even simple events in Chapter 2.

Yes, it does indeed.
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August 25, 2016, 09:30:14 AM
How good are they actually though. The 5e DMG tables that is.
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