
Hello Everyone, I just had this crazy idea...tell me what you think about it. One of the things I note about roll20 gaming vs. gaming face to face with people in my community is that gamers here can be more transient. I have had people disappear, miss several weeks of gaming, then show up like nothing had happened and want to jump back into the game. In the specific case I am thinking about, he came to one session and was level one and the rest of the party was like 5th level. The level difference was no big deal, but the lack of respect for the rest of us in not showing up as promised, or even telling us, led us to ask him not to return. That got me thinking about how sometimes life just gets ahead of you and you don't have time to game. Real life always comes first, so sometimes you just can't come to the game, right? So here's my idea. I am running a Pathfinder game centered around a military unit that is exploring an unknown region. There are ~40 NPCs and about half dozen PC's playing at the moment. I started thinking, what if I continue to run my every Saturday morning noon game, while at the SAME time, in the same campaign, started running other groups of PCs on different days and nights. In other words, what if those 40 NPCs aren't all NPCs, but PC's who play on different days? Or if you want, you can jump into a couple of different nights and play with different people. Mix and match, etc. I discussed the idea with my buddy and he likened it to a show like Game of Thrones in which you have the overarching story, but contained within it are the stories of John Snow, Jamie Lanister, and the rest of the members of the story. What if you can't make Saturday's game? Well, there's an inpromptu game on Wednesday night, so jump in... The only problem I see with that idea is if one group get's into a situation - like in a "dungeon" - and has to stop the adventure in the middle of what they are doing...but I think I can manage those things easily enough. What do you think? Good idea? Dumb idea? Somewhere in the middle? Please comment, no matter what you have to say about it.