Seth Skorkowsky

Early Look at The Next Video (Patreon)

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2021-06-09 03:24:56

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Hey Everyone,

The next video is up and available for early Patron access. This one will be taking a look at why, when, and how to split the party. I'll be posting it for public consumption tomorrow evening, but you can see it now.

In other news, I've got the first 3 episodes of the Modern Mythos Podcast loaded on the second channel. Our fourth episode should release in the next couple weeks (Jon and I planned a short one and it ended up coming to a 2-hour conversation) and a day or so later I'll be posting up the YouTube version. You can find the second channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmk5Y_OheFJL7-Xgvx-REJA

Jon and I did a recent interview with Scott Dorward about the podcast, and due to reasons, what was intended to be a 1-hour interview came to about a 2 and a half hour chat (notice a trend?). I'll be sharing on the YouTube channel community thingy once Scott has managed to edit that huge amount of audio.

Scott is also running me and the How We Roll podcast crew through the Call of Cthulhu adventure Flotsam & Jetsam. We should have one session left, but then we'll be rolling into the next adventure in that series. You can listen to the game on the How We Roll Podcast, but it's only available for Patrons currently and should be releasing to the general public soon (I just don't know when). I'll share that once it's publicly released.

Finally, I'm thrilled to say that my group and I have our vaccines and will finally be playing in the same room together in over a year of enduring online gaming. Hopefully we remember how to game in a room again. It'll also be a bit of a reunion for us as an old friend who we used to play with many years ago will be joining us as we introduce him to Call of Cthulhu. It'll mean that 4 of our old 8-person college group who started playing together in '99 will be playing together. So that should be fun.

Anyway, that is it for now. Thank you for all your support, and have a great day.

-Seth

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Splitting the Party - Playing RPGs

A popular saying among gamers is, "Never split the party," but that's not true 100% of the time. Here's several reasons why you shouldn't, when you should, and some tips for playing and running a split party. __________ DID YOU KNOW I'M A NOVELIST? If you want to support my channel, or just want to read an action-packed Urban Fantasy about modern-day monster hunters and their sentient weapons, check out my four-novel Valducan series. Audio book editions narrated by the badass R.C. Bray: https://amzn.to/3rehNnJ I also write pulpy Sword & Sorcery thief adventures in my Tales of the Black Raven series. It's 21 short adventures packed with action, intrigue, and daring heroics. https://amzn.to/3faj4cX And if you want a kickass and dark revenge story about a modern-day sorceress hunting for lost Carcosa, my novel Ashes of Onyx is available in print, ebook, and audio book: https://amzn.to/3sfh1IA __________ FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER I mostly ramble about movies and random other things as they occur to me: https://twitter.com/SSkorkowsky __________ I HAVE A PODCAST NOW Check out the Modern Mythos Podcast where veteran RPG writer Jon Hook and I discuss gaming, especially Call of Cthulhu: https://modernmythos.libsyn.com/?fbclid=IwAR1_wArr3cKQhXj5GNv52s2Q-_gdM9yyq-0O-_dugpOYp3CsevyZiir5mBU You can find the podcast on YouTube as well (You should totally subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmk5Y_OheFJL7-Xgvx-REJA __________ My Patreon (Tip Jar): https://www.patreon.com/SSkorkowsky 00:00 Intro 1:31 Reasons Not to Split 1:35 Challenges Designed for the Group 02:04 It Save No Time Around the Table 03:01 It Can be Harder to Run 03:24 Reduces Other Players to Spectators 04:33 Reasons to Split the Party 04:40 When it is Low Threat 05:12 Short Recons 05:53 Short Thief Runs 06:51 Personal Agendas 07:32 Ticking Clocks 08:28 Great for Horror Games 09:10 Schedule a Rendezvous 10:42 Running a Split Party 10:59 Let Them Split Up 11:13 Rotate Between Groups 11:38 Use Dramatic Cuts 12:37 I Let the Non-Active Players Watch 13:55 What if They Get Into Combat? 15:43 Toning Down Encounters 17:06 Long-Term Splits 20:27 Closing 20:46 The Deleted Into Skit