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Have you gamed with a first-year gamer this year?

Started by RPGPundit, December 01, 2009, 03:59:04 PM

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December 01, 2009, 03:59:04 PM
A simple question: How many of you have actually gamed at least one session in the past year with someone who had less than one year's experience in RPGs?

Note: YOUR CHILDREN (or other family) DON'T COUNT.

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December 01, 2009, 04:00:14 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;345962A simple question: How many of you have actually gamed at least one session in the past year with someone who had less than one year's experience in RPGs?

Note: YOUR CHILDREN (or other family) DON'T COUNT.

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December 01, 2009, 04:10:10 PM Last Edit: December 01, 2009, 04:12:52 PM by ggroy
(Not this year).

There was one newbie gamer in the first 4E game I played, back in the summer of 2008.  Turned out this person played just like a munchkin powergamer.

This person came from a background of playing MMOs like WoW and EverQuest, and never played any tabletop rpgs previously.

The Worid

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December 01, 2009, 05:02:38 PM
I helped introduce 4 new people to RPGs this year, in two different games (two with Mutants and Masterminds, and two with SW Saga, switching after a session to Castles and Crusades).
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Tahmoh

#4
December 01, 2009, 05:19:11 PM
other than my lil brother my whole group is new to rpg's and though we've had a few minor issues with getting the hang of some of the concepts, they're a pretty cool bunch who seem to find new ways to surprise me every time we play a game(which atm isnt as often as i'd like but hey thats life).

Jason D

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December 01, 2009, 05:42:58 PM
One of the players in my Lord of the Rings RPG campaign has been playing for less than year.

He started playing one guy's D&D4E, then joined someone else's SWSE campaign, before hopping over to the campaigns of Dark Heresy, Scion, and Lord of the Rings that I've run in the last year.

Akrasia

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December 01, 2009, 05:45:23 PM
Yes, one of the players in my summer S&W campaign (now on hiatus).
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December 01, 2009, 06:02:56 PM
Does the son of another player in the group count?

Tommy Brownell

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December 01, 2009, 06:07:52 PM Last Edit: December 01, 2009, 06:17:51 PM by Tommy Brownell
Quote from: RPGPundit;345962A simple question: How many of you have actually gamed at least one session in the past year with someone who had less than one year's experience in RPGs?

Note: YOUR CHILDREN (or other family) DON'T COUNT.

RPGPundit

Me-me!

Incidentally...why doesn't family count?
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December 01, 2009, 06:12:02 PM
Yes, she came along with her husband to a session of Pathfinder and has been an asset to game ever since.
"Meh."

LordVreeg

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December 01, 2009, 06:12:56 PM
Yes.
My Igbar group has recently added in a brand newbie.

And my online group has one as well, a strange situation of a guy who builds settings but has never actually played tabletop until now, only he is having his first experience in a weekly online game.
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December 01, 2009, 06:21:02 PM
I seem to attract a few newbies and first timers at the games I run at RPG conventions in the UK.
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#12
December 01, 2009, 06:57:29 PM
Yup!

My OD&D mega-events were a hit with people who brought a noob friend or their kid for their first RPG experience.   Same with my 4e demos.   At the con we did a special 4e demo setup in the boardgame area of the con and we got lots of people who loved wargames or boardgames who never tried an RPG and "4e-as-skirmish battle" was right up their alley.

aramis

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December 01, 2009, 06:59:04 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;345962A simple question: How many of you have actually gamed at least one session in the past year with someone who had less than one year's experience in RPGs?

Note: YOUR CHILDREN (or other family) DON'T COUNT.

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