Getting close to the 31st so that means it’s getting close to regular posts again. I’ve got a buffer going, and I’m still working on making it bigger. It’s not quite as large as I want it to be, but it will serve its purpose. I’m going to do a Tuesday/Thursday update schedule for now, and that should guarantee regular posts until the new year.
Whee, did an upgrade to both WordPress and ComicPress. Still on schedule for an August 31st post of the next comic (and subsequent comics).
Updates are coming soon, I’m currently finishing up the comics for the first movie, so I’ll have a good buffer going for this coming semester (and hopefully more). I’m working on another project along with this one and you can check out the progress on that at my other site polskabrainjelly.
Players will almost always want to take the path that leads to certain death. As a GM, if you want the game to last more than an hour or so, you will have to steer them in the right direction from time to time. Of course, from time to time, you will also want to hasten their deaths yourself.
The beautiful thing about NPCs is they have no life other than the one you give them. They have no family commitments to worry about, no plans made, no schedules to keep. This can help GMs move players toward a specific path without totally railroading the game.
As a GM, when giving your players instructions, keep them clear and simple. However, be expecting the fact that even the clearest and most simple instructions can still be botched. Usually in a new and exciting way.
Many players will mimic their real world habits in game, including slacking off at work.
Give players an inch, and they will take 1.9174×1013 miles. Fortunately, as a GM, you have clairvoyance and can grant misguided shopping spree wishes when you know that there is no chance they will ever benefit from their ridiculous requests.
When you are a GM, an important lesson is to never let any of your players have incriminating evidence on you, because they will use it any chance they get.
Of course you didn’t. Did I say a short vacation? Well it turned into an extended period of absence. Much needed. I’m back now, and making comics again to litter the Internet. I’m going to a Tuesday/Thursday update schedule for now, and I’m working on getting my buffer back so "extended absences" don’t happen. Anyway, Tuesday will have a new comic up, and then the Thursday after that, and so on.