Question for other organizers.

[morairtym]

We started up a group back in October. We have been going through season 6 and are just about done with all of the tier 1-5 scenarios. Some players are level 5 and others have started a second character and are only lvl 2.

We have scheduled to start running tier 3-7 content for our higher level players. I also want to have something available to new players on those nights as well. Any suggestions on how to plan things out so that people don't feel like they are missing out scenes content can only be played once? I have not reran anything but evergreens so far.

What do you do to offer a verity of content to players with out them missing out?

FYI, We are also hosting part of a convention in about 2-3 months so I have been saving season 8 and 9 for that.

[BigNorseWolf]

At some point, you almost need two tables so that new people can come in but your old guard can start to grow.

[morairtym]

BigNorseWolf wrote:

At some point, you almost need two tables so that new people can come in but your old guard can start to grow.

You mean 3, lol.

We currently run two tables 8-12 players a session. Normally we just run the same scenario at both and split them up by level for High and low tier.

I think for now we will do some 1-5 scenarios from season 4, and rotate in ever greens as we add new players.

[Woran]

How to people sign up? Do they sign up well in advance?
If you know who is going to come, and they can give a lvl preference, you could use pfstracker.net to see what options are available for players.

[morairtym]

Tineke Bolleman wrote:

How to people sign up? Do they sign up well in advance?

If you know who is going to come, and they can give a lvl preference, you could use pfstracker.net to see what options are available for players.

Anywhere from 1 week to the same day, or not at all.... I try to have the scheduled out a month in advance, and ask for feedback.

But When I ask people what they would like to do. I get told whatever is fine, or your doing a good job. So I'm left to my own devices.

Pfstracker.net is nice thanks for telling me about it. Now if only I could get all my players to register there numbers on Paizo like I have asked. lol

We advertise events on meetup and our facebook page.

[GM Lamplighter]

Congrats on reaching this milestone, morairtym! There are a few ways to get past this hurdle that I've seen work:

* some veterans can start new level 1 PCs. In PFS it is difficult to play just 1 character, since you never know what might be running at a given event. Yes, it slows down the progression of the first PC, but really helps with Lodge growth.

* Run Tier 3-7 scenarios but have a few carefully-selected pregens available if a new person shows up. I prefer letting new players play at level 4 instead of level 1 - they have a few more options but not too many, and have some staying power. Just offer a few basic options, though: sorcerer, cleric, fighter or barbarian, rogue maybe. Make sure to tell the person they can reduce the Chronicle to level 1 with 500gp and apply it to the new 1st-level PC they make for the next session!

* Go to scheduled sign-ups and enforce it. When we went to Warhorn and were getting to the point where people might not get to play because too many folks showed up, we gave preference to those who signed up. If one of the vets showed up without signing up and there wasn't room, that was too bad. You usually only have to send a person home once before they realize that sign-ups are not optional.

(BUT! When a new player shows up unannounced, do everything you can to give them a seat at the table.)

Sign-ups really are required for Lodge growth, IMO. You don't want someone to have to GM a scenario cold just to handle extra players who didn't bother to sign up - game quality suffers, and it can be hard to recruit GMs then. If you can tell your GM a week out, "you have 5 players, subtier 3-4" it makes it much easier for them to prep.