Iron GM

We talk about secrets

“It is game day and you’ve done no prep…”

Suggested Techniques:

• Ask the Players Questions
• Enjoy a Quiet Moment
• Play up Rivals
• Look at the character sheets for inspiration
• Find a status quo and destroy it.
• Play up consequences of past adventures
• Steve the Tricky?
• Play a session from a different POV
• The Mountain Witch trick: Introduce a front-loaded NPC and ask question
• Look over the table, see who hasn’t had spotlight
• Give them choices for relationships in a new place
• Judd is re-summoned to the hang-out.
• Blank spots on the map, have players fill it out
• Steal and pillage from game systems
• Check out the GM’s Consequences
• Give ’em what they want: “Promise them the sun and give them the moon.” – Sagas of the Icelanders. Mo’ money, mo’ problems.
• A list of Zero Prep Games (Lady Blackbird, Psi Run, Fiasco, Inspectres, Shotgun Diaries, Don’t Rest Your Head)
• Get them addicted…
• Red Button Options

2 Minutes

Judd: Seclusium. Sorcerer and Satan.

Rich: Apocalypse World.

J.D.: Spark. Demon the Fallen?

Erik: Pathfinder Society.

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