{"id":17034,"date":"2021-12-13T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/?p=17034"},"modified":"2021-12-14T14:11:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T12:11:55","slug":"multiple-campaigns-one-world-heres-how-to-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/game-master\/2021\/multiple-campaigns-one-world-heres-how-to-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple Campaigns, One World &#8211; Here&#8217;s How To Do It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>Can you run multiple RPG campaigns with different parties within the same world space? Absolutely! In today&#8217;s video, I am talking about running multiple campaigns with many different role-players in a single world setting. This can be a somewhat difficult task, particularly when trying to keep track of where the different parties are within your world space. To make this easier for you as the Game Master, we&#8217;ll talk about the 3 important aspects to take into consideration when running parallel campaigns. So next time you&#8217;re building your DnD, Pathfinder or Call of Cthulhu based world, try to run different campaigns within that same world and just let the magic happen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Multiple Campaigns, One World - Here&#039;s How To Do It\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1RPmFEbZ4g4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you run multiple games\/campaigns for multiple different parties within the same world<br>space?<br>Absolutely! And this is how you do it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u2022 <strong>Organization<\/strong><br>o How you track your world<br>o By organization, we mean timelines.<br>o Track WHEN \u2013 keep a calendar so you can mark significant impact events to<br>ensure when the parties overlap, they are in the same time.<br>o Synchronise your game \u2013 it will shift, as one party takes a 3 week journey,<br>and the other has a 10 minute bar fight. Make sure to track it.<br>o Your PCs may want to find out what happened and go and investigate, let<br>them \u2013 it is their choice.<br>o Players track THEIR events. You still need to track GM events and their<br>outcomes.<br>o NPCs can know both \u2013 use your NPCs to make the world feel linked by talking<br>about \u2018the other party\u2019 (both the other party and NPC heroes)<br>o Make sure your group is happy to play in the same world \u2013 not everyone likes<br>an MMO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u2022 <strong>Interaction<\/strong><br>o PC versus PC \u2013 use with caution and have an idea of how to resolve it in<br>mind.<br>o The PCs can leave a mark.<br>o NPCs should talk \u2013 \u2018did you hear about X, over in the next kingdom?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u2022 <strong>Impact<\/strong><br>o There must be awareness.<br>o Consequences \u2013 it must happen across all games and be consistent.<br>o Keeping notes is vital \u2013 without solid note keeping, you will forget.<br>o Look to the effects \u2013 one group might trigger an event that the other group<br>has to deal with from a different perspective.<br>\u2022 Common mistakes made when doing this:<br>o Forcing the parties together<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are your thoughts on running multiple games within the same world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Multiple-Campaigns-One-World-Heres-How-To-Do-It.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of Multiple-Campaigns-One-World-Heres-How-To-Do-It..\"><\/object><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Multiple-Campaigns-One-World-Heres-How-To-Do-It.pdf\">Multiple-Campaigns-One-World-Heres-How-To-Do-It<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Multiple-Campaigns-One-World-Heres-How-To-Do-It.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you run multiple RPG campaigns with different parties within the same world space? Absolutely! In today&#8217;s video, I am talking about running multiple campaigns with many different role-players in a single world setting. This can be a somewhat difficult task, particularly when trying to keep track of where the different parties are within your world space. To make this easier for you as the Game Master, we&#8217;ll talk about the 3 important aspects to take into consideration when running parallel campaigns. So next time you&#8217;re building your DnD, Pathfinder or Call of Cthulhu based world, try to run different campaigns within that same world and just let the magic happen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,65,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creating-rpg-campaign","category-game-master","category-dm-master"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17037,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17034\/revisions\/17037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatgamemaster.com\/dm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}