I'd have them play characters in the same boat as them (knowing nothing about Glorantha). I prefer total amnesiacs - I don't think this is hard to justify in Glorantha and can be taken in just about any direction you like. I have used this with a group of players - some of whom had played in Glorantha a decade or more earlier, some of whom were gamers who knew nothing about Glorantha and one who was not a gamer. They woke up from a disturbing dream to find themselves staked out on crosses in the middle of a desert, knowing nothing about themselves, their companions or the world.
It worked so well - both as an introduction to Glorantha and to the HQ system - that I'm absolutely gung-ho about it now, although I think it would work best without any hardcore Gloranthan players in the party. Clearly the "make it up as you go along" style of character generation has endless excuses for working well with this approach; it would take literally 10 minutes to start the game from assembling the players even if they knew nothing about the world or system.
If I can think of a way to wrap this up satisfactorily in a session that's just a few hours long, I'll happily run it as a new player session at Con 2010. Unfortunately I'm an "epic campaign" GM by nature and am not good at convention-style "short story" sessions.
Cheers,
Paul C
continuum2008 wrote:
> So how do you go about introducing new people to your Gloranthan gaming?
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> What information do you tell them before hand and how did you convey that to them?
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> One of the main complaints I get when trying to get new players interested in Glorantha is that it is so vast it is hard to get into - people do not know where to start. Much of the setting information is spread over several books, many of which are out of print, and much of it seems incomprehensible. There is also the issue with how race is treated in Glorantha - some people find it boarding on racism.
> Also the fans are perceived to focus on the esoteric and are very cliquey, certainly not welcoming to any one new or to new ideas. Of course that is only the perception but it is a common complaint I encounter.
> The Glorantha.com site is a good resource but is still full of information that is often seen as hard to penetrate.
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> These are big hurdles to get over, I have tried many times, some with success but many times in failure.
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> So how can we do it?
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