It all depends on the structrue of the game. If its part of the game outline, and agreed upon by the group, than you can start anyway you want.
In media res, where you last left off, somewhere else in space/time. All these and mroe are valid ways to start a game.
Look at the two games you are in with me.
Ars Magica is very much a one-thing-leads-into another game. Every session stems out of the last one. Forever and ever.
Pantellos is very much like Sandbaggers or Spranos. Each storyarch is a season. Each session an episode that builds on the last. Till the Season finale where we than have a break of off-screen time (which the players aren't using as well as I'd like, a flaw on my part I think) before the next season begins. (We're now starting season 3, with a summer one-episode there tyo boost some ratings).
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In media res, where you last left off, somewhere else in space/time. All these and mroe are valid ways to start a game.
Look at the two games you are in with me.
Ars Magica is very much a one-thing-leads-into another game. Every session stems out of the last one. Forever and ever.
Pantellos is very much like Sandbaggers or Spranos. Each storyarch is a season. Each session an episode that builds on the last. Till the Season finale where we than have a break of off-screen time (which the players aren't using as well as I'd like, a flaw on my part I think) before the next season begins. (We're now starting season 3, with a summer one-episode there tyo boost some ratings).