#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 2: Do you tend to include prologues? Why?

Not as such.

If it's a book in a lengthy ongoing series I will try to drop in as much back-story as I deem necessary to orient a reader who last picked up a book in the series one or more years ago, but I try to interleave it with actual story development so that chapter 1 doesn't drag.

I try to open an entirely new book with a hook/jeopardy to suck the reader in. (Ideally get their attention with the first sentence.)