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

[izzy-stradlin.livejournal.com]

Pshaw...it would be good for lazy roleplayers (see above for example) to get out and get some fresh air and excercise. I for one think it would be fun anyway. After all, it'a a real world setting and it isn't always fun and sunshine...

[eggwhite.livejournal.com]

Whilst it's good and fun, it's not always by choice that people prefer to avoid walking too far in poor weather.

I plan to keep at least some of this kind of thing in there, though, even if it's a bit more limited than I originally planned due to practical concerns.

I really like the idea of RPing a secret meeting in a dirty underpass in a dirty underpass, or an RPing a rendezvous in the woods actually in the woods... I just need to keep a bit of a reign on it rather than just letting players wander all over the place...

[satyrica.livejournal.com]

yeah, the halfway house solution sounds more sensible