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#1 warpiglet Mar 29, 2015 8:16:27	just a lighthearted question...if you crave some 5E action and your plans and fix fall through, what are the lengths you have gone to to get that fun?   Lately my group of working dudes/dads/grad students etc has been beset by life...and the last few times I have been free!   Thinking about running something for my kids....God I may have to learn to play on rolld20!  The problem is that takes a lot to set up a game and may be 2 weeks until the next one!  Miss one, wait a month!   Any amusing anecdotes or suggestions?!  This sucks!
#2 AaronOfBarbaria Mar 29, 2015 9:57:08	Alright, so here's some fun:   5th edition came out and my whole group was excited: We set up two different campaigns (and still had a Vampire game on the side) and started playing... but then one of our group decided it was time to take a break from gaming, and due to the seriously integral part his character had in the story of each campaign it was easier to shelve those campaigns than to continue them without his character (Vampire included).   So we set up a new campaign for each night that we had available, and they are all D&D now.   In fact, we moved one session from every other Thursday to every Friday thanks to that becoming a possiblity after the one player took a break, so we are not just playing more D&D we are playing it more often.   ...and it works out so that one campaign can be run any night that normally wouldn't have a session and its normal Monday night spot since it only has two players besides myself (my wife and our friend that is over to the house every day of the week unless something special comes up), and our campaigns have a fall-back plan should a particular player not be able to make it to a particular session (the Wednesday night game having only one more player, so if he can't make it we can still play the 2-player campaign, and our Friday game being able to fall back on the Wednesday campaign if the fourth player can't make it or play on without the third player if he can't make it).   We're basically squeezing playing D&D into every crack in our schedules that happens to line up with at least 2 people besides me in the house for at least a few hours.
#3 warpiglet Mar 29, 2015 10:06:21	Now we're talkin!   I work very hard, raise three great kids...I must plot and plan to get my fix.   All work and no d and d makes dad go crazy.  Your story is inspiring.   Mi am actually thinking about letting my 8 year old lead a group that will effect the adventure with my friends...and hen I can npc/pc my paladin along with her.   I guess whatever it takes, right?
#4 kalil Mar 29, 2015 10:17:24	I have been in a roll20 campaign that ran at 2am in the morning on Wednesday mornings my local time. I got up, made myself coffee and played for 4-5 hours before I had to get the kids up for school. It was kinda cozy, and Imiss the campaign. But holy crap was I drowsy at work the days after...
#5 warpiglet Mar 29, 2015 11:30:35	kalil wrote:
#6 Nevvur Mar 29, 2015 13:22:18	I played with myself.   One time I even played with my mom.
#7 warpiglet Mar 29, 2015 16:12:31	Ha!  My 8 year old tracked and killed goblins and now believes the cave she found holds a "giant"'that has been stealing cows from the nearby village.  I let her add things she wants to see and she picked out a solar mini....so I have to fit that in my one shot and my campaign!  Maybe it can just encourage the heroes to keep looking since the campaign plot runs deep!
#8 cassi_brazuca Mar 29, 2015 16:28:22	Well, in my case, it’s more or less the opposite. I have OCD and nowadays am inclined to procrastinate things. I meant to DM a D&D 3.5 adventure due to summer vacation, but now I’m reading 13th Age, so... Divided between AD&D 1e, D&D 3.5, D&D 4e, and 13th Age. 5e is out of question, unfortunately.
#9 BRJN Mar 29, 2015 17:28:20	If you can't play an adventurer band with friends, get a copy of Power of Faerun and make up a new character, whose purpose is to become a Patron NPC to other games.  Work out projects and obstacles so he can get what he wants.   Example: I have a new Tiefling Warlock who wants to become a "City Father" (a la frontier America*).  He will start his own shop, support the other non-rival businesses in town, and invest in civic improvements.  When he has enough money, open a bank and provide cash for others who want to do likewise.  Set in / near Neverwinter due to I just bought the 4e supplement.  Eventually he should have a privately-owned corporate empire with many fields of endeavor.   * IRL inspiration is a man who came to my hometown in 1830 with $40,000 in cash.  Promoted the Wabash and Erie Canal, bought land near the right-of-way, built a canalboat.  Opened a freight line.  Got even richer building/repairing canalboats for others.  Sold land at profit to businesses and town-platters.
#10 paulstrait Mar 29, 2015 21:36:46	As a DM, there's always more work to be done on my campaign if for some reason my weekly 5e Maptool game falls through.  (Don't knock the virtual tabletop -- it really expands the game.  I would use a virtual tabletop even in an in-person game.)
#11 Psikerlord Mar 29, 2015 23:08:33	kalil wrote: