CM Then and Now

[Mad Russian]

An issue that I think needs some new energy is groups.

When CM was at it's heyday there were several groups that were making sceanrios.

B&T
CSDT
WeBoB
KG
HSG

To name but a few.

Those small groups were made up of dedicated CM gamers that helped each other research, design and playtest their own scenarios for the community.

Small groups that mostly had their own websites. I guess of that list only HSG has never had it's own website.

While the small groups were active there seemed to be much more interest in the CM community. Maybe the interest was because of the small groups or maybe the small groups were because of the interest.

I think we need to start forming up into small groups again. Speaking only for HSG I could get my own group as large as I want it. When asked if a designer/researcher/playtester wants to join our group they are always eager to do so.

I see the request for playtesters as a constant.

I see the need for playtesting even greater than that. TPG only has so many active playtesters. A small group of dedicated playtesters will do it in much less time anyway.

A question to ponder is would you join or form a small group if there was a place to take your scenarios? What if a website put together a format to support small groups and gave them a place to call home so to speak?

Not sure that something like that fits here at Blitz but not sure it doesn't either. Then of course there is FGM to consider. Those are only the two that are needing discussed here in these forums as far as clubs/clans go.

Unless you have a desire to see a format more like another club/site has.

What do you think?

Good Hunting.

MR