Comments on: Critical Hits Podcast #18: Planning Your Campaign Using the 5×5 Method Seminar http://critical-hits.com/2010/02/24/critical-hits-podcast-18-planning-your-campaign-using-the-5x5-method-seminar/ The Journal of Gamer Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: For Your Ennies Voting Consideration : Critical Hits http://critical-hits.com/2010/02/24/critical-hits-podcast-18-planning-your-campaign-using-the-5x5-method-seminar/#comment-73094 For Your Ennies Voting Consideration : Critical Hits Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:16:46 +0000 http://critical-hits.com/?p=12205#comment-73094 [...] The 5×5 Method campaign-planning technique was complimented by several follow-up posts including Using the 5×5 Method for Adventure Design, Making Your 5×5 Campaign Plan into a Grid, and a podcasted seminar that walks you through the process of creating a 5×5. [...] [...] The 5×5 Method campaign-planning technique was complimented by several follow-up posts including Using the 5×5 Method for Adventure Design, Making Your 5×5 Campaign Plan into a Grid, and a podcasted seminar that walks you through the process of creating a 5×5. [...]

]]> By: The Game http://critical-hits.com/2010/02/24/critical-hits-podcast-18-planning-your-campaign-using-the-5x5-method-seminar/#comment-69334 The Game Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:32:18 +0000 http://critical-hits.com/?p=12205#comment-69334 Glad you liked it, and very cool idea. Part of what I went over is making specific entries tied to a character's backstory. The way you're proposing it, I could even see each quest-line being related overall to a character's backstory. You've almost got some built-in links between the PCs at that point (almost soap operaish) and explains why they're working together. Glad you liked it, and very cool idea. Part of what I went over is making specific entries tied to a character’s backstory. The way you’re proposing it, I could even see each quest-line being related overall to a character’s backstory. You’ve almost got some built-in links between the PCs at that point (almost soap operaish) and explains why they’re working together.

]]> By: Bif http://critical-hits.com/2010/02/24/critical-hits-podcast-18-planning-your-campaign-using-the-5x5-method-seminar/#comment-69333 Bif Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:13:01 +0000 http://critical-hits.com/?p=12205#comment-69333 This really brought 5x5 into focus for me. Thanks! I'm lazy about guessing or figuring out what my players want. It occurred to me listening to this podcast that I could make my players fill out the first (header) row of the 5x5 table around the time they make characters. I would reserve one quest arc, but the others could be decided on by the group, similar to how the seminar went down. I'd mediate to to make sure each player was interested in at least one or two arcs. After that group character gen / campaign planning session, I would complete the 5x5 process by filling in the remaining rows alone. The players would choose the directions of the campaign arcs right up front, but I'd still have room to surprise them and connect them in interesting ways. Thanks again for this great spark of inspiration! This really brought 5×5 into focus for me. Thanks!

I’m lazy about guessing or figuring out what my players want. It occurred to me listening to this podcast that I could make my players fill out the first (header) row of the 5×5 table around the time they make characters. I would reserve one quest arc, but the others could be decided on by the group, similar to how the seminar went down. I’d mediate to to make sure each player was interested in at least one or two arcs.

After that group character gen / campaign planning session, I would complete the 5×5 process by filling in the remaining rows alone. The players would choose the directions of the campaign arcs right up front, but I’d still have room to surprise them and connect them in interesting ways.

Thanks again for this great spark of inspiration!

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