1 Shots: mainly not in Glorantha. I run games as an organizer at a local meetup group every month and have to fill up for missing table with people showing to play sometime without having a clue of which game are offered.
I really like the HQ System for running this as I mainly have to focus on the story we want to tell and not on the gritty details of which rule system we use. This gives the players and GM a very high sense of accomplishment for a relatively short play time.
I also really love the idea of being able to explain the whole set of rules of the whole game system in less than 10 minutes. For game framed for a 4-4.5 hours session this is an incredible advantage.
Manuel
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 5:11 PM, L C <lightcastle_at_...> wrote:
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> I presume you mean specifically in Glorantha or are one shots ok for
> anything?
>
> For One shots in a genre, I think the bare minimum you need to get
> people to be roughly on board with the conventions you will be judging
> credibility test by is what I have found works best.
>
> For some genres you can say, "It's a spaghetti western" and all your
> players know just what to expect. (Some might not.)
> IF you say it's a Pulp Fiction, you might need to explain more.
> If you say, we're playing in The Sword of Truth series and all your
> friends have read those books, they should know what to expect.
>
> The less you have to make up specific genre rules, the better. (If
> everyone has watched Star Wars, then you don't need to make up rules for
> Jedi Knights - just give them the keyword Jedi Knight and work based on
> credibility tests from that.)
>
> As for Glorantha... I've had very little success introducing people to
> Glorantha. I personally had the most success with a group who was ok
> with not having party play, and having everyone make someone who ended
> up in Karse right after the Lunar invasion. I gave them a very rough
> background of the world nearby, and then as they pitched character
> concepts worked with them to get it fairly Gloranthan.
> I still suspect the "build a clan from scratch with your players" would
> work pretty well, too.
>
> LC
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> Manuel MOLINIER wrote:
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> >
> > Hi All,
> > from the answer to my previous question I see that some of you have run
> > multiple sessions (playtest or others) with people who never played
> > Heroquest or in Glorantha before.
> > As I'm using more and more Heroquest both for 1 shots and to be back into
> > Glorantha I would like to ask for your advice and your experience on how
> > much background is enough for players to start with, and what you have
> > seen
> > as the most efficient:
> >
> > - For 1 shots..
> > - When introducing Glorantha to newcomers.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for the advice,
> >
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