I created three threads through Roll20 for the players to respond to. I switched gears and relied on Roll20, which allows the creation of various forum topics. Players responded to emails at different rates, some players replied to all and other just replied to me – so it resulted in some disjointed conversation. I initially tried to start up a conversation through a group email, but this proved to be a unsuccessful. To address this, I set out to increase the amount of collaboration among the players before the sessions even started. Online gaming presents a bit of a challenge because players are often creating their PC in isolation from the other players and the first session thrusts players right into the adventure. When setting up a face-to-face campaign, I have found that the first session is often a combination of character creation and a brief start to an adventure. Below I discuss a few suggestions about setup, communication, combat, and space based on a few early sessions of Fifth Edition Dungeons & Dragons as a player and DM. There is always something new to learn about running an effective gaming session in a face-to-face setting, and there are plenty of things for me to learn about running online sessions effectively. By doing this I was able to expand the potential pool of players, and after a week or so of organization and scheduling I found six players who could commit to weekly sessions. Since getting local friends together for consistent gaming sessions proved difficult, I decided to attempt running an online game.
My first session of Hoard of the Dragon Queen was a good experience of what I hope is a long-living campaign. She later was Dungeon Master of the sequel, Exandria Unlimited: Kymal.This is what I think I look like running online gaming sessions! Aabria Iyengar was the Dungeon Master of Exandria Unlimited, marking the first time someone besides Mercer was the Dungeon Master of a full Critical Role campaign, albeit a miniseries. Other people sometimes take over as the DM for a one-shot game or miniseries. Matthew Mercer is the DM of the first, second, and third Critical Role campaigns and some of the special episodes as well.
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