Post by barefoottourguide on Dec 9, 2013 18:13:00 GMT
Saturday was New Gamers Night at our gaming club. I talked my co-worker Zee into bringing his kids who are huge Whovians. So, a nine year old quickly claimed the Doctor character sheet. The 15 year old took K9, and the kids gave the parents Amy and Rory. They had a great time. In the chase scene, the kid playing the Doctor got out of his seat and ran in place. The parents were quick to learn how to gain tons of story points by playing up the traits. In the end they let Amy fly the TARDIS. She used story points to make it, but K('s player interjected, spending 5 story points to have the TARDIS take the to 3524 AD on a boat. I flipped through the Aliens book, selected Slitheen and thought about the film Water World. Slitheen are taking on the form of Smokers/pirates and plan to attack the atoll. Incredible how quickly a GM can adapt to the sudden change in the story. We ran out of time shortly afterwards. The family all talked about the game the rest of the night. The mother said she'd expected just to sit and watch and was amazed how much fun it was to play and how involved everyone got to me. The father said he's getting the game for the kids for Christmas. Very successful New Gamers Night.
Garrett
