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[darchildre]

Alas, once again I went to D&D and had half my players not show, which is frustrating. However! Like the last time this happened, I had a low-prep game in my back pocket in case of this situation, so instead we played The Quiet Year.

I have been trying to get someone to play The Quiet Year with me ever since I first heard it played on Friends at the Table* and have not been successful until tonight, when I essentially had a captive audience. Playing it was just as enjoyable as I had hoped and I think the rest of the group also had fun. We built a haunted swamp village and fought a dragon and some alligators and built a huge temple to the elder gods before the Frost Shepherds overran our town.

So I did not play D&D but I had a good time anyway. Now I just have to find another small low-prep game to bring as backup next time.




*If you haven't listened to it, it's at the beginning of their Marielda season, which is self-contained and can be listened to without hearing any of the rest of the podcast first. Marielda is really very good and also a great introduction to Friends at the Table in general, if you feel like checking it out.

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[shadaras]

Ahhhh, TQY is great! I haven't played it specifically myself, but I have played The Deep Forest (the fantasy version) and had a ton of fun. :) I love the idea of a haunted swamp village; yours sounds like great fun.

[schneefink]

That sounds interesting, thanks for the rec :)