Comments on: Establishing the End Game: Hitting the Abort Button http://www.apathygames.com/2010/02/05/establishing-the-end-game-hitting-the-abort-button/ Zero Compromise Roleplaying Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Spyder Z http://www.apathygames.com/2010/02/05/establishing-the-end-game-hitting-the-abort-button/comment-page-1/#comment-707 Spyder Z Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:50:27 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=669#comment-707 Heheheh, I've been caught in the T.V. Tropes web once before. (Linked from a Blog post no less. ;P ) I knew better than to click those links. ;P<br><br> I've had campaigns that I was not into before. Typically I would just bring the players into another campaign, either pausing it or moving their characters over. This normally went over rather well. Other times a game wasn't as engaging as anyone had thought it would be, and we've all agreed to just pull the plug "Cold Turkey" on it, and start fresh.<br><br> I do remember one game, it was in a setting that had seen quite a few reboots already, and I decided that we wouldn't "Just" reboot it again. So I ran an Armageddon scenario. It was fun for me because I've got a few of those running around and it gave me the opportunity to "See it in Action", and fun for the players because they got to see the characters they knew and loved reacting to the end of their world. Heheheh, I've been caught in the T.V. Tropes web once before. (Linked from a Blog post no less. ;P ) I knew better than to click those links. ;P

I've had campaigns that I was not into before. Typically I would just bring the players into another campaign, either pausing it or moving their characters over. This normally went over rather well. Other times a game wasn't as engaging as anyone had thought it would be, and we've all agreed to just pull the plug “Cold Turkey” on it, and start fresh.

I do remember one game, it was in a setting that had seen quite a few reboots already, and I decided that we wouldn't “Just” reboot it again. So I ran an Armageddon scenario. It was fun for me because I've got a few of those running around and it gave me the opportunity to “See it in Action”, and fun for the players because they got to see the characters they knew and loved reacting to the end of their world.

]]> By: Jeff Carlsen http://www.apathygames.com/2010/02/05/establishing-the-end-game-hitting-the-abort-button/comment-page-1/#comment-708 Jeff Carlsen Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:41:20 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=669#comment-708 I must apologize to our audience for Tyson's brash use of links to TV Tropes. He was unaware of the crime he was committing at the time. If you find yourself unable to leave the site after a single article, immediately pull the plug on your computer and give yourself three to six hours to recuperate.<br><br>Remember, friends. TV Tropes ruins lives.<br><br>--This message brought to you by the Apathy Nerd Hospital and the Association for Gamers Getting Exercise. I must apologize to our audience for Tyson's brash use of links to TV Tropes. He was unaware of the crime he was committing at the time. If you find yourself unable to leave the site after a single article, immediately pull the plug on your computer and give yourself three to six hours to recuperate.

Remember, friends. TV Tropes ruins lives.

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]]> By: Spyder Z http://www.apathygames.com/2010/02/05/establishing-the-end-game-hitting-the-abort-button/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Spyder Z Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:50:27 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=669#comment-301 Heheheh, I've been caught in the T.V. Tropes web once before. (Linked from a Blog post no less. ;P ) I knew better than to click those links. ;P<br><br> I've had campaigns that I was not into before. Typically I would just bring the players into another campaign, either pausing it or moving their characters over. This normally went over rather well. Other times a game wasn't as engaging as anyone had thought it would be, and we've all agreed to just pull the plug "Cold Turkey" on it, and start fresh.<br><br> I do remember one game, it was in a setting that had seen quite a few reboots already, and I decided that we wouldn't "Just" reboot it again. So I ran an Armageddon scenario. It was fun for me because I've got a few of those running around and it gave me the opportunity to "See it in Action", and fun for the players because they got to see the characters they knew and loved reacting to the end of their world. Heheheh, I've been caught in the T.V. Tropes web once before. (Linked from a Blog post no less. ;P ) I knew better than to click those links. ;P

I've had campaigns that I was not into before. Typically I would just bring the players into another campaign, either pausing it or moving their characters over. This normally went over rather well. Other times a game wasn't as engaging as anyone had thought it would be, and we've all agreed to just pull the plug “Cold Turkey” on it, and start fresh.

I do remember one game, it was in a setting that had seen quite a few reboots already, and I decided that we wouldn't “Just” reboot it again. So I ran an Armageddon scenario. It was fun for me because I've got a few of those running around and it gave me the opportunity to “See it in Action”, and fun for the players because they got to see the characters they knew and loved reacting to the end of their world.

]]> By: Jeff Carlsen http://www.apathygames.com/2010/02/05/establishing-the-end-game-hitting-the-abort-button/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Jeff Carlsen Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:41:20 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=669#comment-300 I must apologize to our audience for Tyson's brash use of links to TV Tropes. He was unaware of the crime he was committing at the time. If you find yourself unable to leave the site after a single article, immediately pull the plug on your computer and give yourself three to six hours to recuperate.<br><br>Remember, friends. TV Tropes ruins lives.<br><br>--This message brought to you by the Apathy Nerd Hospital and the Association for Gamers Getting Exercise. I must apologize to our audience for Tyson's brash use of links to TV Tropes. He was unaware of the crime he was committing at the time. If you find yourself unable to leave the site after a single article, immediately pull the plug on your computer and give yourself three to six hours to recuperate.

Remember, friends. TV Tropes ruins lives.

–This message brought to you by the Apathy Nerd Hospital and the Association for Gamers Getting Exercise.

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