[DT] How do you run Initiative?

[Kersus]

Calling actions first was new to me when I went to play with Greg Ellis and Co. some years ago near Bancroft and I'm still getting used to it. It had never come up in the 80s. In AD&D, we rolled a d6 and the lowest number went first, then called actions on our turn. Usually we only rolled once per encounter.

Calling first intrigues me as it adds some crazyness, but it also seems to extend combat IMO. I'm getting more and more to enjoy quick combats and that Platemail 27 as well as Godlike emulates fast combat well.

I've also realized that good and bad tactics rely heavily on the opinion of the GM and sometimes there simply are no good tactics with some GMs.