Advice on Running A Game Month

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We’ve been cycling through a game a month for nearly 10 months now and we’ve learnt a few things from the experience that we’d like to share.

For the GMs

1. Identify the game you’re going to play and get group buy in. If your group doesn’t want to play the game, it is not going to work
2. Distribute the core rules early on (at least a week before the game starts). You only have a month, and you want to hit the ground running.
3. Spend the first session focusing on character creation and core rules. Make sure everyone understands how their characters are put together, then run through some sample combats, skill checks, and any other rules that you think might come up. This will reduce the amount of time spent frantically rummaging through books looking for a ruling during a game.
4. After the first session, ask your players for feedback on how they think the game went. Try to head off any concerns they might have. If they have picked the wrong class, race, etc, let them create a new character during the week and just ret-con it into the game during the next session.

For the players

1. You will get a lot more out of the experience if you read the rules (at least the main sections) before the game starts. Things will not be as fun for you, or your fellow players, if you have to spend a lot of game time checking up on things
2. Keep an open mind – you never know, you might find your new favourite game

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