"one-shot" refers to a game that is planned to only run for a single session.
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Preparing a one-shot with FATE
I was thinking of doing a one-shot Fate game the next time my main group is missing folk. I'd be using the new Fate Core rules. None of us have ever played any version of Fate before, but we're all ...
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Advantages and disadvantages in using a one-shot pre-gen to introduce a new system
In questions about how to learn new systems, or teach them, a common suggestion is to run a single-session game with pre-made characters and a pre-made scenario.
In your experience as a GM and/or ...
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Running a one shot session in Dungeon World. How?
I'm going to GM a session of Dungeon World this saturday. My problem is that the book doesn't really deal with one-shot sessions in any detail. It discusses how to make sessions in great length ...
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Good starting levels for a one-shot?
My friends and I have a tendency to do one-time sessions that can last anywhere form 3–10+ hours. The difficulty I have when I'm going to be the DM is deciding what level to start everyone at. ...
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How to fit Shadowrun into a one-shot
I want to run a shadowrun game, but alas, I don't think my players or I have the time or the commitment to have an on-going campaign.
So, a one-shot it is. Or a series of one-shots interspersed ...
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Choosing between Tales From the Floating Vagabond and Paranoia for a “one-shot.”
I'm in a group now, headed by a very (very) capable DM. We've been playing a very solid, very serious D&D campaign in an awesome setting entirely of his creation. However, some of the players have ...
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How can I improve one-off play with paragon or epic tier characters?
Occasionally while running my low-level heroic tier D&D campaign, I run side stories from the setting's history to break things up, and it's a lot of fun. Not too long ago, I ran one with 10th ...
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How do I write a one-off scenario that could lead into a larger campaign?
Here's the situation: I've got a group of people interested in getting together for a fantasy roleplaying game, with me as their GM. This particular group hasn't all gamed together before, we're ...
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How can you translate Rashomon/The Rashomon Job into a one-off-game?
Inspired by: this. Related to: this.
Rashomon, at the core of the movie, is about the subjective point of view of reality. Four people see the same events transpire. While the events are roughly ...
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How to quickly plan a fun one-off session?
I'm planning to run a few one-off adventures in D&D 4 for my group. They just don't have the time or energy for an ongoing adventure. We've done this a couple of times over the last few years to ...
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Difference between writing a one-off scenario and writing a quest for a campaign?
I want to get some of my friends into roleplaying by running a self-contained single-session game with them rather than an actual campaign opener (for lack of a better term, I'll refer to this sort of ...
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What games are out there that could be played in a single night, with no prep?
What games are out there that could be played in a single night, with no prep?
I have Spirit of the Century, but it really takes too long to make characters. So, in my opinion, it's great if you've ...
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How can I use this in a one-shot for The Esoterrorists?
Ehud Netzer, the Israeli archaeologist
credited with discovering the tomb of
the biblical King Herod, has died
after falling during a dig.
What spin can make this a great adventure for The ...
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Role playing/plot focused one shot sessions
I am faced with a challenge with creating a one shot session for a couple of friends. From experience I can see that it is difficult to indulge players into setting, plot, world, characters in a ...
