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Title: [Nanolite6] Space Rangers sometimes fail but the game didn't
Post by: CSBone on April 13, 2011, 09:41:01 PM

I want to show how the game plays by writing up the best demo session from UBCon22. This was a bit unusual because the person I was demoing for wanted to GM... and he was a 10 year old. I knew right then and there I got it right because he had no problems.

Scenario: Space Ranger to land on an alien space station and take out all of the aliens to keep them from destroying the world.

Me:
Griff, Space Ranger: Tough (Ring Carbon Bones), Hacker (Ranger Implants), Brawler
Hits 2+2
Armor Check 4+
Brawling: Medium Weapon

GM: 10 year old. Never been a GM. Played through two N6 scenarios earlier that day and that was his TOTAL role-playing game experience... ever.

How it went:

So far I'm a walking breathing catastrophe.


I actually had an Action Die I could have used but I forgot and at that point the GM was doing his "killed the good guy" dance with a grin from ear to ear so I figured I'd succeeded in creating another happy customer and the outcome felt right so I let him bask in his success... and collected my $2 from his mom.

The GM told me afterwards, "This is going to be so COOL! I can't wait to play with my friends!" And in fact I got an email from his mom Monday morning saying they went home and the played through two more scenarios that night and she thought it was pretty cool too.

Total time was maybe 20 minutes and this would have made a perfect prelude to a longer scenario like the pre-opening credit mini scenario from a James Bond movie. Of course this could also be THE scenario for kids today that don't have a lot of time and want to play something for half an hour or so before dinner.

Neil Striker
Title: Re: [Nanolite6] Space Rangers sometimes fail but the game didn't
Post by: Devon Oratz on April 14, 2011, 06:59:27 PM
Probably not helpful feedback, but: that's awesome!

If your system is so simple a ten year old can GM it with no confusion, you must be doing some things right.