How are GM-star replays working out?

[Jeff Merola]

DM Beckett wrote:

My understanding is that Specials and Exclusives are generally only for the big Cons, and not Game Days/Free RPG Days, Home Games, etc. . .

I could be wrong, but as I understand it, we failed to qualify to run specials in the last two Online Game Days.

Specials require a certain number of tables, but Exclusives don't always. Bonekeep 1 is an Exclusive that can be run by any 4 Star GM as long as they have enough players.

[TriOmegaZero]

Which is interesting, since at least 1/3 of my specials have been online. :)

Edit: Check that, half of my special tables were online.

[Sior]

DM Beckett wrote:

My understanding is that Specials and Exclusives are generally only for the big Cons, and not Game Days/Free RPG Days, Home Games, etc. . .

I could be wrong, but as I understand it, we failed to qualify to run specials in the last two Online Game Days.

Odd, because they run the past years' specials from time to time locally at game days. Also, as Jeff said, the Exclusives are available regardless to 4-star GM's.

[kinevon]

Sior wrote:

DM Beckett wrote:

My understanding is that Specials and Exclusives are generally only for the big Cons, and not Game Days/Free RPG Days, Home Games, etc. . .

I could be wrong, but as I understand it, we failed to qualify to run specials in the last two Online Game Days.

Odd, because they run the past years' specials from time to time locally at game days. Also, as Jeff said, the Exclusives are available regardless to 4-star GM's.

The Specials all have a certain minimum table size, and some organizers feel that even that size is too small.

And I think the only Exclusive currently is Bonekeep Level One? And that one, from what I have seen on the PFSOC forum, is getting hard to get players for...

[Mekkis]

I feel that replays of any sort aren't particularly good for PFS. I would definitely be fine with allowing additional GM credit chronicles each season, however.

Of the five worst games I've run, four of them had at least one person replaying.

[nosig]

kinevon wrote:

Sior wrote:

DM Beckett wrote:

My understanding is that Specials and Exclusives are generally only for the big Cons, and not Game Days/Free RPG Days, Home Games, etc. . .

I could be wrong, but as I understand it, we failed to qualify to run specials in the last two Online Game Days.

Odd, because they run the past years' specials from time to time locally at game days. Also, as Jeff said, the Exclusives are available regardless to 4-star GM's.

The Specials all have a certain minimum table size, and some organizers feel that even that size is too small.

And I think the only Exclusive currently is Bonekeep Level One? And that one, from what I have seen on the PFSOC forum, is getting hard to get players for...

wait, by "...a certain minimum table size..." do you mean "...a certain minimum number of tables..."? Do you mean some organizers feel 4 person tables are too small, or that some organizers feel that you have to have more than the minimum number of tables (say 5)?

[DM Beckett]

Blood Under Absalom requires a min of 5 tables running at the same time with a sixth GM. Not sure about the others.

[kinevon]

nosig wrote:

kinevon wrote:

Sior wrote:

DM Beckett wrote:

My understanding is that Specials and Exclusives are generally only for the big Cons, and not Game Days/Free RPG Days, Home Games, etc. . .

I could be wrong, but as I understand it, we failed to qualify to run specials in the last two Online Game Days.

Odd, because they run the past years' specials from time to time locally at game days. Also, as Jeff said, the Exclusives are available regardless to 4-star GM's.

The Specials all have a certain minimum table size, and some organizers feel that even that size is too small.

And I think the only Exclusive currently is Bonekeep Level One? And that one, from what I have seen on the PFSOC forum, is getting hard to get players for...

wait, by "...a certain minimum table size..." do you mean "...a certain minimum number of tables..."? Do you mean some organizers feel 4 person tables are too small, or that some organizers feel that you have to have more than the minimum number of tables (say 5)?

Minimum table size should have been certain minimum number of tables, and some organizers feel that that is still not enough tables for a "good" Special experience. I know that our organizer at a recent convention was looking for 15 tables for Race for the Runecarved Key, which I think has a minimum number of tables of 5. I think the game I played of it online had about 10 tables going...

As to whether you can actually run a legal Special, one with a 3 table minimum, with only 13 people, is probably an interesting question.

3 tables of 3 + Iconic, 3 table GMs, one Overseer GM = 13 people...