another discussion subject.

[technoir]

So there is an interesting discussion I came across in a podcast and i thought i would run it past my Laping homies. Now the vast majority of us play in long running campaigns. I was wondering if any of you had any thoughts on one shots. There is a school of thought that says an inclosed single event story can be more effective. While you may not get as involved in your characters the story can be very compelling if it has a well defined begining and end is very structured. I can honestly say some of my more memoriable larp moments came from one shot convention games. I still have people who talk to me about Uncle Vito and that was years ago. I was wondering what yall thought though. With all the continueing Larps people play, how many of you are actually fans of One Shot games.

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[pipistrella.livejournal.com]

I love them, only not at conventions.

Actually I think they may be the future, but I'll chat about that with you in person sometime.

[technoir.livejournal.com]

Cause we get together in person so often lately. heh.

I know a lot of european Larps are a series of unrelated one Shots held once a year or some such. I could see that as a viable idea. Do alot of work developing one really cool and well written event.

[suibhne.livejournal.com]

I'm always amused that we basically disagree on this (since we agree on most other larp related topics). Every once in a blue moon I like them, but generally I get bored with one shots. I feel like I'm just standing around as an extra at a movie set, but one where the script writers forgot to hand out the script. They usually feel very disjointed to me and kind of frustrating.