Storytelling for part-time players

Aron Christensen
Nov 7 · 4 min read

Role-playing games need players to play them… It’s pretty hard to game all by yourself. Getting a handful of people together on anything like a regular basis can be even harder, though. Scheduling kills more RPG campaigns than any personal conflicts, rules or party wipes.

And we’ve had plenty of trouble this year. For a long time, I’ve gamed primarily with a group that has pretty stable weekday schedules and nothing more demanding to do on the weekends than get together and play pretend. But now, Erica and I have three RPGs going at the same time, all with different…

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Aron Christensen

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Author and gaming contributor for Loose Leaf Stories.

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Table-top gaming advice, how-to, and more from the RPGuides, Aron Christensen & Erica Lindquist.

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