>tfw when you organize a tg game
>eight hundred replies
>take forever to set up
>only two ready for game time
>run them through hastily cobbled dungeon instead of campaign
>it was beautiful
We worldbuilt, checked skills, killed minions and slew a miniboss AND a regular boss. They even tried to make friends with a random encounter hobgoblin. They might have been some of the best players I've had.
How do I know if this is real?
I couldn't possibly take anymore disappointment.
>>44093921
>How do I know if this is real?
Try falling down. If you wake up, then it isn't real.
Seriously though, good on you for having fun.
>Join a /tg/ game
>spend hours chatting with the GM and the other players, putting together a massive sprawling continent to explore and learn about, plot hooks everywhere and everyone's looking forward to game
>no one shows up on game day
>game ded
it h u r t s
>>44094023
Welcome to online campaigns, where 80% of them are DMs fishing for easy lore and NPCs for their setting.
>>44093921
So you said you only have two players, right?
So uhh... Are you still looking for more?
>>44094042
I
I never considered that, anon.
Holy shit.
Well, I guuuuuuuess I'm happy all that worldbuilding might end up being used?
>>44094042
Are you free Wednesday nights?
I could have a good time, I just have other games currently. Painful.
>>44093921
>>44094023
You guys worldbuild with players?
For some reason that thought never occurred to me. Is it good?
>>44093921
Not starting a campaign this instant, shame on you OP
>>44093921
Some of my best games have been for two players. The way I see it less people=less distraction from side conversations and more incentive to make less specialized characters so there isn't one "party face" doing all of the talking/paying attention.
>>44100172
Once. I was in a game where the PCs were fallen nobles from countries we designed when we made our characters. It was cool, everybody would throw in little bits of trivia from their home countries whenever they were speaking in-character and it really helped flesh out the world. I'm probably gonna do something similar the next time I run a game in a setting that would allow that kind of thing.
>>44100172
I love doing it. It helps players get invested in the world if they helped make bits of it, and it eases the workload on me.
(That said, my next two campaigns will involve A. somebody else's setting and B. my own baroque thing that I made, with a little help from some of my players)
>>44100172
I just come up with a setting, and some easy plot hooks, and a few dozen background NPCs and let the players go crazy. It's fun to let them connect the dots.
