I posted a link to this thread to Scott's Facebook
And why exactly would you do that, Ross? Seems like a bit of a dick move.
A. Scott Glancy, President TCCorp, dba Pagan Publishing
Really? I just thought you would want to know when the fans are talking about you.
Well sure I would, Ross. And to do that you would send me a private message with a link. But you told everyone having the conversation that you were doing it. By telling the people in the thread that you were telling the author of the scenario that folks were talking about him might have a chilling effect on the discussion. I'm not going to learn very much when I only get positive feedback so I would prefer to hear the criticism unrestrained.
As for the criticism, some of it is valid. While I did include too much technical information in both those scenarios, I think Ross will back me up that I included far, far less than I did for the "Last Flight of the L58." As entertaining as it was to drop Ross off the top of the Zeppelin 8,000 feet over the Caucasus Mountains, that evening was filled with too much of me lecturing on the operation of zeppelins. A friend of mine took me aside afterward and told me that the game was more like a history lecture than a
Call of Cthulhu scenario. Therefore there was less technical info in "Dig to Victory" and even less in "Uboote Heraus" because I realized that these details were bogging things down. Nevertheless, I felt that most of the technical information was critical because the scenario is set in an environment where those details may be critical to game play and player decisions.
Of course, this is a game run at GenCon outside the normal schedule of games. I'm hanging out with friends I don't get to see but once a year. So, yeah, there's too much bullshitting back and forth going on. Everyone at the table is a history wonk and everyone wants to say something smart or funny to ensure that they keep up with all the other wonks. So that slows things down. The thing to remember is that we weren't running that game to entertain you, the RPPR AP audience. We were entertaining ourselves.
We had a good time. Anything else is lagniappe.
A. Scott Glancy, President TCCorp, dba Pagan Publishing