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RPGs / Re: Most boring campaign?
« on: March 18, 2009, 11:58:04 AM »
I've had boring sessions, but never a really boring campaign.
I run a game of D&D for some of my students at school and sometimes it can be boring because they haven't quite grasped the idea of role-playing a character that isn't themselves.
Most sessions revolve around players going off on their own and wandering aimlessly around an area. Once they come across something interesting, they go and find other players to show them. Rinse and repeat.
A barbarian came up to a blood trail leading out to the woods, so he wanted to go and find his friends (despite the fact it was clear that they were busy looking at things on their own). He found the player who is playing a fighter and the two of them wanted to go find more people. Eventually, I told them that they crave blood and fighting (because that is the ONLY thing they established with their characters up until this point) and they should chase after the blood.
Thankfully, they went.
I run a game of D&D for some of my students at school and sometimes it can be boring because they haven't quite grasped the idea of role-playing a character that isn't themselves.
Most sessions revolve around players going off on their own and wandering aimlessly around an area. Once they come across something interesting, they go and find other players to show them. Rinse and repeat.
A barbarian came up to a blood trail leading out to the woods, so he wanted to go and find his friends (despite the fact it was clear that they were busy looking at things on their own). He found the player who is playing a fighter and the two of them wanted to go find more people. Eventually, I told them that they crave blood and fighting (because that is the ONLY thing they established with their characters up until this point) and they should chase after the blood.
Thankfully, they went.