Notes on a Game that Succeeded (Part two of a game that failed).
After my first attempt at Runequest 2/Classic failed I was actually sad and more than a bit depressed. I contacted the Official Chaosium Discord server and talked about it. People were really supportive and asked a lot of clarifying questions. I saw first that I needed to recruit players before making making all the pre-generated Character for the game because they would make their own! That would shift a ton of work off me, and the players would probably enjoy having something they rolled/picked themselves. Second, after talking to some more people someone found a Source pack for sale online that had a lot of RQ Classic pre-rolled characters and NPC's. Third, people suggested I just use the RQG character sheets and have everyone ignore (or place zero) in all the unused skills, runes, and passions. People did recommend that I think of GMing a RQG game if I was going to bolt on runes & passions. After some thought I decided to go full on 2nd ed./Classic and leave runes & passions off. So I merrily went off after thinking about all of this, and placed a Looking for Game ad on the server. I had my first player in One hour. I created my server for the new game, and invited my player the next day. When I wrote this my mood had lifted. Don't give up hope, find communities that support you. Talk through problems you have faced, and come up with strategies for next time. Shout out to OHE, RA, H, and the community on the Official Chaosium Discord server.