Gaerik
04-20-2006, 10:23 AM
I've finally gotten a few players together and we're going to try Burning Wheel out for the first time. The players are as follows:
Me - Been role-playing for almost 20 years and GMing the majority of that. Most of my experience has been with traditional games but here lately I've been expanding my horizons with Capes, FATE, the Pool, and now Burning Wheel. I've been following the Indie RPG scene for a few years now and I'm fairly familiar with the theory and stuff going on there. I also played a quick demo of Burning Wheel with Luke (and I think Ralph) at GenCon 2005, late at night at the Embassy Suites.
Ryan - I just met Ryan through FindPlay. He's very interested in Burning Wheel and owns all the books. Other than that, I don't know much yet.
Fred - A friend of many years. He's been playing D&D for a couple of years now. He liked Capes, which is pretty much the only other RPG he's played.
We're going to meet for the first session this weekend, which I envision as a setting creation and character burning session. I don't really plan on getting much actual play done as I want an opportunity to look over the characters and get some ideas for Bangs and such to use in the game before we start.
My trouble (or concern rather) is that I'm really unsure on where to start or what kinds of things I should bring to the table for this first meeting. How much of the setting should I have already prepared? Should we just make the setting up on the spot? What are the best parts of the system to start out with if no one has played before and which parts should I just leave to add in later? Are there any cool play aids that might be useful for us rank beginners?
I've read through a good number of posts here. Thor's advice on how to create Beliefs was very helpful. I'm definately keeping that in mind. I think someone indicated that setting the Concept and the BIT's before burning the rest of the character was a good idea. Is that the way most of you handle burning characters?
That's a lot to ask people here, I know. Sorry. Prepping for D&D is very familiar to me but getting ready for BW is a new thing and I'm trying not to forget anything important. I think we're all pretty stoked to play. So at least I have willing and excited players.
Me - Been role-playing for almost 20 years and GMing the majority of that. Most of my experience has been with traditional games but here lately I've been expanding my horizons with Capes, FATE, the Pool, and now Burning Wheel. I've been following the Indie RPG scene for a few years now and I'm fairly familiar with the theory and stuff going on there. I also played a quick demo of Burning Wheel with Luke (and I think Ralph) at GenCon 2005, late at night at the Embassy Suites.
Ryan - I just met Ryan through FindPlay. He's very interested in Burning Wheel and owns all the books. Other than that, I don't know much yet.
Fred - A friend of many years. He's been playing D&D for a couple of years now. He liked Capes, which is pretty much the only other RPG he's played.
We're going to meet for the first session this weekend, which I envision as a setting creation and character burning session. I don't really plan on getting much actual play done as I want an opportunity to look over the characters and get some ideas for Bangs and such to use in the game before we start.
My trouble (or concern rather) is that I'm really unsure on where to start or what kinds of things I should bring to the table for this first meeting. How much of the setting should I have already prepared? Should we just make the setting up on the spot? What are the best parts of the system to start out with if no one has played before and which parts should I just leave to add in later? Are there any cool play aids that might be useful for us rank beginners?
I've read through a good number of posts here. Thor's advice on how to create Beliefs was very helpful. I'm definately keeping that in mind. I think someone indicated that setting the Concept and the BIT's before burning the rest of the character was a good idea. Is that the way most of you handle burning characters?
That's a lot to ask people here, I know. Sorry. Prepping for D&D is very familiar to me but getting ready for BW is a new thing and I'm trying not to forget anything important. I think we're all pretty stoked to play. So at least I have willing and excited players.