been experimenting with different levels of prep to get some MH one-shots ready. I reckon there’s a few options…
been experimenting with different levels of prep to get some MH one-shots ready. I reckon there’s a few options…
1. Do the first session exactly as in the book and see where it takes you – full choice of Skins, group setting/home room creation, then just play to see what happens. I’ve done this before and it took a while to really sing while some of the Skins circled around each other – but once it hit the ground it worked really well – not sure if I’d be comfortable doing this at a con though because you might not get to the ‘good bits’ in 3/4 hours.
2. Restrict Skin choice and do normal character generation (especially Strings) and have the broad brush strokes of a setting and a Menace or two ready to roll. I’ve done this before at a con and it worked pretty well.
3. Is having pre-picked and developed skins, a tight setting and set-up, and enough material to push a few buttons and see what happens. THIS is what I’ve experimented with, and I think it’s got legs to jump to the juicy stuff sooner – but I’m aware that this kind of thing has been actively discouraged with regards to AW in the past! I’ve done my prep and will playtest this soon.
What do folks think? There’s pros and cons to each, I guess, but will (3) work in play? I can go into more detail on my method of prepping it, too – but that’s probably for another post.
