Comments on: Introducing a New Player – Keep the Adventure Simple and Quintessential http://www.apathygames.com/2009/12/15/introducing-a-new-player-keep-the-adventure-simple-and-quintessential/ Zero Compromise Roleplaying Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tyson J. Hayes http://www.apathygames.com/2009/12/15/introducing-a-new-player-keep-the-adventure-simple-and-quintessential/comment-page-1/#comment-646 Tyson J. Hayes Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:33:21 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=359#comment-646 That's definitely a bit of ingenious GMing on your part. Giving her the ability to actually use some of her powers is a definite must.<br><br>Did the player continue playing after the game or did they decide it "wasn't for them?" That's definitely a bit of ingenious GMing on your part. Giving her the ability to actually use some of her powers is a definite must.

Did the player continue playing after the game or did they decide it “wasn't for them?”

]]> By: Tyson J. Hayes http://www.apathygames.com/2009/12/15/introducing-a-new-player-keep-the-adventure-simple-and-quintessential/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Tyson J. Hayes Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:33:21 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=359#comment-238 That's definitely a bit of ingenious GMing on your part. Giving her the ability to actually use some of her powers is a definite must.<br><br>Did the player continue playing after the game or did they decide it "wasn't for them?" That's definitely a bit of ingenious GMing on your part. Giving her the ability to actually use some of her powers is a definite must.

Did the player continue playing after the game or did they decide it “wasn't for them?”

]]> By: Sam http://www.apathygames.com/2009/12/15/introducing-a-new-player-keep-the-adventure-simple-and-quintessential/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Sam Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:09:36 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=359#comment-235 The last time I introduced a new player, I was fortunate since I already a somewhat simple and contained adventure plan. Unfortunately, she was a rogue and it was a ship full of undead. So I ended up adding some diseased survivors that had holed themselves up in various parts of the ship. Since they weren't undead (yet) she could sneak attack them, and a lot of them had built crude traps for the zombies and other undead, so it gave her some trap-finding to do as well. It actually ended up working rather well, and enriched the adventure quite a bit. The last time I introduced a new player, I was fortunate since I already a somewhat simple and contained adventure plan. Unfortunately, she was a rogue and it was a ship full of undead. So I ended up adding some diseased survivors that had holed themselves up in various parts of the ship. Since they weren't undead (yet) she could sneak attack them, and a lot of them had built crude traps for the zombies and other undead, so it gave her some trap-finding to do as well. It actually ended up working rather well, and enriched the adventure quite a bit.

]]> By: Introducing a New Player: Introduction | Apathy Games http://www.apathygames.com/2009/12/15/introducing-a-new-player-keep-the-adventure-simple-and-quintessential/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Introducing a New Player: Introduction | Apathy Games Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:10:42 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=359#comment-184 [...] Keep the adventure simple and quintessential. A newcomer’s first adventure should show the standard expectations of the game, and nothing more. [...] [...] Keep the adventure simple and quintessential. A newcomer’s first adventure should show the standard expectations of the game, and nothing more. [...]

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