Unknown Armies Concern...

[the_eggwhite]

So... I'm starting to have second thoughts about my Unknown Armies LARP.

Not about running it... nothing can stop that now (well, actually several things could, but I prefer not to think about them)... but about one of my ideas for how to run it. The "Actually go there" one, which means that if your characters want to go somewhere, you actually go there.

I'm not abandonning it yet, but I'm starting to have concerns about how to handle party splits and how to bribe NPCs or DPCs to lurk in locations just in case PCs decide to turn up. Also, we're approaching winter, and I don't want to have to plan my game around our somewhat unpredictable weather... but with not so many cars in our gaming group things could get awkward.

I'd like to keep a certain element of this kind of thing in there, but basically I'm wondering about player acceptance of having to actually get up and go somewhere, potentially in bad weather. Moreso for anybody I want the players to be able to meet at that location, as they'd have to be waiting there for players to turn up - again, potentially in bad weather.

What do people think? Should I start it as a venue based game (still going with two distinct groups, two distinct venues - most likely people's houses) and move towards excursions when they seem to be appropriate/practical?

Comments

[eggwhite.livejournal.com]

I've got a kind of halfway house solution, mentioned above. I don't forsee large groups travelling anywhere en-masse, as that would draw attention, and in UA, drawing attention is unwise... It's more likely to be the odd PC or two going off for secret meetings, or to meet a contact who doesn't want to come to the PCs for some reason. That kind of thing is, I think, more likely to work...

[eggwhite.livejournal.com]

I'll also try to stick to things that are not far from the base venue, or where I know somebody will be okay driving people there...