Mike (Sly Flourish)

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Joined 2 years ago
Cake day: June 23rd, 2023
  • Mike (Sly Flourish)@ttrpg.networktorpg@ttrpg.network•Tabletop creators struggle to plot their future amidst Twitter’s still-burning ashes
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    1 year ago

    As a guy who used Twitter extensively for more than a decade and had over 40k followers, I can tell you it went from a great place to promote one’s RPG work to a terrible place just about overnight back in 2020 or so – just about the time users focused on algorithmic sorting of tweets over the timeline.

    I was lucky to get 400 people to click a link and maybe one would buy something. Engagement was shot.

    Luckily I found the social media platform of the future – email! It’s a network I control, can move to the service of my choice, and lets me directly connect with those who expressed interest in what I make.

    I’m glad I started building up my email list a few years ago. It takes time but it’s worth it.

    I feel like a lot of creators on Twitter simply can’t let go even though the network isn’t the same as all anymore.

  • Mike (Sly Flourish)@ttrpg.networktorpg@ttrpg.network•Narrating Travel
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    1 year ago

    I usually try to drop in one scene or situation along the way usually at the site of a notable landmark. You can roll randomly for the landmark and maybe two groups. Maybe they’re fighting. Maybe one group already beat the other group. Maybe they’re friendly. Just a situation to expose something about the world and it’s history and people.

    You can also use it as an opportunity for campfire tales. Ask each player ahead of time to think about what their character thinks of what they’ve done so far and where they’re going. Have each player share their thoughts during a long rest along the journey.

    Finally, if the characters are traveling anywhere with risk you can define some traveling roles like who is scouting, who is trailblazing, and who is provisioning. Have them roll checks on these jobs to give you some interesting ideas about what might happen along the journey.