Just ran my first session of Blades, also first time using Roll20 & webcams to play. Wow that was hard!
Running the game & creating detail wasn’t actually as much a problem as I thought it might be but encouraging roleplay was really difficult. Everyone kept talking over each other & it was hard to keep the game focused – very different to sitting at the same table in person. It looks so simple when professional streamers do it, I guess Skype etiquette has to be learnt.
Sharing the spotlight was also difficult in this game. I’ve run Dungeon World a bit before & having PCs take turns at swinging their swords at enemies is much more straight forward. When players send the Slide in to do the talking & everyone else waits outside, it’s harder to get everyone involved in the scene.
It was just a one-off but hopefully I’ll have the chance to run some more sessions in future. Any advice?