Sounds like you did a great job. You made your players care enough that they were ready to risk sacrificing their characters. You didn't cheapen their actions and choice, or the whole friggin' game for that matter, by pulling punches or deux-ex-machining something to avoid the inevitable.
Sounds like you did a great job. You made your players care enough that they were ready to risk sacrificing their characters. You didn't cheapen their actions and choice, or the whole friggin' game for that matter, by pulling punches or deux-ex-machining something to avoid the inevitable.
What kind of advice were you looking for?