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Originally Posted by cybersluagh
How well does PTA work for one-shots or occasional games?
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It works with one shots better than "I'm not sure who's going to show up" games, due to the screen presence. Screen presence is also a great guide so you're not stuck playing the pilot for every single one shot.
For example, after characters are set up and screen presense is determined, the group group might go they it would be really interesting to start playing on Johnny's spotlight episode. Looking at other characters, they see that Sue just had her spotlight the previous episode, and should consider what that might have been and the aftermath of it, and see that both Yodel the Magical Swede and Bob have their spotlights on the very next episode.
On the other hand, if the people you're not sure who's going to show up are already the same two or three people, and you have a core of say, three, who are almost always there, then you could have the core be the main characters, and work out a method for recurring guest star roles for the occasional players (though, the book only briefly mentions what to do if someone new shows up, and doesn't really get into a guest star "mechanic" as such, but just assuming screen presence 1 and limit their Issue so that it's linked to a main character, and I think that could work well).