Happy GURPSDay, Children of the GURPS!
In direct contradiction to the tips I’m about to post, I am crazy far behind in my game prep for Orccon, especially considering I’m GMing in the first slot which is less than 48 hours from now and I’m still printing things out. Because of the time crunch, today’s post is just some quick thoughts on prepping a convention game (some of which naturally bleeds over to prepping for other games).
I know there are dozens of these lists all over the place, but this is what works for me. Hopefully, you’ll find something useful for you, too. I also have a few other blog posts that go into great detail on game prep.
Here are a few examples from past games.
I love running games at conventions, and I’ve got my prep process pretty streamlined. I’d love to hear what you all do differently, or anything I forgot!
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I’d heard that the Mountain Dew you have in the States is more caffeinated then we have in Canada, but I didn’t realise it was Hunter S Thompson’s stimulant of choice. Good to know. Have fun at Orccon! One of these years I will get down there.
Hehe, I clarified that a bit with an edit… Thompson would slap the Dew out of my hand, force-pour absinthe down my throat, and insist I ingest a bag of ‘shrooms at gunpoint. 🙂
I feel your pain. I am prepping for DunDraCon 40. Meanwhile, my wife is bemused by my inability to find anything!
Yep! Every single con, I swear I will start prepping for the next one immediately… and every single con, I spend the final week in a frantic, whirling dance of death with Word, some cardstock, and a glue stick.
I normally start with a general game theme and setting, then have a high level plot outline, and then create the characters. After I have characters I finalize the plot.
One idea I plan on trying is to have paper tents with character names and pictures, so that each player will have a tent in front of them at the table.
Nice 🙂 If you try the tents and like ’em, I really recommend some little frames like the ones pictured above. Nice to be able to print out whatever you want for each game and slip them in!
What do you use to make cardstock figs?
I have a Word .docx template that I re-use from campaign to campaign. Open in Word, change the text and picture, print on card stock, cut-fold-glue, voila.
* Template (https://www.themook.net/gamegeekery/?ddownload=2613)
* This is the heaviest stock my printer will handle (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006P1EQXA?)
I don’t use Word. I use Open Office. But I can still open it