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Aaron
post Aug 21 2008, 02:14 PM
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Congrats on your first session. Sounds like it went well.

I dunno about you, but I find the planning and prep to be part of the fun of Shadowrun. That's why I've got a dart board in my gaming room: when the team is planning and researching, I (as GM) have something to do that lets me answer questions and follow their planning.

But, if it looks like they're not having fun while they're planning, try this. Decide how long you want to run the adventure (I'd make this decision with the players rather than for the players). Then have everyone agree to only spend one-third of that time prepping and planning, and the other two-thirds actually playing through it (yes, this is a bastardized version of the One-Third Two-Thirds Rule). That's worked for me in the past.
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post Aug 25 2008, 04:41 PM
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QUOTE (evilgoattea @ Aug 21 2008, 04:30 AM) *
Also I find using minatures and terrain helps A LOT with mapping out a scene.


Amen. I'm learning to wing it a bit more when dealing with larger scale encounters (and also by using computer generated maps and character icons on a projector screen) but using maps and minis helped me a lot with close-quarters combat in my first games. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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