A newbie's perspective

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From: Kiliki (mmlab!cookec%max@uunet.UU.NET)
Date: Sat 11 Sep 1993 - 01:52:01 EEST

With all this talk of RQlite I thought you might be interested in a newbie's perspective on starting a Runequest campaign. I just GM'd my first session wednesday night. I spent more time then I would have liked rolling up characters BUT it served the purpose of teaching my players the BASICS of the game mechanics and where these new numbers came from.

For me, the most daunting aspect to getting started is the HUGE amount of information available. My solution was to just keep it simple. Both the players and the GM (me) would be exploring the details together. This would be a novice game at low myth. The basic references recomended by David Cheng were a good start.

The main resistance from my new players was convincing them this was as much fun as AD*D for fantasy roleplaying. The difference being the mechanics(how combat/magic/etc works). I used(am using) the Greenbrass quest as a lead-in with a couple simple encounters of my own to let them get a feel for it.

Being an ex-DM of more years them I'll admit, I was worried as to how they'd take to RQ's differences. Conclusion ? Style of play - not what rules you use. I've always had success as a gamesmaster be it AD*D, EPT, Gamma World, or Metamorphasis Alpha. That same STYLE caught and kept them interested. At least enough to want to continue next week. Beyond that? Time will tell...

Many thanks to David Cheng, Jim Rogers, The Labyrinth in Baltimore, MD (for letting us use a room and special ordering my RQ materials) and most of all, this digest and all of you. This is shapeing up nicely. If there is enough interest I'll continue to post my newbie's perspectives and ongoing campaign developments.

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