How do you do shopping in your #ttrpg? Do you use tables, get shopping lists from your players, handle it between sessions, or jjust say NO to shopping? (we've seen it lol) Some people say shopping is a slog, but we think the occasional "beach episode" can be great fun. - ThreadSky

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playoticgames.com • 48 days ago

How do you do shopping in your #ttrpg?

Do you use tables, get shopping lists from your players, handle it between sessions, or jjust say NO to shopping? (we've seen it lol)

Some people say shopping is a slog, but we think the occasional "beach episode" can be great fun.

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adamwaxman.bsky.social•48 days ago

I'm playing a @kennethhite.bsky.social game - Night's Black Agents - where there's explicitly no money stat. No shopping. I love it. I've had to come up with patrons and it's helped drive the story.

playoticgames.com•48 days ago

That sounds awesome. I'm not too familiar with the GUMSHOE game systems (assuming I found the right thing online), do you just get everything you need through normal gameplay?

adamwaxman.bsky.social•48 days ago

Yes, GUMSHOE - most of the games have a stat representing money. But in NBA tracking inventory gets in the way of the tone, which is spy thriller

julianmfbernick.bsky.social•48 days ago

I try to minimize shopping as much as possible and get it done around the margins or offline before/after sessions actually occur as much as possible. Having some sort of wealth/resource stat to deal with stuff is perfectly good.

skeletonbeam.bsky.social•48 days ago

If the players want to buy something, they can go "hey I want to buy x" and if they have an opportunity to do so, and the item isn't some significant thing, they remove money and add the item.

If it's something rare and hard to get a hold of, RP might be worth it, but we don't do "retail RP".

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