Scenes from the Mall

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Mike Sugarbaker:
There's certainly no shame in pre-gens... they're even kind of stylish right now (as if that matters).

But yeah, the constant struggle with scenario design is how to have anything resembling a linear plot without railroading, versus how to have a big enough sandbox without having to design for literally every possibility under the sun. I kind of favor a story I heard once about how Raymond Chandler used to plan his novels: he'd meticulously outline every aspect of a dozen subplots all the way up to... around halfway through the novel. Then he'd finish the novel by playing it by ear.

If you haven't I'd recommend looking at The Armitage Files, a scenario for Trail of Cthulhu. It's exemplary in this department.

daranp:
Thanks Mike, I shall check this out.

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