[UA] In media res

[Nick Wedig]

>> We've been discussing the technique of 'in media res' recently - starting
>the game in the middle of the action.  One of the points raised by one of my
>players was that when it happens to James Bond whilst the _audience_ are
>dropped straight into the action, Bond isn't.  He's gone through whatever
>has taken him to the point where the audience join him.
>>
>> Can't really do that with the players - well, I can, but then they're
>hardly starting in media res ....

You could start a game by giving each player individually an idea why they are at the party or wherever they're gathering, but not why everyone else is there, and then start the group session with "So then Jimmy pulls a gun" (or appropriate opening line) and everyone knows why they react as they do but not why the other players and NPCs act as they do.  Kind of gives the feeling of haing walked into the middle of something were you were planning something different.

Mr. Teapot
walked into the middle of something

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