by emperor799 » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:58 pm
After much discussion and given the unique nature of this Worldwide D&D Gameday, we will be structuring the Cleveland event as follows:
In Slot 1 (11am-4pm) we will be offering multiple tables of the Main Event, a special Team-Built Adventure.
In Slot 2 (4pm-9pm) we will be offering additional tables of the main event for people who want to have another go at it as well as a several tables of lvl1-4 LFR (mostly newer 1-5s like CORM1-5). So, if you liked the main event and want to give it another go you can, if you didn't like it and want to play LFR instead, you can. We'll have several DMs there offering newer lvl1-4 LFR adventures so that everyone can group together with something they want.
Now, for the main event, you'll be grouped into tables of 6 who will then be given a packet including monsters, monster stat cards, a map, and step-by-step instructions to create a unique adventure with two combats using the map and monsters provided. The tables will have an hour of timed step-by-step adventure building following the guide and then the Team Leads will take the adventure to another table and run it for those players. Players will be given level 6 pregens & matching miniatures.
Since the adventure is being created by the entire team at each table and will be a pair of very straightforward combats with monster cards, I'm asking for new people that haven't DMed 4e before or have never DMed before but have a basic player-side grasp of the combat rules to volunteer as Team Leads and give 4e DMing a try. We'll have an experienced 4e DM seeded at each table in case the Team Leads have any questions during adventure creation or while running the adventure and everyone should have a good time! The Team Leads will get to keep a monster kit and map at the end of the day, as well as their new adventure.
The second slot will be a chance for new people to try out running an adventure as a Team Lead and for everyone to create a different adventure using the same components.
If you're interested in or willing to be a Team Lead, please post here of PM me and I'll help you in advance as much as possible. We really hope to see people trying new things this time!
Because of the odd nature of the main event and the fluid nature of the second slot, sign-ups are going to be a little different this time. I've added a generic "DMG2 Gameday" event for each slot. Please sign up for it as a player regardless of what you want to do and leave the role and level spots blank. Make sure you're signed up for it as a player in slot 2 as well and we'll group DMG2 & LFR people together on-site.
Also, if it turns out later that you can't make it please remember to resign from your spot by going back to sign-up and choosing "Leave Blank". We need to have a good idea of how many people to expect so that we can plan tables accordingly.
If you missed it, hopefully they'll do something similar in the future as it was a lot of fun!