In @sandracatharin.bsky.social's When The End Comes, a group of friends take a vacation to Las Vegas only to realize their hotel rooms have an interesting theme. Also there's a serial killer.

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Congratulations!

Thank you!

Good to hear you all had fun. Did you manage to join one of the Mausritter sessions?

It’s something I borrowed from Vampire: the Requiem and a fellow Storyteller. These are scenes outside of the chronicle line with the focus on the PCs and their related NPCs: situations from their past as mortal/young vampire to get to know them better.

A player cancelled last minute, so we didn’t play. At least, I got that prep done already for the next session, and now I have time to hopefully get into a better mindset before next session.

Thank you for checking in!

These are excellent suggestions!
A) That is exactly what I do when I have to do public speaking, so maybe it'll work here as well.
B) I'll try to have my mind in the game, not at the meta level.
C) Luckily I have amazing players, so that if I try to focus on the engagement indeed, it'll work out.

I hope that will happen tonight. I usually hate that feeling, because staying in the moment is a challenge for me atm. But I'll try to trust on the instincts and input of the players to help me through this and keep me there mentally.

That's true. As a friend said to me today: Measure your success by the people who want to be around you.
The players are still coming back every session, so I guess I'm doing something right.

We are going to play black box scenes, kind of slice of life scenes to get to know the PCs and their related NPCs better. I do have something planned for each of them, and your suggestion to use some of the details further on is something I will definitely keep in mind.

Have fun!

I saw the show last Thursday in Carré (and on West End last March), and I’ll gladly go way down to Hadestown any time. It’s so good!

Congratulations to you and the rest of the cast! Well-deserved!

Thank you, those look wonderful. Definitely adding those to the list.

Thank you for the wonderful suggestions, Penny! I've already put your game NEMESIS on the list as well, and I'm going to add these too.

I cannot send you a private message here, but hopefully you can contact me here or through my Discord (link in bio).

I immediately put it on the list when I saw it was inspired by The Last Five Years. A musical fan and theater kid, so definitely want to try it.

Those are both on my list. Thanks voor the recommendations!