tag: Checklists

Some useful feedback from OSR Pit later, and I want to remember what I want to put in an AAR. I might not write that much for each bullet-point, but I think it’s worth covering it all. The last point about the lesson is my reason for writing these, but if I don’t include the context, then I can’t be sure it’s the right lesson. What did I play? How long for? What tools did I use? What was the plot? What happened in each room/encounter? What were the characters? What were the tactics? What did I learn? What went well? What went badly? What would I do differently? I was going to expand this out a bit, but I think it’s pretty self-explanatory. I don’t read long AARs, so I want to keep them short so that: ...

Updated: October 2022. This is a post I’m going to write and re-write. It will never be finished, as, if nothing else, when it gets too long, no player will want to answer all the questions and then it’ll be useless. It’s also aimed at myself, and is not intended to replace any other sources, such as: RPG Safety Toolkit Monte Cook’s Consent in Gaming ©️ John Stavropoulos Fundamentally, most of the “How do I resolve this problem in my group?” questions from GMs on /r/rpg come down to (IMO): My player(s) want to play a game like X and I want to play a game like Y ...