tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928710026331957513.post7992760374994098550..comments2023-03-30T05:56:53.894-07:00Comments on nerdthink: Look to the Left, Look to the Right: Who is having fun here?Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05909943463326709853noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928710026331957513.post-33306765735430244962010-04-06T13:11:48.949-07:002010-04-06T13:11:48.949-07:00Hey Tim,
Yeah, camera time is very very important...Hey Tim,<br /><br />Yeah, camera time is very very important. I feel like a whole series of blog posts could be done about managing camera time. I think it is both important to give everyone an equal slice of the camera pie, but also to in some way try to make sure that each scene accomplishes something on roughly the same scale. It is especially frustrating to have in-world realities screw you out of camera time (oh you're walking, it takes 3 hrs, you can't participate in the rest of the game).<br /><br />But this is really a GM technique, maybe I should do a write up of some of the GM techniques I use for player engagement :).Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05909943463326709853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928710026331957513.post-91827494245797547762010-04-06T06:08:37.678-07:002010-04-06T06:08:37.678-07:00Ben,
Another related topic is spotlight time. I ...Ben,<br /><br />Another related topic is spotlight time. I find that players can disengage when they feel that their character either isn't important or isn't getting enough spotlight time. One way to fix that is to "take turns." Many of the games I've been playing lately abandon the traditional party style adventure in exchange for more interweaving individual stories. In this style, when I'm the GM, I make sure to give no more than one scene to each player at a time. I then just go around the table in turn. It's not a hard and fast rule -- if one character's story is really hot, I'll stick with it for a couple scenes in a row -- but the round robin technique really ensures that no one gets left out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com