Crazy Game Idea Update

[ladypimpernel]

As it turned out, the 45-minute one-shot for seven research methods students and one professor worked out shockingly well. I made everyone a character sheet (OK, so Mark did most of the actual statting), and I included stapled sheets with a blurb on the character: who they are, what they're doing there, their previous involvement with the plot, as

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[thwaxdj]

Congratulations! Especially in handling unruly, attention-grabbing player(s). And I hope your feeling of being understood continues to resonate within you for a while longer.

[ladypimpernel]

Thanks for the congratulations! It means a lot to me that you get it.

[rabid_bookwyrm]

I would bet that their characters weren't surprised about magic because pretending to be totally chill about a pretend thing is not half as weird as pretending to be totally surprised and freaked out about a pretend thing. Having a huge reaction (which is what any experienced player playing a mortal tends to do) when confronted with magic also calls attention to the character/player, whereas being chill about it doesn't. If you're already feeling awkward about RPing, calling attention to yourself is what you don't want to do.

[ladypimpernel]

I think that's a pretty accurate assessment of about half the group, the half that were trying to avoid being noticed, or having to say anything in character.

The weird bit with the other half was that they literally did not seem capable of grasping the concept that their characters could live in a magical world without knowing about magic. It's weird the obvious stuff other people miss when they're not geeks.

[rabid_bookwyrm]

Crazy non-geeks.

[ladypimpernel]

Aren't they weird? Of course, they're all a little geeky in a different way, being researchers, or this probably wouldn't have worked at all.

But yeah...hence my theory that gamers think differently than other people, and gaming would be useful as part of drama therapy.

[cherrytop]

I'm so glad to hear that it went so well! I think a lot of people won't even try roleplaying games because of the D&D stereotype, alas, so it's cool that all of these people got a good taste of it.

You said it was nWOD, but which game specifically?

P.S. We still need to schedule this proposed Innocents one shot. And if you ever feel like running, that would also be awesome <3

[ladypimpernel]

I thought I mentioned in my last post...sorry. It was Innocents, actually. I decided that playing kids would give them a sense of what it's like to play someone different from themselves without having to have a bunch of confusing magic powers. Also, playing a kid gets people into a mood of playing, in my experience, if that makes any sense.

Weren't we going to schedule the one-shot the next time we see each other, on the 28th, since none of us have any free time before than anyway?

And I'd love to run something whenever people are interested/have time.