The Game Plan

February has sucked for page views.

In a way I'm not surprised, as I have been pretty light on posting this month. February is always a tough month for me in a lot of ways but I often do much better than this in regards to posting.

At the same time, I did expect a bit better, as there seemed to have been some great responses to some of the posts and quite a lot of interest in Traveller on the net of late. Still, I am seeing the dynamic reinforced once again that the most comments I get, the fewer page views there are and vice versa.

Enough of this...on to more interesting concerns...

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Oh wait, before I forget...

NOVA #1 was really good. I loved the art, the story and situation are shaping up nicely and they actually explained the alternate costume as an in-universe element of the plot and that always makes me happy. Also, I do want to spoil it for anyone but Sam's father's Nova power...it's...did anyone else notice The Star Brand?

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So we are still two Saturdays away from the second session of our new Traveller campaign, originally dubbed 'Operation: Paladin', now being nicknamed 'The Compleat Traveller' as I am running it at The Compleat Strategist, our FLGS.

What I am relearning from this experience is something I should have remembered from the last time I ran a monthly game at the Strat. A month is too damn long.

Seriously, I am still super excited and super invested which only makes it feel like it's taking even longer to get to the next session and it's only episode 2! How the heck did I do this last time? It's painful waiting this long to continue.

Unfortunately its also brought up some other thoughts that have me considering an additional campaign of something...maybe Supers.

See, some of the Traveller plays can only commit to a one a month game, while others are a bit more available but only two are available every week. This means I may be looking at the following schedule...

First Saturday of the Month - Ars Magica
Second Saturday of the Month - Traveller
Third Saturday of the Month - Ars Magica
Fourth Saturday of the Month - Supers

That's a lot of campaigns for me right now. I don't really have that much free time to devout to the prep work necessary for three seperate campaigns. Also, I am getting a little tired of Ars Magica and plan to wrap it up somewhere down the line (soon-ish).

What I would much rather do would be...

First Saturday of the Month - Supers
Second Saturday of the Month - Traveller
Third Saturday of the Month - Supers
Fourth Saturday of the Month - Traveller

...but that seems highly unlikely at the moment. Another, perhaps more feasible scenario is...

First Saturday of the Month - Supers
Second Saturday of the Month - Traveller
Third Saturday of the Month - Supers
Fourth Saturday of the Month - Supers

...with a large, open world Supers game that has players playing different characters depending upon with other players show and who was teamed up with who last session.

On a related note...

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I am in the mood for Supers again, that much is certain. This time I want to go more classic, Silver Age than I usually do. While I always have so degree of Silver Age influence (sometimes more, sometimes less), I want it to be the major style focus this time around. OK, maybe a sort of Silver/Bronze mix. Maybe.

What system? I am feeling the 'extremes' at present and can't decide between Marvel Heroic (finally getting the chance to attempt a campaign of this game) and Champions 6th Edition ('Cause I do love me some Champions).

Oh before I forget, the 'Do Superheroes Improve?' discussion rages on. Check out WQRobb's thoughts on the subject here.

So, The Game Plan, as it turns out, is still not finalized and there is likely to be a good deal more thought and discussion on the subject.

Until next time,

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Barking Alien