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Okay, we’re not actually playing a Cowboy Bebop<\/em> RPG, we’re playing Traveller.<\/p>\n But this gaming session actually felt… right.<\/p>\n The first couple of times we played Traveller, it felt off.\u00a0 I even told the group that the premade adventure felt more like I was railroading the party, more than I usually see in these types of adventures.<\/p>\n There was also a noticeable lack of conflict.\u00a0 Specifically, no combat.<\/p>\n The adventure kept calling for skill rolls as they got their salvaged spaceship up and running out of an active volcano.<\/p>\n Once it was over, not a single initiative roll was made.\u00a0 No to hit rolls, no damage rolls.<\/p>\n This would have made for an interesting pilot episode of some sci-fi series, I suppose.<\/p>\n I read through yesterday’s adventure well over a month ago, and then skimmed over it this past week.<\/p>\n That’s when I remembered one of the lessons I learned (and seemed to forget) when running a role-playing game: as GM\/DM\/referee\/overseer\/etc. your job is not to play the adventure vs. the player characters, your job is to help facilitate the shared story using the adventure.<\/p>\n So I pretty much used the adventure as set up while winging it, inserting plot elements were necessary.<\/p>\n And there was combat.\u00a0 With wolves.\u00a0 Or wolf-like predators.<\/p>\n After this session ended, I felt much better with the Traveller system, no longer feeling ‘off’.<\/p>\n Heck, if these characters ever find themselves chasing bounties…<\/p>\n Okay, we’re not actually playing a Cowboy Bebop RPG, we’re playing Traveller. But this gaming session actually felt… right. The first couple of times we played Traveller, it felt off.\u00a0 I even told the group that the premade adventure felt more like I was railroading the party, more than I usually see in these types … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/seeyouspacecowboy.jpg\")
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