Thanks for playing every so often and for the insightful reply!
> What does it say that haven't played an Adventure in a while but read this entire post? Not sure.
I'll venture a guess. This post offers a potential insight into something you're curious about (the creative process), whereas a typical Adventure Snack is, as you put it, purel…
Thanks for playing every so often and for the insightful reply!
> What does it say that haven't played an Adventure in a while but read this entire post? Not sure.
I'll venture a guess. This post offers a potential insight into something you're curious about (the creative process), whereas a typical Adventure Snack is, as you put it, purely entertaining. A quest might have a funny or interesting title, but there's no real mystery there. No pull to play. You kind of already know what it is – a funny micro-game – and can write it off as something you've already experienced on some level.
Unless you're a big SNL fan, you probably don't watch whole episodes when they air. Typically, people watch an SNL sketch online if it goes viral or becomes a news story, and then you want to watch to feed your curiosity. ("Why are people sharing this?") But if you're a D&D player, you want to know what happens next in your campaign to your character. There's a drive to learn more about the world and the story of your character.
I'm also in awe of long form comedic novels. My wife and I ran a humor press for eight years. We published nothing but humor fiction. We picked perhaps the most difficult genre to work in from a sales perspective! It was very much a labor of love.
Thanks for playing every so often and for the insightful reply!
> What does it say that haven't played an Adventure in a while but read this entire post? Not sure.
I'll venture a guess. This post offers a potential insight into something you're curious about (the creative process), whereas a typical Adventure Snack is, as you put it, purely entertaining. A quest might have a funny or interesting title, but there's no real mystery there. No pull to play. You kind of already know what it is – a funny micro-game – and can write it off as something you've already experienced on some level.
Unless you're a big SNL fan, you probably don't watch whole episodes when they air. Typically, people watch an SNL sketch online if it goes viral or becomes a news story, and then you want to watch to feed your curiosity. ("Why are people sharing this?") But if you're a D&D player, you want to know what happens next in your campaign to your character. There's a drive to learn more about the world and the story of your character.
I'm also in awe of long form comedic novels. My wife and I ran a humor press for eight years. We published nothing but humor fiction. We picked perhaps the most difficult genre to work in from a sales perspective! It was very much a labor of love.