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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[hapersmion.livejournal.com]

Throwing in my vote. I haven't tried a one-shot, and I could see one being interesting if it had a really good story to it, but I think I would much prefer a campaign. It takes me a long time to rev up and get into character (I've been working on my KG one for months-years, and haven't even played her yet), and I'd feel a bit deprived if I really enjoyed the character at the one-shot and then couldn't play any more. Plus there's the costuming - it seems like a waste of effort to put together a really good costume for just one event.

People might like one-shots because they don't have to worry about missing events, but that's what I like about campaigns. There's something there that's worth worrying about missing. You can work toward long-term goals, and know that what happens at this event will have an effect on the future, etc.

Plus, I like to level up. :) You probably aren't going to gain many abilities at a one-shot.