Actual Play and What I Learned
So, the extent of my experience before running 5 games for Lonestar Games Convention was a summer of weekly sessions, all culminating in one dungeon at the end and then a TPK outside the dungeon. Nicholas Stanosheck posted on the Lamentation of the Flame Princess Facebook group about the convention, and inquired if anybody was in Texas and able to run LotFP games - And I decided to make it happen. I spoke with my dad and decided on times, because he was interested in participating, then began planning. Going into running these as a very green referee meant I really needed/wanted some help/advice, so I reached out to Zak Sabbath and Jeff Rients - Zak because I know he has a lot of play experience and Rients because I know he has extensive convention experience. I also reread books and began to figure out what material I had written that I could try to use. Here is the advice they gave me - ME - Hey, I have read on your blog that you ran games for ARaPL at conventions, and I ass