I am 3 sessions in to GMing a Blades in the Dark game. In 2 hour sessions, so far, we tend to get either a job or downtime done. Free Play is the key, that and figuring out the short-hand for those fictional positioning conversations so that we are playing more and not talking about playing.

Based on what I was seeing from twitch games I saw, I really wanted to concentrate on making sure there was more time in the character’s shoes and less time talking about those shoes.