For the last convention I went to, I prepped my games differently. Normally, I rattle out a google doc, paragraphed text into scenes to get my notes in order. Like a lot of prep, the act of writing is more important than the artefact – I don’t often look at my notes at the table. 

But for Seven Hills, where I adapted two games from Tales From The Forlorn Hope, I used powerpoint. This is, to be clear, not my usual method – but it worked, and it’s something I’ll go back to. 

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Patrons also have full access to two slide decks prepared using this method – The Impalers for TORG Eternity, and A Hard Road to Go for Neon City Overdrive, snips of which are used to illustrate this post.

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